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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
GARNER ASSISTS J.
ECONOMY FORCES
Advocates Win Hair-Line
Victory And Cut Aeronau-
tics Authority Funds

WASHINGTON( Feb. g. Up -
Vice President Garner cast his first
vote in the senate in almost six
a today and thereby helped
advocates win a hair-line
victory.
Garner struck his blow for lower
expenditures by breaking a S4-34
tie on the first of a series of pro-
posed amendments stripping ST.
ITS, 739 from the mount the house
had voted for the Civil Aeronatucis
Authority.
The vice president is permitted
to vote only when a tie occurs. ALI
though Garner has had numerous
opportunities to break ties in the
seven years he has presided in the
senate, he previously had awaited
himself of the privilege only twice.
The last time was on April IL.
1884, when he voted "aye' to break
a tie on a motion to take up a
bill by the late Senator Borah (R-
Ida) to prevent members Of con-
gress from acting as attorneys be-
fore government departments. Sem
ate attaches said Garner cast his
only other deciding vote Oh June 2,
1888. At that time he supported
an amendment to limit reductions
in veterans pensions to rs per
cent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
GOEBBELS WARNS
OF HARD WARFARE
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nation, the Reich faces the decision
on this issue. Confidence in our alb
solute superiority in all fields does
not admit the slightest doubt as to
the outcome.
certainly we know that settling
accounts with the western p%lutocra-
cies will be no child's play. But Ger
many hears from the lips of the
Fuehrer that the Reich hasn't been
sleeping the last five months. Real
ly, everything has been thought OF,
measures for every contingency have
been anticipated so Germany can fol-
low the Fuehrer in utter confidence"
For every German, Goebbels con-
tinued, there is only n pertinent
question: "How shall we win this
war;? Everything else is subordi-
nate, nothing else means anything,
all that W. do, say, think, undertake
or prepare must be of service to the
end of answering this all-important
question:"
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J. L. Jordan, Of Wooten's
Store Section, Succumbs

WHITEVILLE, Feb. 6. - J.. L.
Jordan, Is, of the Wooten's Store
section of Columbus county, died
this afternoon after a two weeks
illness of a heart ailment.
Funeral services are to be held
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the home by the Rev. D. G.
Meyers, pastor of the Western
Prong Baptist church, and burial
will follow in the church cemetery.
Surviving are his widow and
eight children: David, and Easley
Jordan, Mrs. J. M. Hooks, White
lille; c. T. Jordan, Wilmington;
James Jordon, L%umberton; Fred A.
Jordon, Richmond, Va; Mrs. I. r.
Driscoll, Lumberton; Mrs. Charles
B Smith, Albemarle; Mrs. Brook
Fauntleroy, Alexandria, Va.
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but later understood that she was
the wife Of Norris.

but later understood that she was
the wife of Norris.
The witness told of seeing Norris
drive by the garage while he was
standing talking to Mcpherson, D.
D. Ward, another eye witness, and
Burroughs. He said Norris was rid
ing on a flat model T Ford, and that
as he passed them, he locked over
where they were and shouted some
thing, which he could not under
stand.
Norris then, according to the wit
ness, drove on down the road a.
distance of one-half a mile to the
filling station of Ashley Hinson. and
IN o 10 minutes returned to the
Burroughs station, jumped off the
truck, took deliberate aim at Bur-
roughs and opened fire.
Hinson told the court and i1rv
that Norris then started re-loading
the gun, and he and Ward stopped
behind the Mcpherson machine, and
heard the second shot, and glass
from the Mcpherson car shattering.
At that, Hinson said, he and Ward,
ran behind the filling station, and
within a few minutes heard a third
shot. They ran through the field,
n returned within a few minutes
TO IND Burroughs and McPheson
both dead.
D.. D. Ward, the other eye witness
to the shooting, corroborated the
testimony offered by Hinson almost
IN every detail. He was still on the
stand when court adjourned at S
o'clock, and will be cross-examined
by defense counsel tomorrow morn.
ing.
Burris Sellers, who said he was
working at the Ashley Hinson fill
ing station On the afternoon of the
double shooting, said that Norris
drove up to the station, ordered a
gallon of gasoline and a pint of
oil, and told him that he was mad
as hell" and that "old man Frank
Mac" had his wife and "younguns"
up at the Burroughs station and
that he was going back up there and
kill him.
Sellers said that he saw a gun ly-
ing on the truck which Norris was
driving, and that he went on back
down the road, and within a few
minutes he heard shots in the direc-
ton of the Burroughs station.
The jury on the case is composed
of 10 farmers, a tobacconist, a
factory worker, and a railroad man,
as follows: B. T. Watson, Wilbur
Nance, Henry M. Billiard, J.. l..
Burchett, Shannon Gore c. c. Need.
ham, ST., Walter N. Haynes, G. w.
Stephens, R. S. Pate, J. A. Turner,
and J. A Goodwin, Jr., Edison Pope
is the alternate.
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BROWDER BEATEN
in SPECIAL VOTE
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pledged support of the new deal
and was described by other party
leaders as having the blessing OF
President Roosevelt.
In second place was Louis Lef-
kowitz, a republican endorsed by
District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey,
a candidate for that party's presi-
Dental nomination.
Final returns from all 81 election
districts gave Edelstein 1906; LEI
kowitz 6,665, and Browder 5000.
This vote for the communist candi.
ed number of eligible registered
communist voters.
The election was in the 18th con-
gressional district to fill a house
vacancy occasioned by the death of
Rep. William I. Sirovich, a demo
crat.
Browder, convicted Jan. % of
passport fraud and headed for a
penitentiary cell barring an upset
of the verdict, could not cast a
ballot for himself because:
1. While he has an office in the
district, as head of the American
communist party, he is not a resi-
dent there, his home being in sub
urban Yonkers, N. Y.
2. AS a convicted felon-explain.
ed an official at the office of State
Attorney General John J. Bennett,
Jr.-the privilege of suffrage was
automatically withdrawn from him
under the laws of New York.
Lefkowitz could not vote for him.
self because he is a nonresident
He lives just two blocks outside
the district.
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OPPOSE
LUMBER RIVER JOB
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1899, and a resolution of the com.
mlttee on commerce of the United
States senate on April II, 1899.
Col. Bain's statement called at
tention to the fact that an appeal
from the decision may be made.
His statement follows:
"You are further notified that all
interested parties have the privi-
lege of an appeal from this con-
clusion to the board of engineers
for rivers and harbors, a perma-
nent body sitting at Washington,
D. c., to which all examination
and survey reports of this charac-
tec r referred. Parties desiring
to do so may be heard on appeal
by the board, either orally or in
writing. Written communications
should be addressed to the board
of engineers for rivers and harbors,
Munitions building, Washington, D.
u, and should be mailed in time
to be in possession of the said
board within four weeks from the
date of this communication. If,
however, you have important data
to communicate to the board, which
can not be collected. and put in
shape for proper presentation
within four weeks. the board should
be Informed of this fact without de
lay and request made for an ex-
tension of the limiting date for
submitting information. If oral
hearings are desired, dates for the
same may be arranged for by cor
respondence with the board.
ANY further information needed
may be obtained by application to
this office or to the U. S. Engineer
Office, 20 Customhouse, Charleston
S. c., but attention is invited to the
following regulations as to the
manner in which such information
may be furnished:
Where interested parties desire
data necessary for the preparation
of thelr appeal to the board Of en-
glneers for rivers and harbors, they
will be afforded full opportunity
to examine the copies of the re-
ports of the district and division
engineers in their respective Of
fees, subject to the understanding
that no part of the contents of
these reports will be published in
the newspapers or otherwise until
the reports have been submitted
to congress. Copies of the reports
will not be furnished or loaned
for use outside of the office; but
interested parties will be permitted
to make such notes of the con-
tents as they desire"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
SMITH WILL NOT
ENTER N. c. RACE
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physically and financially. A con-
test for the governorship of North
Carolina is one not to be entered
upon lightly, and I have felt that
keenly.
IT have been gratified by the
large number of people who have
insisted that T contest for the
nomination and have promised me
their support. My feeling is that
in such a contest, we're I to enter,
I would have an excellent chance
Of being one of the two high men
to contest in the run-off primary.
However, it has seemed to me that
the price that one must pay plus
the strain of four years in office
is, indeed, a high one I would not
wish to be governor merely for the
honor of the office or the glamour
Of the position but only in the
event that I could render a serv-
ice to my state. In spite Of the
assurances of support that I have
had and the hope of achievement
as governor, I have reached the
conclusion that I should not at this
time abandon my business and pro-
fessional contracts and neglect my
personal associations to enter this
race.
IT wish to thank the many
friends of mine throughout tn.
state for their proffers of assistance
and their assurances of support.
wish them to know that I appre'
ciate the thoughtfulness that they
have shown. I hope that I may
continuously be of some service t,
the democratic party and to the
state of North Carolina and hole
the confidence of the people gen.
orally interested in it's welfare"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
CIVILIANS START
IRON LUNG DRIVE
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ed DR.. Berne. In brief, says DR..
Berne, the lung breathes for a pa
tient.
Members of the Civitan club are
making personal calls on local citi-
zens and a large glass jar has been
placed in front Of the lung at the
postoffice for contributions. Others
interested are asked to mail contri'
buttons to L. E. Woodbury., treas
urer of the Wilmington Iron Lung
Fund.
This lung, DR.. Berne said, has
been purchased by score of hos
pitfalls throughout the country. The
American Legion of Raleigh is
now engaged in raising funds for a
r%espirator. Treatment in the respir'
ator is an accredited and most val.
liable method of treating polio
victims and other kindred diseases,
DIR. Berne said.
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INJURIES FATAL
TO robson MAN
lawrence Locklear, Of PEN
broke, Dies As Result Of
Train-AutO Crash

11rMBERTON, Feb. 6-Lawrence
1ocklear, 25-year-0ld Indian of
pembroke, died in a Lumberton
hospital today, the second victim
g. train-automobile collision at
+ne seaboard Air Line railroad
,,ossing near Pate's Crossing Mon
day morning.
coroner D. w. Biggs, who term
4 the collision accidental, said
shot no inquest will be, held in the
two deaths.
Lotion Mcmillan, SO, driver of
.,o car which crashed with the
train. died en- route to a Lumber
I'm hospital after having been pick
ID I'D by the train crew.
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vice class by virtue Of a forfeit
over Jack Bryan of Wilmington.
Donald Ray Lane, of Burgaw.
won a TKO over Douglas Blaxley,
of Lumberton, in 40 seconds Of the
first round when he landed a hard
right to Baxley's solar plexus.
Bill Clark, of Charlotte. was
awarded the decision in his match
with James Henry Mcdonald, of
the White Lake CCC.
The lads fought about evenly in
the first round. In the second
Clark frequently rushed Mcdonald
but was inaccurate with his long
swinging. He opened McDonald's
eye but the referee, after examin'
ing it, allowed the fight to pro
coed. Mcdonald came out fast but
Clark soon slowed him and from
there on it was Clark's round.
Ike Davis, of Manteo, won a
close and unpopular decision from
John Britt, of the White Lake CCC
in the 14S pound novice class.
It was dynamite from the open
ing gong. Britt was the better al
close quarters, working on Davis
head, but Davis pushed the fight
swinging long hard blows at his
opponents head. Davis had a muir
derous right, but he was unable to
connect with it.
Britt pushed the fight at the
opening of the second. The figh1
slowed a bit but Britt held the
edge. Davis was apparently hunt
ing for a knockout but he couldn't
connect that right and at close
quarters found his opponent rather
dangerous.
It was toe and toe clugging in
the third round. Davis began tt
land his right with some effect ane
slowed Britt considerably but
whenever he rushed in, Britt fought
him off.
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PELLEY APPEARS
AND BLASTS IDEA
OF AN AGREEMENT
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violating the conditions on
which his Jail sentence was sus-
pended.
However, the Dies committee
wants to question him further
here. 1t slapped a subpoena on
him today, and acting Chairman
Starnes DALAI said that as
long as Policy was under this
subpoena neither state nor fed
eral officers could interfere.
The committee has denounced
Policy, a distributor of anti
semitic literature, as head OF
one of the richest. so co-called
American "fascist groups"
Among charges which the
committee has made against
him is this one:
From the documentary evil
dence and testimony before the
committee the conclusion
that he is a racketeer engaged
in mulcting thousands Of dollars
annually from his fanatical and
misled followers and credulous
people all over the United
States and Canada and certain
foreign countries, is inescap-
able"
During the day, Gardner Jack
son of Labor's Non-Partisan leagu'
appeared before the rules sub-com
mittee. Acknowledging first that h
furnished $105 for Harold Weisberg
a friend and former Lafollette Civi
Liberties committee employe, to blu,
the letters from Mayne, jackson
said he had seen the original let
tiers, adding:
And my bunch is-and it's on1.
a hunch-that possibly one or tw,
or three of them are (authentic
and some of them aren't"
Thus all hands concerned ha,
formally acknowledged that the fin
hand of a forger had figured il
the episode.
Hook, however, professed to fin,
comfort in the affair.
"Why should I apologize for do
ing a good job Of getting Pelle,
before the committee?" he asked re
porters. tits funny they can fin
Policy now, isn't it,"
Pelley's verdict on Hook was:
II think he was just played TO,
a sucker, don't you?"
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STORE
DAMAGED BY FIRE
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box 214, brought the fire under
control about 35 minutes later.
s'Flames, gases, smoke, and IN
tense heat were in full possession
of the building when we first ar
rived on the scene," Fire Chlef
Groom said.
The intense heat had melted the
glass and paint or the front OF the
building downstairs, he SAID.
The lower floor and stock stored
on the upper floor were damaged
considerably by the smoke, neat
and gasses. Firemen kept the blaze
from spreading further by confln-
ing the flames to the rear OF the
building and the elevator shaft.
Principal damages to f1nkle'
STEMS store on South Front street
resulted from smoke, Fire Ch1ef
Groom said.
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SAUNDERS BOUND
TO HIGHER COURT
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o+ the time of the issuance Of the
check in order to constitute a valid
Instrument. The check charges
AGAINST him totaled $S1.67.
Affiants Testify
With only slight variance in their
testimony, the affiants in the false
nretense charges testified that Saun-
ders required them to deposit a cash
bond ranging in amounts before he
would hire them in the office.
They told the court Saunders told
them they would handle money dur
Ing their employment and would,
therefore, have to be bonded. But
all stated they had handled no
money during their employment.
Saunders acted as his own defense
counsel throughout the trial. He re.
marked at the beginning of the
trial that, being a Yankee, he did
not expect to get justice in a south
IN court. He added later, how
ever. I'm perfectly satisfied AM
apologize for what I said"
He also stated during the morn
ing that he was formerly a lawyer.
The hearing, started at about II
O'Clock yesterday morning, was
not completed until 8 o'clock last
night.
In dismissing or returning not
guilty verdicts in a majority OF the
cases, Judge Lennon remarked: Il
believe that is the function of this
c0urt-to weed Jut that which does
not deserve to go up to superior
court" A total of ten charges was
dismissed.
The next term of superior crimi-
nal court opens in March.
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extent to which it has reinforced
it's infantry and tank forces near
Summa in a determined effort to
break through the tight Finnish po'
sitions.
Foreign observers consider that
these attacks are proving enormous
ly costly to the Soviet armies both
in men and munitions, yet the So
Wet reserve forces still seem strong
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FINNISH AIRMEN
BOMB RED TROOPS
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NOUllU1xxuCu ElOIll L axe OllCy
during the World War;" he de.
clared.
Asked when he thought the Sum-
maattack would end, he replied:
when the Russians have lost
enough men and tanks and realize
they cannot get through anyway"
Artillery Opened Attack
The present attack started six
days ago with a terrific artillery
bombardment. Three hundred guns
fired continually on Finnish lines,
Then the infantry attacked in
waves for two days with Soviet
filters machingunning Finnish lines
in the e The officer reported the
Russians used $50 tanks in the at
tack.
Up north of Lake Ladoga, on the
left flank of the Mannarheim line,
the Firms played a waiting game
with the trapped eighteenth Rus
sian division. There was no con.
firmation of reports this division had
been destroyed; indeed, the Finnish
communque tonight said several
hundred Russians had been killed
in vain attacks in this sector, both
on the coast and in the vicinity OF
the Pitkaranta islands, south OF
Kitela.
The eighteenth division. however,
now is believed surrounded in the
Kitela sector, in danger of destruc'
ton, with the Firms cannily avoid.
ing wasting manpower to complete
the job, content, instead, to let cold
and hunger do the work for them.
That the Red army is able to con-
tinue its powerful frontal attacks on
the Mannerheim line is proof of the
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MISSING HAMPSTEAD
MAN FOUND SLAIN
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view the body, but the time Tor
an inquest has not been set as yet.
Hudson was last seen Saturday
night. His house is located on the
road leading from Hampstead to
Castle Hayne and when he failed
to put in an appearance Mondy,
neighbors grew alarmed and a
search was started.
Funeral services for Hudson will
be held at the graveside in the
Hampstead Presbyterian church
cemetery Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock, with the Rev. MI. Myers
officiating.
He is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. G. A. Bishop and Mrs. c. w.
Futch, of Wilmington: one brother,
Walter D. hudson, of Wilmington,
and several nieces ad nephews.
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FARMER KILLED

REIDSVILLE, Feb. G.-(P-H. L
Hammer, 9 farmer, was killed and J,
L. Pu9h and Amos Herbin were in
Jured today in a collision of two
pickup trucks a mile south of Reds
vile. The injured men were brought
10 a Reidsville hospital.
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28 GG BATTLERS
MOVE TO FINALS
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again he drove Jackson back.
throwing long, hard blows.
The third was more of the Sec
ond, with Barnhill using his left
more and more effectively as time
went on.
Zane Winters, of Raleigh, won a
hard-fought decision over Red
Vance Beard, Of Lumberton, in the
ISL pound class in a fight that was
a feature of the nights bouts.
Boards timing was much better
than it was the first night but
he found Winters an able opponent
and they fought on rather even
terms throughout the first round.
Winters threw caution to the
wind in the second and rushed
in to find both that deadly right
and left coming at him with the
rapidity and precision of trip ham,
mers. Time and again he rushed
in, only to be fought off with
short, hard jabs and punches.
Winters drove in with a fury in
the third and for a few minutes
had Beard on even terms. Then
Beard cooled and again took COM
mand of the situation but was soon
smuggling with his opponent again
|. an art at which Winters was
the better. No longer did he wait
for Winters to come in, but rushed
the Raleigh boy and found that in
so doing he suffered. AS the bell
rang Winters landed a stiff punch
and sat Red on the canvas but
he was up before the count.
Walter Hulak won a decision ove1
Delmar Mobley of the White Lake
CCC camp in the second ISL 10
open class scrap.
The boys worked hard during the
first but neither showed the ex'
pertness of the Beard Winters SCRAP
and there were fewer blows and less
power in them. There was more &C
ton in the second, with Hulak using
his left jab effectively. The first
half of the third was Mobley's as
he hit Hulak hard and on numer
Gus occasions but the latter hall
was definitely Hulak's, as he speed
ed his work and pounded Moole5
with both lefts and rights.
Dick Young, of Belmont Abbey
won a decision over Bob Stanflelc
of Raleigh in the first 148 Id. open
match.
Stanfield came out vigorously anc
took a very slight lead early in the
round but soon when the going was
toughest and closest he found Young
was able to dish it out as well as
take it
Young showed he had something
dangerous in either hand in the
second, as he jabbed stanfield hare
and frequently with his left ane
then followed with a right that hae
1plenty behind it. Stanfield, with
good right but lacking left, was al
a disadvantage.
In the third Young continued tt
wade in, hitting with both hands
At a distance Stanfield used his
right effectively but when they me
in close quarters Young punched
him hard.
Henry Gilliken, of Wilmington
won a knockout over John Britt, o.
Raleigh, in 1:41 of the secone
round.
Gilliken, hitting hard and with
considerable accuracy was the maj
of the first round. He pushed tn
fight all the way and was hlttlne
hard with both hands.
Gilliken, the southpaw, rushed Ms
man time and again, in the second
hitting him fiercely with a marc
left and driving him back and BACK
Finally the desperate Britt rushee
and in a bit of close fighting tooR
a left to the chin that put him down
for the ten count.
George Weldon, of Belmont Abbey
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HARD WORK PAYS

WINNEMUCCA, Nevada Up -
Three years of hard work on a
6OO-foot mining tunnel eventually
paid Jack Cahill for his labor. He
has encountered a rich vein of
quicksilver and has $4,000 worth
of ore on the dump awaiting treat
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

The worlds greatest sanctuary
for wild life is in northeast Trans
vaal, South Africa. 1t is 220 miles
long and 40 miles wide.