davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
OF
72-Apartment
|ProjectBegun
Ground Broken For Large
Oleander Development By
Housing Corporation
WILL EMPLOY 200 MEN
First Oh Five Separate
Buildings Will Be Com
pleted Early Next Year

Work of constructing Y apart.
ments at Oleander by the New Han.
over Housing corporation got under
way yesterday morning with the
breaking of the ground on which
the buildings will be located.
The project will give from 15C
to 200 men employment and will
take five to seven months to com
plete, according to John W. Hud.
son, of the Goode Construction cor
p%oration, Charlotte general con.
tractors.
First In January
The first of the five separate
buildings to be erected on a 20
lot, park-like area to contain 7:
four and five room apartments viii
be completed shortly after Janu.
airy l, if weather conditions permit
rush work, according to John
Marshall, vice-president of the re-
cently-chartered New Hanover
Housing corporation, a Whining
ton concern.
The project is being financed
through a Union-C Central Life In
surance company -oan, under the
FILA mortgage insurance plan
Other Wilmington stockholders are
Leslie N. Boney, who is also archi-
tect for the project, anf DR.. Johr
T. Hoggard.
The apartments are to be mod
ern in every respect, Hudson said
with stream-lined ,itchens and ar
unusual amount of closet space
Electric refrigerators and gas
ranges will be installed in every
kitchen. Each apartment will have
a service entrance and every room
will have cross-ventilation. T h {
apartments will have hardwood
floors, tile entrance vestibules
with linoleum covering on floors
in the kitchens and baths.
The courts around and between
the buildings will be Handicapped
and playground areas are to be
provided.
The apartments are to be located
on an area slightly larger thar
two city blocks, facing the new
highway to Wrightsville Beach and
bounded on the west by Liveoak
Parkway in Oleander. :
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
NEGROES ON TRIAL
IN EASLEY DEATH
Selection OF Jury Is Under
way In Brunswick Coun-
ty Superior Court

SOUTHPORT, Oct. Trial of
four negroes-James Green Mark
ey Bowen, Nelson Hawkins a n d
Shocks Clemmons-on charges OF
murder in connection with the
death of Police Officer c h a e S
Easley here several weeks ago,
was started in Brunswick county
superior court this afternoon.
However, despite the feet that a
major part of the afternoon was
spent on the selection of a jury
a full jury had not been complet-
ed tonight.
There we're 16 challenges + o r
jury duty by the state and "a
Continued on Page Four, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02

depth of the Cape Fear river channel
five feet to give it a depth of 35
feet, establishing a great military
training camp and building military
highways to connect Wilmington
with other parts of the state.
All these things, Mr.. MacRae said,
could be accompanied by the coop
Grafton. and hard work of Whining
ton citizens, and particularly through
the civic clubs of the city.
The deepening of the channel
would allow larger ships to enter the
Wilmington port, and thus bring a
better class of business here, he said.
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. b
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
RAILROADS READY
FOR DEFENSE JOB
Williamson Points To Car.
riers' Vital Position In
Safety OF Country

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-R-Amer
lean railroads were described today
by Frederick E. Williamson, presi-
dent of the New York Central Rail-
road, as prepared to meet the defense
needs of the nation.
Never BEFORE" Williamson told a
Worlds Fair audience, were the
American railroads so vital to the
safety and well-being of the country
as they are in the present emergency
which confronts us today.
millions of people who hereto
fore have accepted railroad service
as an everyday commonplace of LIE
today realize that upon it may de
Continued on Page Four, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Mexican General Killed
On Eve Of Big Uprising

over the opposition of the present
administration party.
He was shot to death and a band
of his adhererf.s was blasted ou1
of a villa they had rented in THIS
city after a wild gunbattle ca'ly
this morning. 49,,
First police, then soldiers, lalo
siege to the house.
The police said a man wnom
Zarzosa tried to persuade to netI
him became frightened by the pro-
portions of the scheme and squeal-
ed.
Zarzosa, the police were told,
Continued OIL Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
WILLIAM NAPIER
IS FOUND DEAD
Body OF Former Whining.
tonian Discovered In Gas
Filled Room AT u. N. E..

CHAPEL HILL, Oct. 1.-GP-Wil
liam Benjamin Napier, 80, instructor
in the department of romance Ian.
guages at the University of North
Carolina, was found dead tonight in
his gas-filled bathroom.
Walter Creech, a neighbor ant
faculty colleague, found the body and
summoned help. Efforts at r~esuscita.
ton failed.
Napier had been i'll for some time
and was recuperating from pneu
monia.
Continued OH Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
BOULOGNE ATTACKED
Radio Stations In Ham
burg, Bremen, Other Ger
man Cities Are Silent
LARGE AREA RAIDED
Berlin Residents Kept I'm.
der Cover For Five Hours
During Fierce Raid

LONDON, Oct. 1.0R9-A new and
heavy assault upon the big berthas
that crowd the German-held French
coastline was opened late tonight
by British bombers half hidden in
rain clouds ov~erhanging the Eng
lish Channel.
Both sides of the Dover Strait
trembled under the shock of explod-
ing bombs. The center of the British
attack was in the region of the har-
Dor of Boulogne and of the Nazi
| gun endorsements near Cap Girls
Nez.
German searchlights threw up
lanes Of creeping white, and Ger
man anti-aircraft batteries smote
the upper air with shrapnel and
mu~lti-colored shell bursts. Tracer
shells and parachute flares threw
out their brief Nominations.
Radio Stations Silent
Radio stations in Hamburg, Bre.
men ard other German stations fell
silent, without explanation, before
the usual hour OF sign-off, and it
thus appeared that British raiders
were over many areas of the Reich.
All this was but a resumption of
assaults last night and early today
upon the vital FORCES of the Ger
man war foundry and the long
string of Nazi-held French ports
targets, said the air ministry, OF
tons of British bombs.
The air ministry said they struck,
these men who nightly ride an old
patrol, from the far interior Of Ger
many in a long sweep back to the
coast; and they left red, irregular
blotches of flame from Berlin to
Calais.
1t was apparently one of the
greatest single efforts yet launched
in the ultimate defense of England
against the invasion threat, and the
loss of five British planes was
acknowledged.
Berlin-s people were under cover
for more than five hours-the long
est period yet-and heavy British
bombers were declared here actually
to have cruised ur and down over
the Reich's capital for three and a
half hours, dropping tubes of ex-
plosives on the city's vital utilities.
The attack on Berlin, loosed dur
ing the night and carried on into
this morning, was reported particu-
larly heavy on the west and King
enberg power stations, and it sym
bolized perhaps more important as
saults upon vital e not only
elsewhere in Germany but in Hol-
land, Belgium and France as well.
This was the report of the de-
struction wrought, area by area, as
reported by the British air ministry:
In Germany-Oil refineries at
Hanover and Leuna, near Leipzig,
heavily bombed and great flames
left leaping upward; at Rothenburg,
an airplane factory hit; At Magde-
burg, a munitions plant; freight
yards and railway communications
bombed at Bremen, Ehrang, Osna-
brueck and Mannheim; the docks hit
at Cuxhaven.
In Holland-Docks at Amsterdam
hard pounded; gasoline dumps at
tackled at Rotterdam and Vlaardin-
gen; eight explosions reported at an
airdrome in Limburg.
In Belgium-The port of Ostend
assaulted, shipping and supplies
bombed; railway centers and freight
wards smashed at in Brussels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
BY The Associated Press

by n Associated Press
i, MoNTEREY, Mexico. Oct. l.
neHlcan soldiers bounced today on
DIlgadler General Andres Zarzosa
4llo Snot him to death a few hours,
1'ey said, before the zero hour for
revolutionary coup intended TO
.optur Monterrey, Mexico's
SedceSt Industrial city and se'ze
State.
~Adfzosa was an old friend, ac-
,e campaign supporter and mill
NY subordinate of Juan Andrew
M 4ilazan, who lost on the pass
Official returns in his attempt
become president Of Mexico
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
NaZiS List Three-FOld
Aims OF British Raids

BERLIN, Oct. Up The Ger
man air force, day and night, is out
to keep London from catching it's
BREATH" an authorized source said
tonight in outlining what was de-
scribed as the three-fold purpose of
Germany's aerial offensive against
the British Isles.
The other primary aims were
stated to be:
Interference with British war pro-
duction.
Blockading the import "of essen
sential goods"
The outline appeared to fit pre-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02

cisely with the German reports on
the latest bombings of Britain.
The high command said massed
formations and individual raiders in
the last "a hours centered their at
tacks on London and. on the seas
around the British Isles.
1t claimed: Sinking of a 10, 000-ton
merchantmen by air action off Ire
land; scattering of a convoy off
Scotland with two ships aflame; hits
on air plants, airports and harbors
in the south and west of England
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
BUTLER, SNEEDEN
NAMED DEPUTIES
Sheriff Jones Named N. J,
Calder, ABC Enforcement
Agent, Night Jailer

Sheriff C. David Jones yesterday
the appointment of twc
new deputy sheriffs to the law en-
organization of New Han
over county.
The new deputies are 7. Butler.
former police officer at Carolina ano
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
WEA1 HER

FORECAST
North Carolina: Partly cloudy n
not unite so cool Wednesday,; Inurs-
day generally fair.
meteorological data for the "a hours
ondinp 7;3O D.. IN. yesterday.
Temperature
I 30 a. m. SO; 1880 a. m. 81; 100 p.
M. Is; 7:3O p m. So; maximum ~;
So; mean So; normal 70.
Humidity
1:3O a. m. 90; 1880 a. m. 81; l:3O p.
m. "a; 7:30 p. m. rs.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1870 p. M,
O.O3 inches; total since first OF the
month, O.O3 inches.
Tides Fol- Today
High Low
Wilmington ----------- 10:l6a 5:O2a
-10:35p 5:29p
Masonboro Inlet ------ SOFA l:46a
S:2Op 2:19p
Sunrise 6:O7a; sunset 5:55p; moon
rise lila; moonset 6:54p.
Cape Fear river stage at Fay
etteville, at 8 a. M, September ~,
90 feet.
Continued on Page Four, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02

fContinued on Page Three; 20
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01
Ferdinand Pitchford Dies
At Home In Lexington

Ferdinand Pitchford, 81, died at the
Lexington Hospital following an ex-
tended illness. Services were he'd
at the Methodist Church, conducted
by the Rev. T. II. Dorsey, assisted
by the Rev. Judson Chastain, pas
tor Of the Baptist Church.
Interment was made in Odd Eel
lows cemetery.
l rItenIpd was a emlb u
one of Lexington's oldest families.
the son of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Augustus Pitchtord. For many years
he aided his father in looking after
Delta market interests in the CRU
ger area and also engaged locally
in business undertakings. He was
a member of the Methodist Church.
He is survived by four sis'ors and
two brothers Mrs.. J. T. Alexander,
Mr. D. c. hu dy, Lexinfron; Mrs.
J. H. Sla ar, Mrs. T. B. Smith, Cru
ger; c. a. Fitchford, Greenwood: S
T. Pitchford, Tchula.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01
runeroi Kites Held For
W. l.. Pettus Sunday

Funeral services for w. l.. Pettds,
Is. who died Friday night. January
rs at IL o'clock. were held on Sun
day at the Baptist Church with the
Rev. Judson Chastain conducting
the iervices.
Interment was in che Liberty Cha
pei Cemetery with the HarreA Flu
neral Home in charge.
Nh. Pettus had been in i'll heaitn
for the pas year. He was a IA
tive Of Holmes county and lived
about two miles south of Lexington
He was a life long member o.
the Baptist Church.
Surviving him are: two sons. Georg2
and John; and m daughter, Ms.
Holly, all of Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01
Boy Scout Movement

The Boy Scout movement was founded in America
thirty years ago this week. Most of us have watched
it grow and gain in influence, with great satisfaction.
1t is something vital to "The American Way" and through
three decades, its service has gained the confidence of
all people.
1t would be difficult to point to any single quality
of the Movement and say with positiveness, Here is
what makes Scouting great" But in our judgment one
of the outstanding contributions to the nation, particu-
'a"lv in tIoae 4i~1ce IF ~-n~l' trev"r : - eir4-'--. ~
Twelfth scout Law, Il epltomlzeS al that we as "a people
stand for; all that our forefathers pioneered for when
they were faahioning a safe homeland out of a wilder
ness.
Read its stirring words. They are worth memoriz-
ing and, more than that, they should be lived by all Of
us who have the high privilege of being Americans.
Here is the Twelfth Scout Law:
He is reverent toward God. He is Faithful
in his religious duties and respects the con-
victions Of others in matters of custom and
religion.
All Americans worthy of the name, all who believe
in the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights
and the Constitution of the United States have an abid-
ing faith in such a principle because it is their very
guarantee that so long as it is a living thing they will
be free and independent.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01
MISSISSIPPI
DEPARTMENT
lA@KcNN
PROCLA

WHEREAS, The entire United States will partici-
pate IN celebrating the fifty-eighth birthday of the
President.
WHEREAS, The year 1910 marks the one hum
dredth anniversary of the discovery of the disease, In
fantlle Paralysis, although there is reason to believe
it struck down little children even back in the DAYS of
the Pharoahs, centuries ago
WHEREAS the people Of this country have band
ed together IN a national movement to combat the mys-
trlous nalady, Infantile Paralysi sis, which every year
adds to the total Of those lett with twisted backs and
wlthered limbs, Of those who walk with crutches or
steel braces
WHEREAS 1t can now be said that progress is being
made by the National Foundation for Infantie Paralv-
SIS IN directing the unified fight against the maladv
WHEREAS, Every year some part of the United
states suffers an epidemic of this disease and no part
of the population is immune
WHEREAS. There is need Tor local as we'll as
National facilities for the cure and treatment of the
aftereffects of this disease, and for continued educa-
tlonal research and scientific experimentation,
NOW THEREFORE,. l. PAUL B. JOHNSON, Gov
ernor of the State of Mississippi, do hereby designate
January "a, 1910, beginning with the March of Dimes"
as the opening date of the Campaign against Infantile
Paralysis, and January 80. 1910 as Infantile Paralysis
Day and urge that all Mississippians who can do so.
engage in the celebration of the Presidents Birthday,
to further the fight against Infantle Paralysis.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, l hereunto set nv
hand and cause the Great, Seal of the State of Miss.s-
sippi to be affixed this oath day of January, 1910.
PAUL B. JOHNSON, Governor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01
T. F. A. rioios Annual
Social At McAdoms

The Annual District Social held at
airy Path. All schools Of the district
were wen represented with the ex-
ception OF West Chapter.
All chapters OF F. F. A. invited
the home economics girls and taei;
teacher for the occasion. A number
of interesting games were played
and each school selected it's group
of contestants and much interest was
manifested throughout the two hours
of wholesome entertainment. String
music numbers were presented BY
members Of the Ethel chap.er.
Holmes A. H. S. won first place in
4 of the s group events for top score,
Sails second. Ethel third, and Nc
Adams Attn.
Those attending from A H. S. were
as follows: Helen Branch. Doroth!
Burrell, Charlotte Dyckerson, Anise
Mcdaniel. Marjorie Mcbride, Jack
~~.~ .u~s-, -%y -o~.~.,
James Terry, Walker Doty, Nike
Moore, Hugh L, Dickerson. Marshal.
Stuckey. Annette Mcdaniel, Nettie
Jenkins Carolyn Frown, Ethel
Shanks, Carolyn Wynne, Billie Bur
rell, Walton Doty. Carlton Aldy, Joe
Tom Mabry, Billie Young. H. b..
Powers, Jr, Troy Biggers, and R. w.
Almond, Adviser.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01
Blood Poisoning FotoI
To Thomustown Youth

Ell.hu Hutchinson, 10, of Thomas
town, died on Thursday, January 70,
at the Kosciusko Hospital, as the re
suit of blood poisoning caused froLa
an o'possum bite he received ten
days previous.
Funeral services were held at the
Baptist Church in Sails with the
Rev. Smith officiating.
r.e;ment was in The Sails Cen2a-
terry with the Southern Undertaking.
Association of Durant in charge.
He is ,arvtved by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. q. G. Hutchinson and five
sisters and brothers, all OF Thomas
town.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01

only q few muscles are in action -.
thus resulting later on In q set look.
Lively muscles In the face mean
lively youthful appearances on the
face.
All Of which has . lot to do with
the manner in which you have to
60 through winter after winter. II
you have to do like many house
wives. you have to get up In a chilly
room, tend to q fire all day long,
perhaps even carry in coal or attend
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01

The statements by leading SCI
entists who declare that the hap
piest and most comfortable persons
seldom get the lines Of old age 80
quickly make Us wonder II house.
wives shouldn't spent more money
for home heating than for artifi-
cial methods Of making beauty.
1t has long been an axiom that
when q person smiles he Cor she)
exercises dozens Of muscles In the
face, while when Q person frowns,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01
The Fire Department

While Durant citizens probably weren't aware of
it the fire truck was made and kept ready for action
during the entire time of the recent cold spell when
everything in sight was frozen up.
A man was kept on duty and at any time the de-
partment would have been ready for action.
While we were blessed with not having any fires
it is nice to know that we would have had full protec-
tion had there been one.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01

to the furnace.
Yet, there is q better way "a
scientific way Of home heating that
grasses all frowns. makes 1t possible
for you to smile in the morning as
well as In the warm afternoon.
It's the way Of natural gas home
heating a cheaper. more de-
pendable. less irritating and more
carefree way Of having a joyful
winter!
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01

Even though the weather was very
cod, pontics really began to warm
up down mere and 1t has been SO dog
goned not and so much not air mas
peen turned loose his week it not
only has melted the snow Oft the
Capitol but has reached way out GA
lue grounds also.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01
Billy Bacon

We are sorry to see Billy Bacon leave Durant to
GO to Jackson to continue his practice of law.
While we are glad too that Billy has a larger field
in which to engage in his profession we cannot help
but regret that we lose him. In him we had a progress
sve, wide-awake citizen, eager and willing at all times
to do his part in anything to benefit the community.
He was an active member of the Methodist Church,
the Durant Rotary Club and was city attorney. He will
be missed in all circles.
One of the real problems of small towns is the
young folks leaving for better opportunities in bigger
cities. While we cannot blame them for taking advan-
tage OF SUCH opportunities We can mourn the less Of
what they mean to a ommunity.
Durant's loss is Jacksons gain and our best wishes
go with Billy in his new home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01

Mrs. George Peacock, Mrs. George
Peacock, Jr. and Mrs. George Jones
went to Memphis on last Thurs
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01

Mr.. and Mrs. George Peacock, j.
of Grenada and Mrs, George Jones
of Coffeeville are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. George Peacock.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01

Programs, platforms and it ues
have arisen so fast and furlouSly
tnaL / wonder where the guy went
tnat said and thought that this SEES
sion Wa, going to be a harmonious
one. o know, the humorous part
Oh any issue is that it has two sides
show me any fellow who wants to
be on the wrong side of a question.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01
Happenings In The Miss.
Stote Legislature
AS Seen And Heard BY Kinds Jumper

1t sens that my report evidently
froze UP or got lost in the snow
over last weekend as it failed to reach
it's destination. Either course was
iustifia4ole, as last week was such a
bad me-.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01
QuuiI Bill Killed

A bill passed the House in the state legislature
to extend the quail season but was defeated in the
senate.
A bill to close season for a year or 80 would per-
haps have been more fitting at this time because of so
many of the quail starving to death in the recent cold
and snow.
1t would be a poor sportsman who'd want to get out
and kill the number that managed to survive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-01
Income Tax Bill

1ou"bC a pi " CC h'"S 'HNh Hf''
exemptions of only 500 for single persons and
$500 for married couples with 500 allowed for
each dependent. The tax would be three per cent
on the first $500, four per cent on the next $500
and would reach a maximum Of ten per cent on in,
comes of $500 and over. He estimates the bill
would produce from eight to twelve million dollars
per year.
Of the taxes collected from persons living in
side municipalities 30 per cent would go to the
state general fund, 80 per cent to the county and
40 per cent to the municipality. All other would
be divided, 40 per cent to the state and GO per cent
to the county.
The bill provides that the county tax collector
be allowed fees of five per cent on the first $50 1000,
three per cent on the next 100000, two per cent
on the next $4,000, and one per cent on all above
that amount.
That the Mississippi legislature could pass such a
bill is unthinkable. However, the fact that there are
persons in our state law-making body who would pro-
pose such legislation is an unhealthy sign OF our times
The present tendency of penalizing persons who
work to earn a living for themselves and their families
by taxing them so as to provide more money for the
government to spend, thereby creating more political
jobs, is going to have to be curbed somewhere if we
want our people to retain their self-sufficincy and self
respect.
The school of thought that says "the government
owes me a living" is going to have to be stamped out II
we are to survive as honest, dependable citizens.
The government owes none OF us a living.
1t is the duty of governments to keep people from
starving to death in times of great need, when jobs are
impossible to get, or when we are in the midst of great
depression.
But it is certainly not the responsibility OF the gov
eminent to build up a class of people who have to be
kept by the government all their lives from the time
they are born until they die.
We want the citizens of our country to be indie
penuent BY rlght OF yorklng at honest labor IOf tneII
living. We do not want them to become dependent on
the government for a living.
The more responsible a government is for its peo-
pies welfare the more powerful it has to make the
rules under which they live, the more a dictatorship
it becomes.
When it GETS to the pOint of taxing ont "apeOuSly
people who work for the benefit of those who won't
it is Time to stop.
Every intelligent legislator will vote aranst the
bill proposed by the Clay Representative.