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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
THAlLAND PLANE
ATTACKS FRENCH
New Troubles Appear For
Indo-C China As laps
Send In Troops
BY c. YATES MCDANIEL

HANOI, French lndo-Chlna, Sept.
28.-R-New signs of trouble with
Thailand (Siam) confronted
French Indo-China tonight.
A lone Thai airplane machine
gunned a native constabulary post
5 miles within the territory Of this
French colony this morning,
French authorities reported.
They attributed the attack to
Thailand's pressure for the return
of former territory but said no
casualties resulted and no steps
were being taken in retribution.
The French government at Vichy
has rejected Thailand's repeated
territorial demands and Thailand,
which now has a good will' mis-
sion in Tokyo, has cancelled h e r
non-aggression pact with lndo-
China.
Official French sources, mean
while, announced that japanese
Major General Isaaku Nishihara is
expected here tomorrow and in.
formed sources believe he is com.
ing in reply to Indo-China's de-
mand that Japan send a plenipo-
tertiary with authority over all ia
Continued on Page Two; Col. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Reds Part In New Axis
Lineup Remains Mystery
ON, NAILS SAY
But Spaces Not Yet De.
fined, Berlin Press
Service Admits
By The Associated Press

BERLIN, Sept. %. - Germany,
Italy and Japan have agreed
amongst themselves as to just what
area in the proposed new world
order is to be under the leader
ship" of Soviet Russia, as well as
what areas are to be under their
own respective controls, informed
Nazi sources disclosed tonight.
The extent and nature of this
assignment to the Soviet was not
mentioned by the informant, the
authoritative commentary, service
Dienst aus Deutschland, but it was
said that the step had been taken
80 that there can be no question
of encroachment in foreign spaces
by these powers"
Not Yet Fixed
Dienst injected some confusion
over the three treaty signers' "ab-
solute agreement" however, with
a statement that the borders had
not been fixed locally according
to geographic details but only 'ac-
cording to principle"
There exists no need" it de-
clared, ''for an exact fixing of Dor
ders in every detlil."
An indication also was given by
Dienst that United States Secretary
of State Cordell Hull's description
of. the pact as a document which
only publicized something already
known did not sit very well with
some circles.
Despite American and British at
tempts to represent the pact as
nothing new, the service said, the
American press accepted it as the
most sensational political event
since the beginning of the war;"
thereby recognizing it's significance.
While spokesman declined to be
specific as to where the Russian
and Japanese spheres are to meet,
it is obviously expected in the for.
eign office that Japan will clear
up any lingering misunderstanding
with the Soviet owe disputed Dor
ders. It was indicated, too, that
the Soviet shipment of arms to
lChina is being overlooked.
There still was no published
press or official reaction from Mos
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
AID-T0-BRITAIN
GROUP TO MEET
Chairman Macmillan Will
Report On Action OF
Capital Meeting

The local Committee for Defense
of the United States by Aiding the
Allies will meet Tuesday morning
at II o'clock at the chamber Of
commerce offices to hear W. D
Macmillan, local chairman, report
as a delegate to the national con-
ference held in Washington last
week-a conference during which
the group was addressed by Sec
rotary of State Hull and later pre-
scented a petition to President
Roosevelt urging that a policy Of
speed and boldness be adopted
in aiding Great Britain,
Promising a full report Of a meet
ing he declared to be one of the
most interesting he has ever at
tended Macmillan said:
"We want to know how Whining
ton stands on this matter. We are
prepared to push our campaign
vigorously as soon al we know the
sentiment of the people,"
Other members of the North Car
DINA delegation were: Gordon Ro
bertson, Asheville; Col. S. C.
Chamber, Durham; Mechanic
Lewis, of Greensboro; Miss Peggy
Gray, of Winston-Salem; Archi-
bald Henderson, Chapel Hill; the
Rev. Albert P. Mack, Rutherford
ton; and John A. Park, Raleigh.
After the conference with Sec
rotary Hull and the visit to the
White House, the North Caroline
group called upon Senator Josiah
w. Bailey.
The resolution presented to Pres
ident Roosevelt by the Flying
Squadron'' and the William Aller
White joint committee read as fol
lows:
"Mr. President:
1--WE are here as a literal lily
ing squadron of citizens repre-
senting every portion of the Unit
ed States who have come to Wash
ington by air to give voice to wha'
we are convinced is now the over
whelming sentiment of the Amerl
Continued on Page Eight; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Heavy Damage
On Both Sides
FIRES SET IN LONDON
Creat Britain Counters Ber-
Inns Claims With Report
Only Seven Planes Lost
FRENCH BASES BOMBED
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Sept. 29.-(Sun-
dsy)-Flares and incendiary
bombs hurled by pace-setting
German air raiders guided
tther Nazi planes to he r
! targets in London early today
in the fourth week Of unre-
Ianting assault aimed at
knocking out Britain.
Three small fires burned as
bright b eacons below the
flashes of exploding anti-air-
craft shells in the skies over
the capital. Firemen extin-
guished the flames after Is
minutes but the raids went on.
British bombers counter-at-
lacked furiously at German
bases across the channel along
the French coast. Observers
on Dover's cliffs saw hundreds
t bursting explosions in al
most an unbroken line along
M French side.
Heavier Explosives
The flashes were bigger than any
hing previously een and indicated
nore and heavier explosives were
icing used by the British in an at
tempt to annihilate Nazi forces
which have dug in on the coast.
The British raids continued into
the morning hours, as London stout
" took it's 22nd consecutive night
assault from the Nazis.
Some of the invaders flew to with
in a few hundred feet of the ground.
Other bombers at the same time
we're attacking along the southeast
coast.
Late last night, the air ministry
said Britain had lost seven planes
and shot down six German craft
during the day.
The concentrated bombing of a
steel and aluminium rolling mill at
lie Havre, France, was reported Ivy
Continued on Page Eight; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
BY r x L. SIMPSON

A closeup of Adolf Hitler's mind
as he witnessed signing of the tri.
partite Axis-Japanese new order
pact would clarity much that re-
mains in doubt as to its real signi.
ficance.
The signing was carried out with
full pomp and circumstance, to
which Hitler lent his own august
presense, and the pact was hailed
as a further Nazi triumph. Events
alone can prove whether it was not
instead a confession of defeat, Hit.
ler's first substantial setback.
That particular Nazi diplomatic
white rabbit came out of the hat
of German Foreign Minister Won
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29

WASHINGTON, Sept. %. -RE
A senate-house committee voted
to increase to "a per cent the nor
NAL income tax rate on all cor
porations with net income Of more
than $25, 1000 in reaching agree
ment tonight on the major provi--
sions of an excess profits tax bill.
The present rate is 200 per cent.
The committee decided to make
no change in the tax on corpora
tons with income of less than $685.
900.
This defision represented a COM
promise between a senate amend
ment providing for an increase OF
81 pr cent in the tax on all cor
income, and the original
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
War Interpretive

Ribbentrop at a time when there
were many other intimations that
Hitler's high command had in
formed him that the war with Brit
ain was going to be a long one.
not the short affair he expected.
He still may order invasion of Eng
land, even a winter invasion, but
his master strategists are digging
in on a wide front for a long fight.
The tri-partite pact ignores Brit.
ain. It is based on the assumption
that British sea power has already
been eliminated as a factor in both
Europe and Asia. Its authors know
that is not the fact.
.Britain's navy, stronger than a
+. Continued on Page Five; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
GREEN WILL GUST
UNION CANCSTERS
Chief To Call On All
Branches To Act Now
To End Corruption T..

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-tR-
President William Green said today
that he would ask the American
Federation of Labor executive coun-
Gil, at a meeting here Monday, to
take action against what he called
"gangster penetration of it's affili-
ated unions. r.
"We have dealt decisively with
gangster penetration in u federal
Continued OIL Page Two; COL -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Congress Group Raises
Tax On Excess Profits

house bill which contained no gen.
eral income tax increase.
Senator Harrison D-Miss). com
mittee chairman, estimated that
the bill as it now stood would yield
$500, 600, 900 to $1,000, 000, 900 annu-
ally.
Harrison announced that the COM
mittee, appointed to reconcile dill
ference in the senate and house
measures, would met tomorrow
morning with very strong hopes
of reaching a final agreement.
Under present plans, he said, the
house will consider. the conference
agreement on Tuesday and tn
senate on Wednesday.
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
BY ROSS MUNRO

A UNITED KINGDOM PORT,
Sept. 28.-R-The first -flotilla Of
United States destroyers, transfer
red to Britain in return for West
ern Hemisphere defense bass, has
arrived at this war-bustling port
after a safe and speedy 2,500-mile
voyage from Canada, climaxed by
an apparent submarine attack dur.
ing the last night on the Atlantic
Censorship, prevents transmits
sion of the details of the attack
The d%estroyers came through I'm.
scathed.
The grey little warships, manned
by British crews, knitted down har-
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Iron Guard government sought evil
dence of their alleged abuse of pow

Iron Guard government sought evil
dence of their alleged abuse of pow
er and mishandling of public funds.
General George Argesanu, former
premier who succeeded the assassi-
mated Armand Calinescu, headed the
list. Several thousand Iron Guard
list were executed following Gaines
GUS death and today's arrests were
seen as a major reprisal against
those in office during that bloody
period.
Foreign Minister Prince Costin
SturZa issued a statement that Ru-
mania was aligned with the Axis
powers.
Every other political connec-
ton near or far now automatically
falls to the ground" it said.
The statement followed reports
Rumania was withdrawing from the
Balkan Entente.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
LA British
Warplanes
Downed

BERLIN, Sept. 2S.-(Sunday)
British air raiders, at
lacking wide areas of Germany
including Berlin's suburbs, early
today dropped bombs which kill
ed and injured a, Substantial
number" of civilians, a COM
munique announced.
British bombers were active in
northern and western Germany
and the Ruhr Industrial area,
but their bombs struck residen-
tial areas without attaining mill
tary detectives, it was said.
The %communique said gunfire
southwest of Berlin turned the
raiders away from the city, and
that one Australian plane was
shot down, but millions of Ber-
liners spent two hours and 10
minutes in chilly air raid shell
tiers due. to two alarms.
Hour, az Minutes
The first, after midnight, Taste
one hour and AZ minutes,s the SEE
ond, which soon followed, lasted 2
minutes. Only one anti-aircraft gu.
heard firing in the city itsel1
and no planes or bomb explosion
were heard. Antisaircraft guns O.
the city's outskirts were more active
Germans said the raid APPARENT
was intended to drive the populs
ton to the cellars which are becon
ing chilly as the northern autum.
advances. Nevertheless, regulation
requiring citizens to take cover ar
being enforced rigidly.
Greatest Devastation
The greatest devastation yet don
by German bombers in England wa
Continued on Page Two. Col. n
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
New Axis Pact Draws
Many Recruits To Army

NEW YORK, Sept. %. u
Would-be recruits flowed through
the army office today at the rate
of 100 an hour, and many Of them
said they had been influenced by
the mex Axis pact.
ttIt looks as if they're all gang
ing UP on us, and I'd always want
ed to get into the army" one man
gave as the reason for his volun-
teering.
Another, who works in a jersey
City suitcase factory said, Il
Just wanted to get as far away
from suitcases as5I could, but that
oact made up my mind" 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
BRITISH BOMBERS
RAID LIBYA FORT
Fires And Explosions Are
Reported Caused Al
Inland Points

CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. % Up -
British bombers harassing Italian
operations in North Africa attack
ed military detectives in the Giar-
abub area of Libya, scoring many
direct hits, British headquarters
announced tonight.
Giarabub, near the. Egyptian
frontier, is about 200 miles inland
rom the Mediterranean coast.
British pilots singled out the Ital-
Ian fort there, and also attacked a
Continued on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
U.S.. DESTR0YERS
REACH ENGLAND
First Flotilla Makes Port
Safely Despite Sub At
tack In Atlantic

(The following story of the
trip to Britain of the first Unit
ed States destroyers exchang-
ed for Western hemisphere de-
tense bases was written for
the Associated Press and the
Canadian press by Ross Num-
70, Canadian press staff re-
porter aboard one of the YES
sels.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
Negotiation
Still Open
To laps
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, Sept. 28-R-
The state departments under
secretary suggested today that
Far Eastern problems still can
be settled around a conference
table-but he declared this ma
ton is preparing "for all even
tualities," and limited at an i'm
pending extension Of Pan
American defense policies.
The under-secretary, 47-year-
old Sumner Welles, appeared
before Cleveland's foreign po-
Icy association. At one point
he was asked:
GLOW far have we gone in
the development of Pan-Ameri-
can policies to pave the way
for equal responsibility by all
Pan-American countries in the
defense Of all American"
Welles' Answer
Welles, speaking calmly and so.
replied:
IT think there is no republic i
his hemisphere not willing, pre-
pared and disposed-and l m a
say eager-to share in a common
responsibility. There may be a
announcement shorty that viii
clarity what I mean"
The question vas propounde
oy DIR. Brooks ENEMY, the under
secretary's Cleveland host an
head of the foreign affairs-stud
group which Welles addressed
gave the association tn
most detailed. analysis of foreig
that has come from an a,
thorized government spokesman il
many months.
Speaking of the Far East, Welle
declared ''there is no problem pre-
sented which could not be peace
fully solved through negotiation
iff there existed a sincere desir
on the part of all concerned t
find an equitable and a fair soll
ton which would give just reco@
Continued on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
|RUMANIA DRAWS
CLOSER TO AXIS
Iron Guard Rulers Jail
IA Army And Political
Leaders Under Carol

BUCHAREST, Sept. %. - Up =
Five generals and nine politicians
who aided former King Carol to rule
Rumania were held tonight under
police guard in their homes as the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
WEATHER
REC

FORECAST
North Carolina: Partly cloudy in
west, cloudy with occasional showers
IN east portioA Sunday; Monday part
" cluody, probably showers near the
coast.
South Carolina : Considerable cloudi-
less, scattered showers except in ex-
teMe northwest portion Sunday, Mon
may partly cloudy, probbaly showers
Aera the coast.
Temperature
m is9 a; m: 81; 7:3o a. m. go; 1:oo ?.
MI NO; 7:30 p. m. a.; maximum 81;
"lalmurn So; mean 81; normal 20.
Humidity
loSO a. m. "a; 1870 a. m. SO; 1870 p.
H. 81; 7:30 p. M. So. +
Precipitation
o,eo!al for "a hours ending $50 p. M,
100 % inches; total since first Of month.
l$4 inches. =
Tides For To-day.
Wis., High Low
aasonboro Inlet - 5:24a II :41s
,is sunrise 6:05a; sunset scoop; moon
'~e S:49a; moonset 4 sap.
ett taps Fear river stage at Fay
Continued ON Page Five; Coz AZ
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
BUCHAREST, r a a,

BUCHAREST, r u m a n i a,
Sept. 80 Sunday -R)- Ru-
manian police asserted today
four Englishmen and a Can
adam arrested in the POlesti
oil field were involved in a
plot to adulterate gasoline con-
signed to. Germany so that
Nazi airplanes using it would
develop engine trouble in mid
air.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29
LEROY MURRAY
dies IN CRASH
Fayetteville Woman Hurt
AS Local Mans Car
Wrecks On Curve

FAYETTEVILLE, Sept. 2S.-R-
Leroy Murray, Of Wilmington, was
fatally injured and Miss Alice Adams
of Fayetteville suffered superficial in
juries late today when their auto
mobile overturned on a curve be-
tween here and Ft. Bragg. Murray
died several hours later in a local
hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-29

Leroy Murray, a fireman employed
by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad,
was the son of. Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
Murray, of 307 Harnett street.
Funeral arrangements h not
been Completed last night
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-18
Palestine Plans To
Add to Air Defense

LONDON (JTA)-Palestine au-
thorities are considering measures
to strengthen the Palestine anti
air attack defenses following the
heavy and indiscriminate Italian
raid on Tel Aviv, George H. Hall,
Parliamentary Undersecretary for
Colonies, told the House of Com
mons.
Hall also announced that Col
onial Secretary Lord Lloyd was
consulting with High Commission
er Sir Harold MacMichael on a
plan for compensation for civilian
air attack victims in the Holy
Land. The Undersecretary and Sir
Harold are now comforting with
authorities regarding
moves to bolster the anti-air at
tack defenses.
Asked to make a statement re-
garding the Tel Aviv bombing,
Hall confirmed that there were no
military detectives there. He ex-
pressed the belief that the House
would wish to associate itself with
the messages of sympathy sent by
Prime Minister Churchill and Lord
Lloyd over this brutal attack"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-18
Local B'nai Births
10 Sponsor Debate
At Center Monday

Resolved that every Jewish
community in America shall create
a council to serve as the recOg-
niZed spokesman for the Jewish
community in all local matters ex-
cept religious affairs" is the SUBJ
ject of a debate to be sponsored by
the Jacksonville chapter of the in
ternatiOnal order of B'nai Birth
Monday night at the local Jewish
Center, Third and Silver Streets.
A brief business meeting will
start at 8 o'clock, with the debate
scheduled to begin a half hour lat
er. The general public is cOrdi-
ally invited.
Speaking on the affirmative
side will be Montague Rosenberg
and Nathan Schevitz, attorneys,
with Harold S. Cohn, newspaper
man, and DR.. Joseph Weinreb,
physician and psychiatrist, taking
the negative side. A unique way
of deciding the winners will be
presented with the audience serv-
ing as judges. Just prior to the
debate all present at the gather
ing will vote their opinion on the
question, and Immediately follow
ing they will again vote on the
subject. Winners will be deter
mined by the number of people
who have been persuaded to
change their opinion.
The B'nai Birth serves in the
capacity of unifying JacksOnville's
various groups of Jews. Accord
ing to an announcement by Phil
ip Selber, secretary, the chapter
will renew its date clearing bur-
eau for the benefit Of local organ
izatiOns which seek to prevent the
conflict of meeting nights and So
cial affairs. This work was very
successfully carried out during the
past year in which The Southern
Jewish Weekly cOOperated by
printing a list Of all planned af-
fairs so that group leaders could
avail themselves of the OppOrtuni-
ty of learning of open dates. Lead
ers in the Jewish community are
urged to call the secretary OF
B'nai Birth, 5-1S28, and list with
him all affairs planned during the
coming year.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-18
Jews Slain by Score
London Air Raid

LONDON (JTA) = Scores OF
Jews were killed Sunday night in
one of the worst disasters of the
current blitzkrieg when a bomb
struck the middle of a block OF
apartment houses in one London
district.
The bomb cut a building in half.
The total casualties there were
not Immediately known since most
of the tenants were sheltered in
the basement, which was covered
bv tons of debris. Demolition and
rescue squads were still working
trying to recover the bodies.
Air raid warnings twice dis
turbed morning Yom Kippur serv-
ices in London, but most syna-
gogues carried on regardless. Ev-
ening curtailed service was SINH
larly interrupted. A large proper
ton of the men attending services
wore uniforms of the various fore
es. The services were held In deep
underground.
A representative body was es-
+ahlished under the auspices of the
Board of Deputies of British Jews
to coordinate the work OF coping
with Jewish problems raised by
the German bombings. The new
body will handle immediate relieL
for the homeless, advisory bureaus
On child welfare of children, rell-
gious welfare in the reception ar,
cas-, relations between jews anu a
non-Jews and particularly tne
problem of adequate shelters.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-18

ZIth, 194U.
The Board again called attention
to the Importance of Shekel Reg
istration this year, in view of the
resolution adopted at the 21st
World Zionist Congress, accord
ing to which only those Jews who
will have paid the Shekel every
year, including the inter-Congress
years, will be entitled to vote in
the elections to the next World
Zionist Congress.
The Shekel Board pointed out
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-18

that although no time and place
for the next Zionist Congress have
been fixed, nevertheless, a Con-
gress will be held and American
Jewry will be represented only to
the extent of the number of Shek-
ell Payers. Since momentous ques-
tons will be considered at the next
Congress, it is doubly important
that American Jews be represent
ed by the largest possible delega-
ton.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-18

The shofar-blowing took place
in the Cathedral Church of st.
Paul, where Dean Edwin J. van
Etten preached on 1.-THE Call of
the Shofar," reviewing the his
tory of the rams horn. He said
that since the Jews were observ-
ing the ten Days of Penitence he
had invited Rabbi Herman H. Ru-
benovitch of Temple Michkan Te-
fila to read the Scriptures and Is
rael Feather of the Temple to
blow the shofar.
At Temple Sinai, DR.. Russell
Henry Stafford of the Old South
Church delivered a Yom Kippur
sermon on Christian Conscience
on the Jewish Day of Atonement."
He voiced humble acknowledge
ment of the sins of Christendom
against the Jews" and asserted
that despite surface Emergencies,
Jews and Christians are worship
ing the same God and have much
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-18
Students Rip Off
Anti Jewish Signs

STOCKHOLM (JTA)-Students
in Oslo removed anti-Jewish no.
tees and demonstratlvely patron
lied shops labelled as Jewish en-
terprises, as part Of demonstra-
tons against the German-support-
ed Quisling government, it was
reported here.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-18
JeWeSS Is jailed
for Visiting Her
Sick Daughter

LONDON (JTA) = The
Polish Information Ministry
reported the case of a 73-
year-old Jewish woman in
Warsaw who left the ghetto
without a permit to see her
daughter, seriously ill, who
lived in a different section
of the city. The woman was
caught on the way, arrested
and was subsequently SEN
fenced to eight months i'm
prisonment.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-18
Italy Bans Jewish
Antique Dealers

NOME (JTA)-Jewish antique
oealers have been deprived of their
psperatlng licenses in the latest an
rue Sewish measure enforced by the
salan authorities. The. action af-
o s0s several hundred Jews in
MUM, Sung many of Italy's most
prominent dealers.