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Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
Drop Willkie Name

He eounselled his followers to main-
tain and continue the thousands
of organizations" set up and fin
anced independently during the
campaign, but he urged that his
own name be removed from their
title to avoid advantage to any
individual.
Willkie told his listeners that AM
erican men and women had kept
constitutional government triumph
antly alive on election day. There
was campaign bitterness, he said,
and many things were said which
might have been left unsaid or
have been differently worded in
caImer moments. But he said there
was no bitterness in his heart.
I'VE have elected Franklin Roose-
velt president" he told the people.
We all of us owe him the respect
due to his high office. We will
support him with our best efforts
Tor our country. 1t is a fundamental
principle of the democratic system
that majority rules"
But he said the operation of de-
mocracy required strong and alert
opposition end that it was about
the function of the minority. o.
100000 people. nearly half of the
electorate, that he wished to talk.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

Clinton Donald Adams. who
pleaded guilty to a charge of forg-
cry, Tuesday was sentenced to six
months in the Imperial county jail.
His request for probation was de-
MED by Judge Vaughn ~ Thomp-
son
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12
WEATHER

Southern California = Scattered
high clouds Tuesday and Wednes-
day; little change in temperature;
light to gentle westerly winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

unity of America really at heart,
it must consider without prejudice
and with an open mind such rec
concentrations of the opposition. -
He reiterated his general endorse
ment of Roosevelt administration
of national defense efforts and Of
giving aid to Great Britain, but
he said the opposition should see
that federal money was not wasted
and that aid to the British did not
harm our own defenses.
However, I believe" he said,
that our aid should be given by
constitutional methods and with the
approval, accord and ratification
of congress"
That was a challenge to the meth
Cd by which Mr.. Roosevelt swap
ped so over-age destroyers for naval
and air base rights on British ter
itary. Only by prior congressional
ratification, Willkie contended last
night, could the people determine
from time to time the course the,
wished to take and the hazard,
they wished to run.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-12

Consider Both Sides
II this administration has the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
HlNCKLEY TO GET
COMMERCE POST
F. R. Makes Move To Gain
Support For Reorgan-
ization Plan
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL

HYDE PARK, N. Y, May 4.-R)
An unusual presidential announce
ment that the post of assistant Sec
rotary of commerce probably would
go to Robert H. Hinckley appeared
tonight to be designed to court adj
ditional support in congress for the
controversial proposal to shift the
Civil Aeronautics Authority into the
framework of the commerce depart
ment.
Hinckley is chairman of the CAA
and as assistant commerce secretary
would be in a position to support
the continuation of present policies
of the agency should the transfer
go through.
President Roosevelt has sought re-
peatedly to calm some Of the Juror
which has arisen ver his fourth
government reorganization plan
largely because of it's treatment OF
the CAA. He had made a point that
the authority, in the commerce de-
partment, still would function with
all the freedom of an entirely indie
pendent governmental agency.
Congressional foes of the reorgan-
national plan have argued that the
CAA would be subservient to the
secretary. of commerce and have OBJ
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
NAVY WILL SEND
AMPHIBIAN HERE
One OF Largest Planes In
Service To Pay Visit
To Wilmington

One of the U. S.. navy's largest
amphibian planes will visit Will
mington Friday in connection with
the dedication ceremonies for the
NYA seaplane base landing float,
James E. L. Wade, commissioner
of public works, announced yester'
day.
The local visit of the plane was
made possible through the efforts
Of Senator Robert R. Reynolds,
Commissioner Wade said.
The plane will be brought here
from the Norfolk navy yard base,
where it is stationed permanently.
It has a crew of four U. S.. navy
fliers and will arrive in the city
sometime Friday morning.
After spending Friday afternoon
and night in the city, the plane will
return to it's Norfolk base some
time Saturday morning. Other sea-
planes are anticipated for the &C.
casion and arrangements for the
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
GREECE WORRIED
BY FLEET REPORT
British Send Additional
Warships To Stations
In The Aegean

ATHENS, May Up 1.-The re
ported arrival of British naval rein
forcements in the Aegean sea off
Salonika kept tension high in Greece
tonight as all of southeastern Eu-
rope watched a%nxiously for develop
ments in the eastern Mediterranean.
British ships have been stationed
in the Aegean, gateway to the OAR
danelles. since the outbreak of the
war.
But the arrival of more ships,
coming on top of Italian concentra-
ton of air, naval and military forces
in the Dodecanese Islands and the
British French naval concentration
at Alexandria, brought home to resi-
dents of Salonika the fact that their
seaport town would be a strategically
valuable base for either side in case
the war should break out here.
While watching the movements of
the British war vessels, Greece took
steps to protect Salonika from the
north. A major portion of the ten
classes of reserve officers called up
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
Levi H. Watts Is Killed
As Auto Leaves Highway
TWO OTHERS UNHURT
Carrboro Man Loses Life
In Accident On Curve
In Brunswick

Levi H. Watts, about 80, of Carr
boro, steel foreman on the housing
authority white project here, was
fatally injured yesterday afternoon
about 5 o'clock when he lost con-
troll Of his automobile about 10
miles south Of Wilmington on U. S.
highway II. He died about rs min
uteS later.
The accident occurred when
Watts allowed his rear wheel to
run off the road onto a soft should
er, upsetting it and throwing it over
several times. Watts was thrown
clear through the roof of the car
into trees above the road, several
limbs of which were broken off by
the impact of his body.
Two Others Unhurt
Two other occupants of the car,
Cradle Currie and Ernest L. Cook,
both of 202 Nun street, were not in
jured.
Watts lived at ZIG South Second
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
Democrats Hanover
Name Precinct Committees

New Hanover county's democrats
held precinct meetings yesterday,
in each case selecting a chairman
and vice-chairman for the execu-
tive committee, three other COM
mitteemen, and their quota of dele
gates to the county convention to
be held in the superior courtroom
next Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock.
With these. meetings. the conven-
ton machinery was set in motion.
The delegates selected yesterday
afternoon will attend the county
convention Saturday night and Sc
lect their delegates to the state con-
vention in Raleigh on May 10. And
at this time delegates to the ma
tional convention will be selected.
In some cases, more delegates
were selected than the precinct is
allowed votes. These will be ppor-
toned if all the delegates are in at
tendance and each will cast some
fraction of a vote.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
" est Front
Nazi Attack
Thrown Back
Surprise Drive On Vital
Center OF French Line
Ends In Defeat
HEAVY GUNS USED
Attack Covers Whole Area
In Valley Where Two
Rivers Join
BY H. TAYLOR N

PARIS, May 4.-R-The French
high command tonight reported that
a German surprise attack against
the vital center of the 100-mile &C
tive section of the western front had
been thrown. back Sin disorder"
The Germans, attacking on what
was described officially as a wide
'front.'" were caught in strong French
barbed wire entanglements by heavy
artillery fire.
Machine-guns Used
Machine-guns and automatic rifles
placed strategically to sweep the
fields of wire were said by military
observers to have thrown the Nazis
into confusion, forcing their retreat.
This section of the front, where
the valleys of the Blies and Saa1
rivers join, is one of the most diff.
ficult countrysides on the western
front for ground operations. Fal
in the davance of the Maginot line
the French have erected strong ad,
n post positions, taking advan-
tage of the thickly wooded slopes
and rock strewn valleys.
The German attack, launched be.
fore dawn this morning is under.
stood to have covered the whole
valley area situated almost in the
exact center of the northern hinge
CONTINUED OH Page Five; Col. d
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05

Returns from the second precinct
of the third ward and from the
Federal Point precinct had not
been received last night. These Sc.
lections will be announced later.
In accordance with the custom
of the democratic party, a woman
was selected as chairman or vice.
chairman of each precinct COM
mittee.
Aaron Goldberg, present chair
man of the county executive COM
mittee, will preside at Saturday
nights meeting. He asked last
night for a full attendance.
With the first five names COM
posing the executive committee,
the returns are as follow:
First Ward: L. E. Sykes, chair
man; Mrs. George Ahrens, vice
chairman; ]. C. Maxwell, A. r.
Herring, Marvin Clark, o. b. Flow
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
RED MEN WILL
MEET ON MAY Is
300 Delegates Expected
To Attend Convention
In Wilmington

The And Tribal Great Sun ses-
sion of the Great Council of North
Carolina, Improved Order of Red
Men, and the goth Great Sun Ses-
sion of the Great Council Degree
Of Pocahontas will convene in Will.
mington May 10 for a three day pro-
gram.
An attendance of 300 is expected
for the convention, which will in
clude business meetings, a tour of
the city, gardens and Greenfield
Lake, a banquet and two dances.
Headquarters will be at the Cape
Fear hotel.
Delegates and visitors will regis
ter on the mezzanine floor of the
hotel Monday afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
A meeting of the Death Benefit de-
partment in the ballroom, with
John G.. Carpenter, president pre-
siding, will follow at 8 o'clock. I'm
service will be held. A square dance
mediately afterward a memorial
in the hotel ballroom will be given
at $780, to wind up the first days
activities.
On Tuesday, the Great Council of
Red Men will convene at 9 O'Clock
in the Junior Order hall, with the
Great Council of Pocahontas meet
ing in the ballroom. The council,
except for a short recess for lunch,
will meet until 4 o'clock, when the
delegates will tour the city, gar
dens. and Greenfield Lake.
The annual banquet will be held
in the ballroom of the Cape Fear
hotel Tuesday night at 1880 o'clock,
with Judge John J. Burney master
of ceremonies, and entertainment
by Ethyl Dow singers. A dance, with
music by Ozier Stevens and his Or
cestra, will follow at 9 o'clock.
On Wednesday morning the coun-
ellis will meet again in their respec-
tive assembly places at 9 o'clock,
adjourning at noon.
The following Great Chiefs are
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
|TAUNTS CHAMBERLAIN
Eight Warships And Trans
ports Sunk Or Hit
Off Namsos
NOT A PLANE LOST
BY O U P.

BERLIN, May 4.-(AP)-
Air Marshal Hermann Will
helm Goering, be-medaled
man of the hour of the Nor
wegian blitzkrieg, proudly
announced today the feat
which he and Adolf Hitler
had charged the German air
force in Norway to achieve
at any cost-the sinking of
a British battleship by air
bombardment.
In all, formal Nazi state
ments said, nine British war
ships or transports were
sunk or badly damaged dur
ing a day of attacks by
bombers and battle planes off
Namsos and Narvik, western
Norway, yesterday, while the
British fleet was transfer
ring Allied troops who have
abandoned central Norway.
of "York" Class
Beside the battleship, these were
stated to include a heavy cruiser
of the class of the 8%,250-ton York,
Sunk in thirty minutes" by heavy
bombs; a second cruiser and two
destroyers bombed ard damaged, and
a 12,000-ton transport sunk, all off
Namsos, plus a battle cruiser, a
cruiser and a transport bombed (but
not sunk) at Narvik.
Informed British sources In Lon
don described the German claims as
of a fantastic character to which
the public fast is becoming accus-
toned"
An official announcement said the
battleship, n of the 10000 ton
Queen Elizabeth class, was sunk in
three minutes off Namsos, Norway
yesterday, without the loss of a sim
gle German plane.
It marked a new high in Goer.
ing's meteoric career, men who know
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
Note To U. S. Says They
Deliberately Sought
To Provoke Row
SETTLEMENTS OFFERED
Government Willing To
Paw For Properties, Will
Not Give Them Up
Rv O A.

WASHINGTON, May 4-LP-The
Mexican government fatty reject
ed tonight the United States re-
ouest for arbitration of the two.
year-old dispute growing out of ex.
propriation of American-owned oil
companies.
General Eduardo Hay, Mexican
minister for foreign affairs, said in
a note that the Mexican govern
ment considers arbitration incom-
patible" with the facts in the con.
troversy and with international law
since the matter in dispute is do
nestle in nature and is near solu-
ton by the authorities of Mexico"
Justice Not Denied
The note presented the view that
the United States could not contend
there had been a denial Of justice
until after the American oil COM
panies had exhausted every means
of adjustment provided by the Mex
lean laws, including recourse to
the Mexican courts.
General Hay announced, in the
note, that a settlement had been
reached with the Sinclair interests
under which the American COM
pany accepting the appropriation
as defnitive, will limit itself to dis
cussing the amount of the indem-
nifty and the conditions of payment
in reasonable installments, recog-
nizing the justification of the Mexi-
can point of view"
Harry F. Sinclair announced to-
night, following a day-long confer
ence with the Mexican ambassa-
dor, Francisco Castillo Najera,
that I'VE have concluded an agree
ment with the Mexican government
providing for a settlement" It was
learned authoritatively that the
settlement provided for the Sinclair
interests to accept 20, 900, 900 bar
rels of oil and So, 900, 900 to $40, 000,-
900, the can to be paid over three
years, for the properties.
The Mexican note said the Sim
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
(By The Associated Press)

Democratic gubernatorial Candi.
date Tom Cooper yesterday asserted
that two of his opponents, J. M.
Broughton and Lieut.. Gov. w. P.
Horton, have been some of the
most high-powered lobbyists this
state has ever known"
Between them I think they
ought to come clean with the public
and let the public know just which
one of them is guilty Of lobbying
and for whom they lobbied," Cooper
told a Forest City audience.
THE people of North Carolina
should know the truth about this
lobbying for vending machines" he
said. 1.-The Horton folks are saying
that Broughton is the guilty man,
that Broughton lobbied for the vend-
ing machine company, but I am tell
ing you the truth should be known
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
ITALIANS WARN
ALLIES OF FIGHT
Press Suddenly Begins Re-
porting Fleets Arrival
In Mediterranean
Bv RICHARD G.. MASSOCK

ROME, May 4.-LR-Concentra-
ton of Allied warships in the Med
iterranean, with at least seven
British and French battleships re-
ported among the combined squad
rons, tonight caused Italy to is
sue the bluntly-worded warning
that she would repulse any often
sive action in mare Nostrum'' Jour
sea-.
The warning came from Pre-
mier Mussolini's mouthpiece, Vir-
ginio Gayda, who wrote in his
II Giornale d'Italia that if the
Allied concentration of naval pow
err in the Mediterranean signifies
an attempt "at an offensive UNDER
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
PRECINCT UNITS
ASK THIRD TERM
One, However,, Backs Hull
And Another Places
Gov. Hoey First

RALEIGH, May 4.-R-Scattered
reports indicated that some precinct
delegates to county conventions
were directed today to support a
third term for President Roosevelt,
though in many precincts the dele
gates were not instructed and in
some the third term issue was not
mentioned.
In at least one-the Aberdeen pre-
cinct in Moore county-democrats in
structed their delegates to the coun-
ty convention next Friday to vote
for state convention delegates ia
vorable to Secretary Of State Cor
dell Hull for the presidential nomi-
nation.
Aberdeen has rs votes in the
Moore county convention, which will
be held a day earlier than conven-
tons in most other counties.
Delegates were pledged to Roose'
welt in three precincts in Durham
county, one in Forsyth, three in
Wake and two in Wilson. One of
the Wake county precincts-number
Two in Raleigh-passed a resolution
directing it's delegates to draft and
vote for" Mr.. Roosevelt. Other For
syth county precincts did not in
struct their delegates.
In Wilson county, one precinct in
structed its delegates to have as
their first choice Governor Hoey for
the presidential nomination, Mr..
Roosevelt as their second, and Hull
as their third. Reports said the
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
Cooper Terms Broughton
And Horton LOBBYISTS

who lobbied for the bandit
machines.
eff MI. Broughton is guilty, the
folks should know it and if he isn't
guilty, the voters should know it.
Il do know this. No mar who is
guilty of lobbying for these one,
armed bandits that demoralize our
boys or who lobbied for any such
gambling device should be elected
governor of this great state of ours"
The only previous public statement
relating to slot-machine lobbying
was made by Broughton himself in
a radio speech last Monday, when
he charged that he had been the
victim of a whispering campaign
which linked his name with "out-
lawed gambling machines"
Without mentioning names, he
said the rumors had been diligently
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
Remain Silent:
Chamberlain Is Raped,
DUN Party Shows Unrest
WAR EFFORT RAPED
Failure Of Campaign In
Norway May Change
British Cabinet
REYNAUD FACES TEST
BY r e

LONDON, May 4.-(AP)
Acutely aware that military
disaster has unseated more
than one government, Prime
Minister Neville Chamber
lain tonight threw his wan
ing political strength into the
task Of guiding his regime
through the wreckage of the
Norwegian campaign.
Biting criticism by labor
ties, liberals and insurgent
conservatives forced the ag-
ing prime minister to get
ready for a real battle in the
house of commons Tuesday.
He faces an cutlery of ere
sign" as penalty for the fail
ure in Norway.
The demand for the designations
of Chamberlain, Chancellor of the
Exchequer Sir John Simon and Ali
Minister Sir Samuel Hoare, as
voiced by Herbert Morrison. pow
erful labor party spokesman, was
piled on top of bitter criticism OF
"complacency" and 'o~ver-satisfac.
ton" on the part of the govern
ment. Combined, these attacks are
expected to take the form of a drive
to overthrow the present govern
ment.
While the details of the abandon
ed Allied attempt to take Trond-
helm from the Germans filtered
into the newspapers through I'M
official military sources, English
men, bitter as only they can be
when an enemy mocks Britain,
told the government, "get on with
the war or get out"
Morrison, Clement r. Attlee,
leader Of the labor party opposi-
ton in the house of commons, and
Emanuel Shinwell, laborite M. p,
each struck at the government in
speeches today.
But even more significant in the
eyes of political observers was the
obvious unrest in Chamberlain's
W conservative party and its
affiliates. Many of it's parliament
members went back to their con-
stituencies oJer the weekend to
hear the grumbling Of restless and
vaguely suspicious voters.
While the val office remained
Continued on Page Three; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
Nazis Push
On Toward
Narvik
BY THOMAS F, HAWKINS

By THOMAS F. HAWKINS
STOCKHOLM, May 4-R-A
German push northward toward
Narvik. along hazardous noun
tain trails and fjords exposed
to the guns of the Allied fleet,
was predicted by military ex-
perts in Stockholm tonight.
This forecast was made while
the massive German army ma
chine, already numbering around
100000 and being strengthened
daily, overran central Norway,
precipitousIy abandoned to the
invaders by Britain and France.
Port BOmbarded
Unconfirmed reports said British
naval units were bombarding Arctic
Narvik, but informed Swedish Oh.
servers believed the German arm,
would take advantage of the often.
sive momentum developed in cen
trail Norway to drive to the rescu,
Of several thousand Nazis trappe,
between Allied land and sea forces
at Narvik.
Refugees arriving in Sweden from
Narvik said a NaZi force great.
weakened by three weeks Of fight
ing and a lack Of supplies wa
clinging tenaciously to positions il
the hills above Narvik while A.
lied land units ere slowly closin!
in around the Arctic ore port.
The Germans in central Norwa.
are separated from their b%eleaque1
ed comrads and the Allied besieger
at Narvik by a long and narro7
stretch Of mountains flanliing
fjorG-inderted coastal strip.
Experts said the Germans coult
push with little difficulty 100 mile
northward of Namsos to Mosjoen
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
DUTCH ROUND UP
FIFTH COLUMN
Nazi Parliament Member
Among Fl Persons Held
In Netherlands
By MAX HARRELSON

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands,
May 4.-R9-The Netherlands gov
eminent today took long-expected
action against suspected fifth col.
umn" elements within Holland, ar
resting Fl persons, n Of them a
National Socialist CNazD member of
parliament.
The arrests were announced by
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
OIL FIRMS PLAN
HUGE PIPE Line
Proposed Project Would
Link Carolinas With
Baton Rouge

NEW YORK, May ALPHA 1000
mile pipe line from southeastern oil
fields to southern Atlantic seaboard
states is under study of three lead
ing oil companies, it vas learned to-
day.
The pipe line, which will cost
from SIS, 900, 900 to $2O,0 900, 900, ac-
cording to present plans, if approx
ed would be built jointly by Stand
ard Oil Co., of New Jersey, Stand
ard Oil of Kentucky, and Shell Oil
interests.
Engineers of the three companies
Continued IN Pare Three: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-05
3,84l REGISTER
IN new HANOVER
Total Jumps On Second
Saturday; One Week
More To File

Registration of voters in New
Hanover county reached 3,841 yes
terday as the registration period
came within six days of deadline.
The democratic registration led
with 2,719 names, republicans fol-
lowed with 1,12O, and Independents
trailed with two.
The registrars will be at their
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
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