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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS
Defends British Navy'sR Raid
Into Norwegian Waters
To Free Prisoners

LONDON, Feb. 20. - Up Great
Britain today accused worried Nor
way of complete Indifference" to her
obligations as a neutral in her fail
ure to free 299 British prisoners from
the German vessel Altmark.
Using a cheering house of COM
mons for a sounding board, Prime
Minister Chamberlain said that Brit
ain could Sin no circumstances &C
cept" the Norwegian view that the
A1tmark had. a right to transport
prisoners through Norwegian terri
torial waters. He defended the Brit
ish navy's raid into Norwegian Wa
tiers, in which the destroyer Cossack
rescued the prisoners, terming the
action "a very gallant affair.""
Plan Measures
Shortly after Chamberlain spoke a
French government spokesman said
in Paris that the French and British
navies would take "all measures to
make sure that Norwegian waters
are not used for belligerent purposes.
The Altmark incident justified the
French and British admira1ties in
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
MOTHER ARRESTED
FOR KILLING CHILD
California Woman Tells Pc.
lice Her Daughter Was
Too Good To Live

MONTEBELLO, Calf, Feb. 20
R)-Five-year-old Geraldine Hard
aker "was too good to live" her
mother was quoted by Po'i"e Chief
Harry Bispham of Palm Springs to-
day after the woman's arrest climax
ed a search spurred by reports the
child's death may have been a "hu'
man sacrifice"
Mrs. Betty EIardaker, 26, was be-
ing returned for further questioning
in tie Staying of her daughter, found
yesterday in a city park rest room.
The child's head was crushed and
her body scratched and bleeding.
Mrs. Ella Karnes had told polite
her daughter. Mrs. Hardaker was a
member of a religious cult which
believed in human sacrifice"
Chief Bispham arrested Mrs. Hard
aker in an Indian reservation shack
today on a tip from two negro
youths he said told him the woman
had accepted a ride with them to
Palm Springs yesterday, talking
all kinds of funny gibberish."
The chief said she first denied her
identity but later told this story:
1--WE were walking in the Monte.
hello park. 1t was bright and beau
Continued OH Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Continued on Page Three; Col. p
MAN CRITICALLY INJURED IN EXPLOSION
AT GASOLINE SERVICE STATION HERE
IS DAMAGED
Another Burned In Blast AT
Station AT Seventeenth
And Dock Streets

James F. Pope, 20-year-old white
youth, who was critically injured in
a gasoline explosion at the Sinclair
Service station at 18th and Dock
streets early yesterday afternoon
was reported in an "unsatisfactory'
condition at James Walker Memo
rial hospital last night.
Yesterday afternoon he was given
only a fair" chance to live.
The blast occurred about 1 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon when FUMES
from a can of gasoline were lgnlted.
Cause of the ignition had not oeen
definitely determined last night, al
though Fire Chief J. Ludie Groom
said that he believed the spark TO
have been caused by static electrlcl-
ty or from a lighted match.
Both Chief Groom and l.. =.
Williams, Jr., operator of the station,
said there was no fire in a stove at
the place at the time and had not
been for some time.
Chief Groom said that the boys
had been scrubbing the floor OF the
station with gasoline, with all doors
and windows to the station closed'
leading to the belief that static cleo
tricity was the cause of the ignition.
The entire glass front Of the I'LL
ing station was blown out, throwing
slivers of glass in every direction.
In addition to being severely
burned by the flame from the eX-
plosion, Pope was seriously LAGER
Continued OH Page Three; Col. H.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Britain Asserts NORWAY
indifferent As Neutral
Polish Government Files
Complaint Against Reds

PARIS, Feb. 2O.-P-The Polish
government in exile tonight deliver
ed a note to the French government
charging that Russia is preparing
in violation of international law.
A similar note is being delivered
in London.
The Poles asserted that the Rus
slams, in ordering a census of all
males in the Russian-occupied por-
ton Of Poland between the ages OF
Is and SO, are preparing to violate
a lcng-standing rule against forcing
military forces of the victor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
BEEKEEPERS WILL
MEET HERE FRIDAY
". Weatherford Will Be
Principal Speaker At
23rd Annual Session

line annual meeting of the North
carolina State Beekeepers ~associa-
|uon will be held here Friday in
Inc customhouse and H. w. Wealth
|ell0fd, Virginia bee specialist, will
De the principal speaker.
lhls will be the 23rd annual
|meellng of the organization.
otner speakers, announced yes
|ssFusy by c. l.. Sans, of N. C.
|s.ale college, include H. J. Carey.
~ Norfolk; P. G. Craddock, of the
S'a'e Department of Agriculture
|saa f. B. Meacham, of N. C,
|State college.
ollicers of the association are
asoise E. Curtis, of Graham, presi-
+sn'' F. L. Higgins, of Whining
nl' vlce-president; and F. B.
treasurer. '
Ia Hugglns said last night 25 tc
uelesates are expected to attend.
h. "'ler details regarding the meet
Will De announced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
TURKEY TO FIGHT
If BALKANS HIT
Press Says Any Attack On
Countries Will Bring
Nation Into War

ANKARA, Feb. 20.-P-In the
midst of new military preparations
by the government, the Turkish
press declared flatly tonight that
n attack against the Balkans
would bring Turkey into the Euro
pean a
Turkey will enter the war the
day a foreign power marches into
the Balkans" the newspaper Yeni
Sabah of Istanbul warned.
The supreme war council opened
a weeks emergency session to study
plans for coordinating Turkey S
armed forces with the huge reser-
voir of manpower being assembled
in the Near East by her French
and British Allies.
Significantly, it was announced
that President Ismet Inonu soon
Continued on Page -Four; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
RUSSIAN FORCES
SEIZE K0IVlST0
Finnish Defenders OF Line
Scatter Numerous Air
Motor Sleds'

MOSCOW, Feb. 81 wednesday,.
Russian army today e
ported it's troops had occupied both
the town and fortress of Koivisto,
western anchor citadel of the Man
nerheim line, and had cleared"
them of the enemy.
The communique issued by the
Leningrad military headqua TT e r S
said large TROPHIES" were captured
in the hopping up of Koivisto.
The Russians also claimed At en-
envy -airplanes were brought down
in air battles.
The text of the communique:
February 20. Soviet troops con-
tinued developing the offensive on
the Karelian Isthmus and occupied
the town and fortress of Koivisto
(Bjorke), cleared the. enemy from
the Koivisto (Bjoke) peninsula and
captured large trophies.
I'm other sectors there was moth
ing of Importance.
Soviet aviation successfully raid
ed enemy troops and military OBJ
jectives. Forty-seven enemy air
planes were brought down in air
combats."-
The Koivisto fortress and sur
rounding fortified area, key to the
entire western end of the Manner
helm line, was reported by the Rus
slams to have fallen after IL solid
weeks of hammering from Soviet
bomb and shell.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
LITTLE VIOLENCE

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 20. Up
Early returns in Louisiana's demo-
cratic gubernatorial run-off primary
gave Governor Earl X. Long an H..
700 vote lead over reform candi-
date Sam Jones, attorney Of Lake
Charles.
Long, brother of the late Huey
P. Long and leader Of the 12-year-
old political regime founded by Huey,
received SO, 1887 votes and Jones 49,
III from 321 of 1,703 precincts in
the state. This included 1855 pre-
cincts from New Orleans, Longs
stronghold, which gave Long 50,003
and Jones $3.50.
The governor held the states 3d.
500 national guardsmen in readiness
to quell any possible disturbance
during the balloting but little vio-
lence was reported.
Two Fistfights
Only two minor fistfights were
reported in New Orleans but anti
administrationists made many COM
plants of voting irregularities.
These were lodged with Assistant U.
S. Attorney General o. John Rogge,
who had promised full investigation
Of all charges.
Most of today's complaints were
on disqualification of commission
Continued OH Page -Four; Col. }
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
TO ALLOW
TO SAIL
Prospects Of Early Depar-
ture Dimmed By Fact Her
Propellers Are Broken

OSLO, Feb. 20.-P-Norway app
peared ready tonight to permit the
stranded German prison ship Alt
mark TO quit Norwegian territorial
waters, but prospects of an early
departure were dimmed by the dis
closure that her propellers were
broken.
Despite a British demand that the
ship be interned, informed Norwe'
gian circles indicated the government
would give Capt. Heinrich Dau OF
the Altmark the go-ahead signal any
time he wants to lift anchor.
While tension over the three-way
wrangle among Norway, Britain and
Germany over the Altmark persisted,
feelings among N~orwegians was STIR
red further by reports of two more
blows to her already hard-hit ship
ping.
The 2,250-ton steamer Hop was
missing with a crew Of 18 while en-
route from Norway to England and
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
HINDUS LECTURES
ON EUROPE,SW WAR
Expresses Hope U. S. Will
Not Send Army To Par
ticipate In Fight

In a highly dramatic climax of lis
intensely interesting and Informal
tive lecture at the New Hanover
High school auditorium last night,
Maurice Hindus declared that he
hopes no untoward circumstance will
ever lead the United States to send
an army to participate in Europe's
war because there is not enough
blood in America to wipe out the
hates now rampant among the races
there"
Mr.. Hindus was introduced by
superintendent of schools H. M.
Roland.
Following the question and answer
period which concluded Mr.. Hindus'
part of the program, Rabbi M. M.
Thurman, who presided, announc,
ed that after serving the Commun-
ity Forum as chairman for three
CONTINUED OFT Page Four; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Front Street Dedicated
With Parade, Program
British Mine-L Layers
Sunk BY Nazi Planes

BERLIN, Feb. 20. -(R-The
sinking of two British mine
layers and one armed merchant
ship was announced tonight by
D.. N. B.. the official German
news agency, after a day of
raids off British coasts by Ger
man bOmbers.
The announcement said the
bOmbers flew as far as the Shet-
land Islands, North of Scotland.
Conveys and armed ships"
were attacked, d. N. B.. stated.
All the German planes we're
reported to have returned home
safe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
And
Creech
Are Missing
Search Started After Their
Dorv Is Found At Mouth
Of Cedar Creek
ALL HOPE ABANDONED
Men Left Home Early Mon
day Morning To Tend
Shad Nets In River

smrTHPORT, Feb. pa search
n.s started here today for James
|rrsecb, 20, and Gilbert Creech, 10,
|botbers. who apparently drowned
oY Bald Head island yesterday
while fishing.
Early tonight no trace Of their
Indies had been found. although
their overturned boat was discov-
4rpd today at the mouth of Cedar
creek on the north side of Bald
Head island.
Left Home Monday
Coroner John G. Caison said that
the men left home Monday morn
iDg about c o'clock to tend their
shad nets in the mouth Of the
Cape Fear river. They were due to
return home about 1920 o'clock
and when they failed to appear
early in the afternoon, members of
their family became alarmed and
called the coast guard station at
Oak Island for help.
The coroner said that although
the coast guard was notified of
1.-The brothers. disappearance between
/ and 2 o'clock it did not start a
search until about 6 o'clock Mon
iay afternoon.
The open dory was found bottom
kde.up this morning by Captain
r. 7. Bowmer.
This afternoon a searching party
went to Bald Head hoping that the
strong southeast winds would wash
THE bodies ashore. Coroner Caison
|sid that there a a possibility
Continued OH Page Four; Col. d
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
c. C.. M'GINNIS SPEAKS
Military Units Stage March
And Evening Is Closed
With Street Dancing

With a military parade as an
opener and the strains of Beer
Barrel Polka" as a rece% ssional, Will
new Front street vas
formally dedicated last night.
Three thousand persons braved
the low temperatures to witness the
cutting of the ribbon by c. C. Nc
Ginnis, of Raleigh, state WPA ad-
ministrator, to officially reopen the
thoroughfare, which was then
thrown open for dancing,
McGinnis was the principal
speaker on the program, which was
combined with the local observance
of National Defense week with a
full parade of Wilnington's mill.
tary might.
In praising the efficiency Of. the
<C... - No. Tl-.oo C-I on
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21

KANNAPOLIS, Feb. 20.-CP-Fire
destroyed the Colonial theatre build
ing on North Main street late to-
day. Patrons left the place quietly
and no one vas hurt. The blaze
apparently started in the boiler
room. Manager sam 1lencher esti-
mated the damage at between $780,
900 and $50, 00G.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
PLANE TESTED

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 20. - "A
secretly developed flying motor
cycle" plane which can take off in
cramped space with lightning speed
and then hover almost motionless
in the air was tested today for the
United States army.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Want AID Readers
Have Thousands
To Spend

The spending power of those
people Who read the Star and
News Want Ads runs into the
thousands of dollars. Many
surveys have shown that
more than 20% of all adult
newspaper readers read the
Want Ads EVERY day.
Through Star and News Want
Ads, costing as little as 24c a
day GO day rate-ads appear
ing in both papers for single
price) your can reach the
$4,000 readers of the Star and
News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Governor Has
Votes In Race
Margin Reduced AS
Returns Received From
Outside New Orleans
FEW FIGHTS REPORTED
1874 Out OF 1908 Precincts
Give Governor S2,42l
Votes; Jones, 1851

NEW ORLEANS Feb. 20. Up
A IS, 900 vote lead gained by Cover
nor Earl X. Long over Sam j.
Jones in early returns from the
democratic gubernatorial run-off pri-
mary, was reduced to less than 5000
tonight when returns began rolling
in from outside New Orleans, adj
ministration stronghold. The vote
with 4S4 out of 1903 preciG-ts re-
ported, gave Long S2,421 7otes to
1851 for Jones.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
SCATTER "MOTOR sLEDs"

HELSINKI, Feb. 20. - up - The
Finnish defenders of the battered
Mannerheim line were reported to-
night to have scattered a Soviet
swarm of strange, bug-like "air mo
continued OH Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
WEATHER
FORECAST

Nnr,,. ohLCASI
fWednen carolina: Mostly cloudy
Or snom preceded by light rain
porfiou"s ilurries over west and north
sliebt,ss Thursday partly cloudy.
ton' warmer extreme west por.
|hon chronological data for the "a
~S ending 7:3O p. m. yesterdavl
1:sO Temperature
b. m a. q. n. 46; 7:3O a. m. 46; 1:3O
|nininrw, '.5o p. m. IS; maximum So;
IS; mean 48; normal 40.
Lao Humidity
., ~. d; m. Sc; 1870 a. m. II: 1.3o n
Low p. m. 67.
Tot., Precipitation
b., ,ai Tor "a hours ending 7.3o n
lnonth total since first of the
NN'a' 4,32 inches. LILO
Tides For Today
High Low
!, e''n ----- 8:05a 2:45a
.Masonhoro 8:27a 3:26a
o Inlet - 5:49a -
fise 4:21n. Java; sunset 6:O1p; moon.
~lp' moonset 5:o9p.
F. Csps Fear river stage at
'"Setteville, 12.45 feet.
'~'n'lnued on Page Three; Col. 6,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21

Continued on Page Three; Col. g.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-17

lack of equalization Of pressure are
much worse when there is a head
cold which may stop up the lower
sSind of the Eustachian tube and in
Interfere with the escape of air with
lin the middle ear.
q Even minute hemorrhages have
:sbeen found on the surface of the
Scar drum as a result of flying in
Nigh attitudes when the nose is af-
iected.
It has been observed that the
: baneful effects of high altitude fly
ing may be almost completely neu-
tralized, and full protection afford
ed, if the human subject is given the
advantage of inhalations of helium
! and oxygen. Helium is a very light
pas and has been found beneficial
mixed with oxygen in asthma be-
cause it can be breathed into the
lungs with greater ease than air.
Airplane companies are now in
:stalling tanks of oxygen and helium
in their ships to meet this emer-
geney.
Those who are sensitive to dust
and pollen grains are, OF course, as
is we'll known Immediately relieved
on attaining high attitudes, al
though studies made by research
workers have shown that pollen
grains do float at surprisingly great
heights. ~, :;
lieved by attaining a high altitude
j, a certain type of vacuum head
ache. ,<,,
effects of inadequate Ventlialon
and chilling of the body surfaces,
conditions which seem to cause heaa
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-17
White Sugar
VS.. Brown Sugar
Is white sugar healthier than
broWn sugar?

broaUn sugar?
If you believe the lay propagan-
dists, you will have an array of
ideas which will either prove that
white sugar is harmful or that
brown sugar is harmful; that white
sugar is the only healthy sugar or
that brown sugar is the only healthy
sugar.
White sugar did not appear upon
our tables before the 1905, when
the process of refining sugar was
developed. 1t is said by manufac-
turers that white sugar is purer
than brown sugar. 1t is said by the
advocates of brown sugar that it is
natural and, therefore, retains the
natural virtues of any food of that
kind. Neither statement has any
meaning. Both white sugar and
brown sugar are of about the same
chemical character, the only differ
ence being that brown sugar has
certain natural coloring matters
that neither help nor hinder it's use
fulness.
Another piece of propaganda
was that brown sugar contained
germs that were refined out by the
process by which white sugar is OBJ
tanned.
People, in general, like white
sugar better. Before the refining
process the people in the United
States used about 80 pounds of
brown sugar per person per annum.
Now the average is more than $50
pounds.
In spite of the fact that it is pleas
ant, it is not at all harmful.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-17

dealer: South. t....tt-West vul-
nerable.)
South began this rubber deal
with 1-Spade. West passed and so
did North. although he could have
been pardoned for giving a single
raise if he knew South as a very
conservative bidder. East kept the
bidding alive with 2-Clubs, where
upon South showed his other suit
at 2-Hearts. This time North came
in with 2-Spades, mere sEi:t
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-17
ras MARGIN OF SAFETY

IT IS, OF course. a general
: rinciple of contract that you and
\, our partner want to bid up TO
game whenever game can De
made. But when no game is in the
deal, you should ordinarily prefer
to buy the contract as cheaply as
you can. Thereby you may posi-
bly, exc out a smaller score below
the line" than if you were a bit
higher, getting perhaps partial
score of 50 instead Of 80 toward
game, but you add an element OF
safety which you may require.
How badly you feel when You bid
three, only to find that you could
barely have made twoi
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-17
How Colds in Head React
to High Altitude Flying

colds, the f1ight-stewards aboard
airplanes are carefully trained to
maintain adequate ventilation and
to pay particular attention to pas
sengers who are suffering from
head colds. = /
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-17
By LOGAN CLENDENING, NJ. D.
Does high altitude flying
haze any, effect on head colds?

It is a common belief that high
altitude flying will make Il head
cold worse and intensity the symp-
toms. The mucous membrane in the
nose is already conge1ted when a
person has a head cold, and it is
true that altitude increases the con-
gestion. The sensation of fulness
in, the ear and deafness due to the
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-17

DR.. .Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only. and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-17

Distributed BY Kin
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-17
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
BY Shepard Barclay
The Authority on Authorities"
Tho Authority on Authorities"

from 2-Hearts and not in any
sense raise.
This encouraged South Co make
a mild try for game with 3-Spsdes,
which North passed. and at that
it was played. AS the cards lay,
the declarer lost one trick IN
spades, one in hearts, two in dia-
monds and one in clubs. so was
down one. Had he not given that
unjustified raise. he would have
made a contract of 2-Spades and
a nice little part score.
Had South figured a bit, he
would have realized that his own
hand was good for about three
tricks in spades, two in hearts and
probably one in clubs, a total OF
six. To take ten, he would have
to find four in the hand Of North,
who had passed his opening bid
and therefore could not have any
such strength
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vulnerable.)
Over South's 1-Spade here,
would you prefer bidding dia-
monds instead Of clubs in the
West, and if so. why?
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