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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
War
Interpretive
BY KIRKE L. p

British and Chinese newspapers
are expressing jubliation over
President Roosevelt's reelection.
This is a dominant new factor
in the war news, sharing signifi-
canoe with the amazing stand of
the Greeks against Italy, a stand
which is verging toward a mill
tary disaster for Hitler's ally.
Now that the election is over, it
is possible to speak of it in rela-
ton to the war without risking
charges of political propaganda.
This writer has no intention of
delving into the pros and cons of
the Roosevelt = Willkie campaign
dispute as to which political out
come Berlin desired, but it cannot
be gainsaid that all the major cap
itals of Europe were watching the
results with intense interest.
Timetable Fails
If Hitler's timetable of war had
been carried out on schedule, this
interest in the election
not have been so strong.
There can be little doubt that the
called for a complete
Axis victory in Europe and Brit
ain long before this. The new
president-elect, whoever he was,
would then have been confronted
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WORLD WATCHES VOTE
Totalitarian States Indiffer-
emit While Britain Voices
Qualification
CHINESE CHEER NEWS
Press OF Conquered France
Gives Secondary Rating
To Roosevelt Victory
BY The Associated Press

Around the world last night,
from the upper reaches Of the
Yangtze to Tokyo, London, Berlin
and Rome the reelection of Presi-
dent Roosevelt evoked reaction
ranging from totalitarian indiffer'
ence to British qualification anc
Chinese jubilation.
Jaran took the occasion to urge
Upon Mr.. Roosevelt a 'reorienta.
tom of the United States far
eastern policy.
Berlin and Rome prof ssed nc
surprise at the result nor any dis
appointment, expressing the view
that as between democratic ano
republican policy on aid to Britain
short of war they had no prefer
ence; that the election was none
of their business anyway.
Not so in London; even less so iI
Chungking.
Press Sees Sign
The British press saw the result
al a sign of a turning world tide
against totalitarianism.
". The blacklist day Berlin
has known since the beginning o.
the wa ," declared the London
Evening Standard as part of the
splash which the Roosevelt sue
cess made in the British press.
Chinese in the central govern
ment capital at Chungking throng'
ed the streets and cheered the
news that Roosevelt had won, ano
Finance Minister H. H. Kung gave
a party in honor of United States
Ambassador Nelson T. johnson.
The Chinese had favored tn e
third term primarily because they
believed that the next few months
would be critical in the Far East
and that a change of Presidents
would lave delayed the American
action in the Pacific ocec~ which
China anticipated.
Continued on Page Three. Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
PUMPS SCHEDULED
T0ARRIVE TODAY
All Arrangements Made To
Connect Deeps Wells With
The City's Mains

Pumps to be used in transferring
water from deep wells in the
vicinity to the city mains in an
effort to give residents Of Will
mington a temporary supply Of
fresh water to replace the salty
water now in use, r scheduled
to arrive today.
Commissioner of Public Works
James E. l.. Wade said last night
that the pumps were shipped by
truck from Salem, Ohio, Tuesday
and should be here today.
The P. & F. Motor Express COM
pany, which is handling the trans
said that the pumps will
probably arrive by truck from
Charlotte about 7:30 o'clock this
morning.
Commissioner Wade said that all
arrangements have been made to
connect the pumps with deep wells
Continued on Page Three, Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
BOOST MAJORITY IN HOUSE;
REPUBLICANS GAIN FOUR SENATE SEATS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-R-
Late returns swelled the already
safe majority of democrats in the
House of Representatives tonight,
but republicans scored a counter
stroke with a net gain of four
seats in the senate.
With all but a handful of contests
decided, control of both houses
rested where it has been since 1880
in the house and since 1892 in the
senate-with the democrats.
Riding the strong tide of votes
that sent President Roosevelt to
the White House for a third term,
the democrats recouped some of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
Will For Harmony Shown
In Numerous Editorials
And By G. o. P. Losers
WELCOME IS PLANNED
Willkie Comedies Roose-
velt's Victory; Selling
Wave Sweeps Market
(Bv the Associated Press)

A will toward national unity
manifested itself yesterday as the
aftermath of the bitter, turbulent
campaign which resulted in Presi-
dent Roosevelt's election to serve
a tradition-smashing third term as
the nations chief executive.
1t was evident in the editorials
of newspapers which had strongly
supported Wendell l.. Willkie, the
defeated republican nominee, IN
the statements of many Of the
country's leading men, in the usu-
al exchange of messages between
victor and vanquished and in a
radio address made by Willkie
early in the day.
Another Sweep
Mr.. Roosevelt, the winner and
still 1.-THE Champ" was in by an
other sweep Of the electoral col
lege. Nine states remained in the
WiiIkie column. The President
was credited tentatively with 468
of 531 electoral votes, with the is
sue settled in all but a few states.
The popular vote, with many ball
lots yet to be added to both sides,
was much closer. 1t stood at 25,-
ga, TAT for Roosevelt and 21,427, 1872
for Willkie.
Republican leaders drew much
qualification from the fact that the
Presidents popular plurality was
running far below his 10, 1000, 900
margin of 1896. In this a number
of them, including Charles L. Nc
Nary, the republican vice presi-
dental nominee, saw portents of a
republican victory in 1914. The sta
tistics indicated that the party's
popular vote this year would be
the largest in it's history.
But the broad geographical
of the Presidents victory
carried with it a democratic gain
OF a dozen or so seats in the house.
Of IS senate seats at stake, 81
Continued on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
Italian Base
Is At Mercy
Of Attackers
Some Reports Say Greeks
Have Captured The I'M
portant Albanian City
ITALIANS RETREATING
Planes Back Up Ground
Operations By Attacking
Troops Concentrations

5THFNS. Nov. 6.-R-Greece's
.bglIett skirted' artillerymen, aft
- rounding Koritza from newly
van mountain Notifications. have
too Italian invasion base complete
/, at their mercy, Greek messages
Am Inc front said tonight.
There even were some reports
ttf Greeks had Koritza, which is
a miles inside Albania. Military
Observers believed it possible scat
tered troops might have reached
the outskirts, although official con-
Ermation was lacking.
Italians Retreating
"Retreating enemy sections
were shelled by their own troops"
the Greek high command said in
r%ecomting the capture of domi-
latin gmountain peaks south of Ko-
r.tza. Here the Greeks set up ar
tillery and were reported pouring
an Intending stream of 6-inch shells
into the town.
These heights gave considerable
strength to positions already taken
from the Italians on adjacent
mountain tops, the Greeks assert
ed.
Backing up ground operations,
British and Greek planes heavily
pounded Italian troop concentra-
tons. Raj long distance squad
ronS were declared to have bomb
ed potts in Italy and Albania.
British fighter planes joined
Greek craft today in patrolling
Athens and its port, Piraeus, and
were credited with turning back
two Italian raiding squadrons. The
Italians raided other Greek cities,
repeatedly ~inflicting little damage
and few casualties.
Despite the reports that Greeks
already had entered Koritza, some
military observers doubted they
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TRIAL OF H0PS0N
STARTED BY s:
Charged With Mail Fraud
Arising From His Rule OF
Bankrupt A. G. & E.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-LR-Moan.
ing in protest, Howard G. Hopson,
ex-utilities magnate, went from a
sanitarium to federal court today to
face mail fraud charges arising from
his rule of the now-bankrupt Asso.
ciated Gas and Electric system, the
billiondollar holding company he
built in boom days.
The court appearance Of the pudgy,
bald engineer marked another cpl
sode in a legal battle dating back
to Ferdinand Pecora's stock market
investigation in 1888. It has been
highlighted in recent months by
Hopson's repeated attempts to es-
tablish that he was mentally incom.
petent to stand trial.
After his indictment last May on
charges Of illicitly milking his
utility empire Of $40, 0oo, 900 profits,
Hopson's lawyers said that he had
the delusion he was about to tex
plode."
He spent 10 days in the Bellevue
hospital psychiatric ward, and has
Continued on Page Five, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
STATE TO CANVASS
LARGE VOTE TODAY
Roosevelt Swells Over Will
kie To Tune OF 575,072
To 1906 Votes

RALEIGH Nov. 6.-R-North
Cardinals election machinery will
swing into high gear tomorrow to
clean up the count of yesterdays
election which, on the basis of in
complete unofficial returns, indi-
Gated today landslide victories for
all democratic nominees.
With only 166 scattered precincts
Of the states 1916 still missing,
President Roosevelt wcs leading
Wendell L. Willkie, the republican
nominee, SIS, or to 1872, FOG; and in
1882 precints, J. M. Broughton,
gubernatorial nomi-
nee had 481, 592 to 1873, 103 for his
republican opponent Robert H.
McNeill.
The results were similar all
The line, in the races for on
gress and state offices.
County boards of election will
meet tomorrow to canvass tn
and the ctate board will meet
26 to declare the re-
The Presidents margin over
Willkie compared with GIG, al
in 1896 to 223,283 for ALT M.
Landon, the republican presiden-
tial nominee that year.
During the pre- : election cam
paign some democrats who op-
posed the principle of breaking
the tradition against a third term
n the presidency and others who
could not 60 along With some new
deal policies Joined hands with the
republicans in support of Willkie.
But the states vot--s apparently
stuck to tradition and completion
Continued on Page Five, Col. y
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GOVERNORS SETUP
IS NOT CHANGED
Democrats And G. 0. P. AT
Standoff In 70 OF 80
Races In Election

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-RE
Victory for Forrest c. Donnell, re-
publican gubernatorial candidate
in Missouri, cancelled a previous
gain of the democrats tonight and
left the two parties at a standoft
in 20 of the 80 races for governors
in yesterdays election.
The democrats picked up is
places to the republicans 10, but
each scored four upsets, so the to-
tai of governors by parties W a S
just the same as it was before the
first ballot was cast.
Of the four undecided states the
republicans were leading in Mon
tana and Washington, while the
democrats were slightly ahead in
Kansas and Indiana.
In their four upsets, the demo-
Gratis unseated four republican
Observation-Disclosures Luren Dick
Continued on Page Three, Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
Whippler Death Verdict
Adds New Angelic Case

Injecting a note of mystery into
the death of Mrs. Jenny P. Whip
pier, 2-year-old retired vaude.
vile actress, a coroner's jury rul-
ed at an inquest yesterday that
the aged woman came to her death
from a cause or causes unknown,
under peculiar circumstances and
under what appears to be suspic-
ious circumstances"
Mrs. Whippler was found dead
at her home on the Carolina
Beach road Monday of last week.
When found she had been dead
from three to four days.
The coroner's jury gave no in
dication of what may have caused
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07

their 1898 house losses and had
elected 264 members on the basis
of incomplete returns-slx more
seats than they hold in the present
congress and forty-six more than
a majority.
In the senate, where a continu-
ance of democratic control had
been generally conceded in adj
vanc, republicans took over four
seats formerly held by democrats
and picked up another when Hen
rik Shipstead, a farmer labor
member, won reelection in Min
nesota as a republican.
The democrats reduced this gain,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
0CHS SAYS ARMY
HAS LEASED AREA
Tells Kiwanians 10000
Acres Obtained Near Here
For Defense Purposes

The government has leased 10, 900
acres in the Holly Ridge section and
is now sinking wells on the tract,
which will be used for defense pur-
poses, Lieut.. Col. William V. Ochs,
of Wilmington, said yesterday in dis
cussing national defense at the
weekly meeting of the Kiwanis club.
He told of a survey he made some
months ago., as a member Of an Of
ficers' court, Of $40, 900 acres in Pen
der and Onslow counties for use as
an anti-aircraft and bombing range,
of showing the property to General
Green of the coast defense, and of
being assured by the general that it
best fitted the need among all prop
Continued on Page Five, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
REV. BARCLIFT SPEAKS
Officers Are Chosen At
Meeting OF Conference
Historical Society

The annual session of the North
Carolina conference of the Metho-
dist church will formally open at
10 o'clock this morning at the Fifth
Avenue Methodist church, following
a meeting of the conference histori'
cal society last night.
The society elected the following
officers: the Rev. J. M. Ormond, OF
Durham, president; the Rev. j. A,
Russell, of New Bern, first vice.
president; the Rev. J. G.. Phillips,
Of Louisburg, second vice-president :;
and the Rev. I. S. Richmond, Of Err
win, third vice-president.
Barclift Reelected
The Rev. C. D. Barclift, host pas
tor, was reelected secretary Of the
society, and the Rev. T. A. Skies,
of Waynesville, was renamed treas
urer.
The Rev. C. B. Culbreth, of New
Bern, retiring president, presided.
The Rev, Mr.. Barclift delivered the
annual historical address, discussing
the subject, "Some Interesting Epi-
sodes in the Life Of Fifth Avenue
church."
Approximately 325 delegates had
registered last night for the confer
ence sessions, which will continue
through Sunday evening. Conference
leaders anticipate an attendance Of
from 600 to 700.
Boards Convene
All boards and committees of the
conference held sessions yesterday
afternoon at the church in prepare
ton for the formal opening at 10
o'clock this morning, when dele
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the death of the woman and Sher-
if c. David Jones said last night
that the investigation by his Office
showed nothing that looked like
foul play"
However, Sheriff Jones said that
he would confer with District So
licitor David Sinclair and if the
latter cares for a further investi-
cation that it will be looked into"
AT the inquest yesterday, Harry
E. Fales, superintendent of the
New Hanover Bureau of Identified
ton, submitted an affidavit stat
ing: THE affiant has reason to be-
Continued on Page Three, Col. -
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however, when James M. Tunnel,
ST., defeated Senator John G..
Townsend, Jr., the Delaware in
cumbent.
Still undecided was a see-saw
battle in North Dakota, where
former Governor Villa: LANCER,
republican, held a narrow lead
over William Lemke, an indepen-
dent, for the senate seat formerly
held by Lynn Frazier.
Although house republicans were
still six short OF the 1877 member
ship of the present congress, they
had a chance to win in some of the
five undecided districts. Three pro-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
RUSSIAN VESSELS
7AKENBY BRITISH
Act OF Requisitioning Now
Matter OF Diplomatic Ex-
changes With Reds


LYNDON Nov. 6.-R-The Brit
lSn government disclosed today
alaI II mad seized two dozen ships
LYING me flags of Latvia, Li5nua-
Hla ana Estonia, and that this act
lsqulSltioning is now the matter
VI ulplomatic exchanges with So
members Of the house of COM
nloilS' 70 whom the disclosure was
au= by Richard Austin Butler,
s~n1Suersecresary for foreign affairs,
sAeu uneasy questions about the
pGsSlole effect on future relations
'4Nl me Kremlin. All three csun-
"Oialhued on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07

%gressives, an Independent demo-
crat and an American labor men,
Der were assured of election.
The returns showed democrats
takin cover % house places form
erly occupied by republicans, while
the republicans captured IS seatl
which had been held by democrats,
giving the democrats a net gain
of eight in the turnover. A pro-
gressive displaced a republican in
Wisconsin.
A LANCER victory in the North
Dakota race would give the re-
Continued on Page Five, COI. y
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Annual h Meet
Will Start Here Today
Red Troops Withdraw
From Turkish Border

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 6.
-R-Soviet Russia was report.
ed unofficially tonight to be
withdrawing some of her troops
from the Turkish.SOviet Cau-
casian frontier as a gesture of
friendship for this country.
The same sources giving this
information said also that Mos.
cow and Ankara might soon open
negotiations toward a new trade
agreement.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
LONDON RAIDED

LONDON, Nov. Z (Thursday).-R
Fire fighters kept on the jump in
London early today in the face Of
an increasingly ferocious attack by
axis bombing planes which began
earlier than ever and stretched on
overnight into the morning.
Bombers laden with incendiary
missiles braved the heavy anti-air-
craft barrage to swoop low and loose
deadly cargo. Others scared so high
that only the vapor trails of their
exhausts were visible in clear patches
among the clouds.
Londoners whose ears have be-
come attuned to the sound Of Ger
man motors said there was an unfa-
miliar whine in the air today, indi-
eating that waves Of Italians were
participating.
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07
British Bomb
Coast Again
Attacks Are Also Made On
Vital Nazi Shipyards,
Aerial Centers
RAIDS PUSHED
Many Italian Planes Be.
lieved Participating In
Attacks On British

LONDON, Nov. g. Up "A new
and widespread British assault by ex.
and fire bombs upon the long
German-held coastline of Europe
and upon German shipyards and
German aerial centers was reported
tonight by the air ministry.
{ These raids, carried on last night,
Sought out the vital centers of the
German war and invasion machine,
and this was the ministry's story of
a familiar campaign:
Fires Started
Nazi shipyards at B~remerhaven
bombed for more than an hour from
a cloudless sky, violent explosions
rocking the upper air and o. than
thirty fires started in the e
Many explosive bombs and nearly
1000 incendiaries unloaded, in both
and shallow dive attacks.
on gasoline tanks in the naval dock
yards at Emden,
The dockyards at Bremen and at
the nearby submarine building base
Of Vegesack similarly assaulted, and
left redly outlined in the
glare of many fires.
Airdromes at various points in
and in German-occupied
territory again bombed, along with
German railway functions.
Ports and shipping Boulogne,
Flushing, Antwerp, Calais, Dun
kerque - bombed heavily and new
fires left blazing where so many had
blazed before.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-07

No,4, FORECAST
FriEarri carolina: Fair Thursday and
'' cooler on the coast Thursday.
Notny U. s. Weather Bureau
endina ,e99foIogical data for the "A hours
'''o p. m. yesterday.
1.so Temperature
m. ~ m: 81; 7:30 a. nj. e5; 1:30 p.
minimnna' 10y p. m. 80; maximum 70;
oo; mean 66; normal SO.
1:N Humidity
n. 81. IN N. 81; 1880 a. m. SO; 1870 D.
Toto, Precipitation
O02 IN Tor "A hours ending 7:30 %. m.
month MINES; total since first Of the
"Vuth' o.S1 inches. nS' VI 'ne
Tides For Today
~inston --- 3:2sa 1o:43a
Aasonboro 1D,e+ 1882 HEP
Sunrise 90, 2:08p 8:16p
sise / :1sp o;s7a; sunset 5:14p; moon
iop; moonset, -
sttevi% Fear river stage at Fay
81 tan at 8 a. M, November 4,
iiiaed on Page Three, Col. 81
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-03
WARWICK

The approaches to Love Greek
bridge have been completed and ex-
| pectation are that it will be open tC
traffic by the end Of this month.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Higgins
and son Tony, have moved back to
their White House farm in Long
Neck, after spending the winter
months at the 'Heathcote", Park
avenue, Rehoboth, with Mrs. H. r.
Higgins.
Mrs. Bessie Wilson and grandson
Delbert Scott and Mrs. Laura Downs
spent Monday of this week with Mrs.
Alton Warrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hudson were
recent Sunday guests with Mr.. and
Mrs. Millard West, at Dagsboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Wilson and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Wellington
Wilson of Seaford, were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Lingo.
Joseph Ruth spent several days
recently with relatives and friends
in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Short were
guests recently of Mr.. and Mrs. Ev-
erett Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Downs Of
Lewes spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. C. M. Downs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Manship
were recent Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. L. R. Lingo, near Long
Neck.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-03
RADIANT LIVIN g
THE UNFAILING SOURCE
By REV. G. H. GRIFFETH
Raatfr kEsihoaisl Church, RidselF. \

In my recent reading / can across
statement which particularly i'm
pressed me as being expressive Of a
fundamental, a blessed, and an In
spiring truth.
That statement is this: Il asked
help from a source that knows no
failure.
There is something about this
statement that causes the reader to
pause, to think, and to read it again.
There is something here that gives
one renewed courage to face the diff
culties OF his life.
Its truth is like a light shining in
the surrounding darkness. II is like
the opening of a door through which
one can escape from the dishearten
ing circumstances that have closed
in about him.
While the author of this state
ment refers only to his own action
and experience, the truth contained
ia his statement is not limited to him |
You, too, can ask help from a
Source that knows no failure
God never fails the soul that fully
trusts Him. God may not answer
your prayers just the way you would
like to have them answered. God
may not provide for you just the
things that you think you should
have. But God will provide for you
Just what is best for you. And He
Will provide it most literally!
Did not Christ exhOrt: ASK and it
shall be given you; seek and ye shall
ind; knock and it shall be opened
Into you"
ST. John adds: And this is the
confidence that we have in Him. that,
{ we ask any thing according to His
VII, He heareth us And if we know
hat He hears us. whatsoever we ask.
,e know that we have the petitions ,,
hat we desired OF Him"
Why not dare to ask largely that
Ource that knows no failurei