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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
MASONBORO CLUB
WILL MEET

The Masonboro Home Demon
stration cluo will hold it's regular
meeting Wednesday afternoon at
2:3O o'clock at the home of Mrs.
J.. P. Herring. All members. are
urged to be present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
Birth Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Jackson an
nounce the birth of a son, Eugene
David, on April 7, at the Marion
Sprunt annex. Mrs. Jackson is the
former Miss Ruth Best, Of Stan
tOnsburg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
Club Clock

The T. E. L., class of Cal
vary Baptist church will meet
this evening at s o'clock with
Mrs. L. Billiard, 1913 Fender
avenue. All members r uged
to be present.
District No. 8, North Carolina
Nurses association will hold the
monthly meeting wednesday at
4 o'clock in the parish house
of st. James church. A full
attendance is desired.
The Castle Hayne Home
Demonstration club will hold
the regular meeting Wednes'
day evening. All members are
urged to be present.
The American Legion auXil-
larry will hold the regular meet
ing this evening at 8 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. L. w. Davis
in Sunset Park. Mrs. Davis
and Mrs. Finley Mcmillan will be
joint hostesses. All members
are urged to be present. ]. r.
Hollis will be present. j. r.
the evening.
The monthly meeting of the
Hemenway Parent-Teacher asso-
citation will be held this aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock at the
school. The election of officers
for the ensuing term will take
place at this time. Miss Allie
Morris Fechtig, president OF
Cape Fear Garden club, will be
guest speaker of the association.
The executive committee will
meet at 2:15 o'clock.
The regular meeting of the
Cornelius. Harnett PIT. A.
scheduled for this evening
at the school has been postpon-
ed until April %, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The Isaac Bear Parent-Teach-
er association will convlne
this afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the school. Miss Ann Mason,
count home demonstration
agent, will be guest speaker. A
short meeting of the executive
committee will be held at 2:30
o'clock.
The Philathea class of the
Tabernacle Baptist church will
meet this evening at 8 o'clock
at the home Of Mrs. r. P. Ander-
son, 1903 Orange street.
The Fidelis class of the
Southside Baptist church will
meet tonight at s o'clock in
the classroom. All members are
requested to be present.
The Goldenrod chapter, No.
142, Order of the Eastern Star,
will hold its regular meeting
Thursday evening at sis o'clock
at the Masonic Temple. All
members and visiting Eastern
Stars are invited to be present.
The Epworth Wesley class of
Fifth Avenue Methodist church
will hold its regular meeting this
evening at 8 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. C. C. Davis, at 1907
Grace street. All members are
urged to be present.
Rirfh Aunounced
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09

The T. E. L., class of Cal
vary Baptist church will meet
this evening at s o'clock with
Mrs. l.. Billiard, 1913 Pender
avenue. All members ire uged
to be present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
Birth Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Dawson Lewis,
of Shallotte, formerly of Whining
ton, the birth of a daugh-
ter, Sylvia 10, on April 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09

District No. 9, North Carolina
Nurses association will hold the
monthly meeting Wednesday at
4 o'clock in the parish house
Of st. James church. A full
attendance is desired.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09

The Philathea class Of the
Tabernacle Baptist church will
meet this evening at s o'clock
at the home Of Mrs. r. P. Ander-
son, 1903 Orange street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
TESTS ASSURED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-R-Two
great tests Of political strength be-
tween President Roosevelt and Vice
President Garner were virtually as
sured today for early April.
In both Illinois and Wisconsin,
the names Of each were entered IN
preferential presidential primaries
which many expect to prove the
most critical contests Of an inten'
| sive pre-convention campaign. The
elections are scheduled for April 2
in Wisconsin and April 9 in Illinois.
The results, political experts
thought, would prove of great i'm
portance, not only in that they
would show the feeling Of a vital
sector of the middlewest, but be-
cause they might influence the
trend elsewhere and indicate the
relative ~vote-getting abilities of the
two. The Illinois primary is mere
ly advisory, but that in Wisconsin
is binding on delegates to the demo-
cratic convention.
Apparently, only a conclusive
statement from President Roose'
welt Withdrawing himself from con-
sideration could avert the contests
and some were of the opinion that
even that could not stop them, Sc
determined are the leaders Of the
draft Roosevelt movement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
BRITISH DESTROY
TWO GERMAN SUBS

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ing the afternoon but whether they
were damaged was not made known.
They were the Clintonia. 3,106 tons,
and the Lord Darling, 256 tons.
The German plane which. the
Royal Air Forces defenders caught
and downed was a big black Helnkel
which swung DARN ly owe the
Firth of Forth and dropped a bomb
through the 102-ton dredger. Fore.
most. Two of the dredger's crew of
nine were feared lost when their
lifeboat, pulling away from the Grip
pied ship, swamped.
AS the Heinkel turned loose its
guns, on the foremost a British
patrol of three swooped or its tail
guns splitting vicious streams O.
| bullets.
A few minutes later residents O.
North Berwick, near Edinburgh
saw the big raider crash in a sub
urban field. The fate of it's crew was
not made known Immediately.
Two other nazi "bomb block.
aders'' registered a direct hit on q
coastal steamer off the Scottish
coast, shattering her matches, dam
aging her bridge and machine-gun-
ming the crew. The ship, not named
into port.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
pv CHARLES

;-HICAGO, Feb. 9.-R-Jerome
,.rnan Dean today definitely join
lsa chicago Cubs holdout brigade.
S11l starve to death before I pitch
,,,1 for $40, 900 a year." said Dean
srnlosively at the end of a futile
.borr conference with Phil K
ur,iolev. owner of the Cubs.
Dean, paid 100000 last season
uhen he won only six games, had
aamanded $4,000 for 1910. Wrigley's
.@or was S10,O 900. After two-hours
" discussion, Wrigley stopped for
moment where newspapermen and
rh1tographers were waiting in an.
ether office, and said:
"your subject will be out in just
ninrte." Then he started down a
"Wait a minute" urged a report
~ "You're our subject -. at least,
a part Of it."
Not me-" replied the retreating
vrigley. I'm back in the gum bust.
MOSS Thank God"
couple of minutes after DIZZY
appeared.
,,,rIer began. "He offered me $10,-
0O. l wanted SIS, 900. I'll starve to
doath before I sign for that. I'll
On back to my farming place near
DALLAS. But there amt nc hard feel.
inps between us. It's just business
after all"
Dean said he did not expect any
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10

Emsley A. Laney, above, president
of the Morris Plan Bank Of Will
mington, returned to the city Thurs
day from Tampa, Fla, where he
attended a meeting of the south
eastern section of the Morris Plan
Bankers association at which he
was elected treasurer for the en-
suing year.. i.
At the two day meeting Richard
H. Stout, of Washington, executive
vic%e-president of the national Nor.
ris Plan association, reported i'm
proved business was indicated by
collections.
"Delinquencies in repayment of
loans during the last year were IS
per cent fewer than in the previous
year." he said. Last year was the
biggest loan year for the Morris
Plan banks in their history"
The associations summer session
will be held in Asheville. 1t includes
Morris Plan banks in Virginia, the
Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia and
Florida.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
BARCLIFT SPEAKS
AT CRUSADE MEET
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fair, he said, emphasized bigness,
size and more facilities for enter.
tainment.
'But with all these things the
world will need religion to give it
moral quality or it will be a tragic
world" he said.
Mis- Mary Bethea spoke on meth.
odist Young People Advance" and
the Rev. R. W. Bradshaw, exc.
cutive secretary Of the board OF
Christian education of the North
Carolina conference, spoke on Meth
odism, saying that the first ster
in the Methodist Advance must be
personal conservation"
The Rev. F. B. Joyner, of Fair.
mont. director Of Young Peoples
work in the Wilmington district,
attended the meeting and spoke
briefly on the need for influential
leadership among the young peo'
pie of the district.
The Rev. w. A. Cade, superin-
tendent of the district, greeted the
delegates at the opening of the
session.
Similar young peoples meetings
will. be held at Lumberton and
Warsaw soon.
About 200 ministers and laymen
from the 1876 churches in the VIII
mington district attended the meet
ling which opened at Grace church
yesterday morning. The meeting
was an all-day missionary inst1
tute.
The Rev. W. A. Cade, district
Superintendent, was in charge OIL
the institute which constitutes a dis
trict meeting of the Methodist Adj
vance movement, a primary move
ment of the church for 1910, and
discussion of missionary interests
Speakers at the opening session
yesterday morning included the Rev
F. S. Love, the Rev. R.. w. Brad
shaw, the Rev. B. H. Houston, OF
Clinton: the Rev. Floyd Patter-
son, the Rev. ]. F. Herbert, and
Mrs. H. J.. Faison, who discussed
the theme of methodist Advance
and important phases Of church
work.
The Rev. W. C. Barbee, Of Ellz-
abethtown, was among the speak
ers for the afternoon session which
iclosed at 4 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10

chronized with construction of hard
surface highways which permitted
rapid exchange.
North Carolina" he continued,
must go ahead with the Develop
ment of it's primary and secondary
road systems and requires for this
purpose every cent of funds raised
by the gas and automobile taxes"
The meeting here yesterday was
the eighth in a series of 10 district
meetings held throughout the state
during January and February by the
North Carolina Petroleum Industries
committee.
Representatives Of oil companies
and allied organizations attended
from the following nine counties OF
Southeastern North Carolina: New
Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus,
Robson, Bladen, Sampson, Duplln,
Fender and Onslow.
A business meeting opening at
1880 o'clock yesterday morning was
held for the purpose of discussing
the problems of taxation, diversion
Of highway funds, and other leglsla'
tive matters affecting highway
users.
E. ]. Halbert, vice-chairman OF
the executive committee of the
North Carolina Petroleum Indus
tries committee, presided at the
luncheon session. j. B. Greenwood,
of Charlotte, representative of the
Atlantic Refining company, gave a
vocal selection.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
SUGGESTIONS THAT
PATROL DONATE TO
MAXWELL REVEALED
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any amount they wanted to give"
subsequently Armstrong said.
he, attended monthly meetings Of
the states four patrol troops. Be.
fore the meeting Of one troop and
after the meetings of the other
three, he discussed campaign con.
tributions, he said.
Il told the men that some. Of
the boys had asked me to discuss
the matter with Them" he contin.
ued. II told them they could do
whatever they wanted to-"
Would Keep List
The patrol sergeants, according
to Armstrong, said they would keep
lists of those who contributed, and
would send the money to him. He
added that no contribution had been
received to date.
Maxwell, who has been address.
ing civic clubs in Western North
Carolina for the last few days,
issued the following statement from
Asheville:
~ have not only not authorized
assessment of any employee OF the
department of revenue for my cam.
paign, but have discouraged cons
tributions and insisted that if on.
tributions are voluntarily made
from the meager salaries paid they
should be in purely nominal sums.
II naturally appreciate the 10y.
atty and friendship of members OF
my organization, but would not toll
crate the use of pressure in any
form"
The revenue commissioner, one OF
six candidates in the race for the
democratic gubernatorial nomina.
ton, said he planned to return
here Sunday, and would confer with
Governor Hoey soon in regard to
a leave Of absence from his post.
He said he planned to take the
leave. without pay, at least by
March 1, so that he could devote
all of his time to his campaign
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
S P Q R T S
Dean Joins Holdout Brigade;
Says He Will Starve First

further conferences with Wrigley,
although he will remain in Chicago
until Monday.
There amt anything left for
either Of us to say" drawled the
big pitcher. 1--WE covered it all to-
day."
Deans original proposal, calling
for a bonus if he won IL or more
games next season, was overruled
before conferences began because
of baseball's law against such con.
tracts.
Dizzy was asked:
wouldn't you take Wrigley's
word Of a bigger chunk Of dough if
you proved your arm was okay?"
mo, Stree" he replied. THAT
amt my way Of doing business"
Before his conference, Dean pre-.
dicted a great year for himself, de.
claring he would win 20 games. He
said he had been playing golf and
saving wood and had no pains in
his pitching right ARM.
Don't I look in good shape?,' He
queried.
Truthfully, he did. He was dressed
in his Sunday best blue suit. There
wasn't an ounce of overweight
noticeable on his huge frame.
Dean will join the faculty OF a
baseball school opening in jackson.
Miss, next Wednesday.
Better remind him." Wrigley
smilir ely said. mot to forget to
| send back his Cub uniform"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
PRAYER SERVICE
CONDUCTED HERE
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tributed in pagan lands; "a
Women's colleges in China, Japan
and India.
Many women remained at the
church all day, with others COM
ing and going at different periods
Of the service which consisted
mainly of. periods for meditation
microscopy prayer, hymns and the
reading of Scripture. The program
used in Wilmington is similar tt
the one used in churches through
out the world yesterday.
The Wilmington committee Of
church women stated LIST night
that the response was most graf
flying" with a "high spiritual note
being struck" The committee said
that it felt that the World Day
Of Prayer had done much toward
uniting UNCONVENTIONAL interests.
The four projects for which Of
ferings were taken represent fields
on which Christians work in q
united body. The church has been
concerned with the migrant people
for the past 20 years, opening more
and more centers Of service each
year until now there r Sc prof
ects in IA states. Numerous mag
azine and newspaper articles tina
have appeared recently, a widel.
read novel, and the moving pic.
ture to be based OF it will make
the general public more consciou!
of the migrant problem than here.
tofore," the church committee said
The church projects also include
the distribution of Christian liter.
allure in practically every corner
of the world bearing testimony tt
the contribution of American
women in this great open fielt
of providing Christian literature
for those who would otherwise
have nothing uplifting to read
Work among the Indians included
schools in Oregon, Southern Cali
fornia, New Mexico, Kansas ant
South Dakota. The support Of thu
women's colleges in China, Japar
and India has resulted in 200 grad.
yates each year, with the young
girls starting work in Christian ed
ucation fields.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
u. S. AND NEUTRAL
COUNTRIES START
DRIVE FOR PEACE
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dS0 Oltv
reaction ranged from a statement
by Senator King (D-Utah) that 1t
was a very wise appointment" to
a warning from Senator johnson
Realty that 1--WE ought to mind
cur own business"
Official circles in London heard
Of the development with satisfac-
ton" and it was stated that Welles
would be given all available infor-
nation. A government spokesman
at Berlin said the news from
Washington was very interest
ing'' but that no further comment
could be made Immediately be-
cause the purpose Of the Welles
trip "still is not clear"
HulTs announcement said that
"in view of existing hostilities in
many parts of the world, in view
Of the effect of such hostilities on
the neutral nations Of the world
and in view Of the evident desire
Of all neutral nations for the even
tual restoration of world peace on
a sound and lasting basis for all
nations, diplomatic conversations
Of an informal character have
been commenced with neutral gov
ernments and will probably be
continued with all neutral govern
ments."
Officials would not disclose with
what governments the converse
lions had begun. It is presumed
they include European neutrals
fected 10y the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
BORN IN N. c.

CLAYTON, Feb. 9.--Dr. William
E Dodd, who died today in Round
Hill, Va, was born near here Oc-
tober 81, 1869, a son OF John D. and
Evelyn Creech Dodd.
He married the former Matte
Johns of Auburn.
Dodd attended school in Johnston
and Wake counties and was gradual
ed from Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
|tute in 1895. During his youth he
worked during summers on tobacco
and cotton farms here.
He was named for William Edward
Fisher. who was superintendent OF
the North Carolina hospital o the
insane about 70 years ago. Fisher
was a close friend of DR.. Dodd's
father.
DR.. Dodd made only in%frequent
visits to North Carolina in the last
20 years. His father, of Fuquay
Springs, said recently:
evil never stays lon1 He's like
a humming bird, in and out like a
flash. Will always stays busy. I
guess he has done more than any
other man alive"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
Miss Hicks Wins Golf
Meet At Palm Beach

PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. s-R9
Playing almost as ragged a brand
of golf as her opponent, Elizabeth
Hicks of Long Beach, Calf, won a
four-and-three victory today in the
Palm Beach Women's tournament.
She overcame the penalty Of shots
into the rough, in sand traps and
other unlikely spots to defeat Grace
Amory of Palm Beach on the III
teenth hole of their finals match.
The victory entitled Miss HICKS u
have her name engraved Tor tne
first time on a cup that has been OF
fered for victory in the Palm Beach
tournament for almost a quarter u
a century.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
RUSSIA CONTINUES
TO THROW TROOPS
! AGAINST FINN LINE
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we're left to die because Of an ap-
parent breakdown in the Russian
transportation system in the e
The central section Of the Is
thmus front, between Punnunjokl
and Panuri, bore the brunt Of the
fighting, and the Firms asserted
that the Russians had lost more
than 700 men as they battered un'
successfully against the lines outer
Notifications with tanks, artillery
and planes.
Heavy Russian losses also were
reported by the Firms in the
Summa sector, at the western end
Of the line, and along the Taipale
river on the eastern flank, where
Red army thrusts were reported
turned back.
Despite these setbacks, the Firms
said, the Russians still were at
tacking along the entire length O.
the front.
AS usual, the Firms made no es.
IlIndIe u Iu6lI oWI 1OSSSS IA WIN
Isthmus or in the sector northeast
Of Lake Ladoga, where they sale
they had captured ga powerfully
manned enemy firing point" ane
improved positions near Kuhmo
Bitter fighting was continuing II
this sector, too.
The nightly communicate said 4c
Russian tanks had been captured
in yesterdays fighting. Twenty-one
of these were reported destroyed or
the Isthmus front.
Far northern advices the Russians
had been repulsed in an attempt tt
capture the Arctic town of Hoyen
iarvi, about 60 miles south Of Pet
Same. Finnish patrols then pene
trated the Russian lines and reach
ed salmijarvi, rich nickel mining
area midway between Petsamo ant
Hoyhenjarvi. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
MORRIS CONVICTED,
GIVEN FIFTY YEARS
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stole calm which characterized his
demeanor throughout the four days
of the trial.
In passing sentence, Judge Sin
clair said that the crime was one
of the most brutal he had ever
heard of in all his experience on
the bench and said that the jury
might easily have returned a YER
dict of guilty of murder in the
first degree.
Norris did not file notice of ap-
peal to the supreme court.
Trial Of the case. began at 1920
o'clock Tuesday morning, and evil
! dence was completed at the noon
hour yesterday. Argument of coun-
sci for the prosecution and de-
tense consumed the afternoon ses
sion Thursday, and Judge Sin
clair charged the jury for almost
two hours this morning.
Mcpherson and Burroughs were
shot to death at the filling sta
ton and garage operated by Bur-
roughs, in the Lebanon section OF
the county, on the afternoon OF
December 5. Witnesses told Of Nor
ris coming up to where. Bur-
roughs, Mcpherson and others
were standing in front of the sta
ton, humble something which
they could not understand, Their
shoot Burroughs down. He Their
reloaded, they said, raised his gun
again and shot Mcpherson.
Other witnesses testified they
saw Norris fire the third shot into
McPherson's body as he lay prone
on the ground.
Norris claimed he shot McPher-
son because Of his belief that the
other "a was advancing on him
with a pistol at the time, an6
claimed that he was en- route tt
Whiteville at the time he frs
passed the station, where Mrs
Norris was in McPherson's car, fol
the purpose Of getting a warrant
for both Mcpherson and Mrs. Nor
ris, but turned around and wen
back for the purpose Of pleading
with her once again to return
home.
He said that he had frequently
voiced objections to McPherson's al.
legged attentions to Mrs. Norris
Physicians testified during the
course of the trial that Norris
had, in their opinion, the min6
Of a 12-year-old child.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
PAVING OF FRONT
STREET MAY BE
COMPLETED TODAY
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equipment as junk. The remainder
of the money was obtained from
the WPA.
The approximately 500 tons Of
material were sold for between
$4,000 and $4,000.
No formal opening exercises are
planned Immediately, Wade said
but a street dance will be held
February 20 in conjunction te
the program being planned by the
local Reserve Officers club. A
reviewing stand will be erected in
front of the postoffice.
In answer to many questions
Wade said, the white powder spread
on top of the newly-laid street is
limestone. It is simply applied as
a finishing touch and has no great
value except that it provides some
thing of a seal for the surface
of the ctreet.
The whole length of the street
represents about eleven and one.
half blocks of paving, Wade said
The new paving program-undel
the bond issue approved by the
city's voters several months ago
will get under way as soon al the
specifications have been approved
in Washington.
This program will include tn.
paving of about rs city blocks
including Princess street from
Front to Seventeenth and a largs
part of North Fourth street.