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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

ity" and rejected "all asser-
tions to the effect that this is
exercised under pressure from
one side or the other"
Their nations heavy sufferers
in the war at sea, the men
agreed, according to the COM
munique, to raise serious OBJ
jections to-, and endeavor to
avert violation of, principles of
international law in the conduct
of naval warfare"
The conferees were DIR. Peter
Munich of Denmark, HaIvdan
Koht of Norway and Christian
Gunther of Sweden.
Gunther asserted that the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

the most serious and profound
desire of all the northern peo-
Piles that the conflict may at
the earliest possible date be
brought to a peaceful solution
which preserves the full indie.
pendence of Finland.
"The foreign ministers ascer-
tanned their unanimity in re-
spect of the policy of neutral
ity of their countries. They re-
Ject all assertions to the effect
that this is exercised under
pressure from one side or the
other and they intend to con-
Continued ON Page -Four; Col. g.
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bombing. of the Swedish border
town of PajaIa last week, which
the Swedish government
charged was carried out by
Russian warplanes, was not
discussed by the ministers but
he believed the raid had been
unintentionaI. Tass, official
Russian news agency, has de-
MED that Russian warplanes
bombed Pajala.
The cOmmunique follows
AT a meeting conditions con.
nected with the Finnish-Rus
sian conflict were the subject
of negotiations. The foreign
ministers emphasize that it is
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
CHIEF OF MOOSE
SPEAKS TONIGHT
oupreme Governor Bert W.
Johnson Scheduled To Ad-
dress Gathering Here

0eft W, Johnson, supreme cover.
|AeI Of The Loyal Order of Moose,
We me guest speaker at a meet
,s VI Inc local lodge of the Moose
'onlsht at 8 o'clock.
I' Johnson will have charge of
iofles in connection with the
n.'latl0n Of a class tonight. A de-
=, 'eam from Goldsboro has been
N n, 10 assist in the ceremonies.
tne visiting governor is a past
[i,.: 'e4l OF the Illinois Moose asso-
'i' ana secretary of the Greater
NontInued on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
Wilmington's
Variety Store
Open Day and Night

Offered each day in the col
umns of the Star and NewA
Want Ads are the greatest
bargains in and around Will:
mington. You owe it to your
self, if you haven't been doing
so, to read the daily Want Ads.
In the course of a year you
will find that you have saved
many dollars by shopping thS
Want Ads before buying.
See the "S'' Values In Todau,s
Want Ads
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
WEATHER
FORECAST

No,,s FORECAST
|eas, " carolina: Fair, colder in
(Tl1esa ana central portions Monday:
warmas generally fair, slightly
IN west portion.
ko v chronological data for the "a
IS $50 p. m. yesterday.
.l3O temperature
\. NJ a; m. 40; so a m. AZ. 1.ao
p: mini $50 p. m. 46; maximum
n. ium As; mean 50; normal
.lsm Humidity
!, m, a. 4, m: 81; 7:3o a. m. 90; 1870
80 p. m. 81.
Total f.. Precipitation
b., O,0s ~ a hours ending 7:3o D.
' inches: total since first If
A'n' 4,8S i~nenes. e itrsl OIL
Tides For Today
Wilmington High Low
Fasonboro 1, l2:16p 7:3Op
iet - l0:04a 3:56a
Sunrise e. 10:37p Aim
Fis lo:osoo:: 49a sunset e:Osp; moon,
'0p' moonset s:4sa.
Fsyettevni,teaa r river stage at
'''"''"ued on Page rhree)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
REDS NEAR VIIPURI


HELSINKI, Feb. % Up Nearly
a month of the Red army's great
February offensive has brought 'no
hammer and sickle banner within a
few miles of Viipuri, Finland's
second city, and severely battered
the M%annerheim line of defense
Notifications.
The cost to Russia has been
heavy, however. One foreign mill
tary expert estimates that an aver
age of 1000 Red soldiers has been
killed daily on the narrow Kareli;-n
Isthmus between the Gulf of Fin.
land and Lake Ladoga. Finnish
losses are not disclosed,
By this experts calculations Rus
STA thus has lost 100, 900 in dead on
CONTINUED on Page Four; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
More Finnish
Forts Taken
By Russians
Soldiers Break Through,
Capture 28 Defensive
Fortifications
FINN PLANES DOWNED
Hammer And Sickle Banner
Is Pushed Within Few
Miles Of Viiipuri

MOSCOW, Feb. 26-(Monday)-P'
Soviet army reported today it
had broken through Finnish fortified
zones, and captured % of the Films
defensive Notifications despite re-
peated counter-attacks by Baron
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim's troops.
The Russians said the enemy suf-
fered heavy losses in the fighting.
Ten Finnish airplanes were re-
ported brought down in air BATHS,
Communique
Text Of the communicate.
FEB. 25.-Soviet troops, breaking
through the enemy's fortified zones,
occupied % defensive Notifications.
including eight iron and concrete
artillery forts.
1.-THE enemy repeatedly attempted
counter attacks but was repulsed,
suffering heavy losses.
"On other sectors of the front
there was nothing important.
Soviet aviation successfully
bombed enemy troops in a number
of areas. Ten enemy airplanes we're
brought down in. air cornbats."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

Continued on Page Three)
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CONTINUED on Page Four, Col. ~
Evening star., 1940-01-05
IS Convicts May Get
Pardons for Saving
1000 in Quake
Magnificent Courage Of
Erzincoi Prison Inmates
Is Louded by Turkey
b the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
ANKARA, Jan. 5.-Pardons for Is
convicts who scorned escape and
risked their lives to rescue more
than 1000 women and children
buried under wreckage by the Ana
tolian earthquake of December n
were recommended today by the
government at special parlia-
mentary session.
The men, all serving long SEN
tences in barracks at the Erzincan
Prison, displayed what the govern
ment called magnificent courage"
They organized rescue squads and
dug for days in the ruined buildings
Of the town, apparently hardest hit
by the quake that caused an esti-
mated loss of As, 900 lives.
The convicts administered first aid
to those they rescued, and housed
the victims in what remained of
their prison.
A campaign for adoption of dis
aster orphans by wealthy families
was begun in Ankara as the first
trainload of 210 children arrived.
Damage was reported today from
new earth shocks that toppled
buildings in the Smyrna region and
Samsun and Amasia, but no new
losses of life we're recorded.
Relief efforts were hampered, how
ever. by the refusal Of many sur
vivors to leave.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Income Tax
Continued From First Page }

dividual who on the last day of such
taxable year is domiciled in the Dis
trict of Columbia and who during
the year falls within one of the fol-
lowing groups:
Il. Single or married, and not liv-
ing with husband or wife, for any
part of the taxable years, if having
net income of $1,000 or more or a
gross income of $1,000 or more.
20. Married couples living together
for the entire taxable year, if each
has gross income and the COM
bined net income of the two is $2,500
or over, or the combined gross in
come is $1,000 or over. If any one
has a gross income and his net in
come is S2,50O or over, or his gross
income is $4,000 or over, such person
shall make return.
49, Married and living with hus-
band or wife for only part of the
taxable year: If each has a gross
income, and the combined net in
come of the two is equal to or in
excess of, their total credits for per-
sonal exemption computed without
regard to credit as head of family)
If only one has a gross income, if
his net income is equal to, or in
excess of his credit for personal
exemption computed without re-
gard for credit as head of family,
or his gross income is $1,000 or
over"
While District officials have re-
Trained from making any commit
ments on probable total returns
from levies, the latest estimates
are 100000 for the personal net
income and s2,4oo,ooo for the cor
porate levy.
Evening star., 1940-01-05

BY the Associated Press.
NORTH CONWAY, N. H., Jan. S.
The Rev. Raymond Phelps of the
North Conway Congregational
Church said today he had married
Eileen Herrick and George Lowther
of New York shortly after their ar
rival here by plane.
The minister said he performed
the ceremony at his home at 1l:30
am. and that the young couple then
went to the nearby Eastern Slopes
Inn, popular skiing hostelry, for a
wedding breakfast. The best man
was Hans Schneider, famous skiing
instructor, Mr.. Phelps said, adding
he did not know who the bridesmaid
was who attended Miss Herrick.
Residents here said they were told
the couple had planned to fly to
upstate New York, but that bad
weather forced them eastward. It
was believed they spent last night
in Portland, Me-, and left to come
here this morning.
Mr.. Lowther and his bride visited
toggeries in town and bought ski
outfits, leading to the belief they
planned to remain here for some
time.
The pair obtained waiver of the
New Hampshire five-day law before
the Rev. Phelps joined them in we'd
1ock
Evening star., 1940-01-05

Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,
regarded as leading contender for
the Republican presidential nomi-
nation, has offered to attend
jackson Day dinner which is his
torically faithful to the original
jackson Day dinner" held to cele-
brate the eXtinguishment of the ma
tional debt on January 8, 1885.
The Michigan Senator's offer to
join in such a celebration was con-
tanned in a letter to Postmaster
General Farley, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee
This shot, aimed at the Roose-
welt administration, which has seen
the national debt increase from $40
809, ,764 ,832.51 on January Jack-
son Day., 1898, to $41,955 ,024 1862 SO
as of January 2, 1910, was sequel
to the declinations of the Repub-
lican congressional leaders to attend
the Jackson Day dinner here Mon
day night.
Text of Letter.
Senator Vandenberg' letter to Mr.
Farley follows:
MY Dear Jim:
IF you ever have Jackson Day
dinner which is historically faithful
to the original Jackson Day dinner,
I hope you won't overlook me (even
at 500 a plate). I'd like to come.
That first Jackson Day dinner cat 81
a plate) was held to celebrate-what
do you suppose! The extinguish-
ment of the national debit
Il inclose photostat of the call
as it appeared in the Washington
Globe of that date. If you want
copies for souvenirs at your Jackson
Day dinner next Monday night
(Which celebrates an increase in the
national debt from $2l 600 900 900 in
1888 to $42 900 ,00O,0 in 1940) I'D
be glad to furnish them.
"Partons History says of the first
Jackson Day dinner:
1T was the day which Gen. Jack
son esteemed the most glorious of
his presidency. . The President
had looked forward to the extin-
guishment of the national debt as
he would have done to the deliver
ance of his own estate. Out of debt!
The honest citizen feels the magic
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Congress
Continued From First Page J

should stop while the joint commit
tee sat.
With both houses in recess until
Monday, Senate Republicans called
q conference to 60 over Mr.. Roose-
velt's bedrock" budget and his rec
ommendation that new taxes be
levied for $3.50, 100000 of extraor-
dinary armament needs.
That the idea of a tax bill, either
for special defense levy or for a
general increase in revenues, is not
thoroughly popular on Capitol Hill
was indicated by early reaction to
the Presidents suggestion.
Senator Harrison said he was mot
strong" for the tax request and ex-
pressed opposition to any levy that
would discourage capital" to the
further detriment Of the employment
situation.
There's got to be a working un-
derstanding between the committees
levying taxes and those making ap-
preparations if we are to have a
fundamental basis for leveling ex-
penditures and receipts" he said.
Thorough Study Urged.
Although describing the Presi-
dents budget message as "hearten-
ing" Senator Harrison said the in
creases and reductions and tax sug-
gestions should be scrutinized from
every angle
Cautioning that it might be bur-
densome to impose the proposed
$3.50, ,000, 900 of new defense taxes in
q single year, Chairman Harrison
remarked that 1T is not an easy
matter to raise that much money
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Finland
Continued From First Page.)

frontier. 1t is a rolling road over
which the car bobs at about 80
miles an hour something like ship
at sea. 1t is cut through solid
forests, broken only by lakes or
scattered clearings. The lakes are
frozen so solid your driver conf
IDENTIFY speeds across the ice.
Periodically you stop to get warm
and dry, or to eat and sleep.
A woman welcomes you for the
noontime halt at the door of two
room farmhouse and ushers you into
a bedroom walled with timber cut
from the forests outside and chinked
with moss. BY a stove-almost all
chimney with a narrow, iron CRATE
opening for wood-a 3-year-old
sleeps.
In the Kitchen living room, your
hostess chats with ambulance corps
drivers while she boils coffee.
You take your lesson from these
hardy Laplander fighters, You take
off your doeskin and inner woolen
socks to dry them before the fire.
Warm feet are the biggest problem
in this deathly cold.
Car In Snowbank.
Driving to the front in blizzard,
my car slipped into a 6-foot snow
bank. An ambulance towed us out
and after an hours wait the Fnns
turned out a fast snowplow to clear
the road ahead Because of the
weather and the thickly wooded
country side, most travel in this sea-
son is by ski.
At every army stop efficient wom-
en- of the Lotta Svard, the Finnish
women's auxiliary, who operate the
field kitchens while their men fight,
brought out coffee, tea and sand
wiches. In one was an English
speaking woman doctor.
Before I set out into the night to
visit the battle scenes. general head
quarters sent a patrol ahead. After
Evening star., 1940-01-05

Sd, thus described their mode Of
travel but refused to tell whittier
they had fled.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter r. Herrick.
parents of the 20-year-old, post
deb Eileen, gave little evidence of
being as pleased about the situation
as did johnson.
Mr.. Herrick, former park COM
missioner and head of distin-
guished old New York family. told
police his daughter was being de-
tanned against her will when she
disappeared less than an hour after
she left her swank East Side home
to take her dog for walk
This was the same argument put
up by Lowther when he had the
object of his affections and her
parents brought into court twice on
allegations that she was being
forcibly acknowledgements from
seeing him by parents who disap-
proved the match.
After Eileen had disappeared
twice-her last one due to an ap-
pendectomy, from which she has
just recuperated-he said he was
washing his hands of the whole
affair and that the next move was
up to her.
1t was their first rendezvous in
three months-the first since
Eileen's parents banned George
from their home November 6.
Eileen had left her home modest
ly clad for bride, wearing only a
house dress and polo coat She was
hatless, but she had thoughtfully
taken along tooth brush and
comb.
Three minutes after leaving, she
had jumped into taxi and was
dashing across town to the apart
ment of a confidante' where she
met I0Wther
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Broxton Good Cleared
In Traffic FutuIity

Braxton Good of the $500 block of
Fourteenth street north, Arlington
County, Va, was exonerated in the
traffic death of H. S. Towney, 79, of
4714 North Washington boulevard,
on December 16, at hearing before
County Trial Justice B. M. Hedrick
yesterday.
Testimony introduced at the hear
ing indicated Mr.. Towney had
walked into the side of the auto
mobile said by police to have been
driven by Mr.. Good, at North Wash
ington boulevard and Dinwiddie
street.
William Lawrence will appeal a
conviction for driving under the in
fuence of intoxicants. Judge He'd
rick found Lawrence guilty and
fined him 500 and costs and SEN
fenced him to 80 days in Jail.
Evening star., 1940-01-05

of the words! Out of debt! The
public man of the future will be
contented with little less for his
country
JacksOn's Toast.
president Jackson's toast that
momentous night was:
"'To the payment of the public
debt! Let us commemorate it as an
event which gives us increased power
as Nation and reflects luster on
our Federal Union
II know it will be long time be-
fore we can ever hope for another
jackson Day dinner in keeping with
the historic precedent from which
it purloins its name. Certainly it
is far cry from zero to AZ billions
in the red! But if we ever really
start back even in the direction of
the true Jacksonian ideal, let's have
joint Jackson Day dinner which
Old Hickory himself-bless his
memory!-would be glad to attend.
Only deficit spenders' will be un-
happy on that glorious occasion!
With warm personal regards and
best wishes,
Cordially and faithfully,
(Signed)
ARTHUR H. VANDENBERG."
The original Jackson Day din
ner" to which Senator Vandenberg
had reference was held here in
Browns Hotel. The Republican
National Committee, which made
public the letter sent Mr.. Farley
by Senator Vandenberg, also gave
an account of this dinner, taken
from the Washington Globe.
Jackson Not Present.
While President Jackson did not
attend the dinner, he sent a toast.
which Senator Vandenberg quoted
in his letter. Vice President Martin
Van Buren, the members of the
Jackson cabinet, the Speaker of
the House, many members of Con-
gress and other high officials of the
Government were among the $50
who attended the dinner
Among the speakers were Senator
Thomas H. Benton of Missouri and
James K. Polk, then chairman of
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee and later President.
Evening star., 1940-01-05
Labor Board
Continued From First Page)

days. she reported. The others were
cases which could not be compro-
missed.
Mrs. Herrick called the boards
system of trial examiners and
scheduling of hearings "a shocking
extravaganza"
Suggestions Held IN. G."
Asked the result of her report
urging greater speed and efficiency
in administering the act, Mrs. Her.
rick said the concensus seemed to
be that her suggestions were IN. G."
Legal objections were raised to some
of them, she said, for instance, one
that trial examiners make brief
recommendations Immediately after
a hearing instead of waiting for the
entire record to be compiled and
studied.
Representative Murdock, Demo-
crat, of Utah, asked if these delays
had not been largely eliminated.
Il would say that was true" the
witness admitted.
Mrs. Herrick charged, both in the
report and in her testimony, that
during long delays in hearings on
labor disputes, witnesses we're 80
intimidated that they often failed
to testify fully and accurately.
Asked who intimidated them, she
mentioned. the railway audit and
inspection service as one agency.
1T was brought out before the
La Toilette committee" she said,
that this organization furnished
employers with labor spies"
Aided La Toilette Committee.
Asked if the Labor Board had not
aided the La Toilette Civic Liberties
Committee, Mrs. Herrick said it had
to an extent.
Representative Murdock said the
resolution creating the La Toilette
committee had instructed Federal
agencies to cooperate with it.
Chairman Smith said it was GUS
tomary for congressional investigat-
ing committees to receive such aid.
Another report by Mrs. Herrick,
dated October 81, 1887, attacked the
press relations policy Of the board
I'VE cannot afford to take the posi-
ton that our decisions speak for
themselves" she wrote.
She added that, whatever our
policy is, the public should be let in
on the secret"
Employees, she wrote in this report
often did not know what the boards
procedure and policy were.
Evening star., 1940-01-05

him. When Mr.. Shima appeared
here, the writ of ne exeat was served
upon him and he was taken to Dis
trict Jail, where he has since re-
mained.
Moved for Early Trial.
In September Mr.. Shima moved
the court for an early trial. de-
claring that he was without funds
to pay alimony and counsel fees and
had been IN District Jail since Au-
gust Is because of his inability to
post the $500 ne exeat bond In
March Justice Bailey signed tenn
porary injunction against the Union
Trust Co., administrator and trus-
tee of Mrs. Henderson's estate, pre-
venting it from paying funds in its
hands to the Japanese.
Mr.. Shima has advised District
Court that he lost money in a res
taurant venture in Connecticut and
that there are other suits pending
against him here. The balance OF
about $4,000 is due him when GER
tain real estate of the Henderson
estate is sold, District Court is ad-
vised through his counsel, John
Wattawa and Vivian o. Hill.
A,216 Suit for Board.
Among the litigation pending
against him, Mr.. Shima advised the
court, is a bill for $4216 for alleged
room and board, filed by his father
in-law, Thomas Brown. Attorney
Wexford contends that Mr.. Shima
is in contempt of court now for fail
ure to pay alimony as ordered, as
well as q $500 fee for the plaintiff s
lawyer, which the court allowed him
Under the will of Mrs. Henderson,
Mr.. Shima was bequeathed $100,000
in cash and a trust fund Of 500. 600
was set up in his favor, but due to
the contest by her heirs, he agreed
to accept $67,5oo in cash. The wifes
lawyer says that he took $4,000
cash out of the District, when he
opened his restaurant in Stamford
Conn. The residence Of the Japa-
nese here was recently given as
2946 Carlton avenue NE.
Evening star., 1940-01-05

all in one lump" Furthermore, he
added, enactment of a tax for de-
fense purposes alone might estab-
.lish a precedent for other taxes to
pay "for this and that purpose"
It is certain, in the face of the
apparent reluctance, that Congress
will wait until March Is income tax
returns are in before embarking on
any serious effeort to enact new tax
legislation. These figures, Chair
man Doughton of the House Ways
and Means Committee said, should
be most helpful in determining
whether tax increases are essential.
Meanwhile, Treasury and congress
sional tax experts are studying the
results of a special inquiry under
taken last summer in which the
Nations taxpayers and students OF
the revenue system were invited
to submit suggestions for its i'm
provement. Months of interviews
and thousands of words Of corre-
spondence resulted.
Most members of both houses ex-
pressed qualification that the Pres
ident, in proposing lower appropria-
tions except for defense and con-
sequent diminishing deficit, at least
had made a start toward balancing
income and outgo.
Even Senator Taft of Ohio, a can
didate for the Republican presiden-
tial nomination, who speaks in Chi
cago tonight on Mr.. President,
Here's How to Balance the Budget"
expressed the opinion that Mr..
Roosevelt had made a "gingerly ap-
proach" toward that goal.
But, he added, that the Chief Ex-
ecutive in effect proposed a deficit
of nearly $4,000, 100000 instead Of
an estimated $1,716, 100000. He as
serted that the estimated return to
the Treasury of $700, 0,000, 900 of r. F.
c. capital and the proposed new
taxes of $460,000, 900 were suggested
ito put off the necessity of increas-
ing the Federal debt limit before the
election and calling the peoples at
tention to the fact that the debt has
reached the inconceivable statutory
limit of $4,000, 1000.
New Deal supporters thought the
message satisfactory or more than
satisfactory. Representative Ray
burn of Texas, the. Democratic floor
leader, called it "a sane message"
and expressed the hope that Con-
gress would stand by these recon-
mendations. Senator Byrnes, DEM
ocrat, of South Carolina said the
proposals constitute a long step to-
ward q balanced budget" He
termed 1t IAN economy message"
Anti-Lynching Bill Up.
With the Senate loaflng until the
House acts on initial appropriation
bills, the House will debate Tues
day the controversial anti-lynching
bill. Leaders hope to start on the
Evening star., 1940-01-05
$27o 900 900 deficiency bill for de-

$270 900 900 deficiency bill for de-
fense needs on Wednesday.
The dispute over continuing the
reciprocal trade law, which expires
June IL, will come to a head early
in the season. After ascertaining
that Secretary Hull would oppose
amending it to provide for Senate
ratification of the trade treaties.
Chairman Doughton, Democrat, Of
North Carolina, of the House Ways
and Means Committee said he
would introduce . bill next week
to extend the present oct.