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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
ORTIZ IS GIVEN
CONFIDENCE VOTE
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that the committee had not involved
Ortiz and had not attacked the
honor of his minister of war, al
though it did insist the minister was
negligent.
AS he and others spoke, hundreds
of citizens gathered outside the
building, and their shouts of "Viva
Ortiz" were clearly audible to those
within.
Police lines had been formed a
block away, but in the first hour
the crowd pushed close in good
natured scuffling.
Jose Luis Cantilo, representing the
powerful radical party, said the
party and the people of Argentina
rejected the resignation.
The President, who has been i'll,
and who returned actively to office
only when the land deal inquiry de-
veloped into a crisis, waited at home
with eight cabinet members for the
congressional decision, which was as
had been expected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
BOYS STATE

CHAPEL HILL, Aug. 24.-R-
featuring an address by Homer
Chaillaiux, of Indianapolis, national
director of the Americanization COM
mission of the American Legion, the
opening session of the 1910 Tar Heel
Boys State will be held in Gerard
hall at the University of North Caro-
lima tomorrow avening at 8 o'clock.
plume of pale pink smoke lowering
beneath.
Searchlights were going b a C k
and forth across the sky as the
planes roared overhead.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
HULL'S APPEAL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-R-
Secretary Hull appealed to tn e
American people today for united
@srnnort of full and adequate
nrenarations' to defend the west
ep hemisphere.
In statement, the state depart
ment head declared that 1.-The pos
sibilities of danger to the Ameri-
can republics are real"
The conclusion is therefore in
escapable that full and adequate
preparations for hemisphere de-
tense cannot be completed t
soon" he added. II desire again
to appeal for the fullest possible
measure of unity on the part OF
our people in support of such pro-
gram Of defense and of related
foreign policies"
Meanwhile, other governmental
departments took steps to make
western hemisphere preparedness
a reality.
Six American members of the
recently created joint U d
States-C anadian defense board ar
ranged to leave for Ottawa tomor-
row for the boards first meeting
Monday.
The American members named
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of
New York as their chairman after
conferring with President Roose-
welt. The group said no state
ment on defense plans would be
made before the Monday meeting.
Invitations Sent
General Gerge C. Marshall.
army chief of staff, disclosed that
he had invited the chief of staff
and one officer from each repub-
lie Of Central and South America
to visit the United States in Octo-
Der to inspect this country's mill
tary establishment.
The navy department assigned
Captain Oliver M. Read as Ameri-
can naval and air atuache at Otta-
W.
Secretary Hull's appeal or unity
IN support of a hemisphere de-
1ehse program was issued at a
time when administration officials
are striving to work out methods
OF acquiring naval and airbase
sites in this hemisphere FIR m
Great Britain. President Roose-
velt announced recently that nego-
latlons for acquisition of S u C h
oases were being conducted with
1feat Britain, and reliable sources
Sala today that they understood
As9orney General Jackson gave the
roosevelt cabinet yesterday an
oplhlon on the legal questions in
volved. I
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
BERMUDA OFFERS
i, S. AIR BASE
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may affect the status of this an.
ppa' colony as an integral part OF
Gle British commonwealth"
us .,kod assurance that. moth
no allowed to prejudice our
pS .+it,tjon, our government or
complete happiness and con-
..,trnent under British rule"
nYirning answering loyal
10 the crown, the memorial
N,oonjzed that the British govern
re sUs consideration of the de-
lNsa proposals was intended
t ban1y to further the interests OF
,o~I smnire at this critical juno
1 ns and pledged support of any
agreement. -..
rno Governors message, in re-
l., said the memorial had been
p " reassuringly by Lord
1Ioyd who declared there is no
a1,estion of Bermuda or any part
# being separated from the
p,;tish empire or of the people
bermuda ceasing to be British
subjects
as far as Bermuda is concerned,
+,a message said, the negotiations
~ ~ far are confined to provisions
~ an air base for which the wat
- If Great Sound would be made
available.
.1t is. of course, possible that
= request for naval bases may be
a,sde BY the United States" the
aovprnor's message added, land
should this be forthcoming the gov
ornor is sure that by giving them
most sympathetic consideration he
would be furthering the wishes OF
the neople of Bermuda" l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Person County Votes
Against abe Stores

ROXBORO, Aug. 24.-P-Person
county today rejected legalizing the
sale of liquor under the 1887 county
option law for the second time in
slightly more than three years.
With only one small precinct to
be heard from the vote stood 1,187
against ABC stores to 1,119 in favor
of them.
Mayor S. F. Nicks Jr., said that
the missing precinct cast only 35
votes in the last election and could
not overthrow the 68-vote dry ma
jority.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
New Jersey Democrats
Stage Monster Rally


SEA GIRT, N. j., Aug. 24-R-
New Jersey Democrats launched
their fall campaign today at one
of the biggest rallies in the states
political history.
Party workers and voters from
the states 81 counties, estimated
at 125, 600 strong, damned their
way to the national guard reser-
walton parade grounds, to hear,
James H. R. Cromwell, U. S. Sen
ate candidate, criticise Wendell L.
Willkie and to applaud Charles Ed.
ison, Gubernatorial candidate, in
his declaration he never would be
a Eyes man." z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
Air Raid Sirens Fail
To Halt Cricket Match

LONDON, Aug. 24.-LR-Air raid
sirens failed to break up a cricket
match in the London area tonight.
The warnings sounded while the
match was under way, but most Of
the crowd stayed on and play con-
tinued without interruption.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
APPOINTED

CHARLOTTE, Aug. "a B j.
A. Mayo, chairman of the board of
trustees, announced today that Hoyt
R. Calvin of Huntsville, Ala, had
been appointed director Of the Char
lott public library. He will take over
Nov. 1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
GOOD

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-Springfield
of the Western Association has won
pennants or been in the playoffs
seven times in the last nine sea-
sons. z
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has left for his .sfront line
headquarters" somewhere in
France "where large military
operations are taking place."
= BERLIN, Aug. 24-(AP via
radlo)-Vichy dispatches said
today that new press law for
France is beinb drafted under
which newspaper proprietors
will be made responsible for
every disregard of directions
given by the government in ad-
vance,"
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-R
Disturbed by complaints
against the excess profits tax
bill, the house ways and means
committee today directed treas
ury and congressional tax ex-
perts to attempt revision of the
tax formulae.
villa DO CONDE, Portugal,
Aug. a. up Otto Strasser,
German arch-enemy of Adolf
Hitler, was reported in refuge
tonight in this little fishing
village.
IA well-informed German
source in Berlin declared one
month ago today that Strasser
had fallen into Nazi hands in
Paris, but German authorities
declined comment.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 24-RN
Sen. Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)
replying to "the suggestion
that labor standards must be
modified in the interest of ma
tional Defense" declared to-
night that "long hours of labor
do not necessarily result in
increased production of goods"
Wagner, outstanding advo-
cate and author of national So
cial legislation, made his OBJ
servations in an interview
broadcast by the National Brad
casting company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
By ROBERT E. BUNNELLE

LONDON, Aug. 24.-R-Darlng
Nazi air raiders skinned r
London tonight and dropped bombs
upon the heavily protected city.
From the Associated Press build
ing I plainly heard the drone of
the plane that ventured into this
area, the whine of the bomb ana
the thud as it exploded. A moment
later a dull red glow famed in the
sky. There was the sound of many
alrplane motors and gunfire and
explosion of bombs.
The screams of the bomber's
wires could be heard plainly. The
bomb only made a dull bump, but
1t was enough to shatter windows
in the neighborhood where it fell.
Some thought the bomb was a
screamer but it sounded like the
noise came from the plane itself
rather than the bomb.
From the streets, the sky was
Illuminated by a pink glow, with a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
BY WILLIAM J. HUMPHREYS

DOVER, England, Aug. PAP,
German cross-channel guns have
opened their second bombardment
OF the day against, the Dover area
this afternoon while in a brilliant,
cloudless sky countless dogfights
ragged between British fighters and
sWarms of fighter-escorted Ger
man bombers.
The bombardment, a resumption
of an early morning Smelling which
caused some deaths here, inflicted
little damage. Most of the shells
fell harmlessly in open country
nearby.
The air tussels ragged SO high
the presence of the fighters was
detected only by the rise and fall
of the sound of their motors, in
terspersed by the chatter of ma
chineguns.
The noise of the cannonading,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25
BRITISH ENRACED
BY LONDON RAID
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a little old man watching the scene
where an incendiary German air
bomb had wrought havoc.
Bobbing his cloth-capped head.
he complained ENORMOUSLY, 1T did
not make half an explosion. It
musta been one O. these ERE in.
cendiary bombs.
Il fell on the floor when I 'eard
er come whistling down. Then l
went out in the street."
An air raid warden ran up, shout.
ing, Better stand in a shelter,
Jack. There's another of t O $ e
bloody je~rries!"
Off to the East, searchlights,
poked up through the sky. We could
hear the German plane, but could
not e it. We stood there.
Presently a woman walked past
iraglc-eyed, dressed in night-cloth-
ing and a mans old great coat,
She clutched a baby to her breast
There was silence while S h e
passed. The mems faces reflected
only a sober, fierce anger.
A man came pounding up the
street, bawling, "Stretcher party!
Stretcher party!"
His cries soon brought four men
carrying %stretchers. One of tn e
stretcher-bearers was immaculate.
~ clad in evening dress.
In a few minutes they trudged
past In the opposite direction, their
stretchers occupied. A limp arm
eangled from one A bloody tunic
was thrown across the legs of an
unconscious man.
The little old man in the cloth
cap muttered curses.
Spotting a cab at the corner, l
hailed the driver to s.sx if he could
take me to the office through the
blackout.
Hell, yes, this amt nothing"
and away we went. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

the whine of the plane motors and
the rattle of machineguns was al
most %deafening on the ground de-
spite the altitude of the combat
ants.
I saw two of the planes, just
little dots at first but growing big
ger and bigger, plummet out OF
the skies Ono crashed into the
sea just a few feet off the beach
front, its pilot pa1i1ng out and COM
ing down far out to sea.
Among the spectators were
American-born Mrs. Reiner v a n
der Woude, the former Mary Wen
dell of Boston, and her 19-year-old
son, Gerritt Northam Griggs, an
American Red Cross representa-
tive. They had ringside seats in
the garden of her home at near
by Eastry.
The a~nti-aricraft fire was the
heaviest heard in this region OF
the coast since the Germans have
launched their mass raids Aug. 8.
The whole coastline shuddered
with falling bombs. Even the war
hardened South coast people said:
"This appears to be a day Of
days"
On the way home, apparently
from a bombing expedition, one of
balloons over a Southeast coast
the German planes shot down two
town. Their flames were Brilliant
against the sky. The German fiji
er, who had u through anti-air-
craft fire to bag the balloons, was
surrounded by bursts before he got
through.
Later in the evening, another
German came over on his way
home. He, too, ran through heavy
anti-aircraft fire.
During the afternoon n could
hear the thud of falling bombs on
the French coast and it appeared
that the bombing there was heav-
Ter than any other up to this day.
At any rate, the German artillery
barrage was silent for a time,
whether of its own volition or not.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

All wool, single fold.
Pastel shades, solid and
color combinations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-25

has left for his front line
headquarters" somewhere in
France where large military
operations are taking place."
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Actor Meredith S First Wife
Found Dead From Gas
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 13.--Helen
Derby, "a, divorced first wife of
Burgess Meredith, stage and screen
actor, was found dead in the gas
Allied kitchen of her Washington
Square apartment early today.
Police said she had written a will
on a calendar pad and closed with
these words: Feeling fine except
for fumes. (Signed H."
She was the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry L. Derby Of Montclair,
N. j. Her father is president and
a director of the American Cyana-
mid and Chemical Corp, and an
officer Of several other firms.
Miss Derby and Mr.. Meredith were
divorced in 1885. She previously
had been married to Stephen Ber-
rien in 1926.
Her body, fully clothed, was found
on the floor by Ruth Ringheim,
governess for Miss Derby's 12-year-
old daughter. A police emergency
crew failed to revive her.
Omcers Of the Mercer Street Sta.
ton said they learned Miss Derby
had been depressed last night fol-
lowing receipt Of letter from Q
Kenneth Frank on stationery Of the
Carlton Hotel, Washington, stating
that her social ideals were too liberal
and that they should end their
friendship.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Envoy Here Derides
Norwegian Nazis'
Efforts 10 Rule
Minister Scornful of
QuisIine Group; ToIks
With Roosevelt
By JOHN C. HENRY.

Scornful denunciation of efforts Of
the Norwegian Nazi party to set up
new government under German
domination was expressed by Will
helm Munthe de Morgenstierne,
Norwegian Minister to the United
States, after conference with Pres
ident Roosevelt at the White House
today.
Giving no information on his visit
with the Chief Executive, Mr.. Nor
genstierne told reporters he has not
been in direct communication with
his government since the German
invasion. Thus far, he said, he has
received only fragmentary informa- =
ton by way of Stockholm. Until
such time as more normal conditions
are established, he said he would act
on his own judgment here.
The Minister said he would like
to emphasize very strongly, how
ever, that Norway still has only one
legal constitutional government
namely, that headed by the King
and functioning through a Parlia-
ment elected by the Norwegian
people.
Nazis Never Elected a Member.
For years, he said, the Norwegian
Nazi party has tried to elect men,
bers to the Parliament, but has never
succeeded. The pseudo government
announced at Oslo under leadership
OF Maj. Quisling, Nazi leader, is en-
tirely without power and without any
public support, he added.
Since the invasion, the Minister
continued, the duly elected Nor
wegian Parliament of $50 members
has recorded itself unanimously in
approval of the government of Prime
Minister Nygaartsvolt.
Mr.. Morgenstierne said he was
consulting daily with the Danish
Minister here, Henrik de Kaufman.
To See Red Cross Head.
Disclosing yesterday that he had
requested the American Red Cross
to prepare to send aid to Green
land, a Danish possession now cut
off from its mother country, Mr..
Roosevelt arranged a meeting today
with Red Cross Chairman Norman
H. Davis.
Another appointment at the White
House today was for Assistant Sec
retary of State Breckenridge Long.
Mr.. Long has jurisdiction over fiscal
affairs and appropriation needs of
the State Department.
Planning to attend the semi-an-
nual Gridiron Club dinner tonight,
Mr.. Roosevelt left this afternoon
free to work on a speech for the
occasion.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
British Further Reduce
Supplies Of Paper
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, April ia new paper
control order, effective at midnight
tonight, was announced by the Min
istry Of Economic Warfare today.
The new order will reduce the
amount of paper supplied by mills
to customers during March, April
and May of this year by from 60
per cent to 30 per cent of the
amounts supplied during that'period
in 1899.
The German invasion of Norway
has already had an adverse effect
on the shipments Of newsprint to
England. The News Chronicle, for
example, announced that it and
other papers would be reduced to
10 pages beginning Monday, with
further reductions expected in the
near future.
Newsprint prices are nearly double
the pre-war rate and may rise again
Monday.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Indian on Way 10 Capital
Dies in Auto Collision
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BEDFORD, Pa, April 13.-An
automobile collision yesterday killed
one of four South Dakota Indians
en- route to Washington to testify
before the House Indian Affairs
Committee.
John Whitewolf, u, Of Pine Ridge,
S. OAK, died of a skull fracture six
hours after the car in which he was
riding crashed into another operated
by Cal Leonard, so, Bedford.
The mishap occurred IL miles west
of here when State Motor Policeman
E. r. Rowan said the South Dakota
machine tried to pass a truck and
skidded into Mr.. Leonard's car, which
was travelling in the opposite direc-
ton.
Two other Indians were injured
in the collision.
The Indians were to appear in
Washington as representatives Of
various tribes in the Sioux Indian
Reservation In South Dakota.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Japanese Planes Attack
Chinese lifeline
By the Associated Press,

ny the hSSOClaJeQ SIcSS.
HONG KONG, April 13.-War-
planes of the Japanese Army and
Navy combined today in intensified
attacks on the southwestern life
line" supply route of free China.
The Japanese said that key points
along the highway, which runs from
the border of French Indo-C China to
Kweiyang in Kweichow Province
were bombed heavily and that mill
tary establishments along it were
destroyed.
The Japanese consider this high
way the principal route for war
materials for Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek's forces since recent at
tacks have lessened traffic on the
Yunnan Railway, an alternate
"lifeline."
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Cold Weather Fails
To Halt Blossom
Festival Tonight
Troins, Buses and Autos
Pour Visitors Into
Capitol for Week End

Despite winters sudden and un.
invited return, the Executive Com.
mittee of the Cherry Blossom Festi.
val decided today to go ahead witt
the festival program tonight.
An inspection this morning dis
closed that the cold weather an6
wind had damaged Is per cent Of
the fully-opened blossoms on the
trees lining the Tidal Basin, but
the committee said there are enough
blossoms ito put on q good show.
so we decided to start tonight
come what may" Festival Com
mittee Chairman Edgar Morris re-
ported.
But next year." he added, "we're
going to have the Weather Bureau
on our committee"
Excursion trains, buses and auto
mobiles continued to pour visitor.
into the Capital and the weekend
total was expected to be between
loo, 900 and 100000.
Metropolitan and Park Police were
girding themselves for the peak pc
riod Of trafic in the Tidal Basin
area, due to begin this afternoon
and continue through tomorrow.
Postponed yesterday because of in.
clement weather, the festival /,
scheduled to begin at 4 pm. when
the Metropolitan Police Boys Clut
Band assemblies at the edge of the
Basin for a concert under direction
Of Clifton Brown, jr.
The program calls for the 1916
cherry blossom queen, Miss Rose
Colliflower, to make her first
official appearance at 7:30 pm
tonight in her "royal barge,
the well-known swan boat. The
craft will be towed by eight surf
boats, manned by Red Cross swim
mers and escorted by eight bedecked
paddle boats containing two pretty
girls each and eight canoes, the oc-
cupants Of which will carry flares.
The queen is to receive her dia-
dem at 7:50 o'clock from Engineer
Commissioner McCoach after taking
(See FESTIVAL, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Be||igerents Asked
To Allow Return Of ;
u. 5. Ships in Norway
British, German and
Morse Governments
Get Notifications.
BY GARNETT d. HORNER.

The United States today asked
Great Britain, Germany and Nor
way to cooperate in efforts of three
American freighters to return safely
to this country from Norwegian ports
where they were caught in the new
war zone
"The Government of the United
States expects that every assistance
will be given each of these vessels to
proceed safely through mine fields
and that they will not be molested
in any way by any belligerent naval
unit" Berlin, London and Oslo off,
Gals were informed.
Secretary of State Hull announced
this action at his press conference
and also indicated disapproval of
tentative proposals for transfer of
numerous Danish and Norwegian
ships to American registry.
No Registry Question Yet.
Mr.. Hull said the question of reg
istry transfer had not come before
him officially as yet, and explained
that decision probably would depend
on different factors in each particu-
lar case. He added that he did not
have in mind any proposed transfer
OF foreign vessels to the United
States flag that this Government
would look on with any special favor
The American vessels trapped in
the center of heavy naval fighting
following the surprise German in
vasion of Norway are the Flying Fish
and the Charles r. Mccormick, last
reported unloading at Bergen, and
the Mormascea, reported at Trond-
helm.
American Ambassadors in Berlin
and London and the Legation al
Oslo were instructed by the State
Department: to notify the German
British and Norwegian governments
that the vessels were expected to
start their return voyages to the
United States at any time.
EN- route they will fly the United
States flag" the belligerent govern
ments were informed. "and have the
flag conspicuously painted on thei,
sides and at night they will proceed
fully lighted"
The time Of departure has been
left entirely to the discretion of each
captain, the department said, but as
y(See HULL, page A-31
Evening star., 1940-04-13

BY yesterday, too, 1t was evident
that the Germans could hold Oslo
with its powerful fortresses on the
fjords-longer than any other place
in Norway and that restrictions on
news communications would become
increasingly severe. We had to
choose between the probability of
being isolated in Oslo for many
months and an immediate dash for
the frontier. But the Oslo-Stock-
holm railroad service had already
been disrupted and now we learned
that trains to Gothenburg would
run no longer, The defending Nor
wegians were reported to have blown
up bridges on both lines.
BY great good luck and the win