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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
GUNNER ROB
BENNETT, LOUISE
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sat on it. "We1l have to take you
with the coat, lady," he said.
you'll have to hurry" she replied,
there's someone coming"
With that the robbers, apparently
frightened, jumped into their a and
fled. In their haste they overlooked
the diamond earrings and a brooch
worn by Miss Bennett, and valued at
$4,000. Ainley also carried $500 in
cash but no attempt was made to
search him, he said.
Miss Bennett complained to the po-
lice, this is a fine thing to have
happen. First we go to a charity
performance and then we get robbed
We didn't see a cop all over the
loop"
At her hotel just before she left
for st. Louis, where her play easy
Virtue" opens tomorrow night, Miss
Bennett declared, sit all seems like
a bad dream. I have notified by
agent in Hollywood and the insur-
ance company and have sent home
the rest of my valuable jewelry.
II shall never again wear any OF
my real jewels in the midwest, but
shall only use limitations"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
Several Arrested After
Effort To Stage Revolt

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Jan. %.
7R-A number of persons, includ-
ing several soldiers, were reported
to have been arrested today in the
northern coastal city of Esmerald-
as, capital Of Esmeraldas province,
after an alleged attempt to for
ment a revolt.
Advices from the city said munic-
ipal council sessions were forced to
end when citizens invaded the coun-
Gil chamber accusing some men,
bers of using public funds for their
own purposes.
Provincial authorities upheld the
council members, and an official an
nouncement said army officers then
tried to bride troops into revolving
against civil authorities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
.RUMANIA PRESSED.
BY LONDON, PARIS
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it was reported on high authority
today.
The Allied ENJOYS were under.
stood to have informed the Ruman.
ian cabinet that if Rumania per-
sists in her plan to force French
and British oil companies in that
country to furnish oil to Germany,
al TRADE relations may be broken
off. French and British, along with
Aemrican companies, own the great.
er part of the Rumanian oil indus.
try.
The French and British already
had protested against exercise Of
Rumanian government authority
over the oil companies in such q
way as to force them to supply fuel
for the Reich's military machine.
Germany has countered with the
warnin gthat she must have larger
quantities of Rumanian oil or she
will be forced to take other mea-
sures. To impress upon Rumanians
the urgency with which the matter
is regarded, Berlin is reported td
have told Bucharest that oil is q
matter of life or death for the
Reich.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
ADVOCATES
AID TO HOSPITALS
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hospital program which President
Roosevelt has been advocating.
Mead said he would introduce
the legislation this week and that
it would call for long term loans
SO years at 2 per cent interest
with one third Of the fund, $780,
900, 900 wholly devoted to hospital
projects"
'"This will be a modest, conserva-
tive proposal" Mead said in a
statement. cit will not provide for
public grants. Every cent that IS
loaned for this worthwhile type OF
construction will be repaid to the
United States treasury
In addition to hospitals, the fl
nancing would be used for water
and sewage systems and the reduc-
ton of stream pollution, he said.
Health and hospital leaders who
have conferred with the President
have mentioned a more modest
rogram of $10,0 00,0 900 for building
small one-story, frame hospitals IN
HOW AdST5
The President also has talked o
federal grants and use Of relief Ia
Dor on these, with local support
and administration.
Mead said he would propose
loans to public bodies and, In the
case Of hospitals, to non-pro1lt OF
carnations" such as privately own
ed and operated institutions OF re.
1igious, ~fraternal and educational
organizations.
In addition to providing long
term. low-interest financing for In
stitutions needing such aid, Mead
said the program would meet the
need for continued stimulation OF
the heavy, durable goods lnoustrles'
in view Of employment REQUIRE
ments both in the skilled and un'
skilled fields and in view OF the
liouidation in the near future u
the existing PWA program"
Under his proposal, the loan pro-
gram would be administered py lho
the federal works agency.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
E. A. JONES MAKES
APPEAL TO H0EY
Father OF Brunswick Girl
Killed By School Bus
Writes Governor

C. A. Jones, of Leland, father of
Rachel Valeria Jones, s~ix-year-old
school child who was killed when
struck by a school bus last week,
has appealed to Governor Hoey to
take steps for the prevention of
another tragedy"
Mr.. Jones letter to the governor
reads as follows:
"On the day of January "a at
4:35 p. m, my child, Rachel Valera
Jones, age six years, was killed by
a school bus driven by a school stu
dent driver.
II hope the death of my child
and the frief of it's mother will pa
justifiable enough in the prevention
of another tragedy, such as it was
in our case. l am not asking any
personal favors, but am hoping
that the death of this innocent
child will be the mean Of saving
some other from a similar fate in
the future"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29

find the money for school teach
ers' pensions and salary raises, In
view of the fact that he proposed
the ultimate repeal of the sales
tax and cheaper automobile tags
He replied:
There are lots of automobiles
not in use today because they have
no tags. If we cut to IS, we Will
put more cars on the road
they will burn more gas and pay
six cents a gallon tax on gas they
use.
Special Tags
"Then I propose to let the more
wealthy folks have special tags
with their initials on them, and
pay double for this Identification.
Then, too, the state really does
not need this money as it has a
surplus fund and is in position to
put on an extensive road building
program at this time. At least, the
commissioner of revenue says So.
Revenues lost by repeal of the
tax, he asserted, could be more than
offset by reducing crime.
Crime cost the state of North
Carolina last year more than four
times what we paid into the public
school funds" he added.
The Wilmington mayor said he
did not know where he would es-
tablish his campaign headquarters,
and concluded: Probably under
my hat"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
CONGRESS SLASHES
$2o0,oOo,OOO FROM
FIVE MONEY BILLS
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subcommittee. House cut by ST..
491, 600.
The goal of economy advocates is
to effect sufficient reductions in
President Roosevelt's "bedrock''
budget to avoid the necessity either
of levying new taxes, or increasing
the present statutory limit of $45,.
900, 900, 900 on the public debt.
Mr.. Roosevelt proposed a budget
calculated to stay within the public
debt limit, but it was predicated
upon collecting s46, OOO, 900 of new
revenue by levying a special de.
Tense tax.
A sizeable group in congress has
made clear that it regards ado l.
tional taxes as unwise, particularly
in an election year.
The full house appropriations
committee will pass upon the Agri.
culture department bill before it is
reported to the house Tuesday.
Most congress members expect
this measure to furnish the real
test of economy sentiment. The
Presidents recommendations in
cluded no item for farm parity pay
ments, for which congress s.ppro.
priated 1925, 100000 last year. A
block of farm state senators already
has served notice that an effort will
be made to add money for this pur.
pose.
Both house and senate have only
routine business scheduled for to-
morrow.
The special house committee in
vestigating the labor board will con.
tinue questioning the boards re
view attorneys. The ways and
means committee, entering it's last
week of hearings on proposed ex
tension of the Reciprocal Trade Act
will hear witnesses representing in
dustry and farm interests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
CHARGES AGAINST
COUGHLIN TO BE
PROBED BY u. S.
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~SS 04AS
made no specific reference to
any persons or groups who might
be investigated. He said evil
dence would be gathered in va
rious sections of the country and
presented to the Brooklyn grand
jury which is weighing the
cases of the Christian Frontiers.
Royce, who said he was giving
full time to the case, left this
evening for Minneapolis. He
planned to spend Monday there,
Tuesday in Chicago and return
here Wednesday.
He said he would confer in
Chicago with U. S. Attorney
William J. Campbell, who was
asked by Jackson to cooperate
by furnishing all helpful evil
dence" in the case.
Royce, 36 years old, is head Of
the criminal division of the at
torney generals office, with
technical jurisdiction throughout
the country.
A native of Petersburg, ILL.,, he
studied law at Harvard and en-
gagged in private practice in Chi
cago before entering govern
ment service.
He is a specialist in income
tax and corporate law and was
assistant general counsel Of the
SEC when he was appointed to
his present post last May.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29

ing temperatures in the extreme
southern portions of the state.
Low readings today, Gaping an
11-day cold wave, ranged from 10
degrees above zero near Deland and
II degrees in uncultivated parts of
the Everglades to AZ degrees at Key
West, the southermost city in the
United States.
Citrus growers and packers de.
clined to estimate the extent of
damage to the huge orange, grape.
fruit and %tangerine crop. They said
they were too busy attempting to
salvage what they could by getting
their best fruit to the market be.
fore the weather moderates and de.
terioration follows.
The state citrus commission sus'
pended it's band against issuance of
inspection certificates on Sunday so
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
Mrs. Olivia E. McCraw
Dies In Hospital Here

Mrs. Olivia E. McCraw, g., died
at a local hospital yesterday after
noon at 12:4O o'clock after an ex-
tended illness.
She was a daughter of the late
James H. Wright and Mary e.. war
rem. of Wilmington, N. c.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. H. Buttlemen and Mrs. Law
renee B. Flanagan, of Florence, $.
c.: n brother, J. A. Wright, OF
Waycross Ca; two grandchildren,
Mary Wright and Tom McCraW
and several neices and nephews.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
RED TROOPS MAY
ESCAPE DEFEAT
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had ended, at least temporarily, on
this front.
Continued unofficial reports told
of a large body of Soviet troops
practically encircled by Firms in
the Kitela region where Finnish
infantrymen were aided extensive
ly by Finnish coastal artillery to
the south and east.
Without Supplies
This body of trapped Soviet SOL
diers was believed to be almost en-
tirely without food supplies al
thugh a Russian relief unit was
reported attempting to fight his
way in front the northeast.
Finnish forces were said to be
blocking the path of the Russian
relief unit at a point 20 miles
north of Kitela where railway
transportation has been cut. The
relief men must cross a river to
reach their trapped comrades.
Finland's tactics of permitting
enemy heavy tanks and artillery
columns to penetrate into the Fin.
nish wilderness before being cut off
piecemeal on the narrow highways
were said to be bringing continued
success on other sectors too.
Communique
The communique today said:
ST o~I, ~. ILL., fI|-x1l~-N :.4l.-..,
nothing new.
Northeast of Lake Ladoga enemy
attacks were weaker on Jan. 81 than
during previous" days. Nevertheless
the enemy's losses in killed mounted
in the course of the day to some hun
dreds. Our troops dispersed a col
mn of about 200 horses and destroy.
| ed three tanks.
I'm the Aittojoki sector lively "a
troll activity on both sides. One enc
my tank was destroyed.
"In the direction of Ilomantsi GU,
troops repulsed enemy attacks car
ried out by fairly small detachments
"Sea: On the naval front only ac-
tivity by our coastal batteries anc
coastal defense infantry detachmsnts
on flanks Of the land front.
"Aair: On Jan. 81 enemy aircraft
carried out flights in north Finland
in which connection Savokoski,
Kuhmo, Sotkamo, Leiksa, etc., were
bombed by fairly small air detach-
ments. According to reports now
available one civilian was wounded
During the day two enemy planes
were shot Gown"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29

that packing houses might receive
fruit from groves today and get it
started to market.
There wa sgreat activity in many
groves and packing houses. Grow.
ers rushed their fruit to be packed
and inspected, then hurried back
to protect their trees and remaining
crops against tonight's frigid at.
tack.
One state citrus inspector explain.
ed that the fruit "is perfectly all
right in every way if picked and
marketed before the weather grows
warmer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
BOMBERS DRIVEN AWAY

VIIPURI. Finland, Jan. 2S.-(H1-
Nine Russian bombing planes at
tempted to raid this ancient Finnish
city today but were driven off by
defense fighting craft, which have
been showing increased efficiency.
No bombs were dropped. The
planes were reported to have come
from bass in Estonia.
Fighting on the Karelian isthmus
today was confined mostly to artii-
lery exchanges with the Finnish bat
teries reporting a number of direct
hits, including one on a field kitchen
which was serving food to Red army
troops.
The Firms showed foreign cores
pondents several Russian prisoners
fresh from the front. ALI appeared
better-equipped and better-trained
than the contingents used at the
start of the a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
Rites FOR ALIENS
HELD IN COLUMBUS
...,h1o Funeral Services Are
pV ,,o1d For Murder Suicide
Victims Near Delco

no,DIe funeral services for Mrs.
,1en and Richard Allen, IS,
e,,icide victims of near
uore held from the late resi-
pN" n Mrs. Allen yesterday af-
.rpoop at 2 o'clock
~. Rev. Mr.. wescott' of White
IH' ond,cted the services. Inter-
W. toIloved in the Rogers ceme-
wy, near Delco'
deaths occurred Saturday
-1 lnI when Allen shot and killed
w Allen, his sister-in-law, and
W. walked behind a barn and
SIsd himself with a shotgun.
c.roner Joe Skies, of Columbus
Wv ruled that it was a case
@D mrnrder-suicide and that no in
O will be held. The only ex-
al N.o+ion for Aliens actions was
statement by neighbors that he
W. hoan "a little off" for some
time.
vrs Allen is survived by her
4sor her husband and by five
small children.
pichard Allen is survived by his
.sor and three brothers and
three sisters
Active pallbearers were: A. A
,,,,rh,,rn. @. NJ. Lemon, A. A. Peter
an French Bordeaux, Gordon
uobbs X. W. Groom, Jake Rives,
clsn Gibson, Lacy Wise, Roy Will
nm W. L. Hobbs and Marion
1nhnsOI.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
cold across the south and middle.

cold across the south and middle.
west.
Inc bltterest weather of "a years
drove sub-freezing Temperatures tn
the southernmost tip of Penins,1lar
rlorioa to wipe out truck crops
roughly valued at SIS, 900, 900 in
only two counties, with reports still
lacking from other rich farm areas.
First estimates from Miami were
that nine hours of sub-freezing
weather, with an unofficial low of
a. caused virtual 100 per cent loss
IN Dade county vegetable crops
valued at from $1,000, 900 to s10,-
600, 5000.
Slightly to the north in Fort
~Lauderdale, indications were that
BroWard county lost beans and
other truck crops with a possible
value Of 5000, 900. Plans already
were shaping to ask U. S. funds
for replanting.
Florida ever contributed to the
list of weather-connected deaths
which reached 1875 for the current
cold offensive and neared the 400
mark for the past three weeks.
States reporting deaths from such
weather-connected causes as fires,
freezing, traffic accidents, etc., in.
Guided: Arkansas 8; California 2;
Colorado 2; District of Columbia 2;
Florida 3; Georgia 5; Illinois 6;
Indiana 5; Kentucky 8; Louisiana
4; Massachusetts 2; Mississippi 4;
New Jersey 1; New York IS; North
Carolina 8; North Dakota 2; Ohio
10; Oklahoma S; South Carolina 6;
South Dakota 4; Tennessee S; Tex.
as 6; Virginia 8; West Virginia Z;
Wisconsin 4.
Two elderly tourists from Penn.
sylvania were found dead in their
room at Sarasota, Fla, and Off
GERS said they were killed by gas
while trying to keep warm. A
three-year-old child was fatally
burned near Panama City while
helping another child build a fire,
and several persons were burned
seriously while attempting to heat
homes with emergency facilities.
While Florida's three-day story
Of mounting damage reached its
disastrous climax, temperatures and
weather-depressed spirits rose slow.
ly across the south. Forecasts call
ed for relatively high minima from
Texas to Virginia tonight with
sub-zero readings disappearing for
the first time in a week.
Although Florida was warned Of
another frosty night, forecasters
noted temperatures we'll above
freezing in Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Texas and even up into the plains
states and Montana, and promised
the worst was over, with pros
poets that definitely balmy tenn.
peratures would blot out week-old
snow blankets from Mississippi to
Virginia in the next few days.
Conditions in the east, far south
west. and Pacific coast areas were
normal with temperatures about
seasonable or somewhat above.
Florida's minimum temperatures
ranged from 10 above at upstate
Deland to AZ at Key West, south
ernmost U. S. city, which lies at
the tip of a long string Of islands
a scant 80 miles north Of tropical
Cuba.
Harder citrus growth in the
deep south Florida area escaped
major damage but fruit growers tc
the north already had suffered
losses which may run into the mil
lions but which citrus men declin-
ed to estimate, pleading hat they
were too busy trying to salvage
part of the crop.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
Rainier Will Appear In
Red Cross Benefit Show

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-P-
Luise Rainier, twice winner OF n
Motion Picture Academy award
will appear in a Red Cross benetlt
production here on February 26.
ARRANGEMENTS for the perform
ance were made by officials OF the
National Red Cross, including Miss
Mabel T. Boardman, national secre-
tarv The nlay, with the supporting
cast drawn from the Washington
Civic theater, will be George Ber'
nard Shaw's saint joan"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
MERCIRY DIVES

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 2S.-RCThe
mercury dived again in North Caro-
lima early today, breaking records at
some places, but later a brilliant
sun tempered the GOODNESS Of the
day and at a few places some of
the snow which fell early in the
week began to melt a little.
Sub-zero readings in the early
hours were still common. The per-
sistence of ~sub-freezing tempera-
lures froZe over many streams. But
late in the afternoon the thermome-
tiers got above freezing in many
places-for the first time in several
days, And the weather man said
temperatures would rise again to-
morrow.
Larger Cities Cold
The range at the Charlotte air
port was i at $50 a. m. and 80
at $3.50. Greensboro had a mini
mum of . at midnight and a high
Of 80 at 8 p. m. Durham had a
low Of e and a high of 80. Ra-
ielgh had a low of 10 and a high
of 81.
Durham's g was the lowest on
7 cord there. Albemarle had a u
winch also broke all records since
lney have been kept. Henderson
also reported q record was broken
mere when the mercury dived to
elsnt below zero. The cold mod.
GRATED at Henderson a little in the
afternoon but did not go above 20.
"lnston-Salem reported an Off
elal reading of 10 below. The high
temperature for the day in the
1MlA City was 81 above.
Inc Yadkin river was frozen over
from North Wilkesboro to below
Elkin.
line mercury hit II below at
Salisbury.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
WAVE OF FREEZING
WEATHER CONTINUES
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somayo the cold weather has
wrought on water lines. Farm
AGENTS said that the cold had Gam
sapd crops to some extent, but to
what degree was not known.
All in al, the city seemed to hi
bprnate Yesterday and made plans
for enduring the cold wave for
some time longer.
Few cars were on the highways
and last night only a few minor
accidents had been reported.
If the cold wave lasts a few more
davs, it will surpass the lengthy
cold weather experienced at one
time in Wilmington in 1917 and
1918, when the temperature was be.
low freezing for II days.
The current cold wave has lasted
for 10 days, with only one day be-
ing above the freezing mark. But as
it stands now the record for below
freezing weather seems destined to
be at least eight days in all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
ENGLISH Rail Traffic
Disrupted By Weather

LONDON, Jan. 2S.-R-Weather
conditions over the weekend dis
rupted rail traffic in England ara
Scotland with some trains more
than - hours behind schedule.
The Scottish Royal mail arrived
in London at $40 p. M, II IL hours
late.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
WEATHER DAMAGES
FLORIDA'S CROPS
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escaped injury, elsewhere in the
state it suffered very heavy dam
age" Meteorologist E. S. Ellison Of
the federal-state frost warning ser
vice said. The cold he added, "ur-
questionably did great harm" to
South Florida's sugar cane crop.
The forecast for tonight and to-
morrow morning was mot quite so
cold," bunt heavy frost and sub
freezing weather were predicted far
down the peninsula into South Flor
ida and light frost and about freez-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
Road Railway Crossing
Accidents Kill 1897

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-CP-
The Association of American Rail.
roads reported today that there
were 1897 fatalities from highway.
railroad crossing accidents in the
first 10 months of 1899, a decrease
Of 62 from the same period Of 1888.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
AID coRps

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. UT
There were only SIS fatalities in the
air corps in 1888 out OF o9o LII 'ne
entire army. Motor vehicle accl'
dents caused 80 deaths.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
MOVE TO ASSIST
CHINA ADVANCED
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rights if she is to continue trading
with the United States. Hull was
represented as opposing compllca'
ton of this situation by COMPRESSION
al consideration of a matter 1nvol''
ing manv controversial phrases.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
FLAYS
HULL'S POSITION
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cratic senator and representative
from Tennessee.
AS a witness before the house
ways and means committee on a
pending resolution to extend the
trade agreements act for three
years, Hull opposed a proposal, fav-
ored by many republicans, that
future trade treaties be ratified by
the senate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-29
FLORIDA

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 28.-R-
o'ep south Florida reeled under
= parting, multi-million-dollar blow
quay While sunshine slowly broke
~-Alers ten.day siege of blighting
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-18
Curriculum Needs Is
Topic At High P:-T:A.

The Henderson high school PIT.
\. held its regular meeting Wednes-
day afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in the
library OF the school, with the presi-
dent, Mrs. J. M. Baity, presiding.
In the absence of the chaplain, Mrs.
J. Franklin Mills, the devotions were
led by Mrs. w. c. Stainback, who
read the sixteenth Psalm.
Josephine Newell, in behalf of the
sophomore class, asked for the CO.
operation and patronage of the men,
berS in helping to make their class
play success.
After the minutes of the last meet
ing, the reports of various commit
tees were given. Outstanding among
these was the report of the study
group chairman, outlining a study
course to be given on youth under
the direction of Rev. Mr. Gardner,
assisted by high school students. All
local units are urged to attend these
classes.
Mrs. w. J. Aston. who was in
charge of the program, spoke of the
Influence of parents and teachers on
the lives of those with whom they
come in contact, and asked that they
take inventory of themselves. She
announced the subject to be dis:uSs-
ed, "Curriculum Needs, and asked
Prof. w. D. Payne, principal of the