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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
Resolution On Father Manley's
Death Is Passed By c.. y. Of A.

fering has filled US with admira-
tfen. There was a beautiful sim
plicity in his life and a rare charm
that will linger with US, and the i'll,
fluence emanating from his example
will continue with US to sweeten
life and nourish courage.
THEREFORE,: We members of
Court Wilmington No. 1886, while
bowling in humble submission TO the
will of Our Heavenly Father go on
record as expressing u great sor-
row at the loss of our beloved pas
tor and chaplain, whose loss is not
only ours but our City's as we'll, for
the outstanding work Father Man
ley did especially for boys and the
sick and afflicted irrespective of re-
ligious affiliations, for he truly loved
his fellw man. and
Therefore be it resolved that a
page in the minutes of the Catholic
DAUGHTERS of America be especially
dedicated TO his memory;
THAT a copy of these resolutions
be sent to his relatives and the
Press"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
TRIAL OF CHENNIS
SUIT IS STARTED
Administrators Of Brins0n
Estate Seeks 100000
From COas5 Line

Hearing Of the suit of Daisy
Chennis. administrative of the
estate of Helen Brinson, deceased,
against the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad, was opened in superior
court Yesterday. The jury was
selected and the presentation of
evidence begun.
Daisy Chennis asks $40, 0G0 DAM
ages against the railroad company.
The car in which Helen Brinson
was / ing struck an A. c. L. train
on April %, 1889, at the crossing by
the Red Cross sanatorium.
Daisy Chennis stated in the sum-
mons that the collision and death
of Helen Crimson and others was
caused by the negligence of both
the defendants and their agents, in
that the railroad did not maintain
proper signs, warnings and signals
at and near the railroad crossing
where the collision occurred, run
ming from the sanitorium to high
way 40. She claimed that upon ap-
preaching the crossing, the train
crew did not keep the proper look
out or give the proper warnings and
signals.
In answering the charges made
by Daisy Chennis, the railroad stat
ed that L. 7. Russ, son of Mrs.
Eta Russ and who was driving the
car, was probably driving at an
unlawful and highly dangerous rate
of speed and no. paying attention
to the safety of those in the car.
The railroad also stated thai the
car was travelling at a rate of speed
that did not permit the a to stop
within the radius of the car lights.
Tire marks were recorded on the
road for a distance Of more than
200 feet and evidence showed that
the car was still moving at suf-
ficient speed at the moment of i'm
pact to knock the forty-seccrd car
from the engine off the track, de-
railing the train.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
HIGHWAY PROGRAM
UNDER WAY IN N. {.
Work Will Cost S15,339,6 6S
And Give Employment
To 2O,O 900 Persons

RALEIGH. June g. LR-A road
maintenance, construction and re
construction program costing SD =
1896 and employing over 10000
is under way in North
Carolina, Chief Highway Engineer
Vance Baise said today.
In addition, a contract letting Of
about 81, O0O, 600 is scheduled this
month.
North Carolina is today reaping
greater value for each highway dol
lar than at any time in the history
of the State Highway and Public
Works Commission" Baise com
mented.
The total employed is in addition
to many thousands working or
WPA projects, he said. The high
way construction personnel of
about 5000 is augmented by, 1900
pick-swinging co%nvicts, and about
) 600 men are employed by con-
tractors.
Contracts let May 1 totaled S.
339, 66S. Improvements of roads and
bridges on primary and secondary
road systems will cost about $1,000
600, and the finishing touches are
being put on a $4,000, 600 repair pro-
gram inaugurated in March with a
special ALLEGATION by Governor Hoey
for weather-damaged roads.
Highway officials said "unpre-
cedented values were being re-
ceived for highway funds. Concrete,
for instance. is so per cent cheaper
than when the statewide road pro-
gram started in 1921, they said, and
recently a yard of dirt dropped to
IA 10 cents a cubic yard, compared
a peak of 60 cents in the early
of the work.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
Rose Painfully Hurt
In Motorcycle Accident

Joseph D. Rose, of Morehead City,
a member of the crew of the Modoc,
U. S. coast guard cutter stationed
here, was painfully but not seriously
injured in a motorcycle accident
early yesterday morning at the in
~tersection of Orange and Front
streets, police reported.
Investigating officers said Rose
apparently lost control of his motor
cycle, which left the highway, and
smashed into a light pole at the
southwest corner of the intersec-
ton.
The attending physician at Bullock
hospital said Rose suffered lacera-
tons of the lips, nose, chin, abra-
sions of the legs, and Commissions
of the scalp.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
DISTRICT F0UR-H
MEETING SLATED
Annual Gathering Will Be
Conducted In Burgaw
On June IL

The annual meeting Of the 18th
district federation of All and Ser
vice clubs, comprising the coun'
ties of Fender, Duplin, Brunswick
and New Hanover, will be held
Wednesday, June u, at the Bur
gaw High school, Miss Ann Mason
home demonstration agent, an
nounced yesterday.
R. K. Smith, district chairman
will preside over the program
which will open at 1920 o'clock l
the morning and close at l2:3o Il
the afternoon.
Program leaders will include:
address of welcome, Miss Eliza
beth Hamilton, of Pender; re-
ponse Miss Pauline Lewis, OF
Brunswick: reading of min
utes, Miss Mary Alice Lewis, OF
Brunswick: greetings, F. H. Jeter,
editor for the extension service OF
North Carolina State college; and
recreation, Miss Hattie P. Mallard,
of Duplin.
Other phases of the program will
comprise: the appointment of COM
mittees by the chairman; roll call
and county reports by secretaries;
reports of committees; team dem
onstrations by Duplin, New Han
over, Brunswick, and Fender coun-
ties; and group singing Of All and
Service club songs.
The committees in charge of the
program include: registration,
Miss Doris Landen, chairman, of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
Harry N. Warner Gives
$4,000 To Red Cross

LOS ANGELES. June 5.-tR-
The American Red Cross today an
nounced receipt of s25, 900 from Har-
ry NJ. Warner, motion picture pro-
Queer, for the purchase of 20 am
balances.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner and their
two daughters, Mrs. Doris Leroy and
Mrs. Betty Sporting, requested that
10 of the ambulances be sent to
ENGLAND, 10 to France.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
Tar Riuer Project
Fails To Win 0. K.

The Wilmington district army
engineers office yesterday received
an unfavorable report on the pro
posed Improvement OF Tar River ana
its tributaries for flood control and
navigation.
Colonel Jarvis J. Balm, OF Rlch-
mond. Va, in charge Of the South
Atlantic division for the L. 5. army
engineer corps, ruled the proposed
improvements were not JUSTIFIED
economically. Interested partles
have the privilege of appeal from
this ruling to the board of engl-
neers for harbors and rivers, a per-
manent body sitting in Washing
ton, D, c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
HAPPY RELIEF
FROM PAINFUL
BACkACHE

Many Of those g~na~ing, n~agging, painful
backaches people blame on colds or strains are
often caused by tired kidneys-and may be
relieved when treated in the right way:
The kidneys are Natures chief way OF taking
excess acids and poisonous waste out Of the
blood. They help most people pass about 3 pints
If the IS miles Of kidney tubes and filters
don't work well, poisonous waste matter stays
in the blood. These poisons may start naggIng
backacheg, rheumatic pains, loss Of pep and
energy. getting up nights, swelling, pufiness
oueDt or scanty passages with smarting and
burning sometimes shows there is something
wrong with your kidneys or bladder
Don't wait, Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
years. They give happy relief and will help the
Is miles Of kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from your blood. Get Doan's Pills.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06

New Hanover; Miss Elizabeth
Reeves, of Brunswick; Miss Mary
Ellen Powers, Of Duplin; and Miss
Emma Bryan, of Fender.
Courtesy: Odell Bennett, chair
nan. of Brunswick; Miss Lucy
Horne, of New Hanover; M S S
Irene Brinkley, of Duplin; and MISS
Jewell Barnhill, of Pender; reso-
lutions, Miss Margaret Williams
chairman, Of Duplin; Miss KUN
Bostian. of New Hanover; M S S
VERNE Hewitt, of Brunswick; ana
Miss Elizabeth Hamilton, OF Pen
der.
Farm and home agents, MISS
Dorothy Howard and R. R.: Rlch'
of Pender: Mrs. Marion S. Dosher
and J. E. Dodson, Of BRUNSWICK;
Miss Hattie Pearl Mallard and u.
E. Jones, of Duplin; Miss Ann
Mason and p. W. Galphin, OF New
Hanover. L
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
3rd And Grace Street
Traffic Light Planned

Plans for the immediate installa-
ton of a traffic signal light at the
intersection of Third a n d Grace
streets were approved yesterday al
the weekly meeting of the city com
missioners.
W. Louis Fisher, commissioner of
finance, and James E. L. Wade, COM
missioner of public works, agreed
with Mayor Thomas E. Cooper, com
missioner of public safety, that in
stallation of a stop and go signal
light would serve as a safety measure
at that busy street intersection.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
Julien Taylor Honored
By Wilmington Ciultan

Julien K. Taylor, Jr., past presl'
dent, was presented a miniature golu
gavel by the Civitan club in weekly
luncheon session yesterday at the
Cape Fear hotel.
The presentation was made by
Alan A. Marshall, president of the
club. Everett Higgins, treasurer re-
ported donation Of S. TO the lron
fund drive by the Wrightsooro
Home Demonstration club.
On the motion of John c. Yves
sell. Jr., the club voted to give It's
support to the Community Forum
program. Phil Buchheit, assisted by
Mrs. Frank Conner, Of Savannah,
Ca, presented a special musical
program and story on the date OF
President Marshall's birthday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
Hoey Will Speak At
Launching Of Warship

RALEIGH, June 5.-(P)-Gover-
nor Hoey will speak at the launch
ing of the Z. S. battleship North
Carolina at the Brooklyn navy yard
June 10, it was announced today.
His daughter, Miss Isabel Hoey,
will christen the ship.
Others who viii attend the launch
ing are Mrs. Hoey, Adjutant Gener-
al J. Van E. Nets of the North Caro-
lima national guard, and possibly Col.
Gordon Smith.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
American Cruiser Plans
To Call At Monteuideo

WASHINGTON, June S. - Up -
Secretary Hull said today that the
cruiser Quincy, now enroute to Rio
De Janeiro, Brazil, on a goodwill
cruise, would also call at Montevl-
dec, Uruguay.
The state department asked and
obtained permission from the Uru-
guayan government for the Snip to
call there.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
GOOD RESPONSE

RALEIGH, June 5.-CR-More
than 1000 letters a week, asking Va
cation booklets and other informa-
ton on North Carolina, came from
persons in every state and IS foreign
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
ASKS PROBE

ASTORIA, Ore, June 50LP-The
Maritime Federation of the Pacific
requested en investigation of the
U. S. Maritime Commission and op-
posed anti-alien legislation in re-
solutions adopted at the annual
convention today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
PRAISES

LONDON, June 5-R-President
Albert Lebrun of France in a mes
sage to King George VI declared
today the heroism of the British
army, fleet and air force were
the admiration of their French
brothers in arms" l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-06
ALIENS ROUNDED UP

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, June 5
-R-A large number Of aliens,
mostly Germans, were rounded up
in Sydney today.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Switzerland Protests
Violation of Frontier

BERN, Aug. 16 R).-The Swiss
government today ordered its Min
lister in London to protest against
violation Of the Swiss frontier Tues
day night and Wednesday morning,
when more than 80 foreign war
planes crossed Switzerland twice.
The planes first flew over Switz-
erland southwark and then crossed
the country again on a return at
a time when British planes ad-
mittedly were bombing industrial
centers in Northern Italy.
Switzerland is on a direct line
from London to the bombed Italian
regions.
Last night and early today more
foreign bombing planes took the
same route and air alarms were
sounded in Basel and Bern. A first
alarm in Bern was from ll:28 pm.
until 11:47 and second from l:l9
a m. until 2:01 am Basel's alarm
was from 1:35 am. to l 40.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Tons of Explosives Dropped
On Croydon Airport by Nozis
Diving Planes Deal Death and Ruin;
Three Shot Down; Hundreds Watch Bottle

used for military purposes-was not
believed to be as extensive as had
been feared during the first fury OF
the attack.
Debris scattered the ground for
several hundred yards in some
places, however, to show that there
were hits.
Incendiary bombs touched of sew
eral fires.
British defense planes were in the
air within seconds after the raiders
streaked down as if launched from
nowhere in the cloud-streaked sky.
Women Rescue Children.
At least three of the Nazi planes
were seen shot down in the first
several minutes of furious fighting.
With the warning roar of the first
explosion women darted into the
streets to carry their children to
shelter. One mother herded her
brood Of seven before her like a
scene from a Mother Goose book.
One bomb ripped to pieces beside
shelter where four little. boys ma
just fed, helping crippled piay-
mate along with them, from a
game of hide and seek. They reach
ed safety only by moments.
Another person in q shelter vas
pulled out of the wreckage apparent-
ly severely injured.
Dozens of residents in the hard
hit zone had no time to reach the
public shelters. Some darted into
cellars and others hurled them
selves fiat on the floor Many were
cut and bruised by glass and splinter
showers.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
ThoiIond Military Mission
Plans Talks in Toxic

HONG KONG, Aug. 16. tP.-
Chinese reports that Japan is seek
ing special rights in Thalland
(Siam) including air. land and naval
bases, were revived today by the
proposed departure next week for
Toxic of a Thailand military mission.
These reports said that among
the things Japan sought were the
use of Thaila1dS railways, mutu@
assistance pact aAd close economic
and military collaboration.
A Chinese spokesman said per-
sistent Chinese inquiries had failed
to elicit specific information from
Thailand, but China was concerned
because of the presence in Thalland
of several million Chinese and be-
cause of Japan's expansion of in
fluence southwark.
Chinese inquiries originally were
prompted by a Toxic spokesman's
statement that the treaty of friend
ship reached June IL by Japan
and Thailand basically was unlike
agreement reached at the same time
between Thailand and Britain and
France.
The British and French pacts with
Thailand were announced merely
as treaties of friendship, while the
Thailand-Japenese treaty was said
to include provision for exchange
of information and consultation
regarding matters of mutual inter-
est and q guaranty that neither
would assist third party should
one attack either of them.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
jectives of yesterdays bombing

jectives of yesterdays bombing
raids:
Airports at Driffield, north of Hull;
at Hawkinge and Lympe, on the
southeast coast; in the Northumber-
land district, in Northern England,
and even in the Aberdeen and Moray
Firth districts of Scotland.
There was no direct reference to
the attack on Croydon, DNB re-
porting only that German planes
appeared over London.
Military observers asserted Brit
aims air force was being worn down
to a point fast weakening the
islands defenses.
German pilots supported this as
sertion by saying they were able
to fly an increasing distance into
England before encountering re-
sistance and that all sections of
Britain, including Scotland, now
were within easy bombing range.
Berlin residents tomorrow and
Sunday will have a chance to see
three enemy planes which were shot
down by Germans. British Bristol
Blenheim and Vickers- Wellington
bombers and French Breguet gen.
eral-purpose plane will be displayed
near the State Opera House on
Unter den Linden in connection
with a Red Cross collection drive.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Just Spoof,' British Soy Of Nozi
'Chutes and Secret Documents

ments" In the center Of the road.
In one case, the officer said, a
parachute had been cut away from
the harness, but the examiner
pointed out 1t must have been cut
away at least three weeks before
1t landed.
In each Of the areas where the
parachutes fell the investigators
found old canvas bags similar to
those motorcycle dispatch riders use.
Inside each were identical packages
of documents purporting to be op-
GRAFTON orders addressed to the COM
mander of a parachute regiment"
and English maps overprinted in
German.
The expert who examined these
orders said they were "just spool. "
Commenting that one bag was
dropped on a main road in front of
truck, the officer remarked:
That isn't where you drop a bag
you don't intend should fall into
enemy hands"
He suggested the maneuver might
have been meant to strengthen any
peace offensive by soaring the Eng
lish while disorganizing troops in
local defense areas or to divert the
German public's attention from
Nazi losses of the last few days.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
BY DREW MIDDLETON,
Associated Press War Correspondent

ASSOCldteQ fIcSS war SOIrcSpOuOeHt.
CROYDON, England, Aug. 10
Screaming down in a slanting dive
from miles away, 20 to 80 big
black-crossed Nazi bombers poured
tons Of explosives on Croydon Air
port and its thick surrounding belt
of homes and factories yesterday
from a point blank range of only
a few hundred feet.
They sowed death and reaped
ruin, barely skimming their targets,
then roaring back to the clouds
amid a hail of anti-aircraft and
British fighter plane fire than took
reported toll of three attackers.
Houses were smashed to pulp.
Explosions thundered in the factory
district. Smoke clouds puffed up
into the battle-streaked sky. Chill
dren fed from their play and grown
ups screamed encouragement to busy
British pilots and gunners who could
not hear above the din.
p The attack brought the war --oS
-ruiU from the sizes to Greater Lon:
don. Croydon, thickly settled
suburb, is only 8 miles from the
city's heart at Charing Cross.
Hundreds See Fight.
Hundreds. of -Croydorrs 200 900
population saw the air fight from the
streets and their homes. Bombs
that plummeted among them took
an undisclosed toll.
Bomb-strewn splinters damaged
bus passing the big airport. a per-
fume factory was hit and set af1re,
and even as smoke clouds billowed
over the neighborhood rescue crews
worked feverishly amid the wreck
age to save those they could reach.
thirds of the airport is we'll
hemmed in by buildings; a park
flanks the open side.
The bus was wrecked. It's engine
was ripped out, the drivers cabin
was splintered and windows we're
smashed by the explosive which
dug crater 10 yards in diameter
in the road.
One woman said she counted 10
heavy bomb explosions. Another
said:
They even machine -gunned us
to the shelter in our back garden.
How we got there God alone knows"
Bomb Misses Gas Works.
One big bomb narrowly missed
the gas works near the airport and
houses nearby we're wrecked
Auxiliary firemen sped through
debris Uttered streets-"a cool lot,"
one observer commented-putting
out fires as methodically as if the
laundering destruction about them
was only atmosphere" for make
believe raid practice.
Damage to the airport itself
which in peacetime is. not generally
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Gen. Meretskoff Heads
Soviet Army Staff
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Aug. 16.-Soviet Rus
sias army has a new chief of staff
Gen. K. A., Meretskof, replacing
Marshal B. M. Shaposhnikoff, who
asked to be relieved because Of i'll
health.
The retiring chief was named
deputy peoples commissar of de-
fense by the Council of People, S
Commissars.
Gen. Meretskon formerly was
chief Of the Leningrad military dis
trict.
Marshal Shaposhnikoff, chief of
staff since May, 1887, was decorated
last January during the Finnish
war for successful guidance of op-
erations of the Red Army"
Marshal Simeon Budyenny, for
mer chief of the Moscow military
district, also was named vice COM
missar. His successor to the Mos
COW post was not announced i'm
Evening star., 1940-08-16
WheIan Drug Co. Fined
S225 on 6 Weights Counts

Convictions on six charges Of vlo-
lating the weights and measures
law cost the Whelan Drug Co., Inc,
1925 in fines imposed yesterday by
Police Court Judge George D. Neil
son. Short weight sale of ice cream
at three of the firms local stores
was charged.
Three informations, each charg-
Ing two short weight sales on diff
ferent dates, were filed against the
drug chain through A. Herbert
Smith, Whelan's Washington super
visor on the complaint of Charles
r. Applegate, chief inspector Of
weights and measures for the Dis
trict.
Inspector Applegate told the court
his agents observed violations at
Whelan stores at 1349 E street NV,
S22 F street NV. and 1901 G street
NV. in a recent checkup.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Ralph j. Quinter, jr., in charge of
prosecution, said that agents visiting
the stores asked for a pint of ice
CI6dUls lie C1lSOldl PoPSA SoA ooAio
they received for their purchases
contained only u ounces instead OF
is ounces of ice cream, the agents
testified. In one case, Mr.. Quinter
declared, the 12-ounce package was
not full.
At a preliminary hearing last week,
Attorney Edward L. Kleinfeldt OF
New York, general counsel for the
Whelan company, placed the blame
on store clerks and said that local
oficials had no knowledge of the
infraction, adding that it was the
first time the Whelan company had
been accused of any violation in the
District.
He explained that fountain clerks,
during rush hours, probably con-
fused the 12-ounce and l6-ounce
containers stored behind the soda
dispensary because both cups had
the same sized circular base.
7 Inspector Applegate said that no
other violations were observed in
the numerous other Whelan stores
visited.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
House Committee Kills
Mine Inspection Bill

The House Mines Committee re-
fused yesterday by a tie vote to rec
ommend passage of bill to require
annual inspection of all coal mines
by Federal officers.
Members of the committee ex-
pressed the opinion that the action
killed the measure for this session.
They said the tie Vote to g.
resulted on motions both to approve
the measure and to submit it to the
House without recommendation.
The bill, passed by the Senate
last January, has been supported
by the United Mine Workers OF
America, who have contended Fed
eral inspection would reduce the
number of accidents and deaths in
the mines.
Evening star., 1940-08-16
Wife of I AM Leader
Is Granted Divorce
Nv fhe Axsociated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LONG BEACH, Calf, Aug. 16.-
Mrs. Marjorie L. Terry Ballard,
young wife Of Donald E. Ballard,
head OF the II Am" movement, was
granted divorce yesterday.
Ballard and a score Of others are
under Federal indictment on mail
fraud charges in connection with
affairs of the cult, said to have s.
600 900 members throughout the
United States.
In a brief hearing, Mrs. Ballard
testified to acts of cruel and inhuman
treatment she said she had suffered
from her husband, whom she mar
ried at Las Vegas, New, in 1896.
They separated last March.