davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
WILMINGTON TEAM
RETURNS FROM &C
MEET in ATLANTA
CONTINUED From Page One)

Dinerman, of Savannah, welter'
weight champion, who won over
Henry Gilliken.
Savannah and Pensacola teams
deadlocked for second place IN the
tournament. =.
Father Manley and Buchhelt Will
accompany the team to New YORK
for the coming tourney. The team
after a few days rest, will hold a
training session in preparation Tor
the meet,
"We're ready to CO." was the
way the Wilmington champs look
ed at the New York meet.
Each of the three champions was
presented with a golden belt buckle
after the tournament finals at At
lanta.
After the awards had been made
Thursday night and all the cheer
ing over the team was given a
dinner by the Star-News Golden
Gloves committee at the Club L1do
in Atlanta.
The team trophy will be placed
on exhibition at the Star.News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
Leland Cagers Defeat
Southport In Twin Bill

LELAND, Feb. 16.-The Leland
high school cagers captured both
ends of a double cage bill with
Southport here tonight, the local
girls winning 40-S and the Leland
boys coming out on the long end
of a 24-14 score.
King with Is and Douglas with
u points led the Leland girls.
Hickman with six markers topped
the Southport attack.
The Leland boys bounded into
an early lead and were out front
ia at the half. The game was a
rough and tumble affair from start
to finish.
P. Robbins led Leland with eight
points, with George Hollis follow.
ing with five markers. Willis, with
SIX, and Lewis, with five, topped
southport's offensive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
British Destroyer Seeks
To Seize Nazis' Altmark
Warboat Reported Lying In
Wait For Vessel Off
Coast OF Norway

BERLIN, Feb. 16-R-The Brit
ish destroyer Intrepid was reported
by the official German news agency
tonight to be lying in wait off n
Norwegian coast ready to pounce
upon the elusive German steamer
Altmark after one unsuccessful at
tempt to capture the supply and
prison ship which accompanied the
pocket battleship Admiral Graf
Spec on it's last raiding voyage.
(In Oslo, Norwegian authorities
said they had heard nothing Of the
incident until the German agency
reported it. There was n official
comment.)
First Effort Fooled
The agency, DNB, said that skill
full maneuvering and the interven-
ton of two Norwegian torpedo
boats foiled the first effort of the
Intrepid, within $40 yards Of Nor
wegian shores, to seize the Alt
mark. The ship has carried 300
prisoners taken during the Graf
Specs raiding operations.
ct was not known whether the
prisoners, whom the British charg.
ed on Jan. 10 were being kept in
the Altmark's hold under conditions
reminiscent of slave trader ships,
were still aboard. The British
charges brought a categorical Ger.
nan denial that the prisoners were
~ill-treated, but IN source com
mented "Of course, we could not
build roof gardens for our ene'
mics"
(Neither was it clear where the
Altmark went after the Intrepid's
frustrated attempt to seize her. If
she halted in Norwegian territorial
waters she was subject to possible
internment as was the Nazi prize
crew, which sailed the American
freighter City of Flint into Hauge-
sund.)
The destroyer ran alongside the
Altmark, it was said, but the lat
ter escaped by skillful maneuver-
ing a S we'll as the intervention OF
two Norwegian torpedoboats which
moved between the two vessels.
DNB said the Intrepid 10Y was
waiting for the Altmark. The news
agency described the incident as
an "unheard Of violation Of Nor
Wegian neutrality"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
HITLER DEMANDS
REAL NEUTRALITY
CONTINUED From Page One)

attitude of belligerent nations at
least effectively. What a number
of them are doing is, however,
exactly the opposite"
Under the protective cloak of
democratic freedom of opinion "
said Volkischer Beobachter, the
views, acts and aims of a German
nation of eighty millions intention.
ally are suppressed or misrepresent'
ed, but the claims of her opponents
are reproduced to the greatest ex-
tent and supported"
Then the newspaper enumerated
what it called concrete instances.
Certain neutral governments" it
said, tolerate the howing of French
and English newsreels in their thea
tres, but none, or hardly any, Ger
man mes.
It cited alleged activity of Belgian
citizens making propaganda for
Belgium's participation in the war"
by writing from Brussels for French
newspapers.
In the same category the news
paper but the fvulgar scolding" Gin
Berne) of foreigners speaking high
German"
Hundreds of other examples could
be cited, Volkischer Beobachter said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
SWEDEN REFUSES
TO GIVE Firms
MILITARY HELP
Continued From Page One)

(COnCfnueQ FToW rage OHcy
peace with the Soviets-"on condi.
lions greatly concerning Sweden
A Swedish foreign office spokes-
man said Sweden naturally never
could tolerate a march through by
troops of a foregn country" He
added Great Britain and France had
forwarded no such demands. More.
over, informed Stockholm observers
were skeptical as to whether any
practical military aid could get to
Finland from the western powers.
Difficult Task
In London, reliable British spokes'
men were quick to point out it would
be difficult, technically, for either
| Great Britain or France to place
trained and sizeable active service
attachments on the Finnish battle
front quickly. They said that Great
Britain's army was trainging Tor
conditions vastly different from those
in Finland; that they could not be
seasoned n tine to help n h Man
nerheim line crisis.
Observers, moreover, expressed the
belief that Britain would hesitate
to enter the Finnish-Russian con
flict openly for fear Of further con
s~olidating Germany's relations with
Russia and creating new fronts In
the western war.
A steady flow of licensed British
volunteers for Finland continued IN
London, but Finnish sources said II
was unlikely any of them would get
to Finland in time to help in the
Mannerheim line battle.
In Paris a French government
spokesman sal da great many anti
tank guns as we'll as other artillery
and airplnes were being dispatched
to Finland; that any foreigner IN
France would be permitted an exit
visa to join the Finnish army. Fuo-
lished reports described Finnish VIC
tories with French warplanes already
on hand.
In Germany, Adolf Hitler's Vol
kischer Beobachter declared a COM
plete Russian victory in FINLAND
was inevitable; that the British still
hoped to prolong the war by getting
the Scandinavian countries in on
Finland's side; that the allies never
intended to help Finland amy
more than the ad given Poland"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
NAVAL FUNDS BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Continued From Page One)

a second pair Of 4%5,00O-ton battle
ships would be put back.
The appropriations committee al.
lowed only $1,000, 900 Of the $780, 900
requested for that purpose and urged
the navy to study the matter to de-
termine whether bigger, ships should
not be substituted. Asserting it had
learned that As, 000-ton craft would
be virtually the same as those be-
ing built abroad, the committee con.
demned what it called the navy's
policy of "imitating'' foreign navies.
However, Chairman Vinson ID
Ga.) of the house naval committee
asserted the curtailed amount would
be sufficient to enable the navy to
go ahead with plans and let con
tracts for the As, 000-tonners.
The 1866, 779,438 measure, which
went through without a record vote,
is the regular, annual appropriation
bill carried about $50, 900, 900 more
cal year. Despite the drastic cut in
the Presidents naval estimates, the
bill lcarried about $780, 900 more
than the navy received for the cur.
rent fiscal year.
In addition to $40, 371, 979 for ship
construction, armament and ord
nance the bill would provide $99,563,-
300 in direct appropriations for
naval aviation, plus contract author
izations totalling So 600, 900; and
$41, 638,475 for a variety of projects
at naval shore establishments. An
attempt by Rep. Rich (R-Pa.) to
strike out funds for one Of the pro.
jected new battleships was swamp
ed, 100 to So.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
GARNER TO ENTER
CALIFORNIA VOTE
Continued From Page One)

announcement a few weeks ago, in
which l expressed the opinion that
the democratic candidate should be
selected at primaries and coLven-
uons, l recall with deep apprecia-
uon that I was the choice of Cali
lofnla democrats in a similar cleo
'loA IN 1882 and I am Of course
grateful for their continued conf
dence in me-"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
PREPARES
TO EXTEND FRONT
Continued From Page One)


is being fought, the days reports
told of the boming and possible
sinking of a German submarine BY
a British plane, listed four neu'
trail ships and one British mer.
chairman sunk or missing, II
small British tanker feared lost.
and two Finnish boats bound for
Britain captured. Twenty-Five lives
were lost aboard two Danish yes.
sells, torpedoed off northeast Scot.
land.
A pilot who caught the subma.
rine on the North sea bombed it
just as the U-boat, fleeing the
plane, submerged. One bomb fell
directly ahead of the periscope and
another burst just in front of the
same spot. Patches Of oil appeared
and no further trace of the subma.
rine was seen.
1t was said unofficially that near.
ly SO German submarines have
been sunk thus far in the war,
some of them accounted for by
planes.
The torpedoing of the 4,622.ton
British cargo ship Langleeford in
the Atlantic Wednesday while she
was en- route home from Boston
was disclosed with the arrival of a
life boat with Is survivors on the
west coast Of Ireland. One sailor
was killed in the blast, two died IN
the life boat and a second BOAT
carrying the captain and IA other
|crewmen was missing.
T%hirty-nine survivors of the two
Danish vessels, the 1,O66-ton pass
senger ship Sleipner and the 1,O64'
ton Rhone, were landed in a Brit
ish port. Those missing from the
Sleipner were seven seamen and
six passengers.
The ships missing were the Brit
ish tanker Creofield, S3S tons, and
the Norwegian freighters Bisp. LOCO
tons, and Start, 1,16S tons. The
Bisp, which carried a crew OF IT,
left a British port Jan. 20 with a
cargo of coal for Norway.
A Helsinki radio broadcast SAID
Germany had captured and confls'
Gated two Finnish ships bound Tor
Britain with cargoes of timber.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
GOOD HUSBAND

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 16.-UJ-
Artist Thomas Hart Benton. rat.
ed by the Divorce Reform League
as one of this nations five best
husbands, spills ashes OH the
rugs, never helps his wife with
the cooking, and was a failure at
handling their baby's diapers.
He tried to pin on a diaper
once and stuck a pin in his son,
Il. f., now IL years old.
1T was the last time l let him
try" Mrs. Benton declared.
But, said the artist, I've got
a system.
II leave my wife alone and she
leaves me alone, and 1 always
eat what she puts in front of me.
Never kick about your wife
cooking"
what kick have you got?"
Mrs. Benton inquired.
That's what 1 say, never
KICK" he replied.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
NAILS SAY DRIVE
MORE EFFECTIVE
THAN IN LAST WAR
CONTINUED From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
per cent of l.er tankers; the
French have lost about seven
per cent of their tanker tom
mage and about four per cent
of total tonnage, the German
statement said.
This week the British an
nounced the loss of two large
tankers, the 8,5O1-ton British
Triumph and the 1O,191-ton
Gretafield. A small tanker was
missing today.
Through DNB, official news
agency, the Germans reiterat.
ed that the sinking last Satur.
day of the Dutch steamer Der.
gerdijk by a German submarine
was justified.
1t said the ship was sunk
only after warning had been
given, that German prize law
regulations were observed rig.
idly and that the safety of pas.
sengers was assured.
Captain l.. NJ. HI. Scriwanek,
master of the Bergerdijk, said
the German submarine com.
mander ordered the ship tor.
pedoed on the ground that the
cargo was headed for an Eng
lish port and that he refused to
look at the ships papers. The
Holland America Line. owners
of the Bergerdijk, said the ship
had a cargo of wheat consigned
to the Netherlands government.
The ship was sunk rear the
Downs, British contraband con-
troll port.)
Germany's interest in the
Russian Finnish wal was I'M
derlined by an article in Adolf
Hitler's Voelk;scher Beobachter,
which predicted the inevitable
defeat of Finland and charged
the British. French Allies with
endeavoring to spread the con-
flict throughout Scandinavia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
REPUBLICANS PICK
PHILADELPHIA FOR
MEET ON JUNE "a
Continued From Page One)

CONTINUED From Page One)
and two for Fargo, the latter cast
by Stern and by Charles A. Jonas,
committeeman from North Carolina.
Executive Session
The committee went into execu.
tive session for its decision on the
date of the convention because, it
was said, several members wanted
to express themselves fully and
freely on the subject. For months
there had been a hubbub of dis
tcusslon over the possibility Of
abandoning tradition and holding
the convention in July or August.
1t was apparent at once, how
ever, that sentiment for the late
convention had tapered down. Hen.
ry A. Wise, member of Virginia,
started the discussion off with a
blunt statement that the party had
a job to do, had better get at it,
and start early.
Some thought a Fourth Of July
convention in Philadelphia would be
a good idea, but others argued that
due to limited holiday editions of
the newspapers, to the fact that
many will be ~vacationing at that
time and to other considerations,
the Fourth Of July convention
would not command the attention
of the people to the extent that
another date might.
The talk Of a late convention has
been accompanied by much Jockey.
ing between the parties, with the
democrats endeavoring to retain
Whatever advantage lies in holding
their convention after the republi.
cans have met. The democratic
committee meeting last week left
it to National Chairman Farley to
fix the date, after learning what
the republican plans are.
In Miami today, Farley said he
would announce his decision in the
next few days.
Hamilton Speaks
In addition to choosing the time
and place for the convention, the
republican committee heard a speech
by Chairman John D. M. Hamilton
and received the long-awaited re.
port of the committee headed by
Glenn Frank on recommendations
for the party's 1910 platform, and
other committee reports.
Frank spoke briefly, telling the
committee only the mechanical
processes which had been followed
in drafting the report, and not go.
ing into what it contained. Party
officials planned to release it fol
publication next Monday morning,
Hamilton said he welcomed the
possibility Of a third term effort
by President Roosevelt. It would,
he said, facilitate a republican vic.
tory.
I'VE would have a ~clear-cut is.
sue and once and for all, we would
have a showdown on the new deal,
Franklin Roosevelt and the third
term-and We would finish all
three" he said. 80 democrat.
lied and embittered by internecine
feuds is the democratic party that
it cannot present a common front
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
NORTHEAST STORM
DEATHS TOTAL II
Continued From Page One)

sufferers from the great snow that
fell on st. Valentines day. New
England had 20 dead-2S on land
and one at sea. Shipping off that
bleak coast felt a heavy hand. the
Gloucester schooner Doris Halves
yesterday went down - some 1876
miles off Cape Hatteras and her
crew of nine were taken aboard the
Dutch motorship Pygmalion.
The New Bedford (Mass.) drag.
ger Palmers Island, with a crew Of
five, was reported kelplessly a drift,
her propeller fouled by a net. A
request for assistance, stating the
vessel was about 22O miles off the
New Jersey coast, was picked Up by
Mackay radio. The Boston trawler
Flow, her bow damaged, was push,
ing doggedly on last night toward
Halifax. She was shipping water
fast.
On land, the great thoroughfares
were in nearly all clear, but
many a lateral road lay deep in
snow that blocked all traffic. In
some states air transportation still
was limited.
In upstate New York, the WPA
ordered the release Of all its work
ers temporarily, making them avail
able to communities for snow re.
moval. The dead in that area mum.
bered Is.
In New York city, where 10 had
died from direct or indirect conse.
quences of the storm, 10000 men
and nearly 5000 pieces Of equip
ment struggled against the great
dirty-grey drifts that made travel
difficult in the metropolis. Travel
authorities advised - as they did
elsewhere - against motor trips
that were not absolutely neces.
sary."
No milk shortage seemed immin.
ent, although one had been feared
earlier, because the farmers of the
dairy shed were showing their
trucks through.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17

nARRSLEVER BOUT
HEADS MAT CARD
cx,rdovitch To Tangle With
Whitley Grove In Opening
Match Tuesday Night

n;ck Lever, rough and tumble
.ortist de luxe, will tangle with
,,,,uv Mars, former world cham
", in the main bout on the week
urestling card to be presented
1egion stadium Tuesday night.
r,o Tennessee Terror has had
t,r more than fair success in his
catches here and despite his
1.obness and complete disregard
# the rules, fans seem to go for
,is style of graphing.
Marrs has been a favorite here
.;ncp his first appearance several
aoeks ago. Not a very colorful
~~rsstler, the former champ has a
,orld of power and cunning when
:. comes to matching 10th brains
.nd brawn with opponents in the
ring.
Hpftv John Gradovitch, southern
,o,vvveight titleholder, will return
=, the local scene Tuesday, this
Time meeting Whitley Grove, a new
conner, who has been hitting the
hiy,, road up and down the east
srn circuit for many years.
Roth bouts promise to be as fast
snd as tough as any presented here
n date. Rudy Martin will referee
the matches.
The card will be presented in the
exhibit building at the stadium,
with the opening bout getting. I'M
der way at s o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
Mrs. Stephenson Found
Guilty Of Manslaughter

sMITHFIELD, Feb. 16-cR0Mrs'
Charlie Belle Stephenson of Ohm
ton county was convicted of man
slaughter today in connection with
the death of Mrs. Lena Gardner, a
neighbor.
Judge A. Hall Johnston, suspend
ed judgment during good behavior
and released Mrs. Stephenson, the
mother of six young children in the
custody of the county welfare Of
ficer.
Witnesses for the state testified
yesterday Mrs. Stephenson fatally
injured Mrs. Gardner by hitting her
on the head with a singletree.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
w. C. T, C. WINS

CuLLoCHEE, Feb. 16. - Up -
naced by Audrey, Grudger and W.
aIyor' Who scored 10, IA and 13
pO,ats' Western Carolina Teachers
loiiese came from behind with a
~ ist OF speed and accuracy in the
rAal half here tonight to trounce
Scsholr?Rhyne, 81 to 35, in a North
olate :0nference clash.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17

KNOXVILLE, Feb. 16. -lR-
The Knoxville tobacco board of
trade reported today that 9,714,346
pounds of hurley were sold here
this season for an average price of
1851 a hundredweight. Last year
the average was $16.S6 for 7,S90,O34
pounds
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
KING CAROL MAKES
ROME VISIT PLANS
Continued From Page One)

a promise of some sort of territorial
settlement at the end of hostillties.
On italian advice Hungary has
agreed not to press her demands on
Rumania and eve nhas soft-pedaled
her clamor for all of Pennsylvania.
Tt Italians consider a solid front
against Russia vital to Balkan
peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17

What is reported to be the larg-
est amphibian in the world-the new
Observation-Disclosures not require a
Bleaching crew. A special tricycle.
landing gear which can be lowered
in the water, enables the Tying
boat to beach itself on a sloping
shore. ..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
YES GETS JOB

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16- UP -
Charles West, former White House
emissary to congress, who has been
out of federal office since Secretary
Ickes closed up his office in the 1n'
terror department two years ago.
landed a job at the treasury today.
West was appointed a member OF
the processing tax board of review
st a $500 a year salary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
ILL

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. -CR-
Senator Connally (D.-Tex.) was said
by physicians at Walter Reed hos
pital to be resting comfortably
tonight after he suffered a faint
ing spell while attending a dinner
of the reserve officers council and
was taken to a hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
CITY HALL STEEL
MYSTERY CLEARED
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
Tor more than a week in Chesa.
peake Bay.
Inc steel arrived this week aboard
'ne freighter and is now being in.
stalled in the city hall.
commissioner Wade said that pre-
semi indications arc that the build.
Ing Will be ready for occupancy by
me latter part of this month.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17

against us. On the other hand, our
ranks are closed in a harmonious
understanding of the great task be-.
fore Us. The morale Of our workers
in every part of the country is
that of men and women who pos
sess knowledge that victory is
within their grasp"
A resolution submitted by r. R.
Church, Memphis negro leader, to
provide $100,0 600 of party funds for
a study of negro political and eco.
nomic problems first was tabled by
the committee and then referred
to the executive committee for
study.
The resolution declared that the
Frank committee report was cut.
terly lacking" in appeal to colored
voters.
1t said that the party should re.
solve ito recognize the ideals, hopes
and ambitions Of the negro citi
zens" and should pledge "unstinted
power toward their fulfillment."
HOW N. C. VOTED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-R-
Ninety-eight out of los eligible
votes were cast today in the repub.
lican national committee roll call
which designated Philadelphia as
the 1910 convention city. Philadel
phia received &c votes, Chicago 80
and Fargo, N. d..
The committee is made up of two
members from each of the states,
Alaska, District of Columbia, Ha
wall, Philippine Islands, and one
from Puerto Rico, where a vacan'
cy exists.
The vote of Mrs. Lindsay Patter.
son, committeeman Of North
Carolina, was cast for Philadelphia,
but the vote of Committeeman
Charles A. Jonas Of North Carolina
was cast for Fargo.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04

huge bowl of hot soup which he
had made himself, ignoring with
fine courtesy the tears which slid
down Anne's wan cheeks as she
sat there at the kitchen table in
her new widows weeds, Janet
on her lap, Berenice clinging to
her arm, Jim trying to be manly
though he was only ten.
"Don't worry about the future u
said Mr.. Jacoby then. God will
give you strength to meet each
day as it comes"
It was trite counsel, and this in
tellectual age is disposed to jeer
at such simple faith as Mr.. ia
coby's, yet it had comforted Anne
Phillips. It still comforted her.
She was smiling when she
climbed the stairs to the second
floor and unlocked her door.
"Anybody home?" she called out,
her usual greeting.
"Just me-" came Janet's clear
young voice from the farthest
regions Of the flat. .-..s
Hello, dearest" Anne murmu-
red, reaching for the apron she
kept hanging on the pantry door
to slip over the smart black crepe
dress which she wore to the
store.
Hello, Nuns" said Janet.
"Come on out and cool off. Sup
per's ready except the tea, and
there's no use cracking the ice till
Jim comes. I was going out after
him but he telephoned that he'd
drive in with Ruth"
Janet was lying back in one
of the canvas deck chairs which
the porch as desired, stretched
out full length, her arm flung up
above her head so that her face
was in the shadow. There was
detection in the listless manner in
which her long straight limbs
were disposed. Anne Phillips felt
the dawn of uneasiness. It was
unlike Janet to droop.
Tired?" asked Anne, trying not
to sound like the overanxious
mother who nags her children to
evaporation by an excess of So
licitude.
A little" admitted Janet.
Her mother waited with that
uneasy spot inside her steadily