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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
Production OF Power
Throws Off Decline

N E w YORK, March 6.-tF-
Electric power production broke q
six-week decline in the week Of
March 2 with a more than seasonal
ly expected rebound.
Latest production Of 2,479,O36, 0o0
kilowatt hours, as reported today
by the Edison Electric Institute,
was 1 per cent nor than 2,455,'
2S5, 900 in the preceding week and
10.5 per cent ahead of 2.244. Ola. 900
in the comparable 1899 week.
The advance carried the Associat-
ed Press power index, based on
1929-30 as 100, to 124.S from 1888,
low for the year, in the previous
week. The index, which is adjusted
for seasonal and long-term trend,
stood at 1852 a year ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
SCHOOL LEADERS
TO MEET APRIL 4
State School Boards 4th
Annual Meet To Be
Held Al UNC

CHAPEL HILL, March 6.-The
fourth annual convention of t n
North Carolina State School BOARD
association will be held at the Uni
versitv at Chapel Hill on Thursday,
Anri1 4 it was announced here to
dav nv Prof. Guy B. Phillips, exc
cutive secretary.
President H. E. stacy of Lumber
ton will deliver the main address OF
the morning session beginning at II
o'clock, and DR.. Howard Dawson,
director of rural service of the
National Education association in
Washington, who will give special
courses in the summer session here,
will be the principal speaker on the
afternoon program.
The State School Board associa'
ton movement is definitely a part
of the trend toward better under
standing of and support for public
education," Secretary Phillips de-
clared in citing progress made by
the organization.
"There are approximately soc
members Of the ITO county and city
school boards in North Carolina
he said. There are about $500 mem
bers of local school committees who
are responsible for the very vita,
management of t h e individual.
schools. All are invited to attend the
annual meeting. Our goal is 1000
delegates"
Approximately 800 members at
tended six district meetings held
throughout the state last fall.
Members of the legislative com
mittee of the association are: H. E.
Isenhour, Salisbury; DR.. T. E. Po-
well, Elon college; B. M. Watkins,
Durham.
District chairman are: DR.. B. E.
Morgan, Asheville; H. H. %Isenhour,
Salisbury; C. F. Lambeth, Thomas
vile; DR.. W. G. Riddick, Raleigh;
Lee Harvey, Kinston; and John
Marshall, Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
Your u S.
Income Tax
Deduction For Losses Other Than
From Sale OF Exchange Of
Capital Assets

Deductions Tor losses are QlVlQeC
into four classes, and to be allowed
must follow closely the wording Of
the income-tax law. Losses are de-
ductible If incurred Q) in the tax
payers trade, business, or profes
sion; (2) in any transaction entered
into for profit; (3) from fires, storms,
shipwreck, or other casualties, or
from theft; and (4) from wagering
transactions.
Business losses result, usually,
from the purchase and sale Of mer'
chandise. Such losses usually are
ascertained by means, Of inventories,
which are required whenever in the
opinion of the commissioner Of In.
ternal Revenue their $ Is neces-
sary to determine the income of any
taxpayer.
The term transaction entered into
for profit" means any kind Of bust
ness proposition. For example, q
taxpayer purchases an automobile
to be used solely for business pur-
poses, and which is sold at a loss.
AS this is a business proposition from
start to finish, the loss is deductible,
subject to the limitations of section
1T as amended. But if he had pur-
chased the automobile to be used
for pleasure or convenience, the de-
duction would not be allowed; it was
not a transaction entered into for
profit.
A loss sustained in the theft of
an automobile purchased for pleas
ure or convenience is deductible, as
it falls in class 8. If, because OF
faulty driving but not Of "willful
negligence" an automobile maintain
ed for pleasure is damaged, the tax
payer may claim the loss sustained,
as it m within the meaning of
the word Casualty" Where dam
ages result from the faulty driving
of an automobile with which the
automobile Of the taxpayer collides,
the loss occasioned the taxpayer like
wise is deductible.
Losses from wagering transac'
tons, whether legal or illegal, are
deductible only to the extent of
gains from such transactions. The
of such losses over the gains
is not deductible.
All losses r deductible only to
the extent to which they are not
compensated for by insurance or
otherwise. Deductible capital losses
are further subject to the limita-
tons of section III, as amended.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

air get in. And just 2 drops Penetro Nose
Drops will instantly start you on the open
nose" way out of cold-stufed misery.
When air can't get in, congestion
and blockage are clogging nose passages.
SO many times colds hang on and
hang on. Make sure that this is
one cause of long-drawn-out misery Of
a cold that you're moi going to endure.
Remember, free and easy breathing
takes the kick out of head colds-it
helps to cut down the time these colds
hang on. So, head off your head colds
misery with genuine Penetro Nose Drops.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
LONG CREEK SCHOOL
WILL STAGE COMEDY

LONG CREEK, March g. The
Senior class of the Long Creek
Grady High school will present the
play, "Bashful MI. Bobbs," on Fri.
day evening. March 8 at the school.
This is a three-act comedy.
The honor roll of the Long Creek.
Grady school is as follows:
High school honor roll:-A-Honor
Roll:-Julia Henry and Helen Rog.
ers.
B-Honor Roll:-Ellie Lee Clark,
Eleanor Highsmith, Loris Walker,
R. J. Armstrong, Porter Scott, Jr.,
Muriel Harrell, Annie Laura Keith.
Azilee Wylie, Daphne Rivenbark,
Billy Henry, Everette Lewis, Ware
Jockey, Flora Fink, Doris Riven'
bark and L. A. Highsmith.
Ist grade honor roll:
B-Honor Roll: - Eleanor Ruth
Pridgen, Ray Walton and Leon
Parker Rocks.
End grade honor roll:
A-Honor Roll:-Raymond Haislip
B-Honor Roll:-Eugene Pridgen
Shelton Rocks and Sabra Jane
Nunalee.
3rd Grade Honor Roll:
A-Honor Roll:-Annie Faye Edge
Marice Watkins and Eunice Keith
B-Honor Roll:-Dalton Moore.
4th Grade Honor Roll:
B-Honor Roll:-F'aye Malpass ant
Doris Fowler.
9Th Grade Honor Roll:
B-Honor ROLL Eleanor Moore
Lenora Wilson, Grace Rowe an,
Relmer Keith.
9Th Grade Honor Roll:
A-Honor Roll:-Bettie Mae New
ton.
B-Honor Roll:-Cleo Oliver, Jan,
Lewis, Virginia Barnhill and Achi
Walker.
7th Grade Honor Roll:
A-Honor Roll Eleanor Arm
strong, Mary Elizabeth Moore
Emelyn Lee Malpass and Genev,
Watkins.
! B-Honor Roll:-Haywood Page.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
RAL E II
B r E FS
Star.NeWs Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By HENRY AVERILL

Dy 114IANAS1
RALEIGH, March 6.-Notes on
Justice-or is it?
Q) A Medicine Man" who sold
a perfectly harmless. If ineffective.
pain killer for external use, is sent
enced to serve 80 days by Raleigh's
city court judge.
(2) All owe the state bootleggers
who deal in rotgut so vile it is al
most a deadly poison, are let off
with comparatively light fines.
(3) Raleigh theatres run wide
open on Sunday, with police and
other city officers often in attend.
ance, and nothing is done about it.
a. In the same Raleigh, the mer.
chant who sells a loaf Of bread on
Sunday is yanked into court and
fined.
That Guilford county row in the
democratic executive committee is
the hottest in North Carolina in a
long time. Tom Hoyle, who has been
ousted as county chairman by what
he claims was a trump" session,
has often been mentioned as a pos.
sible state manager for Lee Grave
ly's gubernatorial campaign.
North Carolina has recently re.
ceived much fine publicity from a
series of articles on the South, writ.
ten by r. H. Markham, a staff cor
respondent for the Boston Christian
Science Monitor.
In one he summed up the state
thus: North Carolina is pre.emi.
nently a state of transition, of
adaptation, of evolution, of the mid.
die way"
Former State Senator Henry In
gram, who was in the 1887 general
assembly but out in 1899 by reason
Of a rotation rule, may try for his
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
Florida Gridmen Halt
The;~' Snring Practice

GAINESVILLE, Fla, March O.
R-University of Florida football
players have discontinued spring
practice until they learn whether
Josh Cody's successor as head
coach plans to install a new system
Of play.
Members of the squad in a signed
statement explained yesterday that
1--WE can see no use to continue
practicing the present system if 1t
is not going to be employed again
next year"
Meanwhile, it was announced off,
cially at Philadelphia that Cody,
who resigned as Florida athletic di-
rector and head coach, will be line
coach at Temple university.
Ray Morrison resigned as head
coach at Vanderbilt Monday to &C
cept the head coach position at
Temple, and Cody's resignation fol-
lowed quickly. Cody served Morri
son at Vanderbilt before coming to
Florida.
The vacancy in the head coach
ing job started the usual buzz Of
speculation.
One of the most-mentioned pos
sibilities was that Harold Williams,
backfield coach under Cody and for
mer assistant to DR.. Jock Suther-
land at Pittsburgh, would be named
ed head coach.
The university athletic committee
had not planned to meet until the
first week in April, but the teams
refusal to continue practice made
it likely an early meeting would be
held.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
WELLES TO TALK
WITH POLES TOO
US. Envoy To Confer With
Government In Exile
! While In France

PARIS, March 6-R-The French
government announced today tina
limited States Undersecretary OF
State Sumner Welles would CONFER
with the chiefs Of the Polish gov
srnment in exile when he ZONES TO
Paris this week on his f~act-lndlng
mission for President Roosevelt.
| welles will be received by both
president Lebrun and by Premier
Daladier tomorrow, Immediately att
ar arrival from Switzerland.
A communique said he would re-
main in Paris Friday and Satur'
day. talk with other French lead
.srs and also consult Polish leaders.
\ From Paris Welles will go to Lon
don for similar talks.
. Ever since the mission was an.
tnounced On Feb. 9, the French have
ansisted any attempt to make peace
snow would prove premature-an I'M
ipression, 5deepened by reports OF
Welles' conversations with Hitler
lind Mussolini.
y LAUSANNE, March 6-R-The
feeling Of the Welles fact-findlng
mission is that so long as a wal
of devastation is delayed just so
long there is hope, it was under
stood authoritatively today.
This conviction of the mission,
headed by United States Undersec'
Istary Of State Sumner Welles, is
founded on the belief of the peoples
Of italy, Germany, France and
Efeat Britain-a belief which has
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

company got a
query from a
firm in Norway,
which wanted to
buy some steel
if the price was
right. The Ameri.
can company met
the Norwegians
price, sent off a
cable to that eff
feet, and waited
for an order.
The order new
err came Some
time later the
Americans had a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

made a deep impression on the mis-.
sion, sent to Europe by President
Roosevelt to investigate conditions
here.
Welles received newspaper CORES.
pondents Of many countries this
afternoon at his hotel with the pref.
ace that he was going to uphold his
reputation Of being as silent as a
earn
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
Behind The Scenes
In Washington

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Brit.
ish interference with U. s. commu.
nications to Europe isn't always
based strictly on military necessity.
Last fall a small American steel
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
Second COP Candidate
Files For n. {. Race

RALEIGH, March 6.-CP0The
state board of elections has receiv'
ed a $105 filing fee from John r.
Hoffman of Burlington, republican
gubernatorial candidate.
Another republican, Robert H.
Mcneil Of Statesville, previously
filed for his party's gubernatorial
DESIGNATION. :.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

old post from Randolph county this
spring.
Here on Tuesday he said he had
not made up his mind definitely, but
is giving the matter consideration.
The argument about how much
the Greater Albemarle road project
will cost, and how much of it Com
missioner of Revenue Allen J. Max
well really intended to endorse when
he spoke in Hyde recently still
RACES with apparently u%nabated
fury.
About all that can be said with
safety is that the Albermarle wants
and probably should have-a good
deal more than it is going to get.
Raymond C. Maxwell, state cleo
ton board secretary, reports that
his proposed bargain sale" on po-
litical entry fees has been a com.
plete flop SO far.
He warns that the deadline is
GdluludS, MATCH 10, anu tlldl lees
must actually be received before 6
p. m. that day. Mailing or sending
them doesn't count.
Speaking of highway, 1t is plan.
ned to build a sand-clay road six
tenths Of a mile long to connect the
Fort Macon State Parks new bath
ing beach with the present surfaced
highway from Atlantic Beach to
Fort Macon.
There will also be at the new pro.
ject a parking area of 10000 square
yards. Two frame picnic shelters,
two outdoor fireplaces and several
picnic tables and benches are also
to be provided.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Yves
Terrell, the pitcher who is trying
for a. comeback with the Brooklyn
Dodgers, is the golf champion of
baseball. He won the title in the
recent players tournament in Tam
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
FINE? THAT'S
FINE!

= AANA
Senator John Danaher of Con.
necticut keeps a full stock of excel
lent Connecticut cigars in his Of
flee, treats all corners. He gave one
to Vice President Garner the other
day and Garner liked it first rate
Next day Danaher was late for a
senate rollcall; he came down front
to check in with the clerk, and
Garner wagged a stern finger at
him.
Connecticut" said Garner, from
his lofty presidential chair, you
are fined one of those fine cigars
Of yours for being late, and will be
fined similarly for every time you're
late hereafter"
Next morning Garner found a hoS
of 100 cigars on his desk. That
said Danaher, fought to pay my
fines all the rest Of the session."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
HEAD
COLDS

To die a
head cold you've
got to have
enough air.
Nose must be
open to let re-
reshing,pep-
-....- 1-.I.--
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

President Larry Nacphat, An,
aser Leo Durocher of tn 1la Nan
who probably hae D%'dssr,
nation - cleaned uo
Kimball. ny oetull-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
SEPARATE AIR
FORCES BACKED

Congressman who have resisted
the clamor for a separate air force
say they are more than ever conf
dent they were right in view of GER
tain reports coming over from Eu-
rope. One report which they accept
as true is that the British have
been having a bit Of trouble with
their naval air patrols. Not so long
ago, says this report, a British air
squadron industriously bombed a
squadron Of British warships by
mistake.
Moral, according to the separate
air-force advocates: amry and navy
flying assignments are so different
you can't get efficiency by using
Just n air force to handle both.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
THURSDAY, MARCH = ,o,,

pa. But a young Brooklyn rookie
took him over the hoops a few
days later.
Newell Kimball, a young pitcher,
beat him 2 up at Belleair. Vice
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

chance to investigate. They found
the cable had got as far as Eng
land and then had stopped. The
N~orwegians never got it. assumed
the American firm wasn't interest.
ed-and, a few days later, placed
the order with a British firm
(Which they had never heard of be-
fore) which just happened to submit
NIT the same price for the same
bill Of goods.
FARM DIVERSITY
NEW GOAL
Back of the transfer of M. L.
Wilson from the under-secretary.
ship of agriculture to the post of
director Of extension is a program
for educating farmers to the import.
ance of diversified farming-and,
also, for getting the county agents
out from under the load Of admins
trative detail which came with the
AAA program.
The demonstration agents are
placed in each county in the coun.
try. Paid by county, state and fed
eral funds, they try to teach farm
ers proper methods. Until the new
deal they concentrated largely on
methods Of increasing production,
and were pretty successful.
With triple-A, however, they got
a mass of administrative work to
handle in connection with the crop
reduction programs. In many cases
they got showed under. Wilson
hopes to get them back to their
original sphere. Also-since a good
part Of the farm problem arises
from too.much one.crop cash farm
ing-he wants to start a swing back
toward Investigation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

rUsh-oUf
eIogging miseries
-rush-in vitalizinq
healing air.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

Advertisement
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

Former State Senator Henry In
gram, who was in the 1887 general
assembly but out in 1899 by reason
Of a rotation rule, may try for his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-14
Vessel Here
Is Attached
Ecuador Figures
In Court Action

The Swedish motorship Ecuador,
berthed AT shaffer No. l dock.
and rumored to have come here
to load 15s carloads Of munition-
making materials consigned TO
Russia for Amtorg Trading
Corporation. was attached shortly
after noon Thursday by U, S.
deputy marshals.
The attachment was made by
the government agents after suits
had been filed in federal district
court here in which damages total
ing $4,000 are sought for the
drowning last May of two Port
land. Ore. fishermen in the
Columbia river.
The attachment, the deputies
explained, Is to guarantee
plaintiffs in the actions Sc
curity in event judgment Is
granted after the suit is heard.
Owners of the boast may post
bond equivalent of the amount
sought in the suits. If bond
is not posted, however. then
the boat will remain under
guard of government agents
and cannot he moved.
Suits were instituted by Jenne
Bonbridge, administrative of the
estate of D. f. Bonright, and by
Philip Dunn, administrator of the
estate of George Albert Dunn.
Plaintiffs recite in their respective
actions that the men were in a
rowboat on the Columbia river.
when the Ecuador passed the tiny
craft at a high rate of speed,
causing heavy swells, which cap
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wished rodspeed - anywhere
they remained idle on Tacoma,
waterfront Thursday.
Although negotiations
through Washington. ID. C.,
continued for release Of the
moofed cargo for export. no
progress has yet been in
dicated.
An orphan cargo about which all
agencies maintain they know
nothing" or systematically keep
their silence. the trailroad slated
for Vladivostock consists of 1873
carloads Of machinery. dies. tools,
and like Industrial materials which
have been assembled on the North
ern Pacific siding here following
shipment from the east.
The new Johnson line passenger
cargo motorship Ecuador arrived
at Shaffer Terminal No. 1 four
days ago, purportedly to lift the
cargo under charter. Making her
first voyage. the big ship has
earned general appreciation in
shipping circles here.
Meanwhile, only one other vessel
was in port Thursday following
departure Of six others overnight.
Here for discharge Of general
merchandise from California ports,
the Whitney Olson will later load
capacity lumber cargo for the
same route.
Two other ships were slated for
appearance on the local range be-
fore nightfall: the Peter Helms
and the Coast Miller, both en-
gagged in the coastwise trade. will
berth at Mccormick and Shaffer
No. 2, respectively.
PORT CALENDAR
Vessels in port: Ecuador. Shat
fer No. /; Whitney Olson, Shaffer
No. 1.
Vessels due Thursday p. M:
Peter Helms, Mccormick; Coast
Miller. Shaffer No. 2.
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Tooomo and Pierce county women who prizes in the
recent Tocomo Times recipe contest received baskets of gro
cries sinor TO those pictured obove In the coorfu display
ore locally distributed goods from the following firms Adams
sood dressing and Tong sandwich speod; Rock Dell Whole
Kernel corn; Medosweet ice cream milk and creom Cozzo
Sons Rhode Island Red fers; Costens booon Model Bakery
breod CIoox ohrordeIfs chocolate; Fontono noodles
Fishers flour Brick Oven beans; Dromedoy fudge and
milk; Heinz soup; Roman MeoI and sugar; KeIoees Corn
Fokes Pep Shredded Wheat Wheat Krubles Rice Krspies
and NlBon Fonon coffee, teo extrocts peo beons pine
oppe juice orange juice grapefruit juice and tomato juice
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HERE'S MORE ABOUT
War in Old World

to surrender after being surround
ed by the Germans. Others were
evacuated by sea. The Germans
said they captured $4,000 allied
troops in all in that trap. including
high officers. The Nazis claimed
capture OF 100000 allied troops on
all fronts since June 5.
Berlin said the allied armies be-
fore Paris were in complete disso-
luton" and that the German ar
mics were advancing without in
terruption."
Turkey continued war prepare
tons, and one report said an i'm
portant announcement" regarding
the war was imminent. Turkish
submarines Unanswered off limit,
additional troops were called up,
and the Turkish air force was ready
to go into action on a moments
notice.
The British command In Kenya
Colony. East Africa. said the Ital-
ians had bombed Moyale, on the
Kenya- Ethiopian border. causing
slight damage, and at Cairo it was
stated British planes had bombed
Esmera, Gura, and Dire Dawa, in
Italian Ethiopia.
Russians were reported tighten
ing their military and air defenses
in the Baltic states, and Stock.
holm newspapers speculated on
whether the newly-arrived British
and French ambassadors at Mos
COW were attempting to persuade
the Soviets to lend a helping hand.
The position of Russia. as vel,
as Of other still neutral nations,
depended on the final outcome of
the battle of France.
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EMIL ROBERT sCHoEFFLER

Emil Robert Schoeffler, So. Of
1927 So. Fife st, died Wednesday
at a local hospital. A retired mail
carrier, he was a native of Wis
consin. Surviving are his wife.
Amalia; one son, Albert Of Ia
coma; three daughters. Mrs. Helen
Barclay OF Steilaeoom. and Mrs.
Hazel Vernn and Mrs. Sarah
Kienast, both of Tacoma; one
sister, Mrs. Rose Klatt in Mime
sofa: IL grandchildren, and three
great grandchildren. Funeral an
nouncement by Piper.
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MRS. MARION AMALIA
THORSON

Mrs. Marion Amalia Thorson, so,
OF 1912 No. 9th St, died Wednes-
day at her home. Born in Den
mark, she had lived here for 20
years and was member of the
Seattle auxiliary, United Spanish
War Veterans. and of the Seattle
chapter Of Royal Neighbers Of
America. Surviving are her hus-
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sized the rowboat and drowned
the two fishermen.
Plaintiffs charge negligence in
that the motorship Was not
operated al a slow speed in pass
ing a rowboat and that no lookout
was maintained on the ship 10
watch for tiny craft. Each plain
tiff seeks judgment Of $4,000.
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k4MM33MS]5kX
Coostwise Rdtes Get 10 Per Cent Boost:
Russ Corgo. Swede Ship Still Idle Here

Effective July IS. a new coast.
wise steamship tariff entailine
substantial rate-increases on vir.
tually all general cargo was an.
nounced Thursday.
Applicable to specifically
named items. among which
lumber WAS the only note
worthy exception. the new
tariff h tantamount to APP
proximately . 10 per cent In
crease In general.
The schedule embraces general
merchandise moving betwee n
Puget Sound ports and elsewhere
on the Pacific Coast. Tacoma's
principal trade of this nature is
with California ports: inbound
cargo amounts to approximately
three times Tacoma's exports in
this traffic.
Announcement Of the new tariff
was made Thursday by the Pacific
Coastwise Freight Tariff bureau Of
San Francisco. and Kenneth Ken
nell Of Shaffer Terminals here.
RUSS GOODS STILL HERE
FORTHCOMING a white ele-
plant" the new Swedish motor
ship Ecuador and a trainload Of
war materials consigned to Rus
sia made = combination which was