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Evening star., 1940-10-16
Traffic Record

The traffic record. as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents. 46.
Motorists injured, 7.
Motorists arrested, 408.
Pedestrians injured, 9.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
ton of pedestrian control regu-
lations, 6.
Killed in i94O traffic. So; oy
October 10, in 1899, 68.
If you don't kill any one with
your automobile and no one
kills you by 8 am. tomorrow,
Washington traffic will have
had four deathless days.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Benefit at Vienna

VIENNA, Va, Oct. 16 (SpeciaD
A card party for the benefit OF
the general school fund will be held
at Vienna Elementary School at 8
pm. tomorrow. Mrs. Mildred Leigh
is general chairman.
Evening star., 1940-10-16
Cantor Motifs to Stoy

Cantor Avremel Mats has Been
held over at the Ezras Israel Con-
gregation, Eighth and I streets NE,
for the "Succoth" services, begin
ming this evening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
Raj MAKES BROAD
FORAY IN GERMANY
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craft barrage rose over central Lon
don early today, beating back at the
second German air raid of the night,
the eighth since yesterday morning.
High Nazi planes lodged in and
out of the cloud banks.
The assault ended a period Of un-
easy quiet that had followed an ear
lier attack-the shortest of the war
which began around dinner-time
and ended after several bombs had
fallen.
With nearly all the rest of coastal
England under intermittent BON
bardment from the air during the
daylight hours, German shrapnel
bombs were reported loosed for the
first time - on a southeast town
There were several casualties.
Six times up to nightfall great
squadrons Of bonbers and fighters
swept in toward London; six times,
said the air ministry, they we're
beaten back-intercepted and broken
up by our fighters"
These repeated thrusts were sup.
ported by German artillery, which
shelled the Dover coast heavily from
across the channel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
FOR DRAFT
ARE STARTED HERE
Continued from Page One)

and the state board of health in Ra-
leigh Tuesday and participated In
discussions of giving blood tests to
as many of the registrants as pos
sible in the county.
Detailed plans and program for
New Hanover county's participation
in the nationwide draft syphilis sur
vey are anticipated in letters short
ly from health officials in Washing
ton and Raleigh, Dr.. Elliot said.
Cards, telling the registrants
where they may go to take the
tests, will be distributed in the coun-
ty, which will have facilities for
conducting the examinations.
H. G. Carney, chairman Of the
board of elections, yesterday was in
formed by letter from the chairman
of the state board of elections that
Gov. Hoey has placed the response
bility for registering young men in
North Carolina for consumption into
the army in the hands of the cleo
tons board in the state. Carney
was asked to secure sufficient volun-
teer help to carry out the local
registration.
He estimated that at least 100
persons who write a legible hand
will be needed to fill out registra-
ton cards and urged that those
willing to volunteer for this work
contact him at his Office in the
Wallace building.
Such workers will receive no
compensation, just as the board o.
elections and the draft boar prop
err will receive no compensation
but are asked to volunteer their
services as a part of their duty to
their country.
I'VE will need at least 100 people
who al write a hand that will be
easily legible to persons who have
never even seen that handwriting
before. We will need about six per-
sons in each registration place in
the city and about four in those
in the county, so that there will be
relief shifts during the registration
period from 7 a. m. until 9 p. m.
Oct. 49,"
T. A. Henderson, clerk Of New
Hanover superior court, said he was
awaiting receipt of a letter from
Governor Clyde R. Hoey regarding
details of setting up the draft board
in the county.
The clerk of court, county elections
board chairman, and the county
school superintendent, will be asked
to recommend local board members.
They will also be asked to recon-
mend a doctor to examine registrants
and a lawyer to advise the board.
All will serve without pay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03

a delight to the Yankees a year ago.
Whether he can stop the Tigers was
problematical and whether it would
do any good to slow them up was
doubtful.
The Tigers had Schoolboy Rowe,
hero of Detroit's last two trips into
the big baseball classic, ready to go
on the mound. He won Is and lost
only 3 during the regular season and
although incapable of working as
often as Newsom, has generally been
more effective.
He will have Birdie Tebbetts, a
better catcher than Sullivan, work
ing with him. Sullivan, a left-hand-
ed batter who usually catches New
son., went hitless today as did Char
ley Gehringer.
The official hoX score.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
MARRIAGES SHOW
10 P. c. INCREASE
Nineteen Licenses Issued BY
Register Of Deeds Here Dur
ing The Past Month

Records of marriage licenses is
sued during September at the Of
fee of Adrian B. Rhodes, register
of deeds, show an increase of ap-
proximately ten per cent w h e n
compared with the total for the
corresponding month last year.
: Marriage permits during Sept
TENDER totaled 10, including II
white and two colored couples, and
showed an increase of two or about
10 per cent when compared with
the record of II issued the same
month last year and including II
white and 6 colored couples.
During the last week in Septem-
Der this year the following white
couples secured marriage licenses:
Francis E Stanley, 30, and Miss
Liza Jane Parker, both of Will
mington. :
William Grey Evans, 81,
Miss Maxye Martin, %, both of
Wilmington.
James B. Sharpton, 38, and Miss
Eula Ray Rhodes, "a, both of Will
mington.
James @. Henderson, %, and
Helen LeLoudis, %, both of Viii
mington.
= John Clifford Phillips, "a, of 307
South 18th street, and Miss Betty
Rose Audleman, 10, of Shreveport,
La.
Junious Clemmons, "a, of b.
livia, and Miss Louise Singletary,
10, of Supply.
Peter Kysar, %, of Yacolt, Wash
ington, and Miss Ruth Sebrell, 20,
of Wilmington.
Harry N. Stovall, Jr., %, and
Miss Nancy Crow, "a, both of Will
mington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03

Errors: Werber, Myers, Bartell,
Baker. Runs batted in: Higgins 2,
Bartell 2, McCosky, Ripple, Camp
bell 2, Goodman. Two base hits: M.
Mccormick, Goodman, Werber.
Three base hit: York. Home run:
Campbell. Sacrifice: Campbell. Dou-
BILE plays: Wilson and Joost; Hig-
gins, Gehringer and York. Earned
runs: Detroit CALI Z, Cincinnati
(NL) 2. Left on buses: Detroit
(AL) 8, Cincinnati (NL) 6. Bases
on balls off: Derringer L (Sullivan);
Moore 4 (Bartell, G%ehringer, York,
Campbell).; Newsom 1 IF. McCor-
mick). strikeouts by: Derringer /,
(BartelD; Moore Z york. Higgins,
Newsom, Greenberg 2, Sullivan, Bar
telD; Newsom 4 (M. Mccormick,
Myers, Moore, Riggs; Riddle 2
york, CampbelD.
Pitching summary: Derringer, 5
runs, S hits in 1 ID innings: Moore,
2 runs, S hits in 6 2-3; Riddle, no
runs, no hits in 1.
Losing pitcher: Derringer. UNI
pires: at plate, KLEIN (NL); at 1b,
Ormsby (AL); 2b, Ballanfant (NL);
3b, Basil (AL). Time: 200. At
tendance: (raid) 81, 1893.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
LETTERS SIGNED

RALEIGH, Oct. 2.-LP-Governor
Hoey tonight signed $50 letters to
county superior court clerks, school
superintendent and elections board
chairmen, and some mayors, asking
them to recommend persons for men,
berships, on the local draft boards.
Each population unit of about 3d.
900 persons will have a three-man
board, to be advised by a physician
and an attorney. None will receive
pay.
In counties with more than one
board, the mayors of the principal
cities were asked to join in recon-.
mending the board memberships.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
DRIVE UNDER WAY
BY TRAVELLERS AID
Continued from Page One)

society is seeking to raise to carry
on it's activities during the coming
year, it was said.
The drive will continue through
today. with workers reporting from
9 a. m. until 4 p. M, at the offices
of the chamber of commerce, where
drive headquarters are being main
tanned.
There are not many campaign
workers and those persons interested
in making donations and who have
not been contacted as yet are asked
to make them at the chamber of
commerce today.
After today donations may be
made at the office of Miss Julia
Yopp at the railroad station.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
AIRPORT BUILDING
PLANS CUT FROM .
TWO MONEY BILLS
Continued from Page One)

The senate committee added $12,-
700, 900 to the house-approved total
Of the defense measure. 1t gave the
navy an additional SILL 900, 900 for
maintenance of it's bureau of ships
and 500, 900 for construction of stor'
age buildings. In addition, it wrote
into the bill a $4,000, 900 %appropria-
ton for the development of an ad-
vanced specialized training field at
Corpus Christi, Tex, for aircraft car
rier pilots.
The committee cut 1000, 900 from
a house-approved item for erection
of a manganese ore plant after
learning that President Roosevelt
previously had allocated this amount
from othe,' funds.
In approving the civil functions
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
TIGERS CRUSH REDS
IN SERIES OPENER
Continued from Page One)

five hits, but struck out seven slug
gers, including Greenberg twice to
the intense enjoyment of the home
crowd.
Elmer Riddle, a rookie righthand-
er, who didn't figure eve to get
closer to the series than the bull
pen in left field, came into the game
in the ninth and retired the Tigers
in order, Greenberg popping up a
foul to rookie Catcher Bill Baker
and York and Campbell striking out.
The effect of this finish, however,
was only to keep up the Reds self
respect, because Detroit's dynamite
was so devastating that little hope
could be held out for the crippled
Cincinnati club at the end. Even
the Reds vaunted fielding collapsed
today as Werber, Billy Myers and
Baker each made errors.
Stingy With Hits
In contrast the Tigers were a near
perfect club as they rolled to their
opening victory. Only in the two
innings in which the Reds scored
did Newsom, a 21 and 5 winner dur
ing the regular season, give more
than one hit in an inning and the
only error by the reputedly poor
fielding Bengals was a dropped ball
by Shortstop Bartell on an attempted
steal.
In the fourth inning when Cincin-
natl chalked up its first run, Wal
Goodman slammed the first pitch
into center field for a two-bagger
and scored two plays later on a sin
gle to right by Jim Ripple. In be-
tween Buck Mccormick popped up
and afterward 4o-year-old Jim Will
son, the Reds starting catcher,
grounded into a double play.
The Redlegs' parting gesture in
the eighth started when Werber
doubled between McCosky and Camp
bell, advanced on Mike McCormick's
grounder and tailed easily on Good
mans line single to center.
Cincinnati managed to get runners
on base in all but two of the other
frames, but were held helpless just
the same as Newsom snuffed out
little rays of hope by one.
Mccormick Doubles
Mike Mccormick doubled in the
first but never got off the bag. Ed
die Joost, the slim little second base
man, who was subbing for the in
jured Lonnie Frey, but was not ex-
pected to make his bat heard, sin
gled with two out in the second and
again to lead off the fifth when he
got as far as second by Bartell's
dropping Catcher Sullivan's throw.
In the ninth Baker, who had taken
over the catching duties after Will.
son was removed for a pinch batter
in the sixth, singled with one out,
but was forced at second on the
next play.
Newsom, besides keeping his hits
spaced, gave up only one base on
balls, this going to Buck McCor-
mick with two out in the sixth.
The Reds made fine fielding plays
occasionally and most Of their hits
were clean and sharp. But there
was not the slightest continuity In
their attack and the failure Of Der
ringer, their surest pitching bet, was
heart-breaking to Cincinnati players
and their followers.
D%erringer had performed hurting
wonders against American league
batters for many years, in the World
series and the All-Star games.
Tomorrow the Reds will have to
come oIt with Bucky Walters,
whose record of % and 10 is not
much better than Derringer's 20
and IL and whose fast sinker proved
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1910

jects will be started depends on
future congressional action.
War department officials EN-.
phasized that the inclusion of a
city on the list does not mean that
there is prospect of action any
time soon under the program, and
add that the overnment NAV
never get are ~ to the develop.
ment of many of the ports.
The larger Carolina projects are
at Asheville, Charlotte, Greens.
boro, Raleigh-Durham, Rocky
Mount. Salisbury, Wilmington and
Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
and Charleston, Columbia, Green,
vile, Newberry and Spartanburg.
South Carolina, in each of which
plans call for large-scale airport
development and establishment Of
civilian pilot training schools.
North Carolina projects include:
Wilmington, $455, 625; Southport,
$2S,371; Whiteville, 1881; Lum.
berton, STA, 900; Maxton, $23, 200;
Fayetteville, $s4, $50; Clinton, $685..
371.
On Manhattan Island, there still
is a cave which the early Indians
used as a home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
WILL
LEAVE POST SOON
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NOOAtlAlucu ITOH1 rage OHc)
pending departure touched off press
criticism of the appeasement in
fuence in the government, of
which Lord Halifax was declared
to be a symbol.
The Halifax diplomacy, said the
London News : Chronicle, has
brought us an unbroken succession
Of serious defeats" adding that his
resignation was long overdue "in
the public interest"
Chamberlain, who stepped down as
prime minister last spring after the
failure Of the campaign in Norway,
has been recovering from a recent
operation.
Approaching 70 years of age, he is
still very weak and in need of rest,
friends said, and has been unable to
relax in constantly-bombed London.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
DRIEST
MONTH IN 9 YEARS
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est precipitation in any one day be-
ing .83 inches on September 6.
The normal rainfall for September
is All inches, giving a deficiency of
2.55 inches for the past month.
The mean temperature for Septem.
Der was 72.4 degrees, slightly under
the normal of 1871 degrees. The high
est temperature recorded during the
month was 90 degrees on the 22nd
and the lowest 50 on the goth. The
greatest daily range was 81 degrees
on the 25th.
In all there were 251.1 hours Of
sunshine out of a possible 371.4
hours during September, with 10
clear days, sever partly cloudy and
ten cloudy.
There was a total movement of
winds Of 6,174 miles, or an average
hourly velocity Of SO miles per hour,
with the maximum for the month %
miles per hour on the 25th.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
WAR INTERPRETIVE
CONTINUED from Page One)

tinued non-beligerency. The most
obvious explanation is G General
Francois apprehension that an air
tight British blockade of Spain,
would invite srarvation-bred dis
orders there that could unseat him
as military dictator. He has no in.
tention of stepping in to grasp at
the Axis = proffered Gibraltar,
prize until it is far more certain
that Britain has been beaten.
As the nation in Europe occupy
ing the best ringside seat to OBJ
serve the Battle of Britain, Spain's
indicated decision to stay out of
it is an important development.
1t means Britain faces only a two
front, not a three-front attack this
winter.
There is not going to be a siege
of her Gibraltar sentry-box at the
western outlet of the Mediterran-
can. It could be attacked by land
only from Spain. That, added to
rising doubts that Hitler will dare
to invade England in the near fu
ture, is as cheireng for Britons as
a draft of their famous Brown Oc-
tober ale.
Yet they can not dismiss the
invasion danger entirely. If Hitler
loses confidence that Italy, with
what additional help he can supply
can crack Britain's hold on the
eastern gateway to the Mediter-
ranean, the Suez canal, he may be
forced to risk invasion despite W
amounting odds against success.
Hibernation Seaon
Autumn and winter are the ca
sons of military Information in all
schools of strategy. To military
minds, an Indian summer attempt
on England would be an evidence
Of German desperation, not of
strength. A few days repeat-per-
torrance of summer weather in
mid October would hardly suffice
for as big a job as invading Brit
tannia, who still rules the English
air in daylight, in addition to hold
ing sway on the wave.
Yet Spain's ACKNOWLEDGEMENT al
so must be reflected in changed
factors on the other possible winter
front the eastrn Mediterranean.
Tn Italian advance in Egypt seem
already desert-stranded, far from
its goal at the Suez Canal. With
the Straits of Gibraltar open and
invasion of England definitely off,
Britain could easily reinforce her
sea and air power in that sector,
even ship additional troops to to
Egypt.
She already can prevent German
or Italian troops and supplies from
reaching Egypt by sea or any i'm
portant scale. Whether Mussolini
will risk disaster there, and the
possible internal repercusions in
Italy which could end hi sway,
remain to be seen. There is much
to indicate he started that drive on
the same principle that timed his
entry into the war. He believed tn
Battle of Britain was already just
about won.
The Italians are consolidating"
at the Sidi Barrani spearhead of
their Egyptian thrust. In lay lam
guage that means digging in for
defense, not offense. 1t may be
that Rome never expected to 60
arthr; that she expctd the fall
Of England weeks ago. Taking on
a full sic desert campaign with
hundreds of waterless miles still
to 60 i something ele, particu-
larly if Nazi abandonment of the
%invaion threat frees Britain to re-
inforce her eastern Mediterranean
flank. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
IN LIST

WASHINGTON, Oct. . Up -
A comprehensive program for the
development of al airports in
North Carolina and South Carolina
has been outlined to the house ap-
preparations committee by h e
Civil Aeronautics Administration.
The Carolina projects, estimated
to cost SIG, 1876, 489, r included in
a nationwide survey the CAA has
worked out for development of g.
841 airports at a total cost of
$521, 1897, 1856.
A pending bill would appropriate
$50, 600, 900 and authorize $50, OO0,-
600 in additional contractual obi
cations to start work on approx
mately 200 of the projects to be
selected by the war and navy de-
partments as NEST necessary at
this time. Whether the other pro-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
BERLIN ALARM

BERLIN, Oct. 3 (Thursday).-R
Air raid sirens aroused Berliners
early today and kept them in shell
tiers for one hour and IL minutes.
Heavy anti-aircraft fire from the
city's outer defenses could be heard.
No damage was reported immedi-
ately.
A plane flew twice over the north.
west section of the city and drew
fire of light and heavy anti-aircraft
guns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
SCHOOL BOMBED

LONDON, Oct. 8 (Thursday).-R
Several "Molotoff breadbasket" in
cendiary bombs burst early today
over a famous boys school in south
eastern England.
A fire was started in a roof but
it was quickly extinguished and
there were no casualties.
cor the three most famous Eng.
lish boys schools, Elton and Har-
row + in southeast England; the
third, Rugby, Is in central England.
Elton is in the vicinity Of Windsor
castle, n Of the kings homes).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03

hill. the committee added $11,6S5,0 900
not previously voted by the house.
This sum included a 1000, 900 ap-
propriation for construction of a
new power plant at Bonneville Dam
and 50, 200, 900 to transfer the Ar
lington, Va, experimental farm to
BeltsvilIe, Nc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
WILLKIE ASSERTS
u. S. UNPREPARED
Continued from Page One)

in building up our own air fleet.
I would do so because the longer
Britain held out the more time we
have in which to prepare our
selves" =.
The nominee reiterated his con-
%tentions, advanced earlier in the
day. that the new German-Italina-
japanese pact demonstrated those
countries regarded the U e d
Staes "in erms of war" an dha
he administration had not taken
adequate defense steps when Hit
Ter came to power. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03

Approximately 40 to IS seaplanes
and amphibians r being built
every year, about half for private
use.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03
WEATHER
Continued from Page One)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-LR-Weath-
er bureau records of temperature and
rainfall for the "a hours ending 8 p. M.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-03

In China and India, offers are
taught to catch fish n d drive
them into nets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
MIND YOUR MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
1. Should a person who has no
telephone, give the number of q
neighbours phone to his friends ano
tell them to call him there When
ever they want to get in touch with
him?
2. Is it important that even small
things borrowed from a neighbol
be returned?
3. If an acquaintance has had q
book of yours for a month, anc
another friend wants to read it
would it be all right to ask him
if he has finished with it?
a. II you borrow a book, should
you feel free to lend it to another
friend?
5. Should you turn down a page
in a borrowed book?
What would you do if
In a friends home you see a best
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27
"GONE WITH THE WIND"
OPENS RUN AT CAROLINA

B. rights, a report of Gone With
the Wind" which opened yesterday
at the Carolina theatre, should be
merely the statement: The greatest
picture ever made-in every detail.
There are so many superlatives
about this picture which David o.
Selznick has so finely produced and
Victor Fleming so humanity and
amazingly directed, that one ap-
proaches the task of reporting the
event of the pictures showing here
with a fear that words + wholly
inadequate and that the limitations
of space prevent praise for everyone
concerned.
Gone With the Wind" is the most
faithful filmization of a novel the
screen has ever attempted. Every
word, character and event in Mar
garet MitchelTs dramatic story lives
on the screen. 1t contains undoubt-
eddy the most beautiful and breath.
taking Technicolor photography con-
ceivable.
Clark Gable, is naturally, a per.
feet Rhett Butler. That much was
to be expected and it's the greatest
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-27

GARLAND, Feb. 26. - The Gar
land Woman's club held it's monthly
meeting Friday afternoon at the
school building. The main feature
of the afternoon was the creative
ART display held in connection with
the North Carolina Art Exhibit.
Group prizes were won by second,
sixth, seventh grades and the home
economics department. Elizabeth
Sloar, Beverly McAulay, for best
individual display of work. Mrs.
Abel Warren, Mrs. j. D. Johnson,
Miss Myrtle Harris and Miss Ella
Hobbs were winners of blue ribbons.
A musical program was arranged
by Miss Myrtle Harriss with Iris
Lane Warren, Eupha May Jones,
Mildred Marks, Ellen MILAN, Mrs.
j. K. West, and Mrs. Connolly
Smith taking part. A delightful
feature of the afternoon was the
beautifully appointed tea table with
Mrs. w. H. Sloan and Mrs. A. F.