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mot a dollars worth Of damage

mot a dollars worth Of damage
within the area.
simultaneously, the towboats
Omar and Sam P. Suit left Hunt
ington for Cincinnati, first to de-
part since the freeze three weeks
ago.
Ferry service resumed between
Augusta, KY, and Utopia, O., 40
miles upstream, ana the Aurora,
Ind, ferry, moored recently below
dam 3S returned to its base.
With the stream clear Of ice
203 miles from Pittsburgh to Reeds
vile, and f~ractionally full else
where except in recently gorged
areas, wickets of dam So, at Pa
ducah, Ky, were lowered in an
t.cipation Of the increased flow ex-
pected by the weekend. Until to-
day the barriers were the only
ones along the river in raised pc"
sition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
STANLEY RENAMED
BY REPUBLICANS
Re- Elected President Of N. Z,
Young Republicans By
Unanimous Vote

GREENSBORO, Feb. 12.-(R-
Edwin M. Stanley, of Greensboro
was reelected president of the
North Carolina Young Republicans
by an unanimous vote at the an
nual state convention here of the
organization which heard a stir
ring keynote address by Sim A
Delapp, Of Lexington, and a short
talk by Senator Robert A. Taft, OF
Ohio.
Other officers elected by the group
were Mrs. Carl M. Huffman, OF
Burlington, first vice president;
Miss Margaret Dent, Of Leaksville,
c. Y. Nannaey, Jr., Of Union Mills,
John Wilkinson, of Washington, N,
c., and Clyde Roberts, of Marshall
vice presidents; Odell Sapp, oil
Winston-Salem, reelected nationa1
committeeman; Mrs. Otis J. Rey
nolds, of Elkin, national committee
woman; Leslie M. Murphy, oil
Greensboro, treasurer, and Rufus
W. Reynolds, Of Greensboro, re
elected secretary.
MI. Stanley's unanimous election
came after a bitter fight on the
floor staged by supporters of Mrs
Reynolds and the incumbent. The
secret ballot revealed MIR. Stanley
had won by a vote of 26 to IA anG
Mrs. Reynolds made a motion te
make the vote unanimous.
During the session Senator Taft
entered and was given the floor. He
told the gathering he has spoken
in rs states since September and
that on all sides he finds the people
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
RIVERS BIG
ice PACK BREAKS
Barrier Moves Westward And
Leaves Wreckage Of
Boats In It's Wake

CINCINNATI, Feb. 12.- Up -
The last Of the Ohio rivers gorgec
ice broke free today and started
westward, leaving in its wake
scattered wreckage of small craft
and signs of relief from men re-
spectful of the streams caprice.
twenty-five years to the day
since the breakup Of a record CO.
foot thick barrier below Rising
Sun, Ind, a 25-mile field in the
same locality and another rs miles
long above Gallipolis, O., groaned
free from weeks-old moorings.
Slowly at first, then gathering
momentum, the floes piled Is feet
high on the concrete esplanade OF
lam 80 and nearby shoreline as
other ice swept along in the esti-
mated four-mile-an-hou-' current.
DISPLACEMENT of the smaller pack
caused a momentary rise Of 8 IL
feet at dam SO, % miles west Of
here, but thereafter the stream
receded and at Cincinnati fel
steadily below a moo peak o.
26.1 feet. Flood stage is So feet
Here and elsewhere, small craft
were crushed by the Jagged ice.
AS Meteorologist W. c. Dever.
eaux reported lice flowing all
along the river" U. S. engineers
at Huntington, W. Va, and Louis
vile, KY, predicted resumption oil
normal navigation by Wednesday
Attaches of the Huntington office
said it appeared ice would leave
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
MembersO Of S. Youth Congress
Heckle And Cheer COn9ressmen

WASHINGTON, Feb. r. Up -
Irrepressible members of the Amer.
lean Youth Congress, primed b,
three days of cheering and jeer.
ing at their own meeting, flQckec
to the capitol today to heckle an6
applaud the national congress a
work.
Before being squelcheG by Act.
ing Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex)
who threatened to have then
elected from house galleries, the
boys and girls:
Kissed Rep. Lamberton (R-Kas)
when he expressed approval O.
Republican Chairman John Hamil.
toms refusal to send a representa-.
tive to the congress.
Turned thumbs down on remarks
critical of the CIO by Rep. Hoff-
man (R-Mich).
Burst into applause when Rep
Marcantonio (AL-NY) declared
Lincoln would not be Throwing
stones at young people.
The senate, which demands much
o decorum of it's visitors thar
does the house, was not in ses-
sion.
Although the organizations meet.
ing closed last night, the question
of whether or not it is communist
controlled continued to be agitatee
both within the group and with
out.
Before the house got around tc
other subjects, Rep. Nichols ID.
Okla) praised those in the Youth
Congress who we're trying to purge
it of communist tendencies"
Mrs. Roosevelt also touched or
the subject at a press conference
She said:
IT think one of the regrettable
things is that we think so mucl
of COMMUNICATIVE seems to b.
so little in the minds of the great
mass of young people-that it has
submerged the really importanr
thing, that is, jobs"
Meanwhile, her young SECOND
cousin, Archibald Roosevelt, Jr.
who unsuccessfully attempted tt
put through anti-communist reso.
lutions in the congress, departed
for New York with his colleagues
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
Suit Against A. C.. L.
Delayed Until Mar. rs

FAYETTEVILLE Feb. - - The
suit brought by the Petroleum Car
riers corporation against the Allan.
tic Coast Line Railroad for damages
growing out Of the collision Of a
train and oil tanker which cost ur.
lives and destroyed several build
ings here last May 6, was postponed
in Cumberland superior court today
until March 25.
The delay vas granted upon re.
quest of the Petroleum corporation,
which explained that its chief at
torney, Martin Sack of Jackson.
vile, had become i'll while on his
way here for the trial, and was
now in a Charlotte hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
CnuRSE /. ED

RALEIGH, Feb. 12.-R-A two
day short course for city street SUI
p~erintendents and their assistants
will begin at N. c. State college
Wednesday. Harry Tuscker, pro-
lessor Of highway engineering and
director of the engineering expert
ment station, will be in charge of the
programs --
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
Vegetable Laxative
Makes Happy Friends

Here's a laxative that usually
acts thoroughly as harsher ones but
is a gentle persuader for intestines
when used this way: A quarter to
Tablespoonful of spicy, aromatic
BLACK-DRAUGHT on your tongue
tonight; a drink OF water. There's
usually time for a good nights
rest; with a gentle, thorough action
next morning relieving %constipa-
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RELEASED
UNDER $500 BOND
Scheduled To Be Given Hear
ing On Whether He Must
Be Returned To n. C.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12- Up -
William Dudley Policy, lean leader
of the Legion of Silver Shirts, got
out of Jail under $4,000 bond today
pending a hearing March ~ to de-
termine whether he must return to
North Carolina to face charges of
violating probation.
He had been taken into custody
Saturday by District of Columbia po-
lice after completing testimony be-
fore the Dies committee, which con.
tends his Silver Legion is fascistic.
In a patrol wagon crowded with
prisoners, Policy rode from No. /
precinct station this morning to the
police court where Judge Walter J.
Casey reduced his bond from $500 0
to $4,000.
U~nshaven, his Van Dyke beard
not so trim as it usually is, the pub
l1SLlO1 Sd111LOl odI S1lClll1y III LILO
courtroom as his attorney, T. Ed
ward O'Connell, denounced the pro-
ceedinss against him as a frameup.
Karl K~indleberger, assistant Unit
ed States attorney, told the court
that Policy had been convicted in
North Carolina in 1895 of violating
the states blue Sky" securities law
and it's statue against false p%retense.
On the first count, Kindleberger said
he had been sentenced to serve from
one to two years in the states pri-
son, at hard labor, and the sentence
had been suspended or several con-
ditions, among them that Policy re-
main on good behavior and refrain
from publishing or distributing any
periodical in the state relating to a
sale of stock without complying with
the states laws.
The states request that a sen.
tence be imposed m the second
count had been continued five years,
Kindleberger said.
"The North Carolina officials have
been looking for Pelley since Octo-
ber," he continued, land he admit
tedly has been in hiding"
OConnelI contended that his client
was charged with no crime and that
the papers produced against him
here ave no basis for the corten-
ton that he had violated his proba-
ton.
Quoting Superior Court Judge Zeb
Nettles of Buncombe county, N. c.,
as saying he had heard that Policy
was engaging in activities which
every good American should cen
sure, O'Connell said the judge was
make a speech" Buncombe coun-
ty, he added, was well named.
O'Connell charged that Pelley's
bond had been fixed first at $500,
but raised to $40, 900 when it became
apparent that he could post the
smaller amount.
Kindleberger told the court that
bond had been raised after D. A.
Pine, the United States attorney,
had received information indicating
that Policy had received contribu-
lions of 5000, 900 from his Silver
Shirt organization and had plenty
of money"
Defense counsel said the govern
ment attorney was trying to picture
Policy as a "Rockefeller." He de-
manded that the prisoner be treated
like any American without pre-
JUDGE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

tons headaches, biliousness, sour
stomach, bad breath.
BLACK-DRAUGHT is q splendid
combination Of vegetable ingredi-
ents, chief Of which is an '~intesti-
nal tonic-laXative" that helps i'm
part tone to lay bowel muscles.
It's economical. rs to 40 doses: Csc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
bush SENTENCED
: TO STATE ROADS
Given IS Months Following
conviction Of Assault
With Deadly Weapon

.;oted of a charge of assault
w. deadly weapon, David Bush,
WIZ castle street, was sentenced
Of o. .,onths on the state highways
sse n tried in recorders court yes
.h was convicted of a charge
D%sa,lting Robert Ashley with a
o. r and shooting at him several
days ago. e~
saw WV morning called an unusually
'sr.bv docket comprising a variety
F frsctions of the laws, with con-
+a.ces being granted until later
.so week in a number of cases.
ID willie vii Bell, of 1coe North Eighth
...aet drew a 12-month term at the
-.s+v farm on charges of larceny
and receiving
,-.env of four pocket knives, valu-
~ . cents. the property Of the
,1.rIelland's Five and Ten cent
s1me, on February 9.
'S Tsi.,s of Fleta Mae Bostic, Ros.
.,s namon, and Lima Martin, charg'
With assault with a deadly wea-
with the intent to kill a n d
sisbVay robbery with serious in
4si.. resulting, were continued I'M
y, February is and appearance
ands of $500 were required for each
defendants.
Ths defendants are charged with
,...n,ting Haywood Harker with a
info on February 10 with serious
INJURIES resulting and robbing him
Of s1.S5.
" R. Smith was fined $25 and
..vod With the COSTS on charges Of
rsck,ess driving AID having no ope-
r,tor's permit. The case of Sam
1enkins, charged with violation Of
tho liouor laws, was continued I'M
fl February 20 and an appearance
bond Of $3.50 was required.
The case Of James Lock, Of SIG
South Ninth street, charged with
attempted highway robbery with
The intent to kill, was continued I'M.
I'll February Is and an appear.
ance bond of $500 was required.
Caldwell Evans was fined $40 and
taxed with the costs on a charge Of
temporary larceny of an automo.
bile, the property of Mrs. L. J..
Evans.
The trial Of Walter Sterling, Of
us Red Cross street, charged with
two counts of violations Of the
liquor laws, was continued until
February Is and an appearance
bond of $500 was required.
Prayer for judgment was con-
tinued in the case Oh Paul Ford, of
us North Third street, charged
with disorderly conduct, assault,
with damages to property. The
charges were brought by Girls Ron.
g0tes, operator of a cafe at 1T
Princess street, Who alleged Ford
broke the glass out of his front
door.
The trial Of Johnnie Pigford,
charged with assault with a dead
ly weapons on two counts with the
intent to kill and serious injuries
resulting, was continued until Feb.
ruary Is and appearance bonds to-
falling s70O were required. The de-
PENDANT is charged with assaulting
Nick Faison and Roosevelt Corbett.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

Driving tests and fatality records
show that automobile drivers of the
most skilled" age group (19 to 21)
account for the most killed. Of any
group.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
PLANES SIGHTED

LONDON, Feb. 12.-R-Two
planes believed to be German were
sighted today off the northeast
coast Of Scotland.
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COMMUNISTS ARRESTED

PARIS, Feb. 12.-R-P Ill e
headquarters announced today that
70 communists had been arrested in
a raid on a secret meeting in the
Latin quarter of Paris. All were
held for military authorities on
charges of spreading subversive
propaganda. The communist party
was outlawed in France last Sep
TENDER.
Plume moths have wings resemb.
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now INERTIA
CAPTURED FRESHNESS

You wonder how inertia Bread can
taste so fresh-and still not be warm.
You picture the loaves coming out Of
the over -. you catch a mental Whit
of the heavenly, appetizing odor that
rises from a spotless kitchen where
bread is being baked. inertia Bread
tastes just as good as bread a-baking
smells. We capture that freshness and
hold it for you. Choice of ingredients,
mixing, baking, wrapping, delivery
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

There are 100000 piano accordions
in America.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
ADVERTISEMENT

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

every step Of Merita's march - from
wheat-felds ripping in the breeze to
your own breakfast nook or dining
room-is toward that goal of ever
freshness. Women tell us that inertia
is s. good and so fresh it seems
almost a pity to toast it. But they ad-
init, too, it makes the best toast that
ever Aattered a pat of butter inertia is
The Lone Rangers favorite bread:
Feast your family on it's freshness!
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Two Manassas Banks
Elect Officers
saeclal Dispatch to The Star.

S|eCldl DlSpstCh TO Inc Star.
MANASSAS, Va. Jan. 17.-An-
drew S. Robertson was elected pres
ldent of the Manassas National
Bank at the annual stockholders
meeting, succeeding the late
Charles r. Mcdonald.
Other officers elected were r. S.
Hynson. first vice president; George
B. Cooke. second vice president;
w. T. Thomasson, John H. Burke
and r. S. Hynson, Finance Com
mlttee. Directors are Robert Hutch-
inson, w, Z. Trusler, John H.
Burke, William Hill Brown, O. o.
Holler, Andrew Robertson, R. S.
Hynsosn, George B. Cooke and w.
I. Thomasson.
Directors named at the Peoples
National Bank of Manassas are
B. George Baker, E. R. Conner, A.
A. Hooff, T. R. Hurst, T. E. Did
lake G. Raymond Ratclif1e and
c. A. Sinclair.
Mr.. Sinclair was reelected pres
ident of the Peoples National Bank,
and G. Raymond Ratcliffe was re-
elected vice president and cashier
of that bank.
Stockholders of the First National
Bank of Quantico elected the fol-
lowing directors: c. C. Cloe. G. w.
Herring T. F. Joyce. A. E. McIn-
teer, J. F. McInteer, H. Ewing Wall
and 1t. Col. Louis E. Woods.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Libby, McNeiII & Libby
Bonds Placed on Market
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAO Jan. 17.-Glore. For
gan & Co. and an associated group
Of underwriters are making public
offering today of s11,000,OO0 Libby
McNeill &, Libby first mortgage Is
year sinking fund per cent bonds
at a price of 100 and accrued in
terest.
Other members of the under
writing group include Hartman
! Ripley & Co; Blyth & Co. Inc: the
First Boston Corp; Lehman Broth
ers; Goldman, Sachs & Co; Hay
Den, Stone q Co.: HornbloUer &
Weeks; Kidder, Peabody & Co.;
Lazard Freres e. Co; Lee Hig-
ginson Corp, and White, Weld &,
Co.
OF the proceeds to be derived
from the sale Of the bonds 9,197, $50
will be used to retire the company S
first-mortgage per cent 15-year
bonds, which will be called for re-
demption April /, 1910 The bal
ance will be added to working cap
ital and applied to the reduction of
bank loans.
In addition to the present under
writing, Libby. McNeill's financial
plans include the conversion of the
outstanding 6 per cent 500 par
preferred stock into common stock.
Al somewhat later date public
Offering may be made by Glore.
Forgan and associated underwriters
OF the Libby common stock repre-
senting the shares owned by Swift
d Co, which, after the preferred
stock conversion. will amount to
3,0l8.639 shares of a maximum of
3,627 985 shares expected to be out
standing. Swift g. Co. has made a
tentative agreement under which
these shares may be sold to Glore.
Forgan q Co. and other under
writer's during 1910, but has not yet
made a firm commitment.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Morgan, Stanley Co.
Asks ). E. T.. Hearinq
On Dayton Issue
Wants No Repetition
Of Consumers Power
Bond Dispute
BY the Associated Press.


Morgan, Stanley g. Co., New York
investment bankers, beat competi-
tors to the draw yesterday and asked
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission to investigate the propriety
of the company's underwriting a
proposed s25 100000 bond issue Of
the Dayton Power g. Light Co.
Attorneys tor the bankers told
the commission that the question
of Morgan's relation to the utility
probably would come up anyway,
and the bankers wanted the ques-
ton settled as soon as possible. They
indicated they did not want a repe-
tition of their experience in ham
ding financing for the Consumers
Power Co. of Michigan, which was
held up several days by hearings.
At the bankers request, the COM
mission ordered hearing January
"a, saying:
1T appearing to the commission
that Morgan. Stanley & Co. may
stand in such relation to the Day.
ton Power & Light Co. that there
is liable to be or to have been an
absence Of arms length bargain
ing with respect to the transaction
whereby the Dayton Power e. Light
Co. proposes to sell in excess of S
per cent of the total Offering of the
aforementioned bonds TO Morgan,
Stanley & Co., it Cthe hearing) is
ordered = y"
Evening star., 1940-01-17
New York Produce

NEW YORK. Jan. l.. oP.-Eess, 2s,o3e;
ells-23'.: standards .ll.; frsts 9ois
seconds. 1si4-'.: mediums. s; dirtles No.
! IS average average checks, I6ns-i5 Refrigse5s-
standards, "a. frSts, Il; seconds, 1534-
1SA: mediums l5l2 dirties Is.
Whites: Resale of extra specials. %
g.17' nearby aud Mldwestern, extras.
"a 2: specials, @.9l2; standards, 2l3. Re-
sale of nearby heavier mediums. 81 la-24
Nearby and MidweStern. mediums, 2l;
bullets. 1872
Browns; Nearby fancy to extra fancy,
.23.-23iz Nearby and Midwestern. spe-
ciais 9@i2; standards 2ll2; mediums, 20;
Butter, 925.;si:!;; rrmer Creamery.
higher than extra 31a4-3.la: extra t92
score. 81 =: : firsts tSS-9D, 30-3l Vi;
seconds (s4-s7,. o7l2-"9la.
Cheese. 31S.sl2; hrm State, whole
milk fats, June. 1a'4-20l4; others un-
changed
Rye spot. easy. No > American fob.
York. s67s
=, Barley, steady; No 2. domestic, elf.
Tallow easy; special, loose. 5l.. nomi-
nal: extra loose 5ss
Greases. easy; yellow and house; 3.
e2no No 3, looo-cooo; feeding. 1900,
Straw, frm: No. !, rye, 25.00-I1 90.
Other articles steady and unchanged.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Jan. l. tPy.-The foreien
money market discovered a smoother price
trail to follow today after the bumpy fluc-
tuatlons of the last few days.
ASIDE from l-cent drop in the British
pound, leading European currencies re-
NAMED unaltered in relation to the dollar.
Late rates follow Great Britain in dol
lars, others in cents:
Canada.
Official Canadian control board buying
rate for U S. dollars. 1000; selling rate
II 90. Open market rates. Montreal in
New York. SS1@i2; New York in Montreal,
113.56l4.
Europe.
Great Britain, demand. 3a5; cables,
3.35s4; 60-day bills. 1891; 9O-day bills.
3:9l "a. Belgium, 16S5; Denmark l9.:33;
Finland, .90n. France. 80: Germany,
40.25n; benevolent, 1850; Greece, 1}n
Hungary, l760n; Italy. sos; Netherlands,
53. 20; Norway 22 ;; Portugal 3.67n; Ru-
mania. .:1:'n: Sweden. 1888; Switzerland
LAB; youngstown, . Bon.
Latin America.
Argentina official 2977; free 22 so;
Brazil, 6.05' free $40; Mexico, 16Son.
Far East
japan 23.49; Hong Kong. "A 6s; shans-
hal. S,I5.
(Rates in spot cables unless otherwise
indicated. Nominal.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Steel Industry
Maintains Output
With Back|ogs
Buying Rote Will Not
Show Change Until
February. Is Forecast
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17-Steel mills
are maintaining production at high
rate largely at the expense Of back
logs, Iron Age said today in a
weekly survey.
Operating schedules were cut only
one point to IS per cent of the in
dustry's capacity this week, the re-
view pointed out, but new business
is now averaging only about so per
cent of shipments.
- Many consumers are living
of, their inventories. which. though
still not dangerously high, are suff-
cient in many instances to carry
through the next month or two,
longer if consumption should de-
cline" the steel magazine said.
Considering this situation, steel
companies do not expect much
change in the rate of new buying
until mid February at the earliest.
Meanwhile there will probably be a
gradual reduction in steel operations,
together with balancing of con-
sumers' inventories in line with con-
sumption, which remains high in
many industries, notably automobile
manufacture, railroad equipment
construction, shipbuilding. farm
equipment manufacture and some
household goods, such as refriger-
atorS.
Export demand continues to show
promise. Tin plate is one of the
items most sought after in the Unit
ed States, inquiries and orders COM
ing from many former customers Of
belligerent countries
The Iron Age composite price
for scrap steel remained at S1767
for the fourth week as the trade
awaited clarification of the steel
outlook.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
10 Low-Yield Bonds.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Rails took
the lead in an irregular bond mar
ket rally today.
Missouri Pacific issues rose frac-
tions to more than a point following
announcement of Interstate Com
merce Commission approval of a re-
organization plan, providing for q
sharp cut in fixed charges.
Also showing gains ranging to
more than point in late trading
were Allegheny IS of 1949, Illinois
Central AIS, Delaware & Hudson
refunding as. Southern Railway IS
and Baltimore & Ohio first IS.
Many utility loans, however,
tended slightly lower, including
American & Foreign Power 5s,
Columbia Gas & Electric SIS of 81
and Portland General Electric Alps.
United States Governments were
around 6/32ds of point advanced
to 4 32ds down.
Uneveness ruled the foreign dollar
division. Advancing were Denmark
6s of AZ, Belgium 6s and Poland IS,
while retreating were German Is of
40 Norway IS OF "A and Canada As
of go.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Low Interest Rute
To Continue, Says Potte,
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 17-William
c. Potter. chairman of the Guar
anty Trust Co., looks for a contin-
uation of the low rate of interest on
borrowed funds prevalent in recent
years.
Speaking at the banks annual
meeting today, he said
The slightly increased demand
for credit has improved the outlook
for bank earnings. but with the
large volume of excess funds at the
disposal of banks, it would be un-
reasonable to expect an early change
in the easy money conditions that
have prevailed in recent years"
He noted the condition statement
Of New York's leading banks at the
end of 1899 showed nearly 40 per
cent of total assets were in cash and
nearly II per cent in cash and
Government securities.
Mr. Potter said the somewhat
exaggerated" ideas of the extent to
which the European war would
stimulate American business have
moderated considerably" although
it was still generally believed it
may help.