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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-06
F. R. Wearv
fManyT Third
Term Queries
Says Attempts OF Newsmen
To Make Him Discuss
Issue Are Amusing
HE PRAISES NEW DEAL
To Big Advances In
National Income, Divi-
dends And Exports
BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Feb. 5-R
President Roosevelt used up the
better part of an hour today to EN-.
phasize that he was weary of being
harrassed about his third term in
tentions.
Too, indirectly he pumped figures
to the New Deal at some
of those who want to succeed him
in the White House.
Attempts of newsmen to lure him
into disclosing his stand on a third
term, the President said at a press
conference, have been awfully
amusing and have produced some
perfectly grand wise cracks on his
part and theirs.
Suggests They Quit
Suggesting that they quit trying
to. draw him out, however, the chief
executive declared that when any
thing was said it would be at a time
chosen by himself and not by news
paper editors. After all, he asserted
you can drive a willing horse t.
death-both the press and the Presi
dent.
While he said in no uncertain
terms he was tired of all the thirc
term antics at his press conferences
it was by %indirection that MI. Roose
welt supplied an answer to critics Of
his domestic policies.
He took no note by name Of meI
like New York County District At
torney Thomas E. Dewey, Senator
Taft (R-Ohio), and Frank Gannett
newspaper publisher, who have lam
bastcd the administration ir
speeches in which they have cam
paigned for the republican presi
Dental nomination.
Nor die he speak of some execu
tives Of the American Federation Of
Labor who took potshots at the Ne y
Deal yesterday from Miami, where
the Federation's executive commit
tee met.
Mr.. Roosevelt merely read to re
porters a list of figures, with a few
comments interpolated, which we.
designed to show there were big ad
vances in national income, wage
and salaries, factory payrolls, farm
income, dividend receipts, exports
and non-agricultural employment
botuoap 1000 opd 1000
These are pretty formidable fig
ures, he commented, to take on anc
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-06
Excellent Battles Open
Golden Gloves Meet Here
CROWD ATTENDS
Novices Show Plenty OF
Form And Open Division
Lads Release Dynamite

Before a house which would not
hold another spectator, the fourth
annual Star.News Brigade Boys club
Golden Glove tourney was opened at
the New Hanover High school last
night with some, of the best fighting
which has been seen here in years.
Even the Novice looked better than
the inexperienced boys Of last year
and the young men who fought in
the Open division packed dynamite
in their punches, which they aimed,
generally, with rifle-like accuracy.
~ Fights Tonight
Another fast set Of fights %
in all. j.. has been scheduled for to-
night, when more of the tourney fav-
orites will be seer in action.
It would be hard to pick out any
one fight as the best of last nights
presentations. There were decisions
. . some of them. close. . and there
were knockouts, technical knockouts
and what have you which kept the
crowd yelling from 8 o'clock until
after all.
The results follow:
Tiny Taylor won a decision in the
open heavyweight class over B. Huck
Lilies, of Raleigh.
Taylor, much larger than his game
opponent, floored him in the first 30
seconds, literally pounding him
down to the floor. Taylor, who tips
the beam at 1872 pounds against
Lilies mere 176, a master of the
situation throughout. Lilies carried
the fight to his opponent most all
the way and one time nearly drove
his opponent off his feet, but all the
time greater weight and strength
were telling the tale. Still in the
thir dit was Lilies who carried the
fight to his opponent, taking his pun
ishment and dealing out what he
could. He was game. one OF
the gamest. and the crowd was
with him till the end. But Taylor
was just too much.
Red Vance Beard, of Lumberton,
won over Doc Allison, of Charlotte,
in "a seconds of the second round
with a clean knockout.
Red, using a good left and a right
that looked a bit harder than the
one he had a year ago, soon had
his opponent down for a nine count
early in the first round. Two hard
lefts and a right in the opening Of
the second put Allison down for the
ten count.
Josh johnson won a decision over
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Man Hurt While Fleeing
From ATU Officers Here

The accident occurred about Z
o'clock, ATU agents said, and came
after they had chased Andrews
for about II blocks through the
city.
The negro was first sighted COM
ing into Wilmington from the
northern end of the city. Officers
gave chase and he raced out Prin-
cess street. Officers said that go
Continued on Page Ten; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-06

Britain said three raiders
were shot down Saturday but
in til, first two raids, Mon
day and Tuesday, all the Ger
man wa-planes escaped, ap-
parently unscathed.
British military experts as
serted, however, that swift ex-
pansion of the Allied fight
ing forces and munitions in
dustries had BACKED out Ger
many's chances of winning a
spring "blftzkrieg" lightning
war.
The land and air power OF
the belligerents, these experts
declared, is approaching a tie
making a weapon of exhaus-
ton the best bet for Britain
and France to try to win the
war.
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work for him and they claimed
he was using the money,' in the
operation of his purported mag
azine business.
IF they'd let me Alone"
Saunders said, 1--WE would have
had the paper out by now and
we would have some real
money. Them addleheaded wom-
en-"
The accused embezzler seemed
to be enjoying life to the fullest
as he languished in his cell and
remarked, Its pretty clean in
here. 1 been in dirtier jaiIs
than this"
Saunders has conte EN- d
throughout the investigation the
firm was financed by Charles
Cartwright, but police have
checked throughout the coal
mining sections and have found
no trace of him. The police in
Charleston, West Virginia, re-
ported to be his home and the
headquarters of the publishing
firm, said they could find no
CONTINUED on Page Ten; Col. 8,
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STAGE PREPARED
FOR NORRIS CASE
Number OF Minor Trials
Are Cleared In Column
bus Superior Court

WHITEVILLE, Feb. 5-The stage
was set tonight for the opening of
the trial of CASTOR Norris, 25-year.
old Columbus county farmer charged
with the Staying of Frank McPher'
son and Garland Burroughs early in
December, in superior court here to.
morrow morning.
District Solicitor David Sinclair
has announced that he will ask the
death penalty.
A number of minor cases were
cleared from the docket toda.', as
preparations were made to call the
Norris case tomorrow. Most of to.
days cases consisted of pleas of
guilty to charges ranging from
simple assault to assault with a
deadly weapon.
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle has order.
ed a special venire of 100 men for
jury duty in the case, which has at.
tracted considerable attention in
this section.
More than 100 witnesses have been
summoned in connection with the
cas- and the general opinion is that
the greater part of the week will be
spent on the trial.
Norris is charged with shooting
Mcpherson and Burroughs at the
latter's filling station on the Tabor
City highway in the Beaver Dam
section last December in what of.
ficers termed a jealousy Staying.
Norris wife and two children were
in McPherson's car at the time.
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DE M0CRATS PICK CHICAGO FOR 1910 CONVENTION
Saunders Is Indifferent
To Charges Against Him;
Hearing Scheduled Today

II don't care nothing about
it. That's for you boys to worry
about" said John Saunders,
proprietor of a purported mag.
azine publishing aouse here, as
he sat in his Jail cell yesterday
and listened to O. icers read
five additional warrants against
him.
"They can't do nothing but
put me in Jail, and Pm already
there. 1t can't be no worse
than it is"
Preliminary hearing for Saun.
ders, who was arrested about
two weeks ago, will be held
this morning in recorders court
before Judge Alton A.. Lennon.
He is accused Of obtaining
money under false pretense ard
passing worthless checks in a
total of Is charges now lodged
against him.
That's an unlucky NUMBER"
he said. II wish somebody
would take out another one.'
His arrest followed complaints
by several of his employees that
he had charged them money to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-06
CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMER TORPEDOED
OFF IRISH COAST BY NAZI SUBMARINE

LONDON, Feb. 6.-(Tuesday)
(AP)-Britain counted new
losses today in the relentless
war at sea as the 9,874-ton
Canadian Pacific steamer Beav-
erburn was reported torpedoed
off the Irish coast a few hours
after the minesweeper Sphinx,
crippled by German air raiders,
sank as she was being towed
to port.
Mystery shrouded the sink
ing of the Beverburn, which
was announced in a terse bull
letin by the authoritative Brit
ish Press association. No de.
tails on the number of casual
ties was Immediately available.
Shipping circles said it was
unlikely that full details would
be known until rescue vessels
had picked up survivors.
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ALLIED WAR BODY
AGREES ON PLANS
Complete Accord Reached
On Measures Assuring
Greatest Collaboration

PARIS, Feb. 5.@P-The Allied
supreme war council, meeting for
the fifth time since the beginning
of the European conflict, was rec
ported tonight by the war minis.
try to have reached complete ace
cord' On measures assuring the
greatest efficacy of French-B British
collaboration
cit can be assumed that the
war in Finland took a prominent
place in the discussions Of the AL.
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James Andrews, negro, was in
iured early last night when his
a overturned several times on
the Princess street road while he
was fleeing from Alcohol Tax Unit
officers.
Blinded in his right eye as a
result of the accident, the negro
was being held under guard at
Bullock hospital last night under
charges of %concealing and trans
porting non-taxpaid liquor.
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.aps Fear river stage at Fay
%etterille, IL feet.
wmsoassHlNGTON, February 5.-R-
tr ruatner bureau records of tempera-
inr ana rainfall for the "a hours end
pr e ?. M, in the principal cotton.
sstow.m.Ang areas andS elsewhere:
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WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina and South Carolina
nam Tuesday, clearing late Tuesday
night; Wednesday generally ia r.
slightly colder in west and central
portions.
Meteorological data for the "a hours
enuihg 1880 p. m. Yesterday.
a., Temperature
l3o a, M. 43; 7:30 a. m. Al; 1:30 p.
IL; 9S; 7:3o p. m. 50; maximum 81
minimum 40; mean 81; normal Al.
Humidity
~; 81 a. m. So; 1870 a. m. SO; $50 p.
M -; 7:30 p. m. 81.
Precipitation
lotal for a hours ending 7:3O p. M,
ZONE total since first of the month,
Tides For Today
wllnington d:6 j . Lev .
s:42p 3:s4r
Nasonboro Inlet - 6:36a 0:06a
su.-. 6:44p II :50p
,is sunrise 6:53a; sunset 5:35p; moon
'se o'iZa; moonset lisp.
sape Fear river stage at Fay
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|Todays


Thar's gold in that thar at-
tic, folks,
II you knoW hoW to get it.
A Want Ad in the
StGr-NeWS
Sells cast-ots, it you'll let It.
Our classified service is just
as near to you as your tele.
phone. Call 2800-ask for adj
taker. Sure, we'll be only
to glad to help you word
your ad SO as to make 1t
most effective.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-26
VEGETABLE SALES
GOOD
Packing Company Is Handling
Contract Deliveries From
400 Farmers

ROSEHILL, June 25-The sale and
packing of cucumbers, beans, corn
and ~huckleberries continued at a
rapid pace on the Rosehill auction
market today.
The Rosehill Packing company,
working day and night at the height
of the cucumber season, is handling
contract deliveries from 400 farmers
of Duplin and adjoining counties.
The cukes are being graded and
put into brine for curing, with some
being graded at Atkinson and Bur-
gaw before being offered for sale on
the local market.
At the auction shed here today l.
300 bushel packages of early corn
we're sold, with sugar corn prices
ranging from 81 to $1.25 per package
and white corn prices from 70 cents
to 81 per package.
Cucumbers and beans are selling at
$1.25 per basket.
Uncultivated huckleberries of Dup
lin, Sampson and Bladen counties are
being packed in c%ellophane for ship
ping, with Theodore r. Rose hand
ling the project with ten helpers.
J. B. Russell has 200 helpers pick
ing his 1875 acre crop of beans, with
about 700 hampers of beans being
graded. The bean shipments began
here June 4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-26

allie the tremendous ~opportuni-
ties for success" to be found in
the states largest industry.
Approximately 20 per cent of
all the cotton spindles in Ameri-
ca r located in North Carolina S
900 textile plants which produce
a diversified line of cotton, silk.
rayon and wooden fabrics t h a t
touch every phase of human life, "
he said. 1.-THE plants furnish en-
ployment for more than 100, 00O
people and in every one of them
there is from n to a dozen or
more positions that a college train
ed man might aspire to-"
The completion of a new textile
building at the college, the installa-
ton of a complete wooden unit,
and the addition of considerable
new equipment in other depart
ments, Dean Nelson said, h a v e
made state college lone Of the
best equipped institutions in Ameri-
ca to give instruction in the manu-
facture and processing of textile
products" 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-26
SAFETY COURSES
URGED BY BEADLE
instruction In High School
Advocated In Address At
Duke Institute

DURHAM, June Is Up The
teaching of safety in the high
schools was advocated by Kenneth
N. Beadle, director Of the educa-
ton division, National Conserva-
ton Bureau, New York, today in
an address before the Duke uni
versity summer school safety in
stitute.
Particularly in this country
where there are 40 million drivers
of 80 million automobiles to pre-
sent an enormous highway a n d
street safety problem should the
schools do something concrete and
definite to attack the problem, he
said. 1t is a waste to educate child
rem and not teach them the funda-
menals of safety, the speaker de-
clared.
Mr.. Beadle pointed out that in
some states safety courses r e
being Incorporated into the high
school curricula, that $50 out OF
700 Illinois high school have such
programs.
The New York safety expert de-
c1ared that the railroad and avia-
ton businesses have advance prac-
tees of safety far beyond that OF
the public operation of motor We
hicles, and that the time has come
for a concerted educational attack
on the problem. 4
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HALL IS ELECTED
N. E. LEGION HEAD
Continued From Page One)

Mount, chaplain; Mrs. Valde Hen
bricks, Statesville, historian; Mrs.
Karl Broome, Hickory, sergeant at
arms, and Mrs. Weaver M a n n,
Newton, executive committee
woman.
The legion elected as delegates
to the national convention, Claude
S. Ramsey, Asheville, R. L. Kell-
er, Morganton, George CULLEN,
Fayetteville, and William Dowd,
Sanford.
Thurmond Chatham, Winston Sa-
lem manufacturer, told the con-
vention that industry was the first
line of the nations defense. He
expressed the opinion that in the
present crisis ''our full production
must be rapidly attained if we are
to become the bulwark of civiliza-
ton" He said that if he were
leader of the nation he would for
get further experiments, stop
threatening and harrassing indus
try.
Trophies and awards we're pre-
sented to the following: George K.
Freeman, trophy for best commun-
ity service in classes A and B..
Salisbury; James A. Lockhart tro-
ply for best community service in
classes c and D, Lincolnton; Will
liam T. Joyner trophy Tor rehabi-
litation work, Salisbury; depart
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-26
N MAINTAINED

WASHINGTON, June Is. - Up -
War department officials said tonight
that controlled mines were main.
tanned constantly about the en-
frances of the Panama Canal but
that no new mines had been laid
there recently.
Department press officers, who
said they had checked the highest
sources here, expressed the opinion
that army mine layers reported in
operation off the Canal Zone yester-
day were servicing existing installa.
tons.
The controlled mines are operated
by electricity from shore, they said.
and are protected by coast artillery
against being swept up by an enemy
fleet. The mines must be checked
regularly, the officers said, and re
paired or replaced in case they are
out Of order.
AS to reports that the heaviest rail
road artillery in the Canal Zone had
been rushed to the Atlantic side, the
officers said they had no information
on this but that canal defense forces
were engaged in maneuvers almost
constantly.
Within the last year the canal gar
rison has been strengthened by ad'
ditional artillery - especially anti
aircraft guns - fighting planes and
infantry.
The canal, which enables the Unit
ed States fleet to move from one
ocean to the other quickly, is CON
sidered vital to the nations defense.
Army planners say it is most vulner'
able to air attack and sabotage. They
contend that, to protect it against be.
ing put out of commission by aerial
bombardment, this hemisphere must
be kept rec of enemy bases.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-26
AS Take Place Of Sox
As Browns' Night Foes

ST. LOUIS, June 20 Up The
Browns, authorized to double the
limit of W night games, an
nounced today the Boston Red Sox
had refused to play twice under the
lights and, instead, the Philadelphia
Athletics would make three night ap-
pearances here.
The remaining schedule of night
games for the Browns follows:
June 81, Detroit, July %, New York
Tentatively; July rs, Boston; July 80,
Washington; August 2, Philadelphia;
August 6, Detroit; August 9, Cleve-
land; August IL, Chicago; September
10, Philadelphia, and September 20.
Chicago.
The Browns were scheduled to play
their first game with the Athletics
tonight and they previously had op-
posed Cleveland, New York and
Washington, incidentally, losing all
three games.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-26

ment Americanism trophy for
classes A and B; Salisbury; Ameri-
canism trophy for classes c and
D, Lincolnton; membership trophy
for class A, Greensboro, class B,
High Point, class c, Mocksville,
class D. Sparta, and class E, Gas.
tonia negro and Individual "go.
getter" trophy, R. L. Keller, Nor
canton.
The Greensboro drum and bugle
corps won first prize in the annual
compitition. Asheville was second.
Joe Lee, Salisbury, won the award
for the best drum major. Best
bugler's award was presented Will
Glass, Asheville, and best drum
mer's award to George Ellis.
District officers were elected
as follows, with district command
er listed first, vice commander
second and delegate to the national
convention third; district two, H.
c. Bonner, Washington (no vice
commander, and DR.. John c. Ty-
lor; fourth district, Leroy Hand,
Statesville, F. M. Tucker, Ahoskie.
and j. G.. Madry, Rich Square;
sixth district, Beck Bland, Kinston,
J. S. Royal, Clinton and Mark C.
Lassiter, Snow Hill; eighth dis
trict, Paul Robinson, Chapel Hill,
Hickory Woods, Warrenton, a d
Paul Robinson, Chapel Hill; 10th
district, William Shaw, Fayette-
vile, Guy S. Crawford Rowland,
and Ralph M. Dowd, Dunn; 18th
district, J. F. Sinclair, West End,
W. H. Eubanks, Rockingham, and
Henry L. Ingram. Asheboro; 18th
district, Richard L. Davis, Licking.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-26
rec ENLISTMENT
PLANNED JULY 2
Rarriers Lowered In Order To
Cooperate With Defense
Training Program

Following a lowering Of barriers
entrance in the Civilian Con-
eorvation corps in order to coop
crate more fully with the Presi-
dents program of defense train
ing. enrollees for the third quar-
tor will be received in Wilmington
IN Tuesday, July 2, at the office
If Welfare Officer J. R. Hollis
The entrance requirements to
+be CCC we're recently changed in
order that young men whose fami-
los are not of relief status can
ioin. Formerly CCCenrollees have
been unemployed youths w h 0 S e
families were in need of the $22
ner month each boy was required
10 send home from his $50 salary.
Now, however, any boy between
tbe ages of Is and Is years will
he eligible. If his family does not
need the S22, it will be held and
given to him upon his release from
the CCC camp.
T, L. Grier, state CCC selec-
tion supervisor, has notified all
county welfare departments to be-
gin selection of boys without re-
card of their families relief or
non-relief.
At the same time the announce
ment was made concerning tn E
hange in enrolment require
ments, it was said North Cardinals
enrollees, numbering approximate
" $500, will be given increased
training in non-combatant activi-
ties.
The camp garages will be in
creased to furnish additional train
ing in repairing and maintaining
automotive machinery. Other in
structon will be in road and bridge
construction, stringing and repair
ing telephone lines, shortwave rad
10 and photography.
Grier quoted Senator James F.
Bvrnes as saying that in event Of
war necessitating a general draft,
Youths with mechanical and cook
ing experience such as the CCC
furnishes, might be assigned to
non-combatant units rather than to
the front lines. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-26
Removal Of Americans
From France Arranged

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, June
25-PEU. S. diplomats arranged
today for removal of 300 more
Americans from France.
They estimated at least 400 or
500 others were waiting in the little
southwestern corner of the con-
Spain this morning.
Persons crossing the border said
10000 people were trying
to get into Spain.
Many were turned back. Portu-
gal announced that Portuguese vi
sas granted at Bordeaux were in
valid, and Spain was permitting
bearers of these documents to en-.
ter only in exceptional cases.. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-26
RAINFALL TOTALS
y INCHES HERE
Weathermen Predict Precipf.
tation Will Cause Lower
Temperatures Today

Wilmington was visited by a to.
tai of 2.20 inches of rainfall yes.
terday and weathermen predicted
that the precipitation will cause
temperatures to be lower today.
Heaviest rainfall of the day was
between II and IL o'clock with .
total of $50 inches. Precipitation
for the entire month has been 4.97
inches.
Today will be partly cloudy with
to fresh southwest and
winds.
Yesterdays temperatures rang.
ed from a high of 81 to a low Of
SO degrees, with the mean two be-
the normal of 70 degrees. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-26
Demand For Textile Graduates
Exceeds Output At N. G.. State

RALEIGH, June Is. -RN Want
an education that apparently guar
antees a job upon is successful
COMP ion?
If SO, advises Dean John H. Mel
so- of N. c. State college. study
textiles.
AS in many past years, the re-
quests for graduates Of the State
college textile school this year ex-
ceeded the number of mn taking
Dean Nelson, head of the textile
teztil. dgrs.
OF the IS finishing this year,
Dean Nelson, head of the textile
school, said, a large percentage
accepted positions with North Caro-
lima firms, some returned to their
native states to become associated
with textile manufacturers there,
some became connected with COM
mission houses in New York, or
took jobs with large rayon plants
elsewhere.
North Carolina boys, Dean Mel
son add, have been slow to re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-26
G. O. P. COMMITTEE
OKEHS PLATFORM
Continued From Page One)

ture action by the party's presiden.
tial nominee to meet the challenge
of developing world conditions.
Landon asserted that there was
no objection in the full committee to
the part of the plank dealing with
policy but that one member had
protested "a very minor point" re-
lating to a statement about the cost
of the World war to the United
States.
The plank was understood to con-
tain a statement that: 1.-THE repub-
lican party stands for American
ism, preparedness and peace"
This was understood to have been
followed by a statement that the
democratic party stands for unpre-
paredness and tactics threatening
toward war.
In its other phases, the plank was
said by informed persons to include
provision for defending the Mon
roe Doctrine.