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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
War
Interpretive

The Battle of England S ee m S
slated to bog down into a tragic
winter stalemate of attrition war
fare by air and sea, fraught for
Britons and Germans alike with
unimaginable horrors. Yet, it also
means that England will enjoy sur
cease from fears of the worst
successful Nazi invasion.
That, at least, is the now I'M
disguised British view. Prime Min
lister ChurchilTs reshuffling of his
war cabinet means that >he is pre-
pairing to tighten England's belt
for a winter of tit-for-tat warfare
with the Nazi foe, carried to the
end. 1t is for that that Chur-
chill has shaken up the leader
ship of his vast war machine.
Reflects Churchill's Views
And he did it at a time when
German invasion possibilities this
year can be counted off in days,
not weeks or months. His action
means clearly that Churchill is
now, as he was not a month ago,
(C0utinued on Page Eleven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
GERMANY CLAIMS
MANY SHIPS SUNK
Says 100000 Tons Of
English Shipping Destroy.
ed Since Wars Start

BERLIN, Oct. 3.-GP-The SEM.
official news agency Dienst Aus
Deutschland claimed today German
submarines and airplanes had sunk
1000, 900 tons of English shipping,
not counting vessels of less than q
900 tons, since the start of the war.
The agency said submarines had
sunk 5000, 900 tons and the air force
1000, 900 tons, or nearly half Bril-
tain's total merchant marine. At the
outstart of the war, the agency de-
clared the English had 15.80C,0O
tens.
(Whitaker's Almanac, a British
publication, lists the gross tonnage
owned by Great Britain and ireland
as 1~3,621,157 in 1889 and 2,e3S,Oo3
tons owned by the British dominions
and colonies, a total of 16,259,16O).
Glloyd register of shipping gives
a total of 81, 001, 1925 tons of shipping
of 100 gross tons or more - 1871
steamships and motorships in the
hands of the British Empire.)
CUP to July l, Germany claimei
to have destroyed 4,329,213 tons OF
British shipping. The new figure d
Continued on Page Thrsei Col q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
OUTLOOK FOR FUND
FOR AIRPORT HIT
Senate Eliminates $780,.
100000 Appropriation
From New Defense Bill

Hopes here that an $50, 900, 900 ap-
preparation for the construction of
1000 new airports in the nation, in
GLIDING Bluethenthal field, w e e
given a setback yesterday when the
senate eliminated the item from the
principal defense bill before the
chamber.
However, Addison Hewlett, chair
man of the county board Of commits
sioners, said last night that there is
a possibility that the appropriation
will be restored in conferences be-
tween the house and senate.
He said that he had received a
telegram from Congressman J.. Bay
ard Clark advising him of the de-
feat in the senate but promising to
do all possible to try and get the
appropriation restored to the bill in
committee conferences.
Hewlett said that nothing more
could be done but wait and see if the
funds will be added to the bill.
1t was from this $50, 900, 900 appro-
priation that the county hoped to Sc
cure funds to put Bluethenthal air.
port into such shape as to make it
desirable to the army for use as a
training field for army filters after
they have had their preliminary in
struction at Langley Field, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
READY FOR ROOSEVELT.
Provides $1,482,0OO,OO
For Conscripts And Other
Military Purposes

WASHINGTON, Oct. s. ZAP -
The sessions last big defense ap-
preparation bill-$1, 482, 900, 900 for
CONSUMPTION and other military
purposes-received final congress
sional approval today with a min
imum of discussion and opposition.
Quickly the measure slipped
through the senate. A lite later
the house Unexpectedly accepted a
$12, 700, 900 increase written INTO
the measure by the senate. That
action made the bill ready for
President Roosevelt's signature,
without the usual Formally of re-
solving ~house-senate differences
Sin conference"
Increases Total
The bill ran the total of appro-
priations and authorizations for de-
tense at this session of congress
up to $12, 149, 32,516, the house ap
preparations committee said.
The developments came a few
hours after White House aides had
announced that PRESIDENT o
welt would tell the story of the
defense program in a straight
narrative" and 'non-politicap'
speech to be broadcast at 9 p. m,
Eastern Standard Time, on Octo-
Der ~ from a private train at
Dayton, Ohio.
Meanwhile, it was learned, that
the great CONSUMPTION lottery was
scheduled for some day between
Oct. 81 and 26, that the Army,
drawing its lesson from Europe,
was organizing the first battalion
of American parachute troops.
In another action, the senate
passed legislation authorizing the
Continued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
WILLKIE PROMISES
OVERHAUL OF NLRB
Says He Would Use Office
OF President To Unite
Labor's Divided Forces

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3.-R-Wen-
dell Willkie asked tonight for leg
islation to overhaul administration
of the labor relations act and then
asserted that he would use the Of
flee of President to unite labor's
divided forces.
The republican presidential nom
inee said in a prepared address
at Forbes field that he had been
an early advocate of the labor act
and that he always would support
it.
IT hate starvation wages" he
said. L hate the sweat shops. I
despise any man who profits un-
justly by those who labor. Against
such a man I will wicld the big
stick of Theodore Roosevelt"
He urged that management and
labor voluntarily write into their
contracts a provision for "a cool
ing off period-a delay before using
their economic weapons"
He said that just as labor must
be freed from coercion by un-
scrupulous employers, so must you
be freed from the control of any
crooked racketeers who have found
their way into the labor move
ment."
The latter problem, he added, is
essentially one for labor itself.
Saying that administration of the
Wagner act has been condemned
by employer and labor alike" Will
kie declared that "the mal-admin.
istration of this act has been-and
it is-one of the most shocking
tragedies in the history of Ameri-
can industrial relations.
cit would therefore seem to me
wise, before materially changing
the act, as many suggest, to
change the administration of it.
This would require some special
legislation, but that problem is not
insuperable.
IF a wiser administration of the
act does not produce the results
we all want-good relations be-
tween labor and industry-th e n
changes would be in order"
With obvious reference to the
split between the American FEEDER
alton of Labor and the CLIO, Wiukie
declared that 1.-The great Civil war
within the ranks of labor is 3
source of sorrow and worry to the
whole American people. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
Cincinnati Counted Back
Into World Series With
Colorful SIS Triumph
30,640 ATTEND GAME
Reds Raid Schoolboy Rowe
For All Their Runs In The
First Four Innings
BY JUDSON BAILEY

CROSLEY FIELD, Cincinnati,
Oct. 3.-R- Cincinnati's rebellious
Reds, who were counted out yes
terday, were counted back into the
1910 World series today with a 5
to 3 triumph over the Detroit Ii
gers on the superb three-hit hurting
of Lucky Bucky" Walters.
The warm, happy Cincinnati con-
stituents, 3O,640 of them, cheered
their heroes every move as the
willowy Highlander redeemed a
wild start and his supposedly weak
hitting teammates raided School
boy Rowe for all their runs in the
first four innings.
Settles Down
The tide of battle turned a COM
plete somersault as Walters, after
walking the first two men he faced
and giving up two runs in the first
inning. settled down to retire the
Tigers in order in five of the re-
manning eight frames.
The only hits he gave up were
a single to Charley G%ehringer in
the first, a double to Pinky Hig-
gins in the fifth and another two
Dagger to Hank Greenberg in the
sixth, when Detroit got its final
run.
In contrast the Reds pelted
Rowe, who lost only three games
and won is during the regular
campaign, for all their runs and
eight of their nine hits before he
was relieved by Rookie John Cor
sica with one out in the fourth.
The Reds were set down in sue
cession in the first, but punched
four singles in the second, a single
and a home run by Jim Ripple in
the third and successive doubles
in the fourth.
Too Late
Corsica, a highlander who had
been expected to be held in re-
serve as a starter for the fourth
game, allowed only one scratch
Continued on Page Ten; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
Maffitt Says
Will Be Too
Salty For Use
Emergency Caused By Dry
Weather, Influx OF Salt
Into Normal Supply
SPECIAL FUNDS VOTED
Supplies For Purifying
Water Being Brought
From Raleigh, Charlotte

Faced with it's worst water short.
ages in history, Wilmington will be
forced to abandon use of the city's
supply for drinking purposes
today and start using water from
Individual wells, M'Kean Maffitt,
superintendent of the city water
and sewerage department, said last
A heavy influx Of salt into the
city's nominal water supply and the
exceedingly dry weather in Septem-
Der has brought about the ener-
gency.
Work of preparing whatever wells
may be found in the vicinity so that
they may be used for drinking water
was started yesterday.
$1,000 Appropriated
Following a report on the water
shortage to the city commissioners
by M'kean Maffitt at a special meet.
ing yesterday, the board made a spe
cial appropriation of 81, 900 to take
care of the immediate emergency.
Maffitt was authorized to secure
the use of private deep wells where
city may get drinking water from
faucets on the streets when the
water supply becomes undrinkable.
"The people in the northern part
of the city will probably find the
water undrinkable tonight" Maffitt
said last night. He added that resi-
dents in the southern section of the
city may be able to drink the water
most Of today, but predicted that by
Saturday, there would be too much
salt content.
Latest Check
He said that the latest check on
the water supply, made at 1870
o'clock yesterday afternoon, showed
400 parts of salt per million, an in
crease of 100 parts per million since
IL O'Clock in the morning.
MdIIlIC SAID Thai water lIOll tllc
Rose Ice company, White Ice Cream
company and Boyle Ice company
wells will be pumped to the streets
probably by noon today.
The Ideal and City laundries have
private deep wells, but due to the
hardness of the water neither have
used the supply recently. Maffitt
said that if u meteorological report
on the Ideal laundry well is received
this morning that the water from
this well will be pumped to the street
sometime this afternoon.
Supplies for purifying the well
water are being brought in from
the state board of health in Raleigh
and from a Charlotte company.
Maffitt said that there are prob
ably - or IS hand-pump wells in
the city that could supply so or rs
Continued on Page Twelve, Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
OUSTED BY SENATE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-LP-sen.
ate economy advocates scored their
first victory in many months today
when a voice vote in that chamber
eliminated $780, 600, 900 proposed to
start improvements of 4 900 airports.
Senator, Adams (D-Colo), in charge
Of e. catch-all deficiency appropria-
ton containing nearly 5000, 900, 900.
succeeded in eliminating this item.
He c%ontended that 1t had been ap.
proved by. the house as a result of
misleading propaganda intended to
put members of congress on the hot
spot"
Holding up a map of the United
States showing dots for 1000 airport
projects sought by the Civil Aero
nautics board, Adams said there
were some in every state and every
congressional district.
"These projects have been
sprinkled over the country until this
map looks like it had the chicken
pox," he complained.
There was no evidence of careful
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
Will Complete
Work On New
Political Pact
To Put Finishing Touches
On Work That Brought
Japan Into The Axis
WILL DISCUSS SPAIN
Will Be Axis Partners
Second Meeting OF Year
At The Bremen Pass

BFRLIN. Oct. 8. H. Private
sources who usually are well IN
formed said tonight that Adolf Hit
ler and Benito Mussolini w u d
moot tomorrow in the Bremen pass
n nut the finishing touches on a
busv diplomatic performance that
already has brought Japan into the
Axis and may soon bring Spain.
Official quarters refused to con-
firm or deny this, but left hints
that big things were in the offIng
for tomorrow.
Reports from Rome added sup
mort to statements in private sour
ces that Hitler and Mussolini as
well as their foreign office stats
already were on the way. Italian
informants in Berlin had similar
information,
To Discuss Spain
The impending meeting-now TAX
en- for granted here in private Cir
cles as well as in Rome-links it
10 a week of political activity that
already has seen three of the heav-
iest-armed nations of the world
Joined in a military alliance-Ger-
many, Italy, Japan. These new
discussions It is understood, will
be primarily on the part Spain is
10 play in war.
Official spokesman continued to
surround the affair with secrecy.
There is great diplomatic activ-
1ty at present." said one, adding
that reports of the prospective con-
ference constituted an "indiscre-
ton"
The foreign office press chief,
Paul ochmltt, already has left the
city, If Hitler's plan was to go to
me conference by train it would
nave been necessary for him to
lave left soon after noon.
Hitler and Mussolini alrea d v
nave met once this year at the
0Onflnued on Page Three; Col. a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
Unable
To Stage Big
LondonAttack
City Is Shielded By Low
Cloud Bank And Usual
Anti-Aircraft Barrage
NO PERSONS INJURED
Some Planes Move In High
Haze Above City And
Loose Bombs By Chance.

LONDON, Oct. 4.-(Friday)-R
Shielded by a low cloud bank
and its usual anti-aircraft barrage,
London early today and last night
had one of its lightest night raids
O fthe 27-day-old German airblitz.
German bombers twice gave up
completely and left the metropolis
alone during the hours they usual
ly are hitting the hardest. Some
bombs fell, however, before mid
night in the northwest and south
east suburbs.
In contrast to the nightly toll
of casualties heretofore for 26 con-
secutive nights, there was not so
much as a scratch reported up
TO an early hour this morning.
Village Bombed
One small village near an an
Gent castle in southeast England
was bombed during the night.
Raiders were reported also over
a southwest coast town and an.
Otner IN wales.
The quiet here was shared by a
strange silence prevailing along
the channel coast opposite Britain,
where the Raj has carried out
vicious nightly attacks on invasion
ports.
The air ministry said neverthe-
less night operations were 'in pro-
gress as usuaI'-meaning appar-
emily that inland targets were
bearing the brunt Of the nights
foray.
German warplanes moved I'M
seen in the high haze above Lon
don all day yesterday apparently
loosing their bombs by chance ra-
Their than calculation, and struck
repeatedly at the industrial mid
lands in perhaps. the heaviest ser
les of daylight raids since the
war began.
Tonight the sirens again lifted
their chorus of warning, signaling
the 9th consecutive nightly raid
on the city. The anti-aircraft bat
%teries, which had redeemed h e
skies from morning to evening in
one of the mightiest daytime bar
RACES ever sent aloft, opened up.
Use Old Route
Bombs fell on two districts in
southeast London during this first,
brief night attack. Less than an
hour later the warning whistles
split the air again for the second
assault before midnight. Nazi
bombers passed over the north.
western suburbs, taking the old
familiar route.
So low were the clouds over
Continued ON Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
CONVICTED
IN EASLEY CASE
Judge Burney Expected To
Pass Sentence On Bruins
wick Negroes Today

SOUTHPORT, Oct. 3.-After de-
liberating for about an hour and a
half this afternoon, a Brunswick
county superior court jury returned
verdicts of guilty of assault with
a deadly weapon with intent to
kill and of resisting an officer IN
the cases of four negroes on trial
in connection with the death OF
Police Officer Charles Easley sew
eral weeks ago.
Judge John j. Burney, OF Will
mington, did not pass. sentence
Immediately but is expected to do
so tomorrow morning.
: The negroes convicted Of the two
charges were, Nelson H ankln s,
Corkey Down, Shocks Clemmons
fContinaed On Page Eleven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
Congress Approves Last
Big Defense Money Bill
Russia, England May
Seek New Trade Pact

LONDON, Oct. 3-R-Nego-
tiations for a trade agreement
between Britain and Russia,
whom the British regard as the
"Great Outsider" among the
European powers since the
signing of the German-Itaiian-
Japanese pact, are likely to be
resumed shortly, semi-official
circles intimated tonight.
Ivan Maisky, Russian ambas-
sador, conferred today with r.
A. Butler, under secretary for
foreign affairs, on what author
itative quarters said was ''the
general political situation"
A Russian trade delegation
has been in London for many
weeks, and there have been
sporadic efforts to negotiate a
trade pact. Now that Japan is
allied with the Axis powers,
it is regarded as likely that
concerted attempts will be
made in London and Moscow
to reach some agreement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04

The valuation of real and per-
sonal property in Wilmington ana
New Hanover county for the lS4O
tax year amounts to $50, $50, 583, an
increase of $448, 276 W hen COM
pared with the valuation Of $55,-
702, 307 for the 1889 tax year, J..
A. Orrell, county auditor, report
ed yesterday.
Real and personal property val
uation in the city for 1910 tax
year amounts to $37, 57S, 061, an M
crease of ST, 893, 251 when compared
with the valuation of $35,e-4,8l0
for the previous tax year, Orreu
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
RUMAMAN-BRITISH
DEALINGS DAMAGED
Butter Setback With Disap-
pearance OF Second Prom
lnent British Citizen

BUCHAREST, Oct. 3.-tR-Shaky
Iuihahlan-British relations suffer-
ca a sharp setback today with the
disappearance of a second promi-
neN' 6flton within SO hours and a
summary Rumanian rejection of
sIl'alh's protest over treatment Of
I've more of her nationals accused
81 Sapotaging oil operations.
Inc British legation announced
bly, Clark. so, president of a
lGeS'l oil engineering firm, was
nnlui'aped from a Bucharest hotel
un' afternoon under circumstances
''''iilaf to the seizure of A. Miller,
''ontl1ued on Page Eleven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
,276 Increase In Tax
ValuationRep

The figures do not include prop
erty owned by lodges, churches,
and charitable institutions and used
for commercial purposes, which is
now subject to taxation under a
recent ruling of the state supreme
court, he said. y
Value of personal property in the
county for the current tax year
amounts to 81 ,454, 872, an increase
Of $248, 405 when compared with
the valuation of $6,2o6, 467 for the
1899 tax year.
Orrell attributed the increase in
lContfnued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04

LONDON, Oct. 3-tR-Britain-at-
war sent Neville Chamberlain into
political oblivion tonight, interrlng
appeasement in the pages OF his
tory, and gave the working man
a wider wedge in the nations lead
ership.
Chamberlain, a tragic, sick, old
man, resigned his cabinet post OF
lord president of the council, quit
his position at the head of the still
dominant conservative party and
told Winston Churchill, in a char
acteristically perky letter, of my
mistaken confidence that under
your leadership this country, with
her allies and associates. will Sue
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
Britain Drops Chamberlain, Gives
Labor Wider Wedge In Leadership

labor, and literally turned this vi
tai wartime office upside down
with his energy.
In a parallel concession to the
masses, Churchill made Herbert
Morrison home secretary and the
minister of home security, sue
ceeding Sir John Anderson, whose
reluctance to provide deep AFRAID
shelters has created Britain's most
distressing home front crisis IN
der the pounding of the German
bombs.
Churchill, however. made it plain
that conservatism still is firmly
CONTINUED on Page Eleven; Col ~.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04

coed in overcoming the forces of
barbarism which have reduced a
great part of Europe to a condi-
ton little better than slavery"
Churchill, warmly, told Cham
berlain: "You did all you could for
peace-you did all you could for
victory" Then he elevated to the
war cabinet none other than Err
nest Bevin, horny-handed former
dock worker who is almost GER
tain to be the imam on horseback
when-and if-there is social rev
olution in England.
Bevin, third socialist in the in
ner cabinet, entered the govern
ment only last May as minister OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
Italian Water Storage
Centers Are DAMAGED

CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 3.-R-The
Royal Air Force announced tonight
that British bombers had damaged
Italian water. storage centers yes
terday in a. raid on Bug Bug in the
western desert.
An attack upon Mai Adaga in
Italian East Africa left a big col
umn of black smoke, it was added,
and one Italian plane which parti-
cipated In the counter-attack was
seen spinning down, apparently out
of control. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-04
ROLAND ADDRESSES
LEGION GATHERING.
Asks Its Help In Creating
Proper Attitude Toward
Americanism In Schools

H. M. Roland county school SUI
perintendent, last night called up
on the American Legion to pro-
vide children in the county school
system with the proper spirit and
attitude of Americanism.
With the American Legion pro
viding the incentive, the teaching
of Americanism in u schools will
be accelerated, Roland told mem
bers of Wilmington post No. 10 in
session at the Sorosis building.
your help is needed in creating
the proper respect for the Amer
lean flag, form of government, and
/Cor+;,uoJ n II, pouo E1ovau. Co1 4l