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34-$1.19 Washable Oil Cloth
Covered Metal Kitchen Waste
Baskets - SEC
26-S1.9S to $2.9S Card Ia
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wobbly as is 89c to S1.39
6-s1.98 White Enameled Toi-
let Seats scratched --. 81
1"-Sl.69 Transparent Cake
Covers on revolving chrome
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4ES1.98 to 1913 Screen Doors,
three are 2.10x6.10 and one is
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10-S2.50 and $3.50 Dinette
and Kitchen Chairs oak,
maple and enamel finished 81
12-S3.99 and $3.50 Dinette
and Kitchen Chairs, in maple
and oak finish So
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23-69c Rubber covered Dish
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4S-49c Box-type Cedarized
Paper Garment Bags lined
in white -19 19c
36-S1 EDO Light-weight
Travel Cases s----4 ACC
18-Sl.19 Steel Under sink
Cabinets Soc
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III to IL off!

Last Years List Price
34-Westinghouse 10 inch.
Oscillating Electric Fans. Orig.
list price, S995. Now S6.98
8-Arctic Air 12-inch Oscil-
lating Fans. Orig. list price.
$15.95. Now--- $7.95
3-Viking 10-inch Oscillating
Fans. Orig. list price, $3.50.
Now 1899
25-Westinghouse 8-inch Sta
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Now S2.39
Electric Pans. Fifth Floor.)
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Sl3.95 Sun
ChaiSeS on
Wheels
6.97

The chair bed combination
thot is superb for the porch
or lawn. The back is odjust-
obIe and can be dropped
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snooze. Cortridee-type pad
with voter repellent cover.
EosiIy wheeled from pIoce to
place. Only 10.
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wood. May be used as trays.
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Sure to fit any stondord-size
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red, brown, green or blue chintz.
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iytpo Doop, r.,
Evening star., 1940-06-16

You have heard the wager. Senores, SAID
the General to his staff. His eyes sparkled and
he twirled his mustaChe. is 1t agreed"
1T is agreed" they cried at once
They accordingly placed the cube on the
post. 1t sparkled there in the swelterng
shadow, and the moisture of It began instantly
to dampen the post. They took us to the gate,
where we mounted our horses. Even then,
with every second numbered, the Sencr
Cassidy paused for further parley. Alter
wards, he told me that this was what IS called,
in the Americana expression, "coppering the
bet"
He said: My question casts no doubt on
the honor of officers of the Republic. 1t is
merely that the wager is understood. 1t IS
Evening star., 1940-06-16

seen more than one prisoner talk glibly -
with his back to the wall
Il wish only to raise the stakes in our little
wager" said the Senior Cassidy. He indicated
me. "El Coronel and have faced death to-
gether before Permit him to ride with me-
why not, if Ell Coronel prefers?" said the
General. But we must have more rifles on
our side Understand, Senior. that your death
must be certain Otherwise l would have
failed in my duty to the Republic. Your sport
ing chance revolves only about one point: just
how long you and Ell Coronel can evade
execution
And the longer we can evade it, the more
will be your enjoyment" said the Senor
Cassidy rs it not 50? 1t is three hours to
Coronado. Give us lead of only thirty
minutes"
Thirty minutes?" The General shook his
head smilingly. The chase would be too long,
Senor The day is too hot. 1t would no longer
be sport for us, but work" He called to
nsozo within the patio. Look at the ther-
mometer, Miguel. What does it say?"
Ninety three, Excellency."
100 hot, as you see, oenOr. but you are tne
good trader of horses, yes? 1t was your asking
price only?"
The Senor Cassidy shrugged have seen
this shrug too, before the showdown.
Twenty minutes, then. Fifteen - Look,
he said, when the General was still unmoved.
I'VE do not bubble over tri1es. 1t is, as you
say, hot day. Put one of those ice cubes on
the post yonder. Permit us to start. When the
ice is melted, begin the chase. Agreed"
The General looked at him, and at the bowl
of ice cubes, and smiled. His officers waited
eagerly ,. As for me, combadres. will say at
once that my found hope died. The Senior
Cassidy had overreached himself; he could
have driven harder bargain. The day was
too hot, the ice cube too small Already the
bowl of fresh ice was partly water
Evening star., 1940-06-16

said: Eel Coronel, the sentence is death. You
will be shot at dawn. Con Dtos.
Because one must be nonchalant in the
presence of the enemy. l bowed and said:
"Con Dios."
But for you, Senor Cassidy" said the
General, smiling, Il have a better way. You
are one who loves the sporting chance. You
are the fox with a thousand tricks. Listen
carefully.
Your horse is at the gate, saddled and
ready. So also is my horse and those of
our staff. You will be permitted - imme-
diately, while the sun is brightest - to ride
north from the gate, in the direction OF your
rebel friends at the Preside Coronado. You
will have three minutes, no more, then we
follow - Is it understood"
i HE Senior looked at him and the others.
And at the bowl of ice. when you speak of
sporting chance, my commandant,' ne said,
''you are pleased to be facetious. Your horses
are blooded Mine is crowbait. You will be
armed, unarmed. 1t is three hours to the
Preside, over an open terrain, and you give
me three minutes lead:
1T is three minutes of freedom, Senor.
Perhaps six, perhaps ten
1T is death as certain as Ell Coronel's.
except that it lacks dignity -. No, Ell General.
do not run like the rabbit to provide sport
even for such royal hounds as you and your
brave compadres. AS we say in my country -
the hell with it. And on the other hand, under
certain conditions -"
Conditions, Senor?"
Sporting conditions, my commandant, "
said the Senor Cassidy, smiling. have seen
this smile before, in the Americana game
called poker. ITO the true Castilian, the brave
chance is the brave adventure"
Name them," said the General, who is not
a true Castilian and therefore fattered. AT
the same time, Senior. remember that have
Evening star., 1940-06-16

The Senor Cassidy and were facing the
court martial assembled in the commentaries
patio adjoining the parade. 1t was courtin
name only, our fate having been decided while
we lay in our crawling cells. Now we had been
brought out, manacled and under guard, to
hear the verdict and provide amusement for
the General Martinez and his staff.
Be it understood, compares, that toward
me personally the General felt only mild
annoyance.
Because am nationalist am traitor and
must be shot. Had our cause hiumphed, he.
Martinez, would have been the traitor and
accordingly shot. But for this Americana
adventurer, the heart OF the General Martinez
held fierce and personal hatred. Even to
look at the Senor Cassidy made his ears
redden slowly.
Do not ask me why this was so. will mer-
ton moonlit patio. guitar, lips that met
and fingered - in the very shadow OF the
Generals guards, and while the General,
wearied by his rebuffed courtship, slept
soundly.
Let these several ingredients of his hatred
suffice.
The time was late afternoon, the heat
oppressive. The General and his five officers
we're in whites, cool and immaculate, seated
about wicker table on which were carafes
sparkling glasses and great bowl heaped
with ice cubes from the commentaries elec-
trical refrigerator.
The General was proud of that refrigerator.
and of the ice manufactured so magically in
such heat.
To us, whose lips we're cracked and scaled
with the dust of the hills, our eyes red-rimmed
with the salt of our own perspiration. that ice
was like glimpse of paradise. But it was
beyond our reach. The coolness of it would
never touch our lips in this life.
And the General Martinez, aware of our
exquisite torture, looked at us smilingy
through half lowered eyelids and slipped
thoughtfully at his frosted glass. To me he
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Il Short Story Complete on This Page

4 Short Story Complete on ThlS Pagf
z DoU will understand. compadres, that the
esteem in which hold this Senor Cassidy.
d of whom now speak, could not spring
up pouf! - from single bold gesture.
Long weeks of the campaign had proved his
mettie ..
Yet a vintage may be good, saber's worth
known. and still will be lacking that some
thing that stirs mems blood. Affairs like that
of the ice cube give the sparkle to the wine,
the gleam to the blade.
We had come, in the Senior Cassidy's quaint
way of expression, to the pay-off My whole
command had been scattered or taken
prisoner.
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agreed that the chase will not begin until the
ice is entirely Melted"
1T is agreed" said the General "Cou Dios,
Senor'
Flesh is frail, combadres. When we rode
away, into the blazing sun, l would have put
spurs to my sorry horse and forced him to run
until he dropped.
But the Senior Cassidy said: Easy my
friend A fast lope is enough in this heat. We
will easily reach the Preside before sum
down - Come let us discuss the future. am
not pleased with these guerilla campaigns We
are too far from our base of supplies -
but the ice cuber cried, looking back
over my shoulder DO not run the bluff with
me, beg of you Senor. See, they are waiting
restlessly at the gate, ready to follow
SENoR CASSIDY did not look back
If they are men of honor they will wait
longer than they expected, my friend, he
said. I'VE have proverb that says A stern
chase is long chase Thirty minutes would
have been enough. We have much more than
that"
More than thirty minutes, Senor??'
Ah, that Senior Cassidy! He gave me
twinkling, sidelong look. 1T was reprehen-
sible trick" he said. But what would you.
with our lives at stake? i am something of
an authority on refrigeration, my friend. To
melt an ice cube OF an inch and one half, at
ninety-three degrees of heat, requires fifty
seven minutes
And it is 50, combadres! give you the fact
freely, which few know, so that you may COL
lect many wagers on it. As for me, have
gained the stake that is of some slight value
to the least of us: my life We are at the
Preside, discussing the Senor Cassidy's theo-
ries about the next campaign, when the
General and his staff pull up their lathered
horses at the barrier. We wave to them but
they do not respond Even at the distance. we
are sure that the Generals ears are quite red!
The End
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
SUB LOST,
BRITAIN REPORTS
Odin Presumed Lost By
Admiralty; Was One
OF Largest Craft

LONDON, Aug. 10.-P-The ad'
miralty announced tonight that the
submarine Odin was presumed lost.
The admiralty's brief commune
que said:
"The secretary of the admiralty
regrets to announce that his males
tvs submarine Odin, Lieutenant
Commander K. M. Woods, r. N, is
considerably overdue and must be
presumed lost. The next Of kin have
been informed"
This was the 18th acknowledged
British submarine loss since the
war began.
The Odin, a big ocean-going sub
marine of 1,475 tons surface dis
placement, was the first of six OF
its class, built in 1928. It vas 2831-2
feet long, carried a normal compile
ment of SO men, and was equipped
with eight 21-inch torpedo tubes
and a four-inch deck gum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
STOVE OVEN SAVES
TINY BABY'S LIFE
Makeshift Incubator And
Constant Care Succeeds
On Remote Farm
By JACK B. KRUGER
Associated Press Staff

VAN, VAN ZANDT COUNTY,
Tex, Aug. 10. Up Vevia Marie
Camper. two months old, spent the
first night of her premature life in
a cook stove oven and wears a doll
dress % years old.
But if she draws into her infant
soul nothing more than a spark
from her guardian angel and name
sake, nothing the years may bring
can ever defeat her.
Here is the story Of Vevia Marie,
and it also is the story of Mrs. Vevia
Swinney, As:
Two months ago next week, in a
tiny three-room farm house on a
sandy road not far from Van, this
infant girl came into the world
three months ahead of time. She
weighed W and a half pounds.
Mrs. Tommie Camper, Vevia's
mother, is Mrs. Swinney's second
cousin and has six other children,
the oldest 10. The father did have
a WPA job but hasn't now. Their
eighth child died..
DR.. James Montgomery despa1red
of keeping Vevia alive. He knew
the chances were one in a thousand.
Mrs. swinney, standing at the bed
side, asked if she might take care
of the baby. She ordered someone
to build a fire in the KITCHEN stove
Then she placed the babe in the
oven, Graded in a pillow. Next to
the pillow she put a milk pan OF
steaming water to keep the oven
moist.
Every 80 minutes through that
night and until 8 o'clock the next
afternoon Vevia Swinney fed her
ront;n.ed nm pa pe Two. Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Census Shows
391,714 Gain
In Ten Years
Piedmont Industrial Area
Found Growing Faster
Than East, West
FIVE BIC COUNTIES
c,ood Gains Also Reported
Far Southeastern N. {.
Counties, Towns

a.1rrcH Aug. 10 R The
s:.e. statewide census figures, re-
l nns here today by Census Area
Manager Men,, E. A. Hughes, showed that
tbe population of North Carolina
increased S91, ia in the last -decaoe
TO a total of 3,561,99O.
The increase will virtually assure
Nortb Carolina of ar additional
~or,bor of the U. S. house of repre-
spntatiyes, giving the state a total
Of 12 representatives.
Charlotte No. l
The report. subject to minor cor
rpctions, showed Charlotte again as
the states largest city, and the first
IL exceed the 100000 mark. The
Mecklenburg county seat has grown
ranidlv since 1900, when it was cred
tied with only 1901 inhabitants.
The figures also revealed the con-
tinued growth of the Piedmont In
dustrial region.
The second largest city in the
state is Winston-Salem, with 1928
residents. Durham is third, Green's
boro fourth, Asheville fifth, Raleigh
sixth, High Point seventh, and Will
mington eighth.
Five counties have populations of
more than 100, 900. Guilford leads
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
F. D. R. lNSPECTS
TWO NAVY YARDS
President Says 10 Billion
Dollar Defense Program
Getting Under Way
BY DOUGLAS B. N

BOSTON, Aug. 10.-(R- Presi-
dent Roosevelt asserted today thai
1--WE are really getting into ou1
stride'' on the $40, 900, 900, 900 de-
tense program.
He told reporters that fact wa
demonstrated on his inspection
during the day of the Portsmouth.
N. H., and Boston navy yards ano
the army arsenal at WATERFOWL
At an informal conference out
side the administration building al
Watertown, the chief executive
was asked whether he was salts
fed with what he had seen on the
tour of vital New England defense
projects.
Very much, very much" he re-
lied. Things r going along
awfully well. I'm very well pleased
with all I saw. today, and it shows
we are really getting into our
stride.
IT hope by late fall all the navy
yards and army arsenals Will be
at full production. The cheapest
way to produce war materials is
to u at full production"
Starting out early this morning
for a personal look at defense In
stallations, Mr.. Roosevelt had seen
work under way on submarines at
Portsmouth,, destroyer and air
plane tender construction at Bos'
ton, and the processing Of steel In
to big guns at Watertown.
Before driving back from Water
town to the Boston navy yard to
board his yacht Potomac and
spend Sunday at sea, the Presi-
dent said he was glad to know the
arsenal was operating at about u
per cent of capacity and that the
navy yards ''also are working pref
ty near to capacity"
He shunted aside a question
whether anyone within the admin,
istration had approached Wendell
l.. Willkie about a rapproachemen'
on foreign policy.
montinued on Page Three; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11

population of 10000 from the city
which was 2 to 8 feet under water
today except for a stretch along the
railroad right-of-way, men, women
and children crowded into the court
house, school buildings and rice
warehouses to await developments
Noble Chambers, chairman Of the
Arcadia parish Red Cross chapter.
issued an urgent appeal for help.
For Gods sake send us help
he said. I'VE need boats and food"
Miss Margaret Moore, field secre'
tary for the American Red Gross
at New Orleans said flood refugees
in this section had increased to
1900.
Rains since the gulf storm of last
Tuesday have measured up to "a
inches in parts, Of southwest Louisi'
ana, and enormous crop damage Is
CONTINUED on Page Seven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
or People On Army
Draft Asked By Wheeler

larity of their views. at the polls in
the November general election.
eff the proponents of conscrip-
ton feel that it is necessary. to
have the draft to save democracy,
as they repeatedly. have said, they
ought to be willing to submit the
question to the people because that
would be the democratic way TO
ascertain the public viewpoint,
Wheeler told reporters.
The practical difficulties OF OBJ
tanning such a vote might be large
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
British Think muasion'
Attempt Unlikely Now;
Bombing Raids Resumed
GUERNSEY IS BOMBED
Nazi Hopping Off Place
Subjected To Attack;
Germans Active
FACTORIES DAMAGED
BY the Associated Press

DIV Uuc ASSOCldGCu 41CSo
LONDON, Aug. 10. = AL
though Nazi warplanes struck
with renewed ferocity today,
British military men express
belief that the threat of a
German blitzkrieg invasion is
d~windling day by day toward
a vanishing point near the
end of September.
Mass attacks by power div
ing German bombers, spray
ing machine-gun fire and
whistling bombs on British
coasts and shipping, caused
unstated damage and casual
ties. The British, however,
expressed belief they were
primarily terror" raids.
Keep Up Attacks
The British, too, kept up their
logged air attacks on Germany
and German-occupied territory.
The air ministry announced:
Several fires started by three
waves of British bombers a
Guernsey airdrome in German-oc
cupied Channel islands; III e a Wy
damage on munitions factories If
Germany; hangers and anti-air
craft batteries damaged at Ger
man seaplane base near Brest, II
Flushing, The Netherlands.
The price British defe1ises have
exacted from the Nazi air raiders
was credited by military observ
ers with having turned aside any
immediate threat of a German at
tempt to storm this island citade.
either by sea or air.
The Britons said the reported
destruction of 60 German planes
Thursday-about one in seven of
the 400 raiders in the great battle
over the English Channel-w a s
lust a TASTE" of the medicine
they r prepared to give invad'
ers. The British losses were listed
at Is. The Germans maintained,
however, they lost only ten planes,
against 81 British craft.
By the end of September, a pro-
tective mantle of fog should en-.
velop the island and keep il
shrouded through the long winter
of short days and shorter sun.
shine. :. :.
If an attempted blitzkrieg is not
launched before then, observers
predicted it will never come for
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Hess SAYS NAZl
ATTACK AT HAND
Hitler's Deputy Declares
Germany's luminosity
Is Boundless'

BERLIN, Aug. 1O-tR'- Rudolf
Hess, Adolf Hitle1's deputy for
nazi party affairs, declared to-
night that the German nation was
convinced that 1.-The moment now
is at hand to break England's
power even to the ruination Of the
entire empire"
Speaking in Vienna concert hall
at a ceremony marking the sue
cession of a new nazi district
dealer, Hess said Germany would
fight for the peace which the
ruling English plutocratic clique
derisively rejected when the fun
e NICE more offered to England
after England's aides and accom-
plices were defeated.
Never in history was a more
generous offer made to a land
which is in the worst situation
since it's beginning"
The animosity Of the German
people toward England, he said,
was "boundless."
"AIl of u.s., Hess went on, know
how widespread among our people
is the conviction that there can be
no peace in the world until Eng
land definitely has been struck
down.
Nov when all means of power
of Germany and her ally Italy can
= Continued on Page TIVE; Col. A.