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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
ROOSEVELT READY
TO AID GREENLAND
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be necessary for the Greenland peo-
pie.
Other developments resulting from
the European war were:
Reports circulated that the AL
lies were about to seize the Danish
merchant marine, which numbers
705 ships. The Allies were said to
hold that Denmark lost her neutral
status when she allowed Germany
to assume control of her country.
The Danish legation advised Danish
ship owners in neutral waters to
stay there. Meanwhile, the Danish
minister to the United States, Hen
rik De Kaufman, planned to con-
fer with officials at the British en-
bassy here.
After a conference at the White
House, Chairman Walsh (D.-Mass.,
Of the senate naval committee said
another conference would be held
soon to determine whether more
money would be urged to speed up
the navy building program. Other
sources said 10000 900 might be
asked lin addition to funds now
pending) but still others expressed
doubt that any further money would
be sought.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
WINTER RETURNS
TO WILMINGTON
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weather nan said there would be
continued cold tomorrow.
Snow in mid-April was the spec
tacle in Boone, Asheville and other
westerly points. The snow flurries
were accompanied by chilling
winds. At Boone a college baseball
game was postponed because of
winds and snow.
But the far west was not the
only part of the state to have snow.
After an all-day rain a heavy snow
began falling in Rocky Mount at 9
o'clock tonight. An hour later the
big flakes were still falling but
were not sticking to the ground.
The temperature at Charlotte
dropped from Ct today to As to-
night.
Colder, near freezing, weather
was forecast for the morrow. At
Asheville the mercury dived % de-
grees in - hours to 27.S degrees
at s o'clock tonight.
At Raleigh the temperature fell
to 3S at $3.50 p. m. Nearly an
inch and a half of rain fell in the
capital during the day. A little
snow mixed with rain fell at War
renton but did not stick on the
ground.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
CHADBOURN

CHADBOURN, April I'm r S.
Estelle Baldwin spent the week
end in -,inston visiting her sister,
Mrs. C. II. Dixon. Misses Ruth
Cowan, Elinor Mae Thomas a n d
Elise Thompson returned to t h e
Woman's college, U. N. C. Monday
after a week vacation. Mr.. and
Mrs. Blackwell, Miss Hardy and
Miss Vangie Harris were Fayette-
Vile shoppers Saturday.. M r S.
Wayne Bailey who has been in
Plant City, Fla, with Mr.. Bailey,
for the past ten days returned Sun
day. Mr.. and Mrs. O. L. Owens, of
Whiteville, visited Mrs. Pritchard
Lennon Sunday. Emmett Crutch-
field who is located at Florence, S.
c., for the present, spent t h e
weekend here with Mrs. Crutchfield
who is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Carter.
Visitors to the Wilmington Gar
dens Sunday included: Mr.. and Mrs.
E. L. Derrick, Mr.. and Mrs. Black
we'll, Misses Harrietta Wagg and
Vange Harris and Herman Cook
Mrs. Vara Brewer a. a Whining
ton visitor Monday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Bullock were Wilmington
shoppers Monday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dave Carter a n d Mrs. Emmett
Crutchfield left Monday to visit
David and Charles Carter in Win
ston-Salem for a few days. Donald
Causey and Mrs. S. c. Bryan were
visitors in Wake Forest and Ra-
leigh for the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoyt Causey left
Friday for a brief business trip to
Florida. Mrs. S. M. Withers, of
Moultrie, Ca, arrived Monday for
a visit to Mrs. F. T. Wooten, ST.,
and other friends in town. Mrs.
Withers was a former resident of
Chadbourn for a number of years.
She was accompanied by her son,
Will Withers. Mrs. E. L. Derrick,
Mrs. D. C. Clark, Mrs. D. c. Nc
liver and Mrs. George Boughner at
tended the convention of the Will
mington Presbyterial auxiliary in
Clinton last Tuesday. Mrs. J. H.
Land, Mrs. J. A. Brown and Mrs.
D. C. McIver attended a meeting of
the Major General Robert Howe
chapter D. A. r. with Mrs. w. B.
Carson, Clarkton Saturday after
noon,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
COOPER RETURNS
FROM VOTE DRIVE
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eral assembly know theye Were
hoodwinked, for now they know the
state is g ding to close it's fiscal year
with a surplus of about $4,000, 900.
"That $4,000, 900 surplus should
answer those people who say it is
impossible to cut the sales tax.
1T would SEEM" he said, that
those lawyer-politicians would be sat
isfied when they have $50, DOC, 900 to
play with in Raleigh, but it also
seems they are not. They want to
take an additional unnecessary ST.
900, 900 from the pockets of the peo-
ple."
Cooper said he would leave here
Monday morning to continue his
sound truck tour of the state and
will spend the first two days iii the
eastern section, where, he said, re
received 'the warmest welcome any
man eyer had"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
SHIP ENTS TO NAILS
HALTED BY RUMANIA
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1ebensraum diving spacel direct hel
exports wholly to the Nazis, to the
point of cutting her trade with the
Allies.
Sources close to the government
say there now is little doubt that
such demands will be turned down
fatty by King Carol and his govern
ment.
DIR. Karl Clodius, head Of the
German trade commission, present
ed to Rumania officials a list Of arti-
cles Germany will not send to Ru'
mania in the future.
One item was metallurgical coke,
vital to Rumania's own industry
This country normally obtains 10000
tons annually fro mGermany an6
has asked $4,000 for the future.
The official explanation given fol
suspending oil barge loadings is thai
high water at Giurgiu made it i'm
possible for the barges to connect
with the loading racks
German trade quarters frankly
branded the explanation as a "pre-
text"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13

Rules For Avoiding Marital
Fights Given By DR.. Folsom

to be cultivated and don't talk self
ishly, that is, don't m%onoplize the
conversation when your husband or
wife wants to talk, and don't inter
rupt when your husband or wife
wants to explain something.
"People can learn this technique
by giving particular attention to
spots in their conversation that
cause conflict.
II am not saying that correct yer.
bal behavior will solve every prob
lem for marriage can only be improv.
ed in piece-meal fashion," DR.. Fol
som said.
verbal warfare among married
couples is dangerous and often
tragic, so think before you speak
and keep the battle within certain
bounds" he advised 1T is all right
for one or the other to get angry
occasionally, but don't get angry al
the same time"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
ADMIT FEW
GAINS in DRIVE
AGAINST NORWAY
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tempted raid on German bases On
the Norwegian coast tonight.
2. G-rmans charged British
planes bombed an unnamed railwa
station in eastern Schleswig-Holstein.
in Germany south of the border with
Denmark.
Well informed Germans added
grimly that England might expect
reprisals if this is a new British
air policy" The British bombs were
said to have been the first to fall IN
a German rail line distant from the
front.
british sources in London, how.
ever, denied any such raid.)
In their comment on the faint pos.
sibility of any agreement with the
existing Norwegian government, Ger
mans turned thumbs down on any
regime IN n degree Influenced by
Cal Johan Hambro, president of the
Norwegian parliament.
(Hambro is disliked by the Ger
mans because he is & member Of the
Norwegian branch of the Jewish
family which founded Hambros bank
in London a century ago.
1t was announced that negotiations
with King Haakon, however, would
be continued, despite the lack of
Roadway to date.
The Germans were especially Bit
ter against Hambro, who fled to
Stockholm at the outbreak of HOSTILE
ties. They charged him with spread.
Jig false reports about sea battles
and British landings on the Norwe-
gian coast.
His position was summed up by a
German source this way: 1.-THE flu
ture holds n of two things-either
solitary oblivion or he might fall in.
to our hands,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
Movie Revues
SPOILERS OF THE RANGE"
is FEATURED AT BIJOI

No outlaws hide was safe within
range of his gun no coW-gals
heart was safe within sound of his
voice! A two-gun, two-fisted har.
monizin' hombre, Charles Starrett
rides herd on the most vicious pack
of rustlin' varmits that ever defil'
ed the golden west!
Columbia's spoilers Of the Range"
now at the Bijou theatre as the most
recent of the popular music-flavor.
ed Charles Starrett vehicles. The
star is seen as a bandit-battling COW.
hand, and Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan,
the singing Sons of the Pioneers
and Hank Bell are others in the well.
rounded cast of western character
actors.
The program also includes a
comedy Nothing But Pleasure
and the current chapter of "Over-
land With Kit Carson"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
ARTILLERY ROARS
ON WESTERN FRONT
Continued from Page One)

Bitche region to Lauterbourg, be-
tween the Vosges and the Rhine.
This is the Maginot hinge
Shortly after he had been inform.
ed officially by Norwegian Minister
Harvard Bachke that Norway's arm
ed forces would fight at the Allies
side, Premier Paul Reynaud discus
sed the military situation on the
home and new Scandinavian front
with his cabinet war committee and
the chiefs of Frances land, sea and
air forces, General Maurice Game
lin, Admiral Jean Darlan and Gen
eral Joseph Vuillemin.
Influential sections Of the press
urged the dispatch of an expedition
airy force to the invaded northern
kingdom. Some unofficial quarters
reported that such an expedition al
ready is on it's way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
DR., w, C,

Funeral for DR.. W. C. Peterson,
who died at his home here Wednes-
day night after a short illness, We're
held from the chapel of Andrews
mortuary yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock.
DR.. J.. H. Foster, pastor tmeritus
of the First Baptist church, conduct
ed the services. Interment followed
in Oakdale cemetery.
The son of the late w. C. and
Emily A. Peterson, DR.. Peterson
was born in Wilmington in August,
1890. He had practiced medicine
here for a number of years.
He is survived by one daughter
and four sons, Miss Mary Emily,
Canova, Joseph, Phillip and Alfred
Peterson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13

CHAPEL HILL, April 12.-P-
Rules for avoiding marital quarrels
were laid down here today by Dr.,
Joseph K. Folsom, professor of
sociology in Vassar college, VINO adj
dressed the sixth annual conference
on conservation of marriage and
the family being held this week at
the University Of North Carolina
and Duke university.
Speaking at the closing session of
the conference, which drew approx
mately 200 delegates from 10 states,
DR.. Folsom offered the following
technique for solving many mar
rage quarrels:
Don't use marriage as an outlet
for ill feelings and home as a place
to blow off steam.
Pay attention to personal and Gull
tural tastes and attitudes of your
partner.
think of conservation as an art
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
House Votes Funds For
u. S. Planning Board

WASHINGTON, April 12.-(P)-
The house reversed itself today and
voted funds to finance the National
Resources Planning board for an
other year after President Roosevelt
said in a letter that he must "earn-
estly plead for the agency's contin.
uation.
By a roll-call vote Of 1874 to 129,
the house accepted a senate amend
ment restoring $40, 900 for the PLAN
ming board to the $1,120, 243,5 28 inde-
pendent offices appropriation bill, de.
spite bitter republican d%enunciation
Of the unit as "wasteful" and "vici-
ous." Frederic A. Delano, uncle Of
the President, is chairman of the
board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
Hoey Speaks Before
Engineering Students

RALEIGH, April 12.-F-Gover,
nor Hoey told a group of chemical
engineering students from southern
colleges today that he knew of no
job Offering greater opportunities
than the engineering profession"
Speaking at N. c. State college be-
fore delegates to an annual south.
ern convention of student chapters
of the American Institute Of Chem
ical Engineers, the Governor said
North Carolina had advanced rapid
ly as an industrial state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
b BOARD STRIKES

WASHINGTON, April 12.-(P)-
The labor board, hitting back at the
Ford Motor Co., in another round
of their long court battle over Ford's
labor policies, asked the U. S. court
Of appeals at Cincinnati today to
strike a Ford brief from the record
because it was too long. The board
charged that the brief exceeded 100
pages, the limit stipulated by the
two sides before it was filed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
REV. JERRIE ENKIN

Funeral services for the Rev. Jer-
RE Jenkins, retired Baptist minis
ter and former resident of Onslow
county, will be held at the home of
his stepson, Elisha Sanders, in
Roanoke Rapids, this afternoon at
$50 o'clock.
The Rev. Mr.. Jenkins, who had
been in i'll health for the past three
years, was the uncle of E. Jenkins
and H. J. Jenkins of Wilmington.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs Vic.
toria Sanders Jenkins, and several
nieces and nephews.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
BRITAIN MINES
NAH LIFELINES
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the bombs Of British night raiders
while a 1%0.G00-ton supply shin was
probably damaged by two 1aroe
bombs seen to burst close to her
stern"
British fllers roved last night over
a wide area Extending from Oslo
fJord to the Baltic coast Of Cor.
many" attacking ships and bombing
a German seaplane base on the Raj.
tic coast.
With the Skagerrak and the Kat.
tegat mined and the navy keeping
watch on German North sea bases,
the British are seeking to halt the
How of food and munitions to Nor.
ways Nazi invaders while the Nor.
Weglans strike down from the hills
at German garrisons.
-Four Areas Mined
-Four areas in all were mined in
the North sea, the ~Skagerrak and
the Kattegat, the admiralty an
nounced, touching Norwegian, Dan
1sh and German coasts and also ter
~ritorial waters Of Sweden and the
Netherlands.
The well-informed press associa-
ton said the field was the largest
ever laid, extending 42O miles north
ward at it's western-most limit.
Experts compared it with that laid
between the Orkneys and Norwegian
territorial waters by Britain and the
United States in the World War, the
greatest field of that conflict. 1t
covered a distance of 233 miles and
1900 mines we're used.
At certain places the British said
they left channels for certain traf-
fic to move.
Other developments in the sea war
included:
All but IA of the crew of the de.
stroyer Gurkha, sunk Wednesday by
German warplanes, were rescued
and landed today on British soil.
Sinking of the 9,076-ton Swedish
tanker Sveaborg, bound from the
United States to Sweden with a
cargo of gasoline, Vas announced
in London. She was reported tor
pedoed off the Scottish coast.
The Patton German trawler
Friesland, captured off Norway,
reached a Scottish port.
Fifty Men Land
Survivors of Wednesdays Brit
ish-German fight in far northern
Norway before Narvik said about
so men Of the British destroyer
Hardy, which was wrecked and u
aground in that battle, landed un-
der German fire but their fate was
unknown.
British meanwhile were silent on
events along the Norwegian coast
and in Norway except to say there
was no major naval engagement in
the Kattegat today despite Swedish
reports of heavy d%etonations heard
in those waters.
A naval official said the explos-
ions may have been due to depth
charges since the Germans doubt
less have worked diligently to To-
cate British submarines which have
been active there.
The British announcement of
bombing attacks on German supply
vessels carried on during the night
said the destroyed ammunition ship
was one of a formation of eight
found steaming at high speed to
the north through the Great Belt,
narrow channel between two is
lands of Denmark.
"a direct hit was registered on
the ammunition ship which was
blown up with such force that the
attacking aircraft were rocked by
the force of the explosion" the an
nouncement said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
British Down -Four Nazi
Planes In Scandinavia

LONDON, April 13.-(SaturdayS
P-The air ministry announced
early today that four German Mes
serschmitt fighting planes were
shot down in Scandinavian air fights
Friday and that two more were be-
1ieved to have been destroyed.
Against this, the ministry placed
British losses Friday at eight planes.
Two other British planes, it said,
a1iehted on the sea en route home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
OBITUARIES
H. Leggett, 60. Fairmont, died

H. Leggett, 60. Fairmont, died
Thursday, funeral Friday.
Mrs. M. H. Bethea, 83, Lii
lington, died Wednesday, fun
eral Friday.
Mrs. Levi III. Wade, 81, La
Grange, died Wednesday, fun
eral Thursday.
B. Lee Benny, Clayton, died
Thursday, funeral Saturday.
Henry Edwards, IS, Wash.
ington, died Wednesday,, funer.
al Thursday.
Mrs. c. f. Leslie, 10, Jones.
boro, funeral Tuesday.
Frances Adams, 2, Dunn,
died Tuesday, funeral Wednes.
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
RESUMES COMMUNICATION

COPENHAGEN, April 12.-F-
Denmark resumed Geographic COM
munication with neutral countries
via Germany tonight after a three
day shutdown following the occu-
patton of Denmark by the German
army. Danish officials told foreign
newspapermen they would be limit
ed to news dispatches under Danish
supervision.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
SENTENCED

SEATTLE, April 12.-R-Bertram
Hollande. SO, sanipractic (drugless)
healer, was sentenced today to 20
years maximum imprisonment for
manslaughter in the illegal operation
death of Miss Donna Fac Correll,
10, last February 20. He pleaded
guilty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
SURVEY STARTED

BOSTON, April 12.-P9-The coast
and geodetic survey boat Oceano-
grapher, formerly the J. P. Morgan
yacht Corsair, arrived tonight from
Norfolk, Va, to begin a survey of
the New England coast from Nam
tucket Shoals to the Gulf of Maine.
The vessel will dock tomorrow at
the navy yard for outfitting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
DIR. THOMAS P. FARMER

SYRACUSE, April 12.-Q9-Dr.
Thoma~ P. Farmer, 81, who devoted
a great part of his life to cancer
control research, died today after a
long illness complicated by radiu, .
burns suffered during his expert
ments,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
MRS. MONROE MORROW

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April H.
R-Mrs. Honroe Morrow, 60, of
Brixon, Devon, England, widow Of
William Morrow, former head of
the New York book publishing firm
bearing his name, died in a hospital
here today after a long illness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
ROOSEVELT SIGNS
TRADE PACTS BILL
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were used and Hull, Wallace, Harri'
son and Doughton received them as
souvenirs.
The chief executive said in a
statement that the program had
brought demonstrate benefits to
our nation as a whole and to every
interest directly concerned" without
inflicting injury on any group OF
producers.
He said that much of the opposl-
ton in congress seemed to have
been based on "unwarranted fears
as to what might happen in the flu
ture''
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
RTTI, PASSED

MANILA, April 12.-(P-A new
immigration bill, slashing annual
quotas from LOCO to 500, was passed
on second reading today by the ma
tional assembly. The vote was 20
to 18.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13

creed death for anyone found guilty
of sabotage.
Additional adviees from Trond-
helm said the Nazi commander had
barred any departure of the civilian
population and advised the people
that .there is no fighting in the
whole of Norway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
TERRITORY

MOSCOW, April 12.-(P-Russia
today handed back to Finland under
treaty provisions the territory taken
in the Petsamo section of the little
republic in the recent Russian-Fin-
niSh war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
WEATHER
CONTINUED from Page One)

WASHINGTON, April u up -
Weather bureau records of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending 8
p. m, in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-13
DO YOU KNOW?

That friendship for a Mutual Agent
with a savings of 25% in the cost OF
your insurance is better than mere
friendship without the Mutual Savings
F. E. Livingston and Co.
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Evening star., 1940-08-15
Stote Trooper Killed
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va. Aug. Is Pr
State Trooper William r. Holton
of Suffolk was killed in an automo-
bile accident near Richmond en-
the Petersburg pike early today
He was of duty at the time of the
accident,
Evening star., 1940-08-15
Hatch Act Ruled Not 10 Bar
Rehirinq in Another Post

BY the Associated Press.
r. N. Elliott, the acting controller
general, said in q formal opinion
today that while the Hatch Pol
itics Act requires the dismissal Of
Federal employees for various po-
litical activities it apparently would
not prohibit" the unemployment Of
those discharged in other positions.
In an opinion asked by the w. P.
A., Mr.. Elliott said that after the
act provides for dismissal it pro-
hibit rehiring Of the person dis
missed in such ofiice.'
Thus, Mr.. Elliott wrote, the law
apparently would not prohibit his
"a dismissed person's) employment
in some other position or Office
The w. P. A. sought an opinion
in connection with the case Of
of Charles B. Coakley OF Easton.
Pa, described as having been dis
missed from w. P. A. supervisory
job because he ran for public Office
in the recent Pennsylvania pri-
rlaries. Mr.. Elliott said Mr.. Coax
ley could be given work by the w
p. A. again provided his job was
different from that from which he
had when dismissed.
Evening star., 1940-08-15
Southern Floods Take
Is Lives, Including
) in Virginia
63 Red Cross Workers
Supervising Relief
In Six Stotes

The American Red Cross an
nounced today it has So disaster
workers supervising relief in six
Southern States, where floods. fol-
lowing in the wake of q hurricane
nave caused the deaths Of 1e per-
sons, three in Virginia.
Rampaging streams in Southern
Virginia continued to drive lowland
residents from their homes, accord
ing to the Associated Press. The
drowning of Homer Amos, jr., 10
year -old son of q Chatham (Va)
storekeeper, who was swept to his
death In swift, swollen Cherry
stone Greek in Pittsylvania County
brought Virginia's flood toll yester-
day to three
Mrs. Hassen Hunt and her 3-year-
old daughter, Ruth, were drowned
in Swords Creek near the RUSSELL
Tazewell County line.
Many of the 1000 driven from
their homes on New River were being
cared for by the Red Cross at Galax
From NaFrOwS, Va, came news that
20 families there were made home
less by the high waters. Many
houses were washed away along the
New River and it's tributaries, and
other property losses. including live
stock, were heavy. Flood conditions
on the river were described as 1.-The
worst in history"
Communities Isolated.
A number of smaller Virginia COM
munities were isolated. several coal
mines were forced to shut down and
electric and telephone service was
disrupted in many sections, accord
ing to dispatch from Grundy, Va
Radford residents had to drink and
cook with boiled water, since the
flood. put the towns Diesel pumping
plant out of commission.
Families evacuated near Radforo
were given food and coffee by Rec
Cross disaster relief workers anc
arrangements were made for then