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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
TWO NEGROES DIE
IN AUTO CRASH
Scott Mel donald, White, Is
Critically Injured Near
Fayetteville

FAYETTEVILLE, Jan. 5 Up =
Two negroe were killed and q
white man, Scott Mcdonald, critic
ally injured, when their automonlle
failed to negotiate a curve on the
Lumberton = Fayetteville highway
near here today.
The machine overturned severa
times, coming to rest When II
struck a telephone post, throwing
its occupants high into the air.
The dead were Sandy Thomas
and John Henry Roper.
Mrs. D. E. Westbrook, a witness
said Roper was catapulted to the
top Of a house nearby, the impe
Of his fall breaking a two by foul
beam. The negro then bounded
against a chimney, leveling it with
the roof, she said. The body came
to rest on a pile Of lumber on the
opposite side Of the house from the
car, which was some 20 yards away
The other men were thrown tc
the roof of a porch Of the house,
a distance Of around ten yards. The
porch gave away under the impact
At a hospital here McDonald's
condition was described as critical.
Coroner W. c. Davis said Roper
was reported as the driver.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
YOUNG WOMAN, "a,
MURDERS MOTHER
Student Librarian Jumps
From Window In Vain
Suicide Attempt

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 3-R-Homl
eide Detectives Cyril Letzkus ane
James O'Kane reported a 34-year-olo
woman university librarian stran-
| gled her mother with a scarf during
the night, then leaped from a hotel
window early today in a suicide at
tempt that failed.
The detectives identified t n
daughter as Agnes West, an assist
ant student librarian at West Vir-
| ginia university at Morganton, w
Va, and her mother as Mrs. Helen
West, about S..
The mother, who was the secre-
tary of the West Virginia university
health service, was throttled with
her own scarf last night.
The Staying was not discovered
until shortly before 8 a. m. (EST)
when police investigated the daugh-
ter's plunge from the hotel window
to a tin roofing over an areaWay
They found the mothers body, fully
clothed, on the floor of the room
Detectives Letzkus and O'KanS
quoted tn daughter as saying later
IT was selfish and unstable. I die
not want mother to go through lifs
| alone and decided I would take hel
with me-"
Miss West, a graduate of Yves
| Virginia university, vas in a hos
pital suffering back and internal in
juries. Her mother had been secre'
tary of the university health service
which operates the university mfr
mary, for more than a decade.
Before that Mrs. West was pre-
ceptress of Woman's hall, the wonl
ems dormitory at the c~o-educationa
institution.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
1851 SPY CASES
HANDLED BY FIJI
Anti Trust Inquiries Also
Figure Largely In Chief
Hoover's Report

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-(R-J
Edgar Hoover. director of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, report
ed to congress today that demands
on the bureau in the 1889 fiscal year
were the heaviest in Is years, large
ly as the result of espionage inves-
legations.
He attributed part of the increase
to inquiries into antitrust law vio-
lations and the federal judiciary.
1851 Spy Cases
Hoover said that espionage cases
totaled 1851 during the year, COM
pared with $50 in the 1888 fiscal
year and an average of IS in each
Of the five preceding years.
AS many as 200 FBI agents work.
ed simultaneously on an investiga'
ton of the fertilizer industry for the
antitrust division of the justice de-
partment, Hoover said. He added
that the judicial investigation occu-
pied scores" Of agents.
Attorney General Murphy, max
ing his first annual report, described
federal criminal procedure as "high-
ly unsatisfactory and urged con
gress to enact legislation giving the
supreme court power to revise the
rules.
Thurman Arnold, chief of the anti
trust division, said that his unit
needed additional personnel to han
die complaints. At the end Of the
fiscal year, he noted, the division
had more than $50 complaints or
which it was unable to do any work
Another urgent need of the JUS
tice department, according to- tn
report of James v. Bennett, direc'
tor of the Federal Prisons bureau
is "a broad, long-range prison build
ing program" BY June 80, 1871, HI
said, it is estimated there will b.
2,790 more inmates than fedora
prisons can house.
Attorney General Murphy said h
felt that considerable confusion am
lack of uniformity" resulted from
the present laws governing handling
of criminal cases. He suggested tina;
the high court be given rule-mak
ing authority similar to that con
ferred on it in 1888 in respect t.
civil procedure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
South Carolina judge
Flags Might Rid;

s~PARTANBURG, S. c., j., I,
R-Judge G. Duncan Bellip,,'1
Columbia told general Co..,
grand jury in a charge yes,,,1
that 'hooded night riders, ~, l
other bands of men, however ~
or small, overriding the law
this state to take into thei,
hands what they pretended i,1
redress of grievances, are noslI
more or less than mobs."
"And mob rule" he said. I.
ever sporadic, cannot be to,.'1
if our government is to ON.
... suffered to continue Y
briefly, it threatens the prots' \
that organized society, Under 4
throws around the homes a. \
nation"
The jurist did not refer =.
specific incident.
Reports have been rec.,,
throughout the state Of hay
men riding at night, bn,,'
crosses, and flogging at lesst =,
person.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
JUSTICE STABLER
SUCCUMBS AT 6S
Chief OF South Carolina
Supreme Court Had
Served IA Years

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 3.-QP-
John G.. Stabler, 6S, chief justice OF
the South Carolina supreme court,
died here today a week after sui
fering a paralytic stroke. Before his
elevation to the court IA years ago,
he was a member of the state Sc
nate.
His wife survives him.
The former Calhoun county sena-
tor became ill Tuesday a week ago
at his St. Matthews home and was
brought here Thursday.
Stabler presided over the court at
its term earlier this month and
would have rounded out IA years on
the bench next month.
His widow is the former Miss Hal.
lie Murray of st. Matthews. A Sis
ter, the former Miss Emma Stabler,
is O married and living in wash
inCton.
Funeral arrangements were in
complete.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
II Duce Will Recall
Ambassador To Nose

ROME, Jan. 3-CP-Roports =,
Moscow that Augusta Rosso. Itss
ambassador to Soviet Russia, va,
leave for home tonight at tba
quest of his government were vi,
ed in diplomatic quarters herr
day as a probable consequence
the sudden departure of Nicola A
relchin, Soviet ambassador to RI,
Gorelchin left Rome three We,
ago on orders from his governm.
without having presented his 4,
dentials. 1t was considered lh
that Premier Mussolini ordered
own ambassador home when
learned Gorelchin was not likeIy
come back.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
THOSE SPECIAL
ARMS TAXES

That congress will vote just
about anything the administration
asks in the way of defense appgo-
priations goes without saying. The
only question is whether congress
in an election year will agree to
special and extra taxes for arma-
ments outside regular taxes and
regular appropriations.
There is a widespread feeling that
the business pickup needs nourish-
ing and cherished, and that any
new taxes might slow it uown or
halt it. Therefore the presidential
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
BYRNES TO CALL
FOR NAVAL STUDY
Congress Likely To Study
Implications OF Graf
Spec Defeat

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 Up -
A congressional survey to deter,
mine whether the navy's construc-
ton program should be revamped
to meet changing conditions dis
closed by sea warfare between Eu-
ropean countries appeared assured
today.
Chairman Byrnes (D-SC) said he
would propose such an investiga.
ton to his senate appropriations
subcommittee, adding that he ha(
no doubt there would be a thorough
Inquiry into all aspects of propos
ed naval expenditures.
Byrnes said he would suggest
that naval experts be called to give
the subcommittee their opinion OF
the value of pocket ~battleships'' a.
demonstrated in the fight between
Germany's Graf Spec and thre,
British cruisers off the coast O
Uruguay.
The committee also should hav,
expert opinion, he said, on tn,
value of building larger and taste,
%battleships than those of As, 900 ton,
for which some appropriations al
ready have been made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

proposal for new and special taxes
for arms may be bitterly opposed.
Everybody in Washington who
has studied the problem at all
seriously knows that the whole tax
structure needs a scientific and
impartial overhauling.
But next falls elections will be
held squareIy in the face Of what is
done about taxes this winter. Will
that badly-needed and thorough tax
overhauling be accomplished? What
do YOU think?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
N. e. Safety Director
Has High 1910 Hopes
Star-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, Jan. 3.-Director of
Highway Safety Ronald Hocutt
doesn't wear spectacles and he had
Just finished a large slice of lemon
pie when he talked to your Raleigh
reporter, but it seemed that he
views 1940's outlook for highway
safety through r%ose-colored glasses
rather than with any part of jaun-
diced eye.
"We have done the spade work
and sown the seed" said Mr.. Ho-
cult, land I think this year should
see the beginning o. a harvest we've
never had before. Heretofore we
have re lped a huge crop of dead and
dying, but there ought to be a tire.
mendous swing toward better pro
ducts this time"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
William L. Morris, 81,
Found Dead In Home

SPARTANBURG, S. c., Jan. s.
H-William L. Morris, 81, was
found shot to death last night in
the kitchen of his mill village home.
Sheriff Sam M. Henry said death
resulted from a 20 calibre bullet
that apparently penetrated the
heart.
A 20 rifle with a discharged
shell was found in a wall rack in
the kitchen. Henry ordered the
weapon examined for ~fingerprints.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

NOGI OH' lo-
liant, defiance of history: Twentieth
Fox's version of the story of Jesse
James.
Event most disillusioning to fans:
The Indictment of George Burns for
smuggling, thus proving that Oracle
Allen isn't the dumbest one in the
family.
Most spectacular coup of modern
transportation: Delivery by airplane
of the golden spike used in Cecil
DeMille's re-enactment of the COM
pletion of a railroad line.
Most meticulous application of
Hays Office rules: The installation
in the jungle hut of Tarzan and his
mate of twin beds.
Most effective safeguarding of kid
die morals: The deliberately conceal
ed continuance that smoked a pipe
of peace for Shirley Temple in
~"Susannah of the Mounties.'
Worst picture of the year: 1.-The
Gorilla" 20th-Fox's remake with the
Ritz Brothers. (They tried to walk
out on it, but were slapped back in
to line with a $150,O00 damage suit. }
Most praiseworthy costuming
Eleanor Powell's hula outfit in
Honolulu which rescued her from
those black silk tights and refutec
the growing notion that she had nc
sex appeal.
Most felicitous anniversary: May
Robson's 18th birthday.
Most conspicuous example of ne
potism: The Metro contract giver
Joe Yule, who as the star comic il
Los Angeles dirtiest burlesque thea.
ter was billed prominently as Mic
key Rooney's Father"
Most superfluous query in a movie
title: Are Husbands Necessary
starring Madeleine Carroll, who ha.
divorced her husband.
Most astonishing financial reveal
tions: That 40 of the 63 highest sa
laries in the U. S. in 1887 were pait
to movie men. And that William
Holden, chosen as the Golden Boy
by a $4,000 search, went to work il
the picture for $50 a week.
Greatest architectural triumph
Paramount's new a 1000 cafe, will
such perfect acoustics that player
I'D writer's, as they dine, can hea:
their options being dropped.
Most consistently miscast player
Tyrone Power, as usual.
Question most difficult to answer
Dorothy Lamour's Am 1 an actress
or a peep-show?"
Most daring opporiunist. The Flo
rida ,theater manager who advertis
ed Ecstasy with a huge sign read
ing, "Hedy Lamar Battles Here il
the Nude Today"
Most notable donation to posteri
ty: Miss Lamour's original sarons
now displayed by the Los Angelo
Museum of History, Science and Art
Most applauded movie milestone
The smacking of Alice Faye with
custard pie tossed by Buster Kea
ton in Hollywood Cavalcade."
Statement most debating to gu
national ego: Ingrid Bergman
What I like best about the Unit
ed States is corn-on-the-cob."
Most formidably authored script
Universal's Irene Dunne-Charlei
Boyer flicker, There's Always To
morrow" which was toiled over b,
rs writer's.
Best publicity stunt: Miss Shants
Apte, star of India's Prabhat Films
moved her bed into the street ant
reclined in it until the studio gave
her a raise in salary.
Most de-glamorizing discovery
That Miss Lamour wears a girdle
under her new sarong.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
CANDIDATE

GREENSBORO-Rep. Carl T.
Durham, of the Sixth North Caro-
lima district, said yesterday he was
a candidate for reelection.
The Chapel Hillian's announce
ment brought to four the candi-
dates for the post. Others are Oscar
Barker of Durham, Ed Hanford OF
Burlington and John w. Caffey OF
Greensboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
IMPROMPTU

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Motorists
may have driven their burning cars
to the fire station efore, but R. L.
EIIedge did it with an extra flourish.
Racing for the firehouse, Elledge
was force dout of his automobile
by the flames and drove the last
three blocks standing On the run
ming board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

of Hib ernians
and the Orange
e
There will be
several S t o r m
centers in the
stormy weather
belt that is 60
ing to bl o W
through congress
l.. THE BUD
GET. With de
tense costs ap'
preaching t w @
and a quarter
billions, a rise of
900 over
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
INSPECTION

NEW BERN-Prentice DUEL
an a~rchaeologist, is to inspect the
site of "Tryon's Palace" built for
Royal Governor William Tryon.
with a view of restoring the once
magnificent home.
One wing of the old building is
standing but the original palace
was three times as large as the
portion extant. 1t is planned to I'm
cover the foundations preliminary
tc complete restoration.
Exact restoration Of the missing
portions became possible when the
original architects drawings Of
the mansion recently were found.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

The events in
volved are c'hro-
biological, and not
in order of their
Importance.
Most militant
act of German
censorship: L h e
banning of Fer
dinand."
Lightest blow
at moral liberal
ism: The %pricking,
by the Hays Of
flee, of Sally
Rand's movie bub-
Bile.
NIL
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

HELP WANTED

SEATTLE - The classified ad,
SUNDAY or Monda? only-Cash for
your Christmas tree" brought T. r.
Faragher so many calls he had to
leave home for two days.
He blamed friends for inserting
the ad as a prank.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

Some of the first experiments in
over-water flying in the United
States were made in 1906 and 1907
by Israel Ludlow with a giant, kite
like glider towed by tugs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
IN HOLLYWOOD
BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 3.-After sol
emn elaboration over the M
tous events of 1889, this department
presents its own list of special
awards in the motion picture field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
RETURN

RETURN
RALE1GH-Raymond Smith end
ed his "a hours of freedom last
night by reporting at Central pris
on here and telling officials that
he had Studied about my mistake
and decided to come back" He es
capped Monday from the Pitt county
camp while serving a four-eight
year term for involuntary man
slaughter in Yadkin county.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

In passing, it might be added
that the Poe-Hoey interview was
followed within a few days by a
meeting of the Rehabilitation COM
mnittee-an account of which execu-
tive session was published exclu-
sively in papers served by this
bureau.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
DIAMOND BACKS

BEAUFORT-The U. S. Fisheries
laboratory on Piver's Island report
ed $4,000 diamond back terrapins
were Matched there last year. 1t
was the largest domestic hatch in
the world, because Piver's Island
is the largest of the few diamond
back farms eXtant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
Carolina
News Shorts
ASSOCIATED Press)

GREENSBORO - Lieut.-CoI. AL
fred Tyler of Charlotte was expect,
ed here today to lead conferences
of Salvation Army officials Of the
Carolinas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

Forgeries of famous paintings
have been revealed by means of pho-
Biography, which shows the differ
ences Of brushwork and mediums no.
tween old and modern paintings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
CITY

CITY EDITORS
WINSTON-SALEM R. Alton
Jackson, temporary chairman, an
nounced today that city editors of
North Carolina daily papers, morn
ing and afternoon, would meet at
2 p. m. Sunday in Raleigh to per-
feet a permanent organization.
A group of city editors met in
Charlotte last Oct. % and perfect
ed a temporary organization, set
ting the time for the permanent
organization meeting. Jackson, city
editor of the Winston-Salem Sen
tinel, was named temporary chair
man and Miss Ellen Hough of the
Hickory Record temporary secre-
tary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
NOT A GOOD EXCUSE

DENVER THE crowds got too
thick in the street, so I just started
to drive on the sidewalk" a youth
told Judge Philip Gillian.
The judge gasped, then said $50
days in jail"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
Behind The Scenes
In Washington

News Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. Sine
winter session of. congress is go
ing to be about as peaceful as a
Joint picnic of the Ancient Order
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
FLASHES
OF LIFE
(By The Associated Press)
n

STUTTGART, Ark. - Lee Miller
going duck hunting, tried out ar
old musket used by his grandfath
er in the Civil war.
Each time he fired, the battered
old muzzle-loader threw out so much
smoke he had to stoop to see if he
had hit anything.
His bag was ten ducks-the limit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

L. R. Grosjean Of Watkins Glen,
N. Y, sculptures III rock salt, max
ing even salt shakers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
TOBACCO

RALElGH-E. Y. Floyd, AAA
executive officer at N. C. State col.
lege, said yesterday that Individual
flue-cured tobacco allotments would
be in the hands Of growers Janu-
airy Is. Under the agricultural con.
servation program, this states al
lotment will be 500. 534 acres, ex'
pected to yield 446,S61,000 pounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

BRIEFS
News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By N AVERILL

L41S 4SSS k4~SAS CAASSS SANS SAS @S~9
shot bet sometimes pays off.
The Tuesday morning Raleigh
News and Observer noted in its
Under the Dome column: 1T
was learned that the odds r 100
to 1 that DR.. Poe will become a
candidate"
On Wednesday morning the
same News and Observer carried
DR.. Poe's remuneration Of guberna-
torial ambitions.
Those who read this bureaus
Tuesday afternoon story DIR. Poe
Suspected of Change Of Mind"
ought to have taken some OF these
odds, Our "'completely unreliable
source called that one right, any
how.
OF course DR.. Poe said absolutely
nothing about any other guoerna-
torial candidate in his statement IN
todav's papers, but there Is small
doubt that it's implications were all
f. favorable to Commissioner Of Reve-
nue. Allen ]. Maxwell, who is ike
" to be it's beneficiary-in-chief.
Now that DR.. Poe is definitely
out of the picture as a candloate
it can't hurt anybody to tell the
inside story of how the report got
around in some quarters ina
governor Hoey phoned for DR..
Pee. got him in the office ano tolo
poo he wanted him to run for gov
ernor."
Some weeks ago the governor
did. in fact, phone DR.. Poe and ASK
him to come to the capitol pu'
from there on the reported n tne
truthful versions part company anu
take completely separate pains.
The reports would have 1t tha'
Governor Hoey then tod zoe he
would like to see the Progressive
F..rmer editor as his successor a.
eovernor. and virtually promised
the full support Of the state ADMIN
I43S
istration.
Dr Poe. of course, didn't put ou'
any such report, nor yer mahS
folks taken in by it.
Here's what happened, Presloen'
Frank P. Graham of the UNIVERSITY
of North Carolina and Dean j. w.
HARRISON of State college had peer
anxious for some time that the
committee on rehabilitation OF the
State college school of agriculture
do something more than exist or
paper. DIR. Poe is chairman OF thls
group and Governor Hoey calleo
him in to pass along to him INT
wishes of DR.. Graham and Dear
HARRISON. This he did, after whlcl
DIR. Poe asked if he might have
| few minutes of the gubernatorla
time for discussion of another mat
ter. The time was granted, gracious
w as is the Hoey habit, and Dr. Pof
outlined his own reactions to TN
proposal that he run for governor
Governor Hoey listened politely
commented with the friendllnes'
which marks all Hoey comment, anf
Poe left.
But there had been no Hoey re
quest for a Poe candidacy and
equally, no Hoey pledge to a
such a candidacy should it eve
| ~eventuate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
F

ST. LOUIS This city's much.
pubIicized smoke is mighty confus.
ing to boosters announcing the
dawn.
Joseph Miller put It this way:
"a rooster across the alley from
my place crows al dawn, then the
smoke comes up and it gets dark
again, then the smoke goes away a
little and he crows again; the pail
gets darker and lighter, darker and
lighter, and he keeps on Growing
all morning."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
REOPEN

REOPEN
Observation-Disclosures college re
opened yesterday after the Christ
mas holidays.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

Of course DR.. Poe said absolutely
nothing about any other guoerna-
torial candidate in his statement IN
today's papers, but there is small
doubt that it's implications were all
favorable to Commissioner of Reve-
nue. Allen J. Maxwell, who is like
Nv to be it's neutrality-suspicious..
Evening star., 1940-12-27

France at the same time that food
shipments are made to Spain.
Britain at first volunteered to pro-
vide wheat for Spain from its own
stocks in Argentina and Canada, it
was learned, in the hope that such
action would assist in keeping Spain
neutral. Then doubts are reported
to have arisen and the wheat ship
ments were not made.
viii Insist on Neutrality.
In furtherance of President Roose-
velts announced policy Of aid to
Britain, authoritative sources de-
clared that the United States would
insist on assurances from Gen.
Franco that Spain would remain
neutral in the European war.
Franco Is reported to have stated
already that Spain desired and ex-
pected to remain neutral. but to
have explained it was impossible to
provide an iron-clad pledge that she
might not be dragged into the con-
flict by future events.
A more friendly" policy toward
the United States could be achieved,
informants here said, by Spain's end
ing of inspired newspaper attacks
against the United States, especially
against policies designed to obtain
unified action by all the American
republics in hemisphere defense.
The United States also would ex-
pect Spain, it was said, to pledge fair
and equal treatment to American