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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
Textile Chemists Open
Myrtle Beach Meeting

MYRTLE BEACH, S. c., June
21.-CP-The annual summer out
the American Tetile Chemists and
Colorists began here today with
some 400 delegates attending.
The program is largely social AM
includes a golf tournament for men
and bridge parties for women. A
banquet will be held tomorrow
night. There will be no speeches
or business sessions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
TRADE ACCORD sIGNED

ROME, June 21.-LR-A three
cornered trade agreement intended
to increase commerce among ia
pan, Manchoukuo and Italy was
signed today at the foreign min
istry. Foreign Minister Count
GaleazZo Ciano represented Italy
and Naotake Sato, special envoy
signed for Japan and Manchoukuo
for 80 minutes before the signing
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
PLEAD INNOCENT

NEW YORK, June FL Up -
Harry Revel, Hollywood song writ
er, and his brother, William, plead
ed innocent today to a federal in
dictment charging they gave false
information in applying for a pass
port. They were accused of not
giving their right surname-Glaser
and of Illegally claiming Ameri-
can birth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
REPORT ADOPTED

WASHINGTON, June ?l-p
The house adopted today a in al
senate-house conference renor IVA, =,
legislation appropriating sl.l5s
600, 900 for relief purposes in II,
next fiscal year beginning july !
OF this sum $50, 900, 900 was GO
aside for European war relief r
be administered by the Red Grass
In addition to the relief items n,
measure provides non . combatsr
training for CCC boys.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
Sixth Street Church
Will Hear S. J. King

Judge S. J. King, of Jacksonville
Fla, a native of Wilmington, will
preach at the II o'clock service Sun
day morning at the Sixth Street Ad'
vent Christian church.
Judge King is a former pastor OF
the church and the son of the Rev.
]. P. King, honorary pastor. The
Rev. James Lee, pastor, will preach
on the subject THE Bible and the
Fall Of Great Britain" at the
o'clock services Sunday evening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
BONDS ISSUED

LONDON, June 21.- Up Sir
Kingsley Wood, chancellor of the
exchequer, announced tonight in a
broadcast the issuance of an I'M
limited amount of national war
bonds ranging from five pounds to
1, 900 pounds at two and one-half
per cent interest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22

Ask your Doctor before giving
your child doubtful "bareain"
remedies. No family need take
this chance today.
Wait. Think first. Are you absolutely
sure you should give a single dose of
that drug to your child? Internally?
1t was sold, you recall, as some
thing just as good" for a few
pennies less.
A very dear purchase it could be!
, For your own peace of mind alone,
give no home remedy you're not
quite certain about without getting
your own doctors opinion. And
never go against it.
Even in the case of the common
children's remedy, milk of magne-
STA. ask your doctor what he APP
proves. And when he says phillips
Milk of Magnesia" see that you get
exactly that by asking expressly for
"PhiIlips'" when you buy 90. never
ask for Just milk of magnesia."
If your child prefers Phillips in
the newer form-tiny peppermint
Favored talks, give it this way:
But whether u get liquid Phillips
or Phillips Tablets get the genuine
Phillips. Lookforthenam phillips
Milk of Magncsia" on bottle or box.
PHILLIPS m %'sx 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
OBITUARIES

Sullivan's Island; and Mrs. Thorn.
as Clark of Seattle, Washington.
and a granddaughter.
Funeral services are to be held
at the cathedral of st. John the
Baptist, here tomorrow morning,
beginning at ten o'clock, with in
terment following at the St. Law
renee cemetery. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
AIRPORT

RALEIGH, June 21-R-D e a n
Blake r. Van Leer of the N. C..
State college school of engineering
and Prof. L.. R. Parkinson, head
of pilots and mechanics training at
the college, will go to Greenville
Tuesday to help formulate plans
for a proposed airport there. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
r. p. STONE

LUMBERTON, June 21.-Funera,
services for Rowland P. Stone, 40,
farmer of Lumberton, route two
who died suddenly of an attack OF
angina pectoris early yesterday
were held at 4 o'clock this after
room from the Mt. Elm Baptist
church. Burial followed in the fam
lily cemetery.
He is survived by his wife; two
sons, Wilton and Wallace Stone
three brothers. Thad, Forrest an6
John Stone, and one sister, Mrs. Joe
Bullock, all of the home community
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
SHIRLEY CARTER

Funeral services for Shirley Car.
ter, of Ruxton, Maryland, who died
suddenly at his home there We'd
nesday evening, will be held at
st. James Episcopal church on
Monday morning after arrival of
the Atlantic Coast Line train at
8:15 a. m.
Mr.. Carter was a son-in-law of
Gibson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
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COURT REPORTER
Decision in the Strange Case of
"POLLY AND THE PAWN SHOP"
Continued from Page Eight

N0OAAeAAAuSo 1O111 L w ElkIltJ
THE PLAINTIFF" Polly
Mcclure won her case in three
courts, first in a small magistrates
court, then in the Court of Appeals
and finally in the Supreme Court
of Illinois.
The case seems to hinge on the
question, "Did Uncle Charlie
Simon show negligence when he
sold out his pawn-shop interests
without giving Miss Polly any
notice of such action?" And the
answer seems to be, according to
the court, that he did.
He had, in substance, assured her
by the language on the pawn-ticket,
that her property was insured and
amply protected. And, in the words
of the court, "He violated his duty
by transferring the possession Of
her property to another pawn
broker, who, the evidence shows,
was not protected by the time
mechanism of a protective agency"
And finally, the law is very
general that a pawn-broker cannot
sell or dispose of any pledge on
which the payment of interest is in
default, within one year from the
date of the default, without getting
the written consent of the pawner.
So Polly McClure received from
"Uncle Charlie" the equivalent of
her diamond ring, something in the
neighborhood Of $4,000 cash!
This is taken from a true case.
Reference of citation may be had by
sending a stamped, self-addressed
envelope to "Bela Lanan-Court
Reporter"
Starting Next Week
THE STRANGE CASE OF
1.-THE BULLET THAT MISSED
THE MARK"
Don't Miss It-Fol1ow 1t Daily In
This Newspaper.
Trade Mark Registered; U. S. Patent Office
World Rights Reserved by Garlic Crutcher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
T. NJ. EMERSON, JR.

Funeral services for Thomas M.
Emerson, Jr., 80, formerly of Will
mington, who died Tuesday at his
home in Alexandria, Va, were held
at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in
Richmond, Va. Burial followed in
a Richmond cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22
RENDERED

CAIRO, June 21.-CP-Premier
Ally Maher Pasha has rendered the
cabinets resignation to the king,
who has not yet accepted it. The
premier said he was ready to make
way for a coalition government if
one could be formed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22

Bussells, H. T. St. George, j. l.
Davis, l.. T. Haskell and Price
Furpless. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-22

ADVERTISEMENT
Evening star., 1940-07-04
Roosevelt and Hull
Will Form Ticket,
Leaders Predict
High Democratic Circles
Report President Hos
Decided to Run Again
BY the Associated Press.


A Roosevelt-Hul ticket was fore
cast today in high Democratic cir
cles which have become convinced
that the President will accept a
third term nomination.
Although Mr.. Roosevelt has given
no public hint of his intentions,
usually authoritative sources de-
clared that he has made up his
mind to run and that he wants
Secretary of State Hull for the
vice presidential nominee.
Mr.. Hull has been mentioned fire.
quently for first place on the DEM
ocratic slate if the Chief Execu-
tive should not run, but only re-
Gently has his name come to the
fore in vice presidential talk. He
personally has held aloof from po-
litical discussion and may even be
en- route to the Pan American Con-
ference in Havana while the DEM
ocratic Convention is meeting.
Call Hull Logical Choice.
Those who believe Mr.. Roosevelt
will break precedent and agree to
carry his party's standard once
more contend that he will be i'm
PEELED by the European crisis and
American defense needs. For that
reason they picture Secretary Hull
as logical running mate, since he
is the cabinet member handling for
eign relations
One small group of politicians has
lSee POLITICS, Page A-2l
Evening star., 1940-07-04
Italians Reported
Speeding to Aid
Fleeing Vessels

By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, July 4.-The British
Navy has turned in battle on
naval units of France, her former
ally, with demands that they re-
join the British cause, scuttle
themselves or try to fight their
way out.
With the British determined
to hold the whip hand at sea
despite Frances capitulation, one
British French naval battle
ragged at Mers El-Kebir, French
Algerian base, and another clash
was reported at Casablanca,
French Morocco.
Adding to the possibility that
the Mediterranean and African
waters west of Gibraltar might
soon become one vast field for row.
ing naval combat was a report that
the Italian war feet was speeding
to the aid of the French at Mers
El-Kebir.
The Petain government of France
ordered French warships at Alex
andria to fight their way home to
surrender in accord with the armi-
stice which ended hostilities be-
tween France and the axis powers.
To Fight WAY Home.
French warships were ordered to
stop all British merchantmen on
the high seas, and all of the great
French Navy, which once operated
under British guidance, was direct
ed to fight ''in event of any new
aggression"
The report of a new battle at
Casablanca and movement of the
Italian fleet came from Berlin in a
dispatch by the correspondent Of
the Geneva newspaper lie Journal de
Geneve. There was no immediate
confirmation.
Casablanca is more than 400 miles
west Of Mers El-Kebir on the Afri-
can Atlantic coast. Mers El-Kebir
is on the Mediterranean, within the
British dominated Gibraltar gate
way. 1t lies next to Oran.
Dunkerque Reported Afire.
German reports were that the
French battleships Dunkerque and
Provence and the f1otilla leader
Mogador had been fired at Mers Ell
Kebir by long-range British bonn
bardment.
The British attacking feet at Mers
El-Kebir was reported to include
three powerful warships, while the
opposing French units included the
(See GENEVA, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1940-07-04
French BottIeship Bretogne Reported
Blown Up by Mine in Trying to Flee
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 4.-The French
battleships Dunkerque and Provence
and the flotilla leader Mogador have
been set afire by British naval bonn
bardment and now are burning in
Oran Harbor, DNB, German official
news agency, reported today.
DNB said the French battleship
Bretagne was blown up while at
tempting to leave port, evidently
having struck one of the magnetic
mines laid by the British"
The battleship Strasbourg, five
fiotilla leaders and a number of
torpedo boats and submarines sue
ceeded in fighting their way through
a ring of British warships and reach
ing the Mediterranean, the agency
declared.
At the time of the attack of the
British fleet, DNB said, some of the
French ships we're without steam
and could not use their heavy
artillery.
The agency said the British
opened fire with long-range guns.
(Jane's fighting ships, author
itative work on world navies,
shows the Provence a 22,189-ton
battleship, completed in 1918, and
with a normal complement of
1,133 men. She carries ten 1884,
inch guns and fourteen 5.5-inch
guns as main armament.
(The Dunkerque has a displace-
ment of 26500 tons and carried
eight 13-inch guns and sixteen
5.1-inch guns as we'll as other
armament. Her normal compile
ment is 1881 men. Completed in
1885. she is one of the finest ships
OF the French Navy.
CThe fotilla leader Mogador is
listed as one of the French
Mogador class of six heavy de-
Evening star., 1940-07-04
Plane Carrier IIIustrious
Hit by Torpedo, Nazis Say
BY the Associated Press.

oE VIC ASoOtldteu fTeSS.
BERLIN, July 4.-The British
airplane carrier rllustrious has
sustained torpedo hit, the Ger
man high command announced to-
day.
"A submarine commanded by First
1t. Endrasz effected a torpedo hit
on the newest British airplane
carrier Illustrious," a communique
said, giving no further details.
The high command also reported
air attacks on Britain's Channel and
North Sea quays, coastal fortifica-
tions, airports, barracks and arms
plants. Among the establishments
bombed yesterday, it said, were an
army camp at Aldershot, an air.
plane plant at Reading and heavy
coastal batteries near New Haven.
Ranging the sea, German air
raiders were said to have scored two
heavy bomb hits on large vessel"
in a British convoy.
Evening star., 1940-07-04
Novies Virtually at War;
Bretogne Class BottIeship p
Sunk, Commons Is Told

LONDON, July 4-Great Britain has disabled destroyed
in battle or taken over under her own coors Large pro-
portion of the French Navy lest it fall into German hands,
Prime Minister Churchill announced today in the House OF
Commons.
Even as the Prime Minister addressed the House. British
and French naval units still at large the Mediterranean
and elsewhere virtually at war.
Brushing tears from his cheeks Mr. Churchill delivered the
tense quiet House and crowded galleries account British
French which started yesterday afternoon off Oran
and Mers EKeb Algeria which brought according to the Prime
Minister'S
Sinking of a batleship Breagne class heavy
damage to another;
Damage and grounding of battle
bourg class;
Sinking firing of desroyers and airpane
carrier and orpedong of battle cruiser either the stras
bourg Dunkeque joined other ships dash
toward the French continental base of Touon.
Churchill said the Dunkerque would be of action fo
many months to come"
No Interference Italy.
The British their assault the French at Me
EKebir without interference from Italy Mr. Churchill said
The Italian fleet kept prudenty out OF the way he COM
mented I'VE shall take the maintain command
of the Mediterranean"
Summarizing extent control
Churchill many warshps
lish ports Plymouth Portsmouth about 10 days
The units in these ports at sheerness listed
Two battlesps two light cruisers submarines including
the worlds largest the Surcou eight deoyers and 200 small
mne-sweeping and an-submarine craft
A British and French officer killed and
officer enlisted
"a scu aboard the surcou The of the operations
in England without bloodshed the Prime Minister said
At Alexandria, Churchill British control
over French batesp four French cruisers and number OF
smaller ships They joined British wasips in fighting off
Italian raid they informed they could that
British Mediterranean base
Debate Follows Report
When Mr. Churchill finished his speech the into
secret debate Earlier it had been that secret debate
economic warfare is scheduled for next Tuesday
The Prime Minister'S AUDIENCE chered the
that large proportion of the French fleet had been
from falling into hands The bordered
hystercal
there was hush upon crowd when Mr. Churchill
squadron
and the French warships.
perhaps the most bizarre naval of all time
ptted against called
only half month
Commenting battle which yesterday
afternoon and the naval base ElKebr,
Churchill
loss of life among the harbor
must have been heavy compelled to
and immense explosions observed"
ensey listening House that the
Evening star., 1940-07-04
Neutrality Act Keeps
Earle Out of R. A. F.
BY the Associated Press.

5y t1ic hSSOCldJcu 1IcSSs
SOFIA, July 4.-George H. Earle,
4th, son of the United States Min
lister to Bulgaria, has been prevented
from joining the British Royal Air
Force by the American Neutrality
Act and will try to reach home to
enlist in the United States air force,
his father said today.
MY son did not understand that
the Neutrality Act applied to an
American holding no governmental
position and living outside America
until the Department of State ad-
vised me-" said the elder Earle, for
mer Governor of Pennsylvania.
1.-The British have informed me
that he has not as yet enlisted in the
air force. George will leave Sofia to-
morrow and will try to reach home
via Africa. He has received word
that the American air force needs
men and he will join up If he is able
To- reach America"
Evening star., 1940-07-04
MacCurt Not Hanged;
Loses Habeas Corpus Plea
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, July 4.-The Dublin
High Court refused today an appn-
cation for a conditional writ of
habeas corpus on behalf of Tomas
MacCurtain, 22-year-old son of the
former Lord Mayor of Cork. SEN
fenced to be hanged tomorrow for
the murder of Detective John Roche
at Cork last January 4.
An appeal was taken to the Su-
preme Court, which sits at II am.
tomorrow
Dispatches which reported that
MacCurtain was hanged yesterday
were erroneous.
In Belfast the outlawed Irish Re-
publican Army circulated the fol-
lowing declaration:
IF De Valera prime Minister
Eamon de Valera of Ireland) carries
treachery so far as to authorize the
murder of this Republican soldier
(MacCurtain) he will have cause to
regret 1t in very short time"
Evening star., 1940-07-04
War Bulletins

LONDON (R.-Two German
planes were reported shot
down in attempting attacks
on England this afternoon.
Residents on the southeast
coast said they believed they
saw one German plane crash
in the sea after being attacked
by British planes. Another
was reported downed by Brit
ish fighters over Southwest
England.
SOFIA, Bulgaria R.-Ofi-
cial circles reported today
Bulgaria has received assur-
ances from Germany and
Italy that her claims for an
nexing Dobruja from Ru-
mania would be supported in a
future peace settlement.
Bulgaria, it was said, asked
Moscow, Berlin and Rome to
state their attitude on the
Dobruja question. A reply
from Russia still is awaited.
Evening star., 1940-07-04
Marine Union Cancel!
Strike on West Coast
After Wage Increase
Secretary Perkins and
HiIImun Make Pleas
Avoiding Ships Tie-up
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 4.-The
long-feared West Coast marine
strike was Cancelled today, minutes
after the midnight deadline which
was to have sent c. I. o. marine
cooks and stewards to the picket
lines to blockade ITS American flag
ships.
The union, in full membership
meeting, at 2:33 a m. voted with a
unanimous roar of approval to rati-
fy the memorandum peace formula
adopted after midnight by their
negotiators. They won 10 per
cent wage adjustment.
The formula was based on a pro-
posal by Harry Bridges, and ac-
ceptance came half an hour after
Secretary of Labor Perkins wired
an urgent peace plea to the union.
Bridges, California c. I. o. direc-
tor, had been asked to intervene by
Sidney Hillman, G. I. o. vice presi-
(see STRIKE, Page A-I4D
Evening star., 1940-07-04
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 4.-The first sur
vivor of the torpedoed British pris-
on ship Arandora Star to reach Lon
don today said the decks of the liner
were a sea of faces as she went
down. A cloud of steam rose 100
feet into the air, and the suction
dragged lifeboats and men Gown
with her"
The survivor was Martin Verinder,
18-year -old steward who was among
the 1,000-odd landed yesterday at a
port in Western Scotland. Their
arrival left missing almost 1000 of
the 1000 who were aboard, 500
Germans and Italians being taken to
Canada for internment and 500
Evening star., 1940-07-04

stroyers of 1884 tons displace-
ment, complement of 238 men
and main armament of eight 5.5-
inch guns and ten 217-inch
torpedo tubes.
(The Strasbourg is the sister
ship of the Dunkerque, with the
same specifications. She was
completed in 1886. The Bretagne,
sister ship of the Provence, was
completed in 1913 with the same
specifications as the Provence.)
DNB said the French government
informed the German Armistice
Commission of its intention to sink
French warships if they were at.
tackled and unable to escape the
British fleet. This procedure meets
the terms of the French German
armistice, the agency said.
The French decision was said tt
have been communicated to the
German commission at Wiesbader
(See BERLIN, Page A-20
Evening star., 1940-07-04
R. A. F. Raids Germany;
IS Reported Killed

BERLIN, July 4 CR.-British air
men, said to have been benefited by
low-hanging clouds, bombed several
points yesterday in Northern and
Western Germany, "unscrupulously
attacking the civilian population" I"
according to the German high COM
mand.
In Hamburg and Barmbeck Brit
ish bombs killed II children, 3 wom-
en- and / man, it was said, while II
other children and 9 women were
injured.
The communique also noted Brit
ish raids over Belgium and the
Netherlands last night, but said they
caused no noteworthy damage" !"
Six British planes were reported de.
stroyed, as against four missing from
the German ar force.
Evening star., 1940-07-04
Compulsory Military
Training Message
Likely Within 10 Days
Will Follow Roosevelt
Request for S Billions
More for Defense
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Billions more for defense was the
word today as the United States
observed the 164th anniversary of
the Declaration of independence,
and there were indications that the
immense new preparedness request
would be followed by recommenda-
tions for youth training program
Notice that a new $4,000, 900 900
defense program was in the making
came from the White House yes
terday after President Roosevelt
and his chief defense advisers gave
it their approval.
Matching in size the $4,000, 900 900
already voted for the current fiscal
year, the supplementary plans were
mapped to hasten the Nation toward
the goal of 50,000-plane air force,
and to procure tanks, artillery and
other equipment in mass produc-
tion quantities for the expanding
Army.
The immense expansion proposal
WAAA NC PidSCo bClOlC SOllSl CSS IlcAI
week, officials said. Congress prob
ably will be asked to make outright
appropriations for about half the
new program, and to provide author
lzatlon for the remainder, leaving
the additional funds to be voted
later.
Roosevelt Works on Message.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt
was reported to be at work on the
new defense message at Hyde Park,
where he is passing the holiday. 1t
was expected there that he would
send the message to Congress next
Monday or Tuesday.
With this new message from the
President in prospect, well-informed
legislators said that within 10 days
(Cee DE,EENCE pace hIAl