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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
NIGHT WATCHMAN
is BEATEN HERE
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not given much chance to live last
night. Attaches at James Walker
Memorial hospital, where he was
taken for treatment, described his
condition as Critical"
Jessie Goodman, negress, Of 615
Harnett street, told police that she
awoke about 8 o'clock yesterday
morning and heard meon groan-
Ing outside the house. On looking
out the window she said she saw
Padgett lying on the street.
Officers were called and the man
was rushed to the hospital.
Police continued their investigation
last night but said that they were
unable to find a motive for the as
sault. Padgett was not robbed as his
pocketbook, containing $1.7O, which
was all the money he was known to
have, was still in his pockets along
with a watch and knife.
Officers said that they had been
unable to- find any evidence of the.
man having trouble with anyone re-,
Gently, and expressed the belief that
possibly he was beaten by someone
who planned to rob him but was
frightened away before he could &C..
complish his purpose. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
MRS. MARY F. BATE

Mrs. Mary Frederick Bate, So,
died at her home, Alb Red Cross
street, yesterday morning at S
o'clock after a short illness.
Funeral services will be held
from st. Mary's Catholic church
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock,
with Father Cornelius Murphy,
pastor, officiating. Interment will
follow in Oakdale cemetery.
Mrs. Bate was born in Duplin
county on October 7, 1888, the
daughter of the late William L.
and Elizabeth Matthews Frederick.
She is survived by two daughters,
Elizabeth and Louise Bate, Of
Wilmington; one son, William E.
Bate, of Florence, S. c.; one sis
ter, Mrs. B. G.. Blanchard, of
Warsaw; and an aunt, Mrs. Eta
F. West, of Warsaw.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
Cloudy, Colder Weather
Is Forecast For Civ

Cloudy and colder, with the low
est temperature expected to be a.
degrees, was forecast for today by
weather bureau officials here last
night.
Fresh southwest to west winds
will predominant today.
Tonight is expected to be even
colder and skies will begin to clear
by Tuesday.
The mercury yesterday scared
to IS degrees, with the mean being
10 degrees above the 47-degree nor
NAL. The low for the day was IS
degrees.
The colder temperatures of last
night came after several days of
warm weather, during which the
peak was reached Saturday when
the mercury climbed to SO degrees
and fell no lower than g.. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
STUDENTS CONDUCT
CHURCH SERVICES
Young People Home For Holl-
days Have Charge Of Pro-
&
gram At Temple Church

College students home for the
holidays conducted the serVless'
which dealt primarily VIII the
place of youth today, at the lem
pie Baptist church last night.
Robert Andrews, student at tne
University of North Carolina hao
charge of the services.
Short talks were made by Eliza
beth Bell, OF Mars Hill college,
Lewis Coeman, of Wake Forest
college. Ann White, OF Meredlth
and Nathan Xanthos, of Wake For
est college.
Miss Bell spoke on the activities
of students at Mars Hill and gave
an account of the history of the
college.
Coleman's talk dwelled on the
part the youth r playing in the
affairs of the nation.
american youth is not afraid,
nor is it easily scared, but at the
same time it is not characteristic
of American youth that It engages
blindly in any movement irregard-
ess of the merits of that move
ment," he said in speaking Of the
present preparedness program"
of the United States.
He said that he believed the
youth of this country is ware that
there are conditions which make
the present program of national
preparedness not only advisable
but necessary"
Miss White spoke on the Re
ligious Life at Meredith" and out
Lined the various phases of this az
tivity in the college.
Xanthos read a, selection from
the Bible and gave the prayer.
Members of Temple church away
at colleges include: Robert Cole
man, Lewis Coleman, Herman
Mills, Robert Andrews, Jay Cas-
teen, Ann White, Elizabeth Bell,
Bradley Roebuck, Nathan Xanthos,
Alex Fonvielle, William Walker,
Gene Fonvielle, Elizabeth Jordan,
Thomas Briggs and Bobby Page. l
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ATTACK
BRITISH CONVOY
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Gin London, the admiralty re-
ported a Nazi Christmas morn raid
on a convoy in which, it said, one
merchantmen was slightly dam
aged and a powerful enemy sur
face raider" was hit and it's supply
ship sunk during a chase by the
British cruiser Berwick.
A German submarine was cred
tied with sinking As, 1000 tons of
shipping during a long cruise"
In the air, the communique re-
ported a daylight bombardment of
Southampton's dock works by a
lone German reconnaissance plane
followed at night by group attacks
on an unidentified port city on
the channel coast" l
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BRITISH CONTINUE
TO SHELL BARDIA
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tack, their patrols far down in the
Sudan Successfully harassed the
Italians southwest of Kassala and
east Of Gallabat, general headquar-
tiers reported.
The patrols ere supported by ar.
tillery, the communique added.
Egyptian newspapers reported the
discovery of a large number of bank
notes especially printed for Egypt
among the material abandoned at
sidi Barrani, first important Italian
base town seized by the British
when they began the African often.
sive early this month,
The notes presumably were to be
put into circulation when the Ital-
ians entered Alexandria, 1t was said.
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IS DEAF TO
NEGOTIATED PEACE
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strain the war effort of the Axis,
or, if rejected, to convince the
reluctant American people that war
had become inevitable"
It was this paper which said
that the Axis was Unnecessarily
deaf to suggestions of a negotiat-
ed peace. Its editorial, considered
by usually informed Italian sources
to have been officially inspired,
declared that such a peace would
benefits the provocative democra-
cieS."
In this war, it SAID, one wins
or dies
La Stampa of Turin contributed
this, in part:
The Axis powers, while con
demning the profound injustice OF
the United States attitude since
the beginning of the conflict, have
considered it opportune not to ag-
gravate relations.
Flag Not Compromised
up to now the American flag
has not been compromised in any
open favoring of the English.
Form has been saved even if
it must be considered that Eng
land, without aid and Indictment
from overseas, already would have
been forced to surrender.
But there are limits which can
not be exceeded. The Axis already
mas had to take such - eventual
lty into consideration and forearm
ITSELF"
The three-power pact with Japan
"a military alliance committing
them to a one-for-all action against
any new nation taking up arms
against any of them-vas part of
the precautions" La Stampa said.
Any American aid to Britain, by
way of conveys to Ireland, would
bring immediate reaction, the
Newspaper said. This, they held,
would be an act of war.
(The official Italian radio. as
heard by CHS, said: ct has been
stated in various quarters that the
United States has brought pres
sure to bear on Ireland so that
that country would cede bases to
the British Conveniently s
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
NATHAN GORNTO

Nathan Gornto died at a local hos
pital yesterday morning at 9:20
o'clock after a short illness.
Funeral services will be held in
Onslow county this afternoon at 2
o'clock, with burial in the family
cemetery.
He is survived by the following
children: Mrs. Gladys Jackson, of
Richmond, Va, Lee, Kay and Harold
Gornto, Of Jacksonville, and Hugh
Gornto, of Green mountain; one SIS
ter; Mrs. Cassie Henderson, of
Hubert; four brothers, Tinker and
Mack Gornto, Of Jacksonville, Walter
Gornto, of Marines, and r. B.
Gornto, of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
LONDON BATTLES
FLAMES FOLLOWING
GERMAN AIR RAID
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the firemen fighting in rubble strewn
streets amid tangles of fire hoses.
One famous church designed by
Sir Christopher Wren was smashed,
but score Of hastily recruited mes
senger boys and janitors in the
neighborhood dashed into the flam-
ing structure and rescued many
priceless relics just before the roof
collapsed. E
Pillars OF Flames
The fires could be seen for miles
great pillars of flames that swept
the clouds and Illuminated the sky
clashes between the attacking and
defending planes.
Many witnessed this gripping bat
tie despite the rain Of explosive
bombs dropped down toward the bea-
con fires.
Across this ~fire-swept panorama in
the capital were the struggling sha-
dows of the firemen and volunteers
who were tossing hundreds of geys-
ers of water and bags of sand on
the flames.
But there were so many fires that
the water pressure went low. Many
extra pumps were rolled into use.
Cable communications from Lon
don to New York were disrupted
and wireless contact, too, for a time.
After a lapse Of several hours the
Associated Press correspondent Sue
ceeded in getting New York by tele-
phone.
The intensity of the fires lighted
the way for the raiders more than
ever before.
Waves of bombers apparently car
rying cargoes Of incendiary bombs
and no explosives-attacked the CAPT.
tai just after dark. They hurled
hundreds upon hundreds Of blazing
missiles to light the way for the
raiders who shuttled ton upon ton of
explosive over the city in their blaz-
ing wake.
Sensing another ferocious attack,
London's millions darted down sub
way entrances to safety. Others took
refuge in their backyard Andersen
the steel huts distribut-
ed by the government.
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MOVE TO
BULGARIAN LINE
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may hold the Germans in check
for a time even if the Berlin high
command plans to send them into
Bulgaria.
1t IS believed the Germans would
be obliged to await either clear
water permitting engineers to Law
pontoon bridges or solid ice thick
enough to support heavy mechan-
lied columns.
Situation Tense
The situation in Bulgaria grew
tense after a period of compare
tive calm.
King Boris conferred with Pre-
mler Bogdan Philoff as political
circles specialized on the possible
ty that German pressure would
produce a government crisis.
these quarters mentioned inter-
lor Minister Peter Gabrovsky, for
mes leader of the small Bulgarian
Nazl party, as the possible head
OF a new government if the pre-
SEN moderate regime should fall.
.lBulgaria, apparently with So
Wet Russia's support, has declined
SO lar formally to enter the Axis
military pact. King Boris II of
bulgaria is authoritatively report
ed to have informed Adolf Hitler
on a recent visit to Germany that
ne would abdicate rather than
sanction passage of German troops
through his country.)
situation was complicated
by an increase in communist pro-
paganda throughout the country.
informed quarters said that
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
LORD VIVIAN

LONDON, Dec. 20. - Up - Lord
Vivian, 81, died yesterday on a shoot.
ing trip ear Bodmin, Cornwall. In
the World war he won the distin-
guished service order, French and
Belgian croix de guerre and was
made a chevalier Of the Legion Of
Honor and an officer Of the Order Of
Leopold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
MISS ANNE MUNDS

Funeral services for Miss Anne
Munds, 81, who died at her home in
New York, were held from the chapel
of Andrews Mortuary yesterday aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock.
The Rev. Mortimer Glover con.
Quoted the services. Interment fol-
lowed in the Oakdale cemetery.
Active p~allbearers were: lack
Bell, Walter Storm, Richard Meares,
Fred Poisson, e.. A. Cardwell, and
Bernard O'Neill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
MRS. IDA q. OLIVER

LUMBERTON, Dec. 29.-Funeral
rites for Mrs. Ida Campbell Oliver,
II, who died at her home in the Long
Branch section Friday night, were
held from the Long Branch Baptist
church, of which she was a member,
this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Burial followed in the Gum ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Oliver is survived by three
sons, g. B. Oliver, Of Long Branch:
g. W. Oliver, of Bennettsvil1e, s.. c.,
and A. r. Oliver. Of Greenville, N.
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CRITICISM AND
PRAISE FOLLOWS
F. D. R. ADDRESS
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~AC x1O
war when, as a matter of fact,
we are not.
Il think q positive statement
from the President might have
been made that we are not going
to be involved in foreign en-
tanglements and that we are 60
ing to look to our own national
Defense"
At Hobe Sound, Florida, friends of
Wendell L. Willkie said that he
would have no immediate comment
on the Presidents talk but that he
probably would have something to
say after the chief executives mes
sage to congress Jan. s.. The 1910
republican presidential nominee is
va%cationing at Hobe Sound.
Other comment included:
Senator Bulow (D-SD)-"I don't
see how it exactly squares with pre-
election pledges to keep this country
out of war;"
Senator Murray CD-Mont)-"The
great mass of American people will
be in accord with his appeal. They
will agree that the best way for our
people to keep out of war will be to
send every material aid to Great
Britain"
Senator Vandenberg (R.Mich)-
1.-THE President made a powerful
statement of his position. r agree
with his denunciation of an ppease-
ment peace. A demand for a state
ment of war detectives from belliger-
ents would make it undeniably clear
whethe.' no other peace is possible.
II so, there is clear need for all pos
sble aid to England under the policy
to which we are already committed.
But the grave question Of judg-
ment always remains as to the ex-
tent to which we should use our de-
Tense facilities to build our own pre-
against a crisis in both
oceans towards which we race. The
grave question remains whether we
shall stay short Of war. I agree
any event to the demand for
defense production with a
realism thus far sadly lacking"
Rep. Woodrum [D-Va)-"It was a
serious appeal to get the war mate
rails to England. It was r~eassuring
to have him say that troops were
not to be sent, but otherwise there
appeared to be nothing new as far
as administration support for Britain
was concerned"
Rep. Kitchener (R.Mich)-"There |
not anything new in the speech
Ind there was nothing specific as to
he question before the people now
that Is the conveying # supplies
Great Britain-unless his words |
which sounded like we would send
hose supplies really meant some
Senator Capper (R-Kas) - 1.-THE
speech left me feeling
hat we are nearer-pretty close to
var. I'm for keeping out Of that war
there, I'm against any active
participation. However, I approx
III parts Of his speech urging maxi.
national preparedness ns ra-
,idly as possible"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
MRS JULIA C. COHEN

ATLANTA, Dec. 2s.-LR-Mrs.
Julia Clarke Cohen, widow of Ma
lor John S. Cohen, former United
States senator and one-time presi-
dent and editor of the Atlanta
Journal, died at her home today
after an illness of several weeks.
She "a 70 years old.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
JAP, INDO-CHINA
FARLEY TO OPEN
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\SoAAAoSu AioLIi age Unel
for most part from Europe, has bean
cut off.
A recent editorial in the foreign.
office controlled Tokyo Times said
the "chief Importance of Indo-Cbipa
in the Far Eastern economy is her
rice producer position"
whoever holds Indo-China can
dictate much of the Pacific policy
as it touches the livelihood of mapy
the paper asserted.
Indo-China rubber exports in 1889
were valued at $4,000, 900 with A.
per cent delivered to the United
States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30

while Bulgaria probably would per-
NIT passage of German troops,
but only under protest, the fulfil
ity of armed resistance was gen.
orally recognized. There were no
signs of extraordinary military
preparations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
COST VS., ABILITY

Pictures do not depend on the type
Of camera used, but upon the per-
SON behind the camera. Prize-win-
ming pictures can be taken with a
dollar camera and poor pictures with
expensive ones.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
DEFINED

The word parasite is taken from
the Greek Which means eating
alongside Of" and originally was an.
piled to any person who ate at an
others table, repaying the host with
flattery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
OBITUARIES

c.; one brother, Dock Campbell, Of
Tar Heel.
Three daughters, Mrs. Bennett
Barnes, of Lumberton; Mrs. Frank
Taylor and Mrs. Joe Broadwell, both
of High Point; and three sisters,
Mrs. Ezra Freeman, Mrs. Elmore
Billiard, and Mrs. I. V. Hooper, all
of Lumberton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30

WINNsBORO, S. c., Dec. 2s.-R
DR.. Samuel Lindsay, 81, who had
practiced 43 years, died tonight
after a three months illness.
He is survived by his widow:
two daughters, Mrs. j. W. Ash
ford OF Hamlet, N. c., and Mrs.
BILL Wells of Hogansville, Ca;
three brothers, the Rev. W. B.
Lindsay of Charlotte, N. c.; and
Joseph and R. J. Lindsay of Ches-
ter; and two sisters, Mrs. J. H.
Beal OF Lenoir, N. c., and Mrs. ].
r. Miller of Rock Hill.
Funeral services will be held at
3 p. m. Tuesday,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30
HENRY j. HORN

BROOKLINE, Mass, Dec. 29.-R
Henry John Horn, rs, railroad
analyst and a former vice president
OF both the New York, New Haven
and Hartford and the Boston and
Maine railroads, died today.
At n time he was general man.
ager of the Northern Pacific rail-
road n assistant general manager
OF the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad. Since 1913 he had
been a railroad analyst.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-30

The male ostrich often weighs
300 pounds
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-01
CAPITOL CHAFF

Pressure by the State Depart ment has caused the National De fsnse Commission to order a sup ply of diamonds from Brazil. This will be part of the stock pile' of emergency materials to be accumulated in this country in case of war, since diamonds are essential for drills and ma chine tools. The Defense Commis sion wanted to buy them from South Africa, but the State De- pertinent intervened in favor of a Pan-American neighbor !. Congressman Jack Dempsey. de feated in the race to become Senator from New Mexico, is ang ling for the job of WPA Admins trator, replacing Nathan Straus, who never could get along on Capitol Hill
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-01
The Washington
 Daybook
By Jack Stinnett

WASHINGTON - $ funny thing how the big government contracts bring out the racket eers.
 This is a true story, but don't ask me names or places, because it's off the record and I can go only so far.
 Thrce men-tWo from Boston, one from Providence, R. I-are securing the land, knocking on the doors of those manufacturers who MIGHT get government con tracts. These men have made no mistake about it, either.
 They check up in advance on needs and possible supplies They have found what way the con- tract wind is blowing. Here is a sample of how they work:
 How do you do MT. x. It's a pleasure. It really is a marvel ous plant you have here. Why, you could produce things you never dreamed of MT. X. Did you ever think of getting a govern ment contract.
 Well, here's how it is, MT. x in Washington we exercise a great deal of influence. We have connections.
 Would you like to see our passports? Ha-Ha! Of course they aren't passports, MT X. They are just-well-what you might call calling cards
 Here is a bona fide member ship card in the Blank-Blank Club. Of course you know what that means, MT. x.
 Then here's my card to the Capitol Writers Club-And the Association of White House punks-Ana the Congress Green Room .'
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-01
EDITORIAL
THE ANSWER FROM RI A T \ N U s K \

Last month the colonists at Palmer were given a contract to supply 25,000 pounds of potatoes to the soldiers at ElmendOrf Field during October. They are so well established, they have learned so much about agricul- ture in the North that they were able to compete with Seattle pric es on potatoes, as they had to meet the Army specifications. Ex pansion of production to meet the new demandsso of the Alaska Army posts has been the first aim at Matanuska for some time now. Every month the Army post at Anchorage alone is going to want 12,O00 pounds of beef, 5000 pounds of bacon, 1880 pounds of butter; 3,750 dozen eggs; 1,50O pounds of ham, 100 pounds of liver; $500 pounds of pork and 1900 pounds of pork sausage; 1900 pounds of turkey; 25,0OO pounds of potatoes and vast quantities of other produce which can be grown as well in Alaska as anywhere else in the world. In filling this bill the Mat anuska farmers are contributing vitally to the defense of Alaska. At the same time they are build ing an agricultural industry which will benefit the entire Territory.
 Is MatanuSka a success? We think so; but ask us again 20 years from now. - Juneau Elm pire.
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he repudiated. In one way or an other every one of the Is signers had his name challenged and all stood firm. Dr. Coffin was so aroused by these tactics that he sent Hoover a sizzling letter which concluded as follows:
 While you say in your tele- gram that your proposal is con ditional upon such safeguards as would be no injury to the British cause, 1 happan to know from the highest sources that this is apparently not the way in which the British government views this. Inasmuch as Britain is in my judgement fighting our bat ties, l think we owe it to them not to do anything to embarrass them.'
 NOTE-Hoover's plan is to set up U. S. corporations to buy food with the funds of the con- quered countries on deposit here and transport the supplies in Am erican ships. American exports estimate that there is ample food in Europe to feed everybody this winter, provided it is equitably distributed by the Nazis - who, however have requisitioned ev- erything they could lay their hands on and shipped it to Ger many.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-01
GERMAN OCCUPATION

Intelligence reports from Flu rope indicate that it is not the German army but civilians in France who are causing trouble, These reports state that the Nazis already have begun to create their Vaunted unifcation of Flu rope and their reduction of France to a mere agricultural state.
 Following the conquering Nazi armies, there came German civ ilians in numbers almost as great They settled down in evacuated French homes and began to oper ate abandoned French shops and factorieS-and to take over oth- CTS which had not been abandon ed. All this in the vital industrial ara of north France.
 Reports about the conduct of Germans in France make a sharp distinction between the German military and civilians elements. Little complaint was heard of the conduct of the German mili- tary, but when the Gestapo and the Brown Shirts followed, to- gether with civilian groups for the management of industry, real friction developed.
 British victory over Germany would require not only success in staying off invasion but also driving the Germans out of the Low Countries and France-and this means not only the German soldiers but the hordes of civil ians who have taken over man. agement of French industry as if 1t were their own.