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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14

clarity procedure and eliminate
dead" wood.
Prominent among the speakers
who will address the main conven-
ton is Walter M. Perry, State Bank
ing Commissioner, who will talk on
Cooperation Between Bankers and
Realtors"
Mr.. Perry's discussion is consid-
cred one of the most important
on the program owing to the in
creased part bankers are now play
ing in the real estate market.
Other speakers will include: Step
hen p. Hackley, Field Representa-
tive Of the Connecticut State De-
velopment Commissioner, who will
talk on 1.-THE Realtors Place in the
Industrial and Residential Develop
ment of Connecticut" William H.
Ballard, of Boston, Past Regional
President Of the National As
ISOLATION of Real Estate Boards, who
will speak on New England Real
tors Need a More Closely Knit
Organization; Aubrey Maddox, Of
Hartford, who will speak on Con
demnation Appraisals and Court
Testimony; Alton T. Maxim, Past
President Of the Maine Association,
whose topic will be Merchandising
Real Estate; Parker Webb, of Bos-
ton, Regional President of the
NAREB, Experiences of Regional
President" and Vincent P.
Bradley, of Trenton, N. j., 1.-THE
Need and Desire For a Real Estate
License Law in Connecticut"
Prior to the start of the conven-
ton at / p. M, the Board Of Di-
rectors will meet at the Quinnipiac
Club at 1890 a. m. to elect officers
and consider the proposed consti-
tutional and bylaws amendments.
The meeting will be presided over
by Charles E. Luscomb, of Hartford,
president of the association.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14
CONGRESS VOTES
COMING TUESDAY
Senators, Representatives
Called From All States
on Adjournment Plan

Washington, Nov. IA. (UP)-Sen-
ators and representatives were sum-
moned from all parts Of the coun-
try today so that they may vote
Tuesday on a resolution sending
them home again.
With the election over Speaker
Sam Rayburn was confident that
House members would vote to end
the 10th session fon CongresS-pro-
vided he can get them back here.
Efforts ad administration leaders
to get an adjournment or long re-
cess before election, collapsed be-
cause of the opposition of all House
Republicans and many Democrats.
House Republican Leader Joseph W..
Martin, Jr., still opposes adjourn
ment, but Rayburn thinks enough
Democrats have changed their
minds to make 1t possible.
A previous obstacle to adjourn
ment was the demand of some SEN
atorS for a vote on the HouSe-ap-
proved Walter-L0gan bill which
would subject orders and decision of
administrative agencies to court re-
view. Some senators believed they
had a tentative commitment from
Senate Democratic Leader Alben w.
Barley for a vote on it before adj
journment. But leaders believe that
the reelection Of President Roose-
welt, who they say would probably
veto the bill if it were passed, has
removed that obstacle.
white House Secretary tSephen
T. Early issued a statement yester-
day asserting that Mr.. Roosevelt
was not interested in any pending
legislation and had noting to sug-
gest for Congress to do. He said the
President felt adjournment was a
matter for Congress to decide, deny
ing a newspaper report that Mr..
Roosevelt,s first post-election order
was to "get Congress out Of town."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14
Real Estate Boards Arranging State Convention

Candy Booth, Mrs. Charles r.
Sumpf; Fancy Work, Mrs. Harold
Lathrop; White Elephant Table,
Mrs. Edna Turner; Knobby Kraft
Jewelry, Mrs. william G. Schneider;
Flowers and Plants, Mrs. Albert
GaeSS; Grab Bag, Miss Dorothy
Ruggles. The Girls Sorority will
have Food Table and the Girl
Scouts will have Jellies, Jams,
Pickles, etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14
ANSON STOCKING
CHURCH SPEAKER
Anna Foster Also to Be
Guest Monday of First
Baptist Mems League

Arson Stocking of the American
Brass Company will show a motion
picture Of the brass industry, From
Mine to Consumer" at the meeting
of the First Baptist Mems League
next Monday evening at 8 o'clock
at the church. Another speaker
will be Miss Anna Foster, sister of
DR.. John H. Foster, president of the
league, who will speak on "Observa-
tions of Present Conditions in
China"
Rev. David A. Pitt, DID,, Of the
Central Baptist Church in Norwich,
will exchange pulpits with Rev.
David P. Gaines, pastor Of the Bap-
fist Church, next Sunday morning
at 1890 o'clock.
The Baptist Child Study Group
will meet tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock. Miss Maude Dimmock will
lead the topic, What Is Discipline
All About?" The regular meeting
of the board of deacons and dea-
conesses will be held at the church
next Tuesday evening at 1880
o'clock.
November "A Will be observed as
Thanksgiving Sunday. At the morn
ing worship a basket Of food pre-
pared by one of the departments of
the Church School will be dedicat-
ed, as symbolical 70 the work of
the church at this season in giving
aid and cheer to those in need. AS
in other years, the deacons and
deaconesses will see that what the
chugch gives of food, money and
clothing is applied where 1t is most
needed and will do the greatest
good. This purpose this year is to
aid, in addition to such as may be
in need in the Baptist parish, GER
tain families of the Grace Baptist
Church and the Italian Baptist
Mission, in which there are unem-
ployment and sickness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14
A. M. E. ZION DINNER
ARRANGED TONIGHT

A dinner will be served this eve
ming at the Mount Olive A. M. E.
Zion church in honor of the 6lst
anniversary of the founding Of the
church. The anniversary program
got underway Monday evening with
a concert.
The dinner speakers this evening
will be Mrs. Leila T. Alexander, di-
rector Of the Pearl Street Neighbor-
hood House, and Mrs. Rosa L. We'll
Ter, N. Y. A. supervisor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14

New York, Nov. 14.-(Special.)-
Three hundred and sixty-five mil
lion dollars will be distributed to
more than seven and one-half mil
lion Christmas Club members by
approximately forty-e eight hundred
banking and savings institutions
and other organizations during Ma
tional Prosperity Week starting
Monday, December End, according
to an estimate given out yesterday
by Herbert F. Rawll, founder and
president of Christmas Club, A Cor
poration, sponsors of National Pros
perity Week. The total distribu-
ton, for 1910 is about Az percent in
excess of 1889. The average dis
tribution per member amounts to
$4S.50 as against $48.80 for 1889.
The estimates are based on a sub
stantial number of reprots received
from institutions operating the
Christmas Club plan in different
sections of the country.
Based upon recent reports from
individual Christmas Club members
and applying these reports to the
entire distribution for 1910, the es-
timated fund of $685., 900 100000 will
be used by the recipients approx
matelv as follows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14


Connecticut Pathological society holding its golden jubilee
informed Of interesting facts
speakers Baldwin speaking
Connecticut future
agricultural viewpoint H. Rollins extension fruit specialist
University that will prOdudce
mi apples in the future
state president presided at yesterdays
gold presented Miles Of Milford in
his AZ service secretary the society
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14
BUTTERMILK BATH IN CRASH

Admission, Ala. - (UP) A big
cbleaning bill but no injuries re-
suited from an unusual auto crash.
Mrs. Eva Jones and her two chill
dren, Rosalie and Lucille, were
bathed in buttermilk and gasoline
when their car collided with an
other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14
Annual Session To Be
Held Next Tuesday At
HotelTaft, Newt aven
State Banking Commissioner to Give Principal Adj
dress-EIectiOn Of Officers to PreCede Formal
Opening of Meeting

The Connecticut Association Of
Real Estate Boards will hold its
annual convention at the Hotel
Taft in New Haven, on Tuesday,
November 10th, 1910, and will elecA
new slate Of officers for 1874,
before opening wide Of discussion Of
real estate problems Of the day.
The Board of Directors meeting
at 1890 a. M, will consider several
proposed amendments to the con-
stitution and bylaws designed to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14
I@ne4MS7y~E
ESTABLISHED 1889
ESTABLISHED 1888

A "Croftspun" Two Trousers Suit
Brings Home the Bacon Because
1t Gives a Man What He Expects
Fit, Comfort and Service.
We set out to find good all wor-
sted two trousers suit for $35 thot
would stick to mans ribs-ond
we didn't stop until we found it.
We wanted suit thot would
cause no clothes worries-thot
would live beyond your expecto-
tions-thot would never let you
down-thot would make you feel
q man amongst men wherever
we'll eroomed men foregother.
After oils soid and done, good
looking clothes are on incentive
to live up to ones good appear
once-the active, alert, brisk
goited man you'll find likes these
wiry, firm, shape retaining fab
RIGS because they toke service
punishment without showing any
scars Of the bottle.
These "croftspun" two trousers
suits ore blozing new troll Of
suit value, not thot $35 suits are
NOT plentiful, but two trousers
suits Of pure worsted like ours ore
always scarce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14

soldier and how to take the cOun-
ter offensive with that weapon, so
terrible In smashing running at
taeks on the foe.
Since the last European war, the
use of poison gas in warfare Is q
possibility. For that reason John
win be taught something about the
lethal gases and how to detect
them. There will be added to his
equipment a gas mask. He will learn
how TO adjust this iife-saving APP
paratus, and 10 do 10 quickly and ef-
fectively. For time may be OF the
essence n there Is actual war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14
-JOHNNY GETS HIS GUN-----
Rookie Infantrymen Will Be Taught
All There Is To Know About Rifles

One of a series Of articles tax
ing a draftee into Uncle Sans
new army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14

In the distribution of Christmas
Club funds this year, New York
State leads the other States with
about 100000 900; the estimates for
Pennsylvania are $38,o00,000; for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-14
CAT WALKS 100 MILES

Boston. - (UP)-Mrs. Thompson
Boyd's cat journeyed 100 miles IN
nine months to return home from
Mystic, Conn. Its paws were swol-
len and raw from the long trip.
Germany's world-renowned Uni
versity of Heidelberg was founded
in 1880.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
BUS OVERTURNED.
q ESCAPE HURTS
Queen City Coach On Way
To City Wrecks Near
Lake Waccamaw

LAKE WACCAMAW, July 81
A Queen City Coach company bus
enroute from Charlotte to Whining
ton with about rs passengers
aboard overturned a mile and a
half: from Hallsboro as it approach
ed there from Whiteville this aft
ernoon.
No one was injured in the wreck
and the passengers were taken tc
Wilmington in another bus which
came from the New Hanover coun-
ty seat for them.
p The bus was passing a place
where the road is being widened
and in avoiding a pile of material
in the center Of the road, went of
on a soft shoulder at a curve, fol
lowing the curve for a way and
then turning on it's side.
The bus was uprighted in about
two hours after the accident &C.
Cured at $3.50 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Coz. ODaniel Takes Lead
Over 5Primary Opponents
NEARLY HAS MAJORITY
Ma Ferguson Runs Third
AS Texas Flour Mer-
chant Tops Field
BY DAVE

DALLAS, Tex, July 27|RNGov.
W. Lee O'Daniel, the former Hour
merchant, took an early lead over
five opponents tonight as the polls
closed after a rigorous campaign
garnished with mountain music.
Governor O'DanieI's hillbllly
band tuned up it's banjos and fld-
dies on the lawn of his Austin
mansion, and the cookies and soft
drinks were ready for guests ne
had invited confidently to a VIC
tory celebration
Counting Is Slow
Scattered returns from az OF
Texas 254 counties at $3.50 p. m.
(CST) from 81 of Texas 254 coun-
ties. one complete, gave Gov. o.
Daniel ALB per cent of the total
votes counted thus far in the CUB
ernatorial primary.
The tabulation was: ODanlel
40, 1856; Ernest o. Thompson 26,-
342: Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson H.
875: Harry Hines 1929; Jerry
Sadler 6,0O3; Cyclone Davis, Jr.
341.
This early total was close to a
majority of the votes tabulated
montinued on Page Eight; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
80 NAILS in 3 DAYS
British Bombers Sink Nazi
Supply Vessel, Attack
Lowland Bases
MANY FIRES STARTED
By the Associated Press

LONDON July 27.-Tar-
gets ashore bore the brunt
of German air attack today
as Nazi pilots roared across
|Britain's coasts for the third
successive day of intensive
bombing raids.
If the switch from forays
on British sea lanes was in
tended to catch the home de-
tense off guard, it appeared
to have failed.
At least four raiders were
|shot down-raising Britain's
three-day bag of Nazi bomb
ers to 33-and, despite ad.
mitted damage and casual
ties, there was no acknowl.
Judgement that any military
1objective had been hit.
Two During Morning
Two German raiders were report
ed shot down this morning.
The air ministry later reported
two mor enemy aircraft were shot
down off the southeast coast by
British fighter planes and that one
British plane is missing from patrol
The raiders came in wave after
wave, in daylight and darkness,
ranging the isles from Northern
Scotland to Southern England.
The German high command said
numerous fires were observed after
aerial commandments at Tunbridge
Wells, mainline railway junction
midway between London and Has
tings on the southeast coast; on oil
tanks along the Thames and the
harbors of Cardiff and A%berthrow
Wales, and Hastings.
But even the Nazi report men
toned no fresh claims to aerial
blows on Britain's harried shipping.
A lone raider attacked a vessel in
the English channel, but was chas'
ed off by British fighters after
missing with six bombs.
Extensively, the air ministry re-
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
IL DUCE, AT 81,
DISPLAYS HEALTH
Rides Horse Furiously Be-
fore Newsmen To Prove
He Isn't Weak
BY RICHARD G. MASSOCK

ROME, July 27.-R-Morning
and afternoon on this long, hot day
Benito Mussolini, who will be 81
Monday, put on a performance of
personal fitness for a gallery of in
ternational newspapermen and
asked them, in effect: "How am
doing?"
This morning he galloped a n d
jumped his fine chestnut mare; this
afternoon he played tennis in
shorts, before cameras and report
ers.
At both Shows, II Duce glowed
with good health and dubbed with
excellent numor.
In the tennis game, Mussolini
and a young partner won rs,
against two youthful athletes.
Then, wearing ream linen cap
with visor, white shirt and cream
linen shorts that showed his war
SCARED legs, he pedaled briskly
up the garden path of his villa
Torlonia estate to battle and dress
for a conference with Rumania's
premier and foreign minister.
The question he asked in the
morning, after his ride, was DO
I look weak, sick, tired?"
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
War Interpretive

cent months of duty in home wat
ers-increasingly within reach of
German bombers-that is a note
worthy matter. In the Mediter-
ranean, British b%attleships a S o
have been under aiH attack jeopar-
dy ever since Italy entered the
war.
It is upon air power primarily
that the axis dream of sweeping
Britain from the seas is based.
Yet in months of conflict one Brit
ish battlewagon has succumbed by
admiralty accounting, and that to a
submarine, not air bombs.
The double-decade controversy
as to the relative merits of battle
ships and aircraft in the final pinch
Continued on Page Five; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Taft Joins Group Waging
Compulsory Training Fight

day forenoon and predicted few II
any opposing votes.
Taft indicated that he would
work with Senators Vandenberg CR-
Mich, Wheeler O-Mont. Norris
(Ind-Neb) and numerous other SEN
ators who have publicly criticized
the committee-drafted measure.
Some senators suggested that a
voluntary training program with
one year enlistments instead OF the
present three-year term for the
army and national guard, might
be offered as a substitute.
Vandenberg predicted that under
such a system 1000, 600 American
continued on Pm Five Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
GERMANY DELAYS
ENGLISH INVASION
200, 900 Tons Sunk During
Week By Speedboats,
Subs, Berlin Says
Bv The Associated Press

BERLIN, July 2S.-(SundaypAn
indication that Adolf Hitler told
Balkan statesmen he expected them
to settle their own differences but
that Germany favored both Bulga-
rian and modified Hungarian claims
on Rumania was given today by
the newspaper National Zeitung OF
Essen.
The Balkan countries, said the
newspaper, which is close to No. z
Nazi Hermann Wilhelm Gcering,
must acknowledge the Rome-Berlin
Axis principles for a new order
in Europe"
A communique issued after Hit
ler's meeting with the Bulgarians
said only that conversations had
been carried on Gin the cordial spirit
of traditional friendship which has
existed unchanged between Bulgaria
and the Reich since they were
brothers-in-arms in the World War;"
The Bulgarian statesmen left
Salzburg tonight for Sofia.
AS the Axis powers tried to carve
a more reasonable" place for Ru-
Continued on Page Three; Col. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
HAMPTON THORPE
IS FOUND GUILTY
Durham Man Faces Term
For Beating Girl, Also
Federal Charge

Hampton Hampy) Thorpe, SO,
of Durham, was found guilty of a
charge of assault on a female
with serious injuries resulting"
when tried in recorders court yes
terday before Deputy Recorder j.
Hardy Ferguson.
Prayer for judgment was con-
tinued until Monday. =.
Lucille Prevatte, 49,, white Cir
of Laurinburg, who has been helo
in New Hanover county jail as
material witness, was ordered re
leased from custody by the deputy
recorder.
From the stand through still
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Bag -Four Nazi
Bombers As Land Raids
Supplant Ship Attacks
TOLD TO ACT QUICKLY
Rumanian Reports Declare
Government Fears Revolt
If Demands Met
LOSSES TOO SEVERE
By the Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary,
July 27.-Germany has told
Rumania to decide by direct
negotiation with Hungary
and Bulgaria how much land
to cede to those two coun-
tries and to hurry up about
it, an official source disclos-
ed tonight.
Adolf Hitler, in conversa-
ton with the Rumanian gov
ernment leaders at Obersalz-
burg is said to have insisted
that the negotiations start
quickly so that Southeastern
Europe can rest quietly dur
ing the expected Nazi assault
on England.
Pennsylvania, Dobruja
The demands that must be met,
Germany is understood to have
stated, are those of Hungary for at
least part of Pennsylvania and OF
Bulgaria for at least some of Do
bruja, territories which Rumania
now possesses.
The size of the territories to be
coded must be fixed up between
the three countries, however.
Moreover Hitler is represented
as having expressed a desire that
Rumania, Hungary and Bulgaria
adopt close relations, perhaps even
military accords.
Despite Germany's obvious guar
antee of Rumania's good f h,
Hungary, officials declared, will re-
main on a war-footing until the
demands are satisfied.
That Rumania will attempt to
postpone territorial cession until
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
NESBITT COURTS
OPEN TO PUBLIC
Demonstration Unit Will
Show Possibilities OF
Homemade Furniture


A demonstration unit will be
opened this afternc IN at 3 o'clock
at Charles T. Nesbitt courts as
l. Housing Authority of the City
of Wilmington opens that portion
of the project, ov.' nearing COM
pletion, for public inspection.
The unit is a 4 IL room row
house, with TWO bedrooms and a
bath upstairs and a living room,
and kitchen-dinette downstairs.
It will be opened to the public
this afternoon at o'clock and
will be pen daily after today.
The unit is furnished with To-
cally-made or remade furnishings,
Continued on Page Eight; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

WASHINGTON, July 27.-RH
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) joined op-
ponents of peacetime compulsory
military training today as congress
approached a showdown fight on
the issue.
The Ohio senator and recent as.
pirant for the republican .presiden-
tial nomination said he favored
trying a voluntary system" be-
fore supporting the first peacetime
CONSUMPTION move in this country's
history.
Senate consideration of the com.
pulsory training bill is expected tc
begin next Wednesday. Chairman
Sheppard (D-Tex) said the senate
military committee would -vo G
J formally on its completed bill Tues
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
BY KIRKE L.. SIMPSON

Buried amid the rival London
and Berlin claims of spectacular
successes for their air forces is an
other item of war news of a mega
tive but hardly less important ma
ture.
Recapitulating Britain's naval
wal losses, the British admiralty
said that in almost eleven months
of pitched battle between British
sea power and German air power
no battleship had been sunk by air
attack. The only capital ship which
Britain admits losing is the Royal
Oak, sunk at anchor in Scapa Flow
months ago by a German subma-
rine.
Considering that Britain's main
battle fleet has been through re
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Blonde Charged With Her
Husbands Murder Had
Admitted Blow
TOSSED BEER BOTTLE
She Said 1t Missed But
Witnesses Said Missile
Struck Husband
By DAVID BRINKLEY
staff Writer

Ending a trial lasting more IMAM
q hours, during which about ~
witnesses were heard, a jury IN
New Hanover superior court yes,
tprdav found Leona Warlick Allen
Edwards. charged with second de-
gree murder, guilty of assault with
a deadly weapon.
Judge W. H. S. BurgWyn SEN
fenced the young blonde woman to
serve three to eight months on the
county farm.
No Criticism
In sentencing the defendant,
Judge Burgwyn said: Il think the
jury could have convicted this
woman of manslaughter, but they
are the Judge of facts, I am not,
and l am not criticizing the jury's
verdict"
The Judge at first placed the
sentence at six months with the
alternate of a $500 fine and the
costs Of court.
Aaron Goldberg, attorney for the
defendant. said she could not pay
this amount and asked that it be
RENTED and the sentence short
ened.
The judge placed the sentence
at four to IL months. When Gold
berg asked another reduction of
60 days, the judge agreed to split
the difference" giving the defend
ant 20 days minimum sentence.
At a statement by W. K. Rhodes,
Jr., also defense attorney, that the
defendant was mot a bad woman"
Continued on PAGE Two. fol d
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
RUSSIA BUILDING
HUGE SEA FORCE
1913 Warships Will Be Add.
ed To Navy During
This Year

MOSCOW, July 27-R-Admir-
al Nikolai Kuznetzoff, commissar
of the navy, disclosed tonight that
Soviet Russia would add 1853 war
ships to her fleet this year and
urged that Russian naval power
be stepped up to parity with the
country's army and air strength.
Declaring that "our navy is con-
tinuously developing and strength
ening," Kuznetzoff asserted that
''there is no doubt that the U. S.
S. R., is a seapoWer."
In 1889, he said, the Russian
fleet was increased by liz ships,
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
NAILS DISCLAIM
THREAT TO U. S.
Nor Is 1t Planned To End
Holland AS Free State,
Commissioner Says

AMSTERDAM, July 27.-(AP via
Berlin) Germany does not intend
to gain &C atrol of Dutch colonial
possessions nor to end existence
of The Netherlands as a. indepen-
dent state, according to Arthu
Seysz Inquart, Nazi commissioner
in the Netherlands.
CAT L ngeles last night Ar
thur Dietrich, ousted press chief
. the German legation at Mexico
City, predicted the war would be
{ or bv Oct. l and that Germany
then would prove that sh has no
intention of inv-ding either the ter
~ritories or the rights of the Amer
lea, nations. TIE United States has
Continued on Page Eight; Col.