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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
GERMANS RESUME
RAIDS ON BRITAIN
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From Thursday to last night,
they asserted, several hundred
thousand pounds of explosives were
hurled on London alone. Included
in the bomb shower was reported
to be a great number of huge
bombs hitherto used only in rare
instances.
German destroyers, sweeping in
to the gray Atlantic, attacked and
chased a British cruiser and de-
stroyer formation at 1.-THE exit of
the Briston Channel" the hi 6 h
command declared yesterday.
The communique reporting the
clash, in which a Nazi torpedo was
said to have hit a British warship.
also described a fierce furry Of
sea and air action in which war;
ships, submarines, speedboats, air.
planes and coastal artillery ex-
changed blows in wintry weather.
Authoritative German sources
called the attack by German de-
stroyers the first naval engage
ment of the war in the North At
lantic. and said it was extremely
noteworthy"
It showed German naval forces
no longer r restricted to tn e
North sea, they said, but are in
position, by conquest of the French,
Netherlands and Belgian coasts, to
challenge the British navy on the
high seas and push ever closer
the enlightenment of Britain. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
Pro-Axis Spanish Party
Moves TOWARD Sole Powe,

MADRID, Oct. 18.-CP-The pro-
Axis Falange Espanola, Spain's only
political party, moved rapidly toward
sole control of the government to-
day when it's leader, Ramon Serrano
Suner, took over the foreign minis
try.
Serrano Sumner, youthful but grey
brother-in-law Of .Generalissimo
Francisco Franco, upon assuming
charge of the ministry, declared his
appointment meant SPANS accept
ance Of "the new ORDER in Europe.
His elevation from the interior
ministry to control of SPANS foreign
policy was taken by observers as a
reward for his recent negotiations
in Berlin and Rome.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
ROOSEVELT SIGNS
DEBT RELIEF BILL
Is Designed To Aid Drafted
Men Who Can Not Meet
Financial Obligations

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. IT,
Legislation designed to afford debt
relief to men who find they can
not meet their financial obligations
because they have been called
to military service was signed to-
day by President Roose; - i
+ Similar to a 1918 act, the bill
gives courts wide latitude to stay
eviction proceedings where the rent
is not more than $50 a month. to
prevent foreclosures and to delay
judgments.
Payment of premiums on insur-
ance policies up to SIS, 600 f c e
amount may be deferred, while
the holders are in service and for
one year thereafter. The Veterans
administrations empowered to
guarantee payment.
lax assessments, including in
come tax payments, may be de.
ferred until six months after mil
itary service has ended. The act
also calls for adequate legal rep.
resentation for defendants in court
suits who are absent on military
service and courts are authorized
to stay the execution CT judgments
or reopen cases for further evi.
dence.
Instalment contracts can not be
rescinded without court action. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
BELOW ESTIMAT

RALEIGH, Oct. 18-RH Com
plete reports from North Cardinals
100 counties showed today tn a t
AT, III persons registered Wednes-
day in the first peace-time draft
in the nations history. The figure
was more than 80, 1000 below pre-
registration estimates.
Ninety-five counties reported
their totals to the selective service
headquarters here prior to today.
The five counties sending in re-
turns today were: Cabarrus 9,O18
registrants, Lee 2,l20, Herford
1872, Cumberland 1899, C~arteret
1910.
Major T. Hugh Upton of tn e
headquarters pointed out that the
All, 1T total for the state would
change a S cards of non-residents
who registered in North Carolina
were mailed out-of,state, and as
cards were received from other
states for North Carolinians who
registered away from home.
The states total also did not in.
clude boys who registered in CCC
camps, he added.
Local draft boards now are busy
with the job of sorting cards. After
the out-of-state cards have been
mailed, the remaining cards will
be shuffled and given serial num-
bers. The serial numbers, when
checked against a master list
which will be compiled by federal
lottery, will determine when regis
trants will be called to service. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
AJAX IS PREPARED
FOR MORE FIGHTS
Holes Caused By Italian Gun
fire During Recent En-
%gagement Patched

ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 1S-R-Her
ID hurled and her scars patched,
u ne british cruiser Ajax stood rea-
ar with steam up and guns primed
Wnioh+ to take up where she left
. W in last Saturdays victorious en-
anunter with the Italian navy in
.he Mediterranean.
Already twice a hero in this
mar-aeainst the Italians and in
w. w. liver Platte battle which sent
.hs German pocket ~bastleship Ad-
m;ra1 Graf Spec to self-destruction
The 6.995-ton Ajax ~~-~oared as
-oad as new when repair crews
sonpleted their task today.
nark-skinned Egyptian workers
r;vpted steel plates over holes
caused by shell fire from Italian
,narcraft in Saturdays battle in
n,bich three of Premier Mussolini's
I~ostrovers were sent to the bottom.
New supplies of ammunition
wore slowed away and new crew.
NON came aboard to replace the
~ killed and % injured in that
encounter.
The hustle around the Ajax was
dunl;cated aboard numerous other
british men-o-war lying in Alex
andria harbor, indicating that the
Mediterranean fleet might soon be
m the prowl again in the Medi-
t%erranean.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
SHIPPING WARNED OF
MINING OPERATIONS
Coast Artillery At Fort Monroe Will
Engage In Operations In
Chesapeake Bay

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.-R-The
navy photographic office warned
merchant shipping today that the U.
S. coast artillery at Fort Monroe, Va,
would be engaged for an indefinite
period in practice submarine mining
operations in the lower Chesapeake
bay, effective Immediately.
The center of the danger area, the
warning said, was 1.6 miles from
Thimble Shoals lighthouse and ex-
tending approximately 1000 yards in
a north-south direction and 500 yards
in an east-west direction from the
center.
Black spherical buoys, each sur
mounted by a red flag, will mark the
limits of the area, the announcement
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
WILKES Statements
Are Raped By Wagner

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Oct. 10.
Ex-senator Robert F. Wagner
D-NY), author of the federal Soc
al security act, tonight branded
as'reckless and unfounded'' Wen
dell l.. Wilkes statements con-
corning social security and de-
clared that I would give my life
rather than see that law perish"
u am shocked and dismayed,"
ne said in an address prepared for
a democratic rally" by a state
ment of the republican presidential
candidate, repeated over and over
again to labor audiences. I quote
hls words: If you return this ad-
mlnistration to power you'll never
collect a dime on your social Sc
curity'."
Social security reserves, Wagner
SAID, We're invested in government
ponds, "the safest in the world"
and added that wendell Willkie
ooes not dare tell bankers and fl
nanclers that the government OBJ
Agatlons in their safe deposit boxes
VIII not be paid off on the date of
maturity, because they would
laugh at his statement and brand
Tor the falsehood that it is" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
CLOUDS AND GUNS
TAKE STEAM OUT
OF LONDON RAID
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on the fringe of the London area,
unofficial reports said.
Several people were III d
when raiders demolished a row of
houses. at Liverpool.
Many fires were started in one
Midlands town and high explosives
damaged som industrial premises.
In another town a home for mental
cases we're damaged.
At the height of the raids a tav-
ern was wrecked. Five bodies and
seven injured persons were re-
moved, but several were believed
still buried in the debris.
Eighteen high explosive bombs
were dropped on one area of a
West Midlands industrial town; an
%ti-aircraft guns drove off a plane
attacking a Northeast E n G l a n d
town; and raiders we're reported
over towns in Wales, and South
west and Northwest England.
A stick" of oil bombs fell in
one London RI shortly after the
nights raid started but residents
of the neighborhood said they did
nothing but cover the section with
thick black grease.
A heavy bomb scored a direct
hit on houses in one section and
blew an adjacent public house INTO
the roadway, burying an unknown
number of persons under the de-
bris.
Four wardens were wounded SER
iously when their post was hit. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
Episcopal Laymen Meet
In Greensboro Oct n

CHARLOTTE, Oct. 1S.-CR-The
Laymen's League of the Episcopal
Diocese of North Carolina will hold
it's sixth annual convention in
Greensboro on Sunday, october q.
Lawrence E. Watt, vice president
in making the announcement here
today, said the sessions would be
held in st. Andrews parish.
Bishop Edwin A. Penick, Of Ra-
leigh, and D. E. Hudsens of Green's
boro will be the principal speakers.
Watt said arrangements for the
meeting were being made by L. GG.
Coltrane, Jr., president of the st.
Andrews League, and the Rev. j. A.
Vache, rector in charge of the par
ish.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
CLAMOR FOR DEBATE

BALTIMORE, Oct. 18.-LR-Pros-
poets, that President Roosevelt and
Wendell L. Willkie both would make
campaign speeches in Baltimore Oct.
30 raised a clamor from Maryland
republicans tonight for a formal
debate"
Democratic leaders Immediately
discounted any chance Of the 'Presi-
dent and the republican presidential
nominee meeting and even observe |
that it would be more Suitable" if
the candidates spoke on different
nights.
Wilkes address will climax a one
day Maryland tour which includes a
brief train speech at Cumberland. 1t
was arranged some time ago..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
FOR DECADE
OF N. E.. PROGRESS
MADE AT MEETING
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a single industry in North Caro-
lima in two or three decades"
The meeting here. was a result
OF the decade of progress" pro-
gram launched recently by tn e
Southern Governors conference,
and plans for North Cardinals de-
velopment are expected to tie in
closely with the aims of the south
ern governors. -
Those attending the meeting
agreed that each of this states
100 counties should appoint COM
mittees for II individual lines of
advancement during the next 10
years. ..
The lines of progress were divid-
ed as follows: feed and foodstuffs:
livestock, dairying and poultry;
grading and farm marketing; new
industries; health; education; pub
lie forum; public libraries; recrea-
ton; housing; transportation and
communication; identification;
'tourism"; Identification of homes
and highways; farmer score cards;
state planning; and mineral devel-
opment..
Department heads attended the
session and volunteered the facili-
ties of their offices for the pro-
motion of the aims.
Dean Blake R. Van Leer of N. c.
State colleges engineering depart
ment outlined an expansion pro-
gram which called for an increase
in the number of industries in the
state, and a boost from 81, 900, 0OO,
600 to z, 1000, 600, 900 in the annual
value of manufactured products.
Frank P. Graham, president of
the Greater University of North
Carolina, asserted that North Car.
ol1na must take advantage of in
dustrial expansion caused by de-
tense needs, if it is to hold its own
after the present emergency.
He said that civil war. concen-
tration of industry in New Eng
land had attracted further concen-
tration as the plants carried. over
into reconstruction, with the result
that the south suffered unfair diff
f%erentials in freight rates and other
economic considerations.
I'VE must realize" he said, 1.-The
same thing can happen with de-
tense industries now, and that
where they are located may be
important" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
BRITISH SAY Raj
BLASTED INVASION
ARMY ON SEPT. Is
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at long range some 100 miles south.
west of Lands End, the southwest
ern tip of Britain.
At dusk, the admiralty said, the
Germans fled into Brest, chased
and attacked by British bombers.
One bomb, it was stated, fell
"close" to the bow of one Of the
German vessels.
German bombers. twice attacked
the British ships during the chase,
but none was hit, the admiralty
insisted. 49,.
This, the British said, was the
true version of an engagement
which the German high command
placed inside the Bristol channel,
far to the north, and 'uring which,
the Germans said, one British war
ship was torpedoed.
The first real fog of the year
lay today over the English Chan
mel and its approaches.
1t grounded the main units OF
both German and British bombers,
but it did not hush the great guns
which speak now, almost every
day, from the hostile shores of
England and .German-occupied
France. - ,
Overnight, British warcraft
slipped close to the French shore
and pounded the German gunoem-
placements and ports with shells.
At daybreak, the British guns on
the Kentish coast opened up. Just
before noon, the Nazi guns at Cap
Girls Nez spoke back az it be-
came a duel, with a salvo every
twenty minutes or so.
Today's story of the broken in
vasion attempt was preceded,
throughout several weeks, by un-
confirmed rumors from many
points that the Germans had lost
thousands of men-perhcp s as
many as 60, 1000 in such a disaster.
The British Press association, a
conservative and authoritative
news agency, pointed out tonight
that the night of September 1916
saw the brightest harvest moon of
the year; that the tides were high;
that the previous day the Germans
had made a vast aerial attack in
which 1875 of their planes were de-
clared destroyed and that these
factors "seem to indicate beyond
a doubt that September 16 was
the chosen der tag of Hitler"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
200 Persons Drown In ,
Two Spanish Provinces

BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. .18.-R
More than 200 persons were report
ed by telephone company officials to
have been drowned today in flash
floods in Barcelona and Corona pro-
vinces of Spain.
The streets of the city Of Corona
were flooded by the overlooking
River Ter, the waters in some places
reaching the balconies of homes.
Corona is So miles northeast of
Barcelona.
The public services, gas and water
systems were halted by the floods
and telephone communication with
towns in the province was cut.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
WILLKIE ASSAILS
MACHINE POLITICS
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The same time make speeches over
the radio in lofty periods about
tolerance, love and affection"
As he spoke before a statue of
Thomas Jefferson on the State cap
itol steps, the republican presiden-
tial nominee urged his listeners to
tell everybody" that he was &
spolitical amateur" in the follow
ing respects:
wendell Willkie will never trade
bread for votes from those who
can least afford to demand indie
pendence. I do not have the capac-
ity to engage in the duplicity
and the pose and the false drama
tics and the creation of imaginary
emergencies.
81 know nothing about how to
seek to control mems votes as re-
presentatives or senators in con-
gress by throwing the full force
Of the patronage and power of the
presidency against them in order
to defeat them if they do not be-
come mice instead of men.
Il know nothing about the pro-
cess of destroying the other. two
branches Legislative and judiciaD
by stealth, by indirection, by false
poses"
Travelling northward in his drive
for midwestern votes, Willkie went
by automobile to several points in
81. Louis county. He told a street
crowd at Clayton, Mo-, it was "a
rather interesting phenomena that
those who were elected on the has,
is Of representing the liberal cause
should stretch out with the Shiny
hand Of big government and seek
to poison and pollute the stream
Of Justice" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
WAR INTERPRETIVE
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ment since that date supports such
a conclusion.
British bombers may have had
advance hints to set them to work
over the channel that night. There
is increasing evidenc, that in
France, Belgium and Holland some
elements of the population are
shaking off the stupor in which
defeat left them and passing on to
England information on German
army activities. There have been
whispers for nearly a month from
such sources of a tragic Nazi disas-
ter on the invasion coast"
British airmen probably got
some inkling at the time of the
devastation they had wrought. Lon
don appears to have held up the
announcement of the event until
it could get trustworthy accounts
from other sources to support OBJ
servations of British airmen. The
disclosure may also have been de-
layed while the British navy and
air force took steps to assure that
there would be no Nazi repeat per-
Torrance.
.,' Turning Point
The date, however, is what most
catches this observer attention.
1t was followed SO closely by the
Hitler-Mussolini meeting and a
shift in Axis press emphasis to
Far Eastern, Mediterranean and
Balkan affairs that September 16
now sernes to have been a distinct
turning point.
Japan was brought. into an al
lance with the Axis eleven days
later, Sept. q. Spain wss invited
to line up actively, but still is
h%esitating, very possibly because
of September 16 happenings. Hit
Ter and Mussolini met to revise
their Battle of. Britain schedule.
Germany. marched into Rumania
as a protector" AL Of this with
in, a month of that now significant
date.
BY every test, September Is,
1910, deserves a red-letter' recogni-
ton on British calendars. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
CHAIRMEN OF CITY
AND COUNTY DRAFT
BOARDS SELECTED
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sician and Marsden Bellamy is ap-
peals agent to board No. 2.
Chairmen Carney and Alexius
announced after the initial meet
ing that the boards will open joint
offices in Room 124 in the Custom
house market street entrance) on
Monday morning. They expressed
appreciation for the generosity and
patriotism shown by O. H. Shoe
maker and Samuel Bear, Sr. &
Sons, local firms who will furnish
the offices. Carney said the two
boards will operate from the same
headquarters In order to permit
full cooperation and facilitate the
work from the standpoint of the
draftee... 2
The initial meeting was held yes.
terday afternoon in the law Offices
of H. Edmund Rodgers. All men,
bers of both boards and the physi-
clans and appeals agent accepted
their appointments and signed wal
vers of any compensation. They
then were sworn in before Miss
Mary Brinkley, notary public.
May Take Tests
Those persons who hav~ regis
tered for the draft and have not
yet taken the Wasserman tests for
syphilis may do so at a special
clinic to be held from 2 to 5 o'clock
Monday afternoon at the health de.
partment offices in the courthouse,
DR.. A.. H. Eliot, health officer,
said yesterday.
The matter is now on a voluntary
basis but the federal government
will later require blood tests fol
all persons called, examined, and
indicted into military service.
Samples of blood take, to date
from persons voluntarily taking the
tests have been submitted to the
state board of health in Raleigh,
which will announce the results in
letters mailed out to the individual.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
EPISCOPAL BUDGET
SENT TO BISHOPS
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ion in income and said whatever
help you give us will be. enormous
ly encouraging"
No provision was made in the
budget for aid to the British dur
ing the last two years Of the trien-
MUM.
The church's budget is concerned
almost entirely with foreign and
domestic missionary activities I'M
der supervision of the national
council. It makes nc provision for
parish and diocese costs. Income
is. from dioceses and ii sionary
districts in the United States, in
terest from trust funds and mis-.
celaneous sources and from wom-
ems thank offerings. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
Smith Will Speak For
WiLIkie In Four States

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-R-For.
mel Governor Alfred E. Smith no
took a walk" from the democratic
party in 1886 will oppose the new
deal again by speaking in four states
for Wendell L Willkie, republican
presidential candidate
Brooklyn, Chicago, Philadelphia
and Boston were placed on the Smith
itinerary by the national commit
tee of democrats for Willkie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
T. INNOCENT

NEWTON, N. j., Oct. 1S.-R-
Nine members Of the German
American bund pleaded innocent to-
day before Sussex County Judge
John C. Losey to indictments charg-
ing them with F'promoting hatred
against people of the Jewish reli-
gion." Eight were held in $1,000
bail each and Wilbur v. Keegan, at
torney for the bund, was paroled in
custody Of counsel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
Cost Of Living For ..
Wage Farmers Climbs

NEW YORK, Oct. 18-R- The
eoSt of living for wage earners
increased IS of l per cent from
august to September after declin-
ais Tor 2 months, the national in
suStrlal conference board said to-
day.
increases in all major items,
sucn as food, rent and clothing,
caused the rise. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
Mecklenburg's Young
Democrats Stage Rally

CHARLOTTE, Oct. 10. - Up -
Mecklenburg county Young Demo
Gratis held a political rally tonight at
a clubhouse on the Catawba river,
several miles from the city.
Most Of the program was devoted
to eating and merry-maing except
for a speech by D. L. Ward of New
Bern, speaer of the North Caro-
lima house of representatives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
Three White Couples
Get Marriage Permits

Three white couples Sc C ur e d
marriage permits during the past
week at the office of Adrian B..
Rhodes, register of deeds, as fol-
lows:
James A. King, %, and Miss
Allean Powell, "a, both of Whining
ton.
William Frederick Tomz, Is, and
Miss Jean White, %, both of Will
mington.
Dempsey T. Watts, 81, of 2oS
Dawson street, and Miss Hazel Lee
Tharp, IA, of 610 Caldwell avenue.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
Second Week OF Civil
Court To Open Monday

The second week of the October
civil term of New Hanover super
,ior court will open at $3.50 o'clock
Monday morning, with Judge Claw
son L. Williams, of Sanford, pre-
siding.
T. A. Henderson, clerk of court,
said the docket comprised 26 civil
actions and 10 cases on the mo-
ton docket, which will be called
at $50 o'clock Friday morning,
October Is. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
BRIDGE TANNED

BUCHAREST, Rumania, Oct. IL.
-R-Immediate construction of a
big pontoon bridge across the Dan
ube with German supervision and
funds to connect Rumania and Bull
garia was reported under consider
alton tonight. A brief story in Buch-
Arrest papers said the bridge would
be stretched between the Rumapian
oil shipping port of Giurgiu, and the
city of Ruse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
JAPS BOMB CITY
AT CHINESE END
OF BURMA ROAD
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bases in French Inda-C China. They
also made it plain their bombers
would attempt to close it with ex-
plosives if their diplomats could
not keep it closed by negotiations.
Meanwhile, the British announc-
ed indefinite postponement Of the
reopening of the Hong Kong crown
colony to the shipment of petro-
leum products and railway mater
ial to China.
The japanese, who are blockad-
ing the South China coast, pro-
tested against the opening of the
Hong Kong route to materials for
China. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
DIVORCED

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1S.-R)-
Roland Young Of the movies was
divorced today by Mrs. Marjorie
Hummer Young, whom he married in
Narragansett, r. l., in 1921.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
HOT DAY

Los ANGELES, Oct. 18.-R-A
ruegree temperature reading at
00n Today was one degree above the
:. 5 previous high, recorded April
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
WEATHER
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WASHINGTON, October 49, Up =
Weather bureau records Of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-19
SNOW

cDANVILLE, N. Y, Oct. 18.-R-
ho" 1lurries-first this season -
~ought out winter o~vercoats here