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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-26
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh. July 26.-Of North Caro-
lina's smaller cities (2,500 10 10000
population as of l930) Burlington led
in value Of building permits issued
in June, according to the Department
of Labor's statistical division.
Burlington has permits calling for
expenditure Of Sll8.l84. the largest
part OF it for non-residential con-
struction. Lexington took second
place with Il total Of S4O,425 Hen
derson and Morganton led in private
home conStructio, each reporting
nine units during the month.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-26

The tremendous preponderance OF
one-ramily residences over all resi-
Dental types is shown by Il summary
Of building permits for the first six
months Of this year. This shows that
there were authorized, in the 81
cities Of more than 10000 population
reporting. a total Of $50 one-family
residences. this comparing with $50
permits for tWo-famly and II for
multi-ramily (three or more) dwell
ings.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-26

Narvik, Norway, is one Of Norway's
Youngest towns, begun with the
opening Of the railway connecting
Sweden with the Norwegian coast
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-26
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago 3; Boston q.
Pittsburgh 2: New York !.
Only games played.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-26

Some people often wonder what
the State service officer, Frank M.
Sasser, with headquarters in Char
lotte. does. Here's his report for June,
which may throw some light on the
subject. H1A
Letters written $40; folders re-
viewed 1885; examinations IA; hospi-
talizations g: office interviews 80;
appearances before rating moard
I155: new cases handled rs; old cases
handled 1925; compensation 26; IN
creased compensation S8O4.50; back
compensation $l,724.89.
The service officer, you may have
gathered, looks out for the interests
Ior disabled war veterans.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-07-26

The Labor Department received
Is complaints against establishments
last month, but was able TO sub
stantiate only five Of them. The COM
plants came from ASheVlllc, Char
lotte, Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh,
Salisbury and Wilmington and were
made against five cafes, two grocery
stores, two laundrics, two variety
stores. two dress shops, one bakery
and one drug store.
The Is complaints alleged eleven
violations Of the hour law, two OF
the child labor law one failure to
provide adequate toilet facilities and
one failure to provide seats for
women.
In the five cases SubStantiated, com
pljance in the future was promised
in four cases, while in the fifth the
hours worked could not be verified
by the inspector.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
REGISTRATION BILL
OPPOSED BY KUNZE
Caustic Criticism Greets
Bund Leader AT Hearing
Before Sub COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, July 8-R-
Caustic criticism greeted G. Will
helm Kunze, German-American
bund leader, when he appeared be-
fore a senate judiciary sub-com-
mittee today to protest a bill
which, he said, would force the
bund out of existence.
Senator Connally D-Tex), chair
man of the subcommittee, COM
mented that effect of the bund was
to arouse prejudice and race ha-
tired.
IT know many thousands of pa
triotic and loyal Americans of Ger
man blood" the Texan said, land
I believe that organizations like
yours are doing them more harm
than anything else that could posi-
bly, happen"
At one. point in the hearing,
Kunze testified that the bund had
no membership list because of fear
Of persecution and boycott of its
members if the list became pub
tic.
IT think that if we'd put about a
dozen Of you in Jail, maybe you'd
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
QUARREL OVER ROAD
Japanese Ministries To
Study British Rejection
OF Latest Demands

TOKYO, July 9-(Tuesday)-R-
1t is quite possible that continued
refusal of Britain to close the Bur-
ma road to China may result in
armed Japanese action against the
British crown colony of Hongkong,
persons close to the Japanese gov
eminent declared today.
The war, navy and foreign min
istries scheduled immediate emer-
gency conferences to discuss the
British rejection yesterday of ia
panese demands that this last link
between the Chinese nationalist
forces and the outside world be
shut off.
"Drastic Action" Looms
Reliable sources said the Japan
csc would take drastic action"
if the British stand were not chang
ed.
Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita
yesterday told British Ambassador
Sir Robert Leslie Craigie that his
reply was not satisfactory and
urged him to advise London to re-
consider.
The Japanese press unanimous
1y asserted that IAN understand
ing" with the United States and
Russia preceded Britain's rejection
of the Japanese demand and re-
peated previous charges that the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
PLANES BOMBED CITY
Mrs. Pat Wylie, Visiting
Here, Tells OF Nazi At
tacks On French Port

Germans planning an attack. on
LIE Havre, France first dropped
pamphlets advising the residents
when they would arrive, Mrs. Pat
Wylie, wife of the American con-
sui at the French seaport, who
returned to this country a few
weeks ago, said here yesterday.
Mrs. Wylie is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Orrell at their home
at 318 Orange street. =
Tells of Bombings
Recounting the terror Of the
'blackouts'' and the two bombings
she experienced before she fled lie
Havre for Paris, Mrs. Wylie said
that although she did not see the
pamphlets, numerous residents
told of having picked them up after
they had been dropped by German
planes.
"But they got there two days
ahead of the announced date" she
said. ~;
There were % people killed in
the first air raid on LIE Havre, Mrs.
Wylie said, the first raid coming
on May 10 and the second the next
day. She left for Paris on May 81,
continuing on to Italy where she
and her son boarded the liner Man.
haitian, a vessel delegated for the
of Americans, for the
United States.
There wasn't any panic among
the people at all during the bomb
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
HITLER KEEPS QUIET
Next Move Remains Secret
AS Planes And Subs Stab
AT British Isles
AXIS TIES IMPROVED
Ciano To See Hitler Again
When He Returns From
Scene OF Campaign

BERLIN, July S.-R-Where and
how Adolf Hitler will hurl his Nazi
t~hunderbolts in Europe next stayed
a secret tonight as German war;
planes and submarines continued
stabbing at the British Isles and sea
lanes.
Not even Nazis usually in the
know could say when the Fuehrer
would give the word or what it would
be.
But they were cnofident of three
things:
That whatever Germany's next
step may be, it will be a blow aimed
at Britain; that Hitler and Italian
Premier Mussolini will e eye to
eye; tina tneither of the Rome-Berlin
axis partners is seeking or wants any
help from France.
May Pull Surprise
AS far as Germany is concerned,
Hitler-and Hitler alone-is deciding
the nations course in its r%eshaping
of Europe. This time it looks as
though he may surprise even those
who think they know his mind.
Whatever it is that Germany and
Italy have up their sleeves, nc an
nouncement of it or how they hope
to achieve it is likely to be made be-
fore Wednesday, when Italian For
eign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano
will return from a two-day visit to
the scene of the western campaign.
Ciano, who conferred secretly with
the Fuehrer here Sunday, is SEIZED
uled to see him again when he re-
turns. Dienst Aus Deutschland, Ger
man news service with close official
connections, said Ciano lated would
be entertained successfully by Field
Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering,
the Fuehrer's chief aide; Rudolf
Hess, Hitler's deputy for party af-
fairs, and Capt. Hans Won Tscham-
mer und Osten, Prussian state coun-
cillor.
Do Not Need Aid
OF the possibility that France
might join forces with the axis, in
formde sources commented that Ger
many and Italy are well able to
settle their scores unaided and that
Hitler's permission to the French
fleet to resist the British was an act
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
D efense Coz ORIGINATING
Council Organized At
Meeting In City Hall

Wilmington took a step in the d.
rection of protecting itself in case of
emergency last night when the Lo-
cal Defense Co-ordinating council
was organized and Sheriff c. David
Jones was placed at it's head. The
council was formed at a meeting in
the city council chamber.
Jones will appoint an executive
committee to complete the organiza-
ton of the council and will announce
his appointments within a few. days.
The executive committee will in turn
appoint subcommittee to carry out
the work of the organization.
The membership of the council was
by Mayor Thomas e. Coop
er and Addison H. Hewlett, chairman
of the county board, at the request
of the Wilmington Engineers club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09

tary Of war; Lewis Compton,
acting navy secretary, and
Harold Smith, budget direct
or.
1t was indicated afterward
that the Presidents message
recommending the new pro-
gram probably would 60 to
congress tomorrow. There was
a possibility, however, that fl
nal navy estimates might de-
lay it until Wednesday.
In either event, the message
will arrive in the midst of busy
legislative activity on other de-
Tense matters.
1t is the intention of Senate
leaders, once the cabinet no.
limitations of Henry L. Stimson
and Col. Frank Knox have been
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
REPORT SUCCESSFUL
ACTION AGALNST NEW
POWERFUL RICHELEU
Ex-Chief Of British
Naval Intelligence
Arrested In London

LONDON, July 8-(R- Ad-
miral Sir Barry Domville,
former director of British ma
val intelligence, was arrested
with Lady Domville today I'M
der the defense regulations.
The admiral was taken to
Brixton prison and his lady to
Holloway prison. Nature of the
charges was not disclosed, but
1t was reported that they would
be informed.
The admiral, who retired in
1896, went to Germany in 1897
to shoot channels with Heinrich
Himmler, head of the Nazi
Gestapo (secret police. Twice
before he was a guest of Adolf
Hitler. He was at Salzburg a
month before the war was de-
clared last fall.
He was chairman of the pro-
German organization, "The
Link" but some time ago an
nOunced that it had been dis
solved. He is 62 years old.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09

ulation that the feet might re-
turn to the west coast to be
nearer to the Panama Canal,
or perhaps be transferred to
the Atlantic. In response to
questions, however, Richardson
said he knew of no disposition
to shift the warships from Ha-
wall.
Admiral Richardson's visit
afforded opportunity for tn
President to discuss with him
the naval projects to be includ-
ed In the rearmament recon-
mendati0ns.
These projects, together with
the army's requests, were gone
over during the day at q White
House conference attended by
Louis johnson, acting secre-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
ROOSEVELT TALKS WITH FLEET CHIEF
AS HE PREPARES NEW ARMS REQUESTS

disposed of, to call up the
house = approved "a, 200, 000,-
900 naval expansion bill. .
The army and navy high
commands will testify before
the senate military committee
tomorrow on the question of
compulsory military train
ing, and are expected to en-
dorse it.
The navy expansion bill,
proposing 200 additional war
ships to make the fleet strong
enough to meet simultaneous
threats in the Atlantic and Pa
cifc, was formally reported
today by the senate naval af-
fairs committee.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09

WASHINGTON, July s-R-
Admiral ]. O.. Richardson,
commander of the fleet. arriv-
ed in the capital unannounced
from Hawaii and was a White
House caller today as Presi-
dent Roosevelt worked on the
final draft of his new defense
requests, expected to call for
expenditure of $1,000, 00O, 1000.
what purpose had brought the
commanding officer Of the
navy's fighting force secretly
$500 miles from the fleets pre-
sent base was not disclosed. He
merely told reports that he dis
cussed ''routine fleet matters"
with the President.
Since the collapse of France,
there has been increasing spec
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
GermanSSeiZedLeFIavre
AheadO fTheirSchedul
College Leaders Uphold
SeIectiue Training Bill

NEW YORK, July S-@-Presi-
dents and representatives of %
mems colleges and universities voted
unanimously today to- support the
Burke Wadsworth- selective training
and service bill now. before congress.
3. After endorsing the compulsory
measure the educators voted
at. a conference to petition the war
and navy departments to extend r.
OF. c. and naval reserve training
units to those colleges which do not
now have them and which ! are
and. ready to have them"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
DESTROYER IS SUNK
Action Against Richelieu
Continuation Oh British
Policy OF Seizure
SHARP BLOWS TRADED
England Estimates 1,760,-
600 Men Are Ready To
Beat Off Nazi Invasion

LONDON, July 9-(Tuesday)-
LP-British sources today claimed
a ''successful" action by the British
fleet to keep from enemy hands
Frances mightiest battleship, the
IS, OO0-ton Richelieu launched at
Brest but still not completed for
service with the fleet.
There was no indication of the
scope of the engagement, nor
whether it was connected with the
loss of the 1,76O-ton British des-
troyer Whirlwind, which was sunk
by a submarine yesterday.
The action against the Richelieu
presumably sunk, seized or dam
aged-was said to have taken place
early yesterday.
A more detailed account Of the
action was expected later today.
Continuation of Seizure
The operation was described as
a continuation of the seizure Of
French warships started last week
to prevent fulillment Of the armis-
tice pacts between France a n d
Italy and France and Germany.
Under those terms the French
fleet would have been assembled
in French ports and placed under
control of Germany and Italy.
Prime Minister Churchill h a s
told commons he had no faith in
Axis power promises that the ships
would not be used against Britain.
The Richelieu was the nearest
completed of Frances newest class
of four mighty warships intended
to dwarf the 26, 500-ton Dunkerque
and Strasbourg. Both of them were
damaged in last weeks fight off
the Algerian coast.
Although the RicheGeu had been
launched, it was understood her
armament had not been completed.
Other ships of her class still in
complete are the Clemenceau,
Jean Bart and Gascogne.
The two nearest completion, the
Richelieu and Jean Bart, were re-
ported in German hands after the
Germans occupied Frances Allan
tic coast.
Fast Vessel
The Richelieu went down tn
ways at Brest in January, 1889.
Her speed exceeded 80 knots and
she was armed with four 15-inch
guns, 16 six-inch quick firing guns,
and 10 smaller guns for defense
against aircraft. The Richelieu's
armor included a waterline belt 16
inches thick, and deck armor eight
inches thick.
The first British naval action to
round up the French fleet came
in a surprise move last Wednes-
day. Churchill announced that most
of the French warships were seized
or put out of action, or bottled up.
Because of wartime precautions
there has been no authoritative in
recently on the where
abouts of the Richelieu.
The most recent word came last
week. At that time it was said the
battleship had put out from Brest
into the Atlantic, possibly on a
trial run.
Meanwhile bomb-battered Brit
ain announced last night the loss
of the destroyer Whirlwind, traded
Germany blow for blow in wal
from the air, and estimated that
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
WOMAN CAPTURES
NAZI in ENGLAND
Takes Armed Aviator Who
Parachuted To Earth
After Plane Downed

LONDON, July S.-R-An I'm.
armed British housewife put on her
"~fiercest frown" today and captured
a German AVIATOR who parachuted
from his disabled plane into her
front yard and gave up his pistol
when she demanded his surrender.
His plane a shot down by Brit
ish Spitfires in a fight over north
eastern England.
Mrs. Nora CardwelFs husband,
away from home at the time, said
afterwards:
Il think she did very we'll"
But Mrs. Cardwell, five feet, eight
inches tall, didn't want to make a
song and dance" over what she
called "the affair.""
She just marched up to the Ger
man, demanded his gun and sent him
hustling along to internment when
help came later.
IT was convinced he was a para
chutist when I saw him floating to
the ground" she said. IT went
straight to the telephone but it was
out of order. So I told a boy to 60
on a bicycle for the police .
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
France Nears
Totalitarian
OF Rule
Premier Petain Is Expected
To Head New Dictator
Type OF Government
LEBRUN WILL RESIGN
Vichy Spokesman Says
France Does Not Plan
Hostilities Against Britain

GENEVA, July 8.-R-Nazi-van-
quished France, the cradle Of re-
publican freedom in Europe, appear
ed tonight on the threshold of a vir-
tual totalitarian dictatorship headed
by Premier Marshal Henri Philippe
Petain, the man who surrendered to
Germany.
Dispatche sfrom Vichy, seat Of the
German-mastered French govern
ment, said the S4-year-old premier
would head a new regime under the
fuehrer-like title of chief of state"-
but without the personal power of
Adolf Hitler.
Lebrun May Quit
These davices also forecast the
resignation Of President Albert LIE.
brun to make way fro a new Nazi-
Fascist government undre Petain,
the World war hero Of Verdun" who
c%apitulated to Nazi legions in mid
June. B.
AS described in the censored
French press, Petain would take
only the title of executive power
presumably as a ~figurehead - under
this arrangement, with the govern
ment dominated by q triumvirate
consisting of General Maxine Wey-
gand, former Allied commander-in-
chief; former Pmeier Pierre Laval,
and former Labor Minister Adrien
Marquet.
The reshaping of Frances long
time republican government into the
totalitaria nmold was expected to be-
gin Wednesday or Thursday at a
meeting of the French parliament in
Vichy.
Travellers from France said many
Of the conquered nations republican
leaders were so Glazed by defeat
that they manifested little interest.
The French press described the
new constitution as 'corporative'-
a term Fascists apply to Mussolini's
Italian government.
Impressed
Premier Petain was said to have
been tremendously impressed by
reconstruction plans for Spain
mapped out by his old pupil, Gen
eralissimo Francisco Franco, and
that when discussing Frances post
wal problems with his aides, the
aged marshal frequently declared:
But we must have his (Franco's)
power"
Since Petain became head of the
French government, upon the resig.
nation of Premier Paul Reynaud,
who refused to capitulate to Ger
many, the s~emi-Fascist Croix De Ecu
("Cross of FREY organization of
Col. Francois De La ROGUE had re-
portedly gained powerful influence
among army, navy and air force Of
ficials.
Meanwhile, a French spokesman in
Vichy was quoted as saying that
France planned no hostilities against
Great Britain, although the Petain
government has broken off diplo-
matte relations with her former ally
over Britain's attack on the French
fleet to keep it from German hands.
Resolution Approved
Havas, French news agency, re-
ported from Vichy that a large num-
Der Of deputies had approved a war
guilt resolution.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
TroopsMa yMov
Upon Hongkong Colony
Carl BowmQn Held On
Hit-Run Driving Count

HICKORY July 8-R-Carl Bow
man, "a, a bound over to superior
court under $4,000 bond today on
charges of manslaughter, drunken
driving and hit-and-run driving
growing out of the death Thursday
night of Hubert Eugene Vail, 81.
Deputy Sheriff Glenn Allen said
the principal witness in the case was
Carl Hysinger of Salisbury, who was
a hitch-hike passenger in Bowman's
truck, and, the officer said, told
the story of running over Vail be-
cause he was "conscience.whipped."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09

Pounds Limit
May Be liked.
Plan Increase To %618,oOO,-
900 Pounds If Three
Year Plan Approved
WILL VOTE JULY 20
Marketings In 1941 Will
Be Uncontrolled If Quotas
Are Disapproved

WASHINGTON, July 8-R-Sec-
retarv Wallace proclaimed today
a flue.cured tobacco quota for the
194l-42 marketing year of $50, 000,-
900 pounds with the proviso that
the quota be increased to 618, O0O,-
900 pounds if growers approved by
referendum marketing quotas for
three years.
Wallace set the referendum for
July 20. Growers will vote on:
l. Adoption of marketing quotas
for the three-year period, 1871
through 1913.
2. Adoption of quotas for 1941
only.
8. Rejection of quotas.
A two-thirds majority vote will
be necessary for adoption of quo
taS.
The 556, 900, 000-pound quota is ten
ger cent less than that in effect
for the 1910 crop. The 618, 600, 000-
pound quota is the same as that
for 1910.
J. B. Hutson, assistant admins
traitor of the agricultural adjust
ment administration, said the 618,-
900, OOO-pound quota plus the nor
nal production on the increase pre-
viously made in allotments o
small farms actually meant a total
quota of about $50, 600, 600 pounds.
This quota, Hutson said, "com-
pares with an estimated level OF
world consumption of United States
flue-cured tobacco prior to the out
break of the war in Europe OF
around IT'S, 00O, 900 pounds. There
fore, if the 618, 900, OOO-pound quota
plus the increase for small farms
Is maintained for the four years,
1910 through 1913, it will mean pro-
duction at a level about 100, 600, 600
pounds below the present estimat-
ed world consumption level and
should result in elimination of the
surplus of about 400, 900, 900 pounds
which resulted from the extremely
large crop in 1892.
Large Supplies
HutSon pointed out that as the
current marketing season opened,
growers were confronted by the
large supplies remaining from 1889
and further complications of the
export situation. Indications were,
ne said, that buyers for the trade
with Great Britain and continental
European countries would not oper-
ale IN this years market unless
some arrangement similar to the
purchase and loan plan Of 1889
was put into effect. Such arrange
lAentS, he said, would not be made
unless growers adopted marketing
gQolas in the referendum.
II quotas are disapproved'', he
sald, "marketings in 1871 will be
uncontrolled as in 1899 and thee
VIII be no price protection for this
years crop.
oalloting in the referendum will
Vt secret. Local committees will
oeslgnate polling places. Three To-
eal growers will be in charge OF
eaca polling place. Any bona fde
oNner, operator, tenant or share
topper who receives a share OF
se proceeds of the 1910 fue-cured
wuacco crop will be eligible to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
WEATHER

MAJ, FORECAST
MomsoeIrlh Carolina and South Carolina ::
WeIrns cloudy, light scattered showers
dav 'Nesday and in west portion Tues
eD ddIiinerreorological data for the "a hours
''oo p. m. Yesterday.
Lon Temperature
n. 81. a. m; II; 7:3O a. m. Il; 1870 p.
minimnn ';5o p. m. rs; maximum S5
unl 10; mean IS: normal 70.
In Humidity
n. "a. d. m. IS; 7:30 a. m, 80; 1:30 p.
" f:90 p. m. Y.
Toto, Precipitation
none" aor a hours ending 7:3O D.. m,
IA inc loual since first of the month,
Tides For Today
Wilmjn,to. High Low
e'on ---------- 10 :25a 7:53a
A'sonboro Inlet 12 o : s:o eap
'se 9 :4as ;o5a; sunset 7:2ep; moon
moonset 10:23p.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
Is Named Leader
OF Local Defense Body
252nd Regiment Begins
Gun Practice Wednesday

CHARLESTON, S. c., July $
-R-The 252nd Coast Artillery,
North Carolina National Guard,
which arrived this me ling by
motor convoy at Fort Moultrie,
will begin preliminary. practice
Wednesday with 155 millhnetre
mobile coast defense rifles at
the Marshall reservation.
S%ub.calibre firing will begin
the latter part of the week, and
service ammunition will be used
next week. The guns were put
in firing position by the guards
men this afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09

Remove your gloves before read
ing the newspaper on the street car
or bus as printers ink will smudge
them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-09
Tell It To
Want AID Taker
She'll Tell

what you have to rent
or sell to the $4,000
readers of the Star and
News. Among the great
mass of people who read
the Want Ads every day
it's easy to find some
one who will buy or rent
whatever you have to
offer.
Dial 1871
Classified
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