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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
REYNAUD'S REGIME
GAINING STRENGTH
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in the chamber, with 1853 against and
107 abstaining. The original vote
was 268 for, 1856 against and Ill alb
staining.
One of the deputies who voted
against the new premier only to
swing to his support today was the
prominent righitst and journalist
Henry de Kerillis. .
Publicly recording his support OF
the new government, de Kerillls
published in his newspaper, l. Epo-
que. an open letter to Premier Rey-
maud recalling that 1--WE are friends
He criticized the opposition for
failing to appreciate Reynaud's serv-
ices in placing French economy on
:. sound basis as minister of finance
and for forgetting that "events al
ways prove you Reynaud are
right"
Other commentators urged that the
Reynaud government, which has
pledged itself to a policy of "ac-
ton" in pressing the war against
Germany, be given an opportunity
to show what it can do before be-
ing put to the test of another vote
of confidence in the chamber, which
reconvenes April 2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
COOPER ANSWERS
INSURANCE QUERY
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ter Of interest to the people," Coop.
er wrote as follows:
II think the nonresident fire
insurance companies in this state
should be taxed not exceeding two
per cent of their gross incomes in
North Carolina to create a pension
or retirement fund for firemen
throughout the state. I further
think the nonresident automobile
liability companies should be taxed
not exceeding two per cent of their
gross income in North Carolina to
create a similar pension or retire.
ment fund for policemen of North
Carolina. You will note I have sug-
gested two per cent a. a limit, but
my opinion is such a fund as I
have suggested will not require one.
half of this amount.
II have no idea the nonresident
companies will object to appropriate
ing a reasonable amount for this
purpose for the reason that I sin
cerely believe they realize these
firemen and policemen are working
directly for them. For instance,
these men actually are employed
by the respective cities and towns
in this state, but they are certainly
working directly for the insurance
companies when by their efforts
they keep fire and theft losses to
a minimum. I think the insurance
companies are aware of this unde.
niable fact and that they will be
more than glad to contribute a
small sum annually to provide a
pension or retirement fund for
these faithful employees. :"
TN reply to your question re.
garding the state of North Carolina
going into the insurance business
in competition with private enter
prise, I would like to go on record
here as stating I am opposed to
the state of North Carolina going
into the insurance business"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
James Venable Faulk
Passes At Mcdonald

FAIRMONT, March "a. - James
Venable Faux, 66, retired farmer
died at his home in Mcdonald today
after a short illness.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day afternoon at 3 o'clock from the
late residence, and interment will
be in East Side cemetery here.
Survivors are: his wife; four sons,
w. H., Mack, D. c., and Alva
Faulk; one daughter, Mrs. Freda
Brown; four sisters, Mrs. Swannie
Faux, Mrs. Ila McLelland, Mrs.
Dora Ward, of Wilmington, and
Mrs. G. M. Faulk; one brother, Vol
Faulk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
i0NNIE M. WILSON
DIES IN HOSPITAL
..,ora1 Services For Retired
Pullman Conductor Will
Be Held Tuesday

IN wilson, 81, of Sunset
1on4" ra,jred Pullman conductor,
park Yesterday morning at 10
died - 2 local hospital after an
o'clock If about three weeks.
ines include his wife, Mrs.
SUM- wilson; two sons, c. W.,
Annls a ~ Va, and H. R. Wilson,
d H~ufinington; one daughter, Mrs.
d pordeaux. of Wilmington; one
Anne ". P. wilson, of Charlotte;
bFotut .stor. Mrs. Daisy Mitchell, of
o one two grandchildren, Anna
pordeaux and Peggy Dean Will
' Hn' d Wilmington.
. i u morning as IL o'clock
I'ss' St. Johns Episcopal church,
i'VA. conducted by the Rev. Freder-
70 70. 'F Turner. Interment will fol-
l,r At oakdale cemetery:
soS a+ire palIbearers will be: T. A.
.'on,' W. NJ. Robbins, Ed Cunning
t''' Robert NJ. Greenwood, Earl
n n.ai and Tom J. Baird.
uonorary: DR.. r. B. Rodman, DR..
,,a,les p. Graham, DIR. j. F. Rob-
I -son ]. H. Hinton, Charles E.
r.,1or /. E. Oldham, William M.
a "a and j. E. L.. Wade
N.Y. wilson was employed by the
altman company as a conductor
~. more than 80 years. He was a
r,c,bor OF st. Johns church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
FIGHTING NATIONS
TAKE TIME OUT TO
CELEBRATE EASTER
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(SOlllllluCu IlOAl "SO
Garden of the Tomb" Christianity's
cradle.
Berlin, London and Paris were
crowded with soldiers home on fur.
Tough and happy in brief reunions
with their families despite %unseason.
ably cold weather.
Nazi troops were given extra al.
lotments of beer, wine and cookies.
German children had few colored
eggs, however, because the Easter
bunny's production was strictly linn.
tied by government ration cards.
Discipline at the front relaxed, and
the French high command summed
up Easter from a military stand.
point thusly: Nothing of impor.
tance to report"
.Britain's Easter oil ~"rvance was
featured by some 10000 weddings.
In some cases both bridegroom and
bride were in khaki or blue. London
and Paris churches We're filled by
throngs of visitors from the prov.
inces. Other thousands jammed
trains for a weekend in the coun-
try.
Throughout the United States
SHOWS and temperature ranging from
freezing to below zero put a chill or
the annual fashion parade in many
cities.
Dawn Easter services were held
in scores of communities. At Fort
Benning, Ga, 5000 soldiers and
civilians gathered in the posts
horseshoe bowl. A living cross was
formed by 1900 soldiers seated in
the arena.
In Washington, President Roose-
welt, suffering a cold, stayed at
home on his physicians advice. Mrs.
Roosevelt laid a cross of lilies on the
tomb of the Unknown Soldier dur.
ing a sunrise ceremony at Airing.
ton, Va, cemetery.
The capital was host to thousands
of Easter sightseers. The President,
unless the weather improves, might
be unable to greet children ana par
ents at the egg rolling on the White
House lawn today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
M0RAYIAN EASTER
RITES CONDUCTED
Crowd Of $4,000 Persons At
tends Annual Ceremonies
In Winston-Salem

WINSTON-SALEM March "a -
R-An estimated crowd of IS, 1000
slightly smaller than in recent years
-braved Christmas weather today
to attend the traditional Easter sun
rise service at Home Moravian
church.
The temperature dropped to Fl
above just before dawn while the
throng waited at the church door
for Bishop J. Kenneth Pfohl to an.
nounce the risen Christ. In the gray
dawn the worshipers marched to the
graveyard for the last half of the
liturgy.
BY $3.50 it was showing. The snow
lasted throughout the day.
The Moravian band started the
observance, splitting into units and
touring the city before dawn, play.
ing chorales and hymns at street
intersections. Later it reassembled
at the church for the sunrise serv.
ice.
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is FELT HERE

AS a huge sun spot disrupted tele'
graph and short wave radio activity
throughout the nation yesterday, To-
cal telegraph operators reported in
terruptions of varying intensity
from about 1890 o'clock yesterday
morning until the early hours OF
the afternoon.
At periods between these hours it
was impossible either to send or to
receive messages on any wire be.
tween Canada and Florida. The dis
turbance extended as far west as
Denver, Colorado.
Wires and sending and receiving
of messages had been restored to
normal last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
SNOW, FREEZING
TEMPERATURES
SWEEP OVER N. {.
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poned when a heavy snowfall
blanketed the greens and fairWays
The snowfall interrupted activl%es
at nearby Pinehurst, the golf resort
at the peak of its spring season.
A big field Of feminine golf talent
was on hand in Pinehurst for the
start of the 38th annual North anc
South tournament, which was sci
for tomorrow. But it appeared tls'1
the qualifying round would have te
be postponed at least until Tues
day, the golfing fraternity could
hope only for a warm rain or 9
right-about turn in the weather.
Games Postponed
Mondays baseball games also hac
to be Observation-Disclosures. Tues
days games were still a question
mark. Duke and Maryland were te
have played a double header al
Durham tomorrow, and Pennsyl
vania and North Carolina were te
have played at Chapel Hill. The
game between Catawba and Lenoir-
Rhyme at Hickory and the N. c
Statewide Forest game at Raleigh
also were postponed.
On some of the rolling mountain
slopes of the western part of the
state, where snow and ice are not
a rarity, many had their Easter
parade just the same on the skis
and bobsleds and skates. And some
of the children gathered frozer
Easter eggs under several inches o.
snow.
The snow extended south to be
low Florence, S. c., north beyond
Richmond, Va, east to Norfolk, Va.
west to Spartanburg, S. C. AL
North Carolina communities were
covered except a few towns on OF
near the coast. The mountain sec
tons had some hail and sleet an6
some ice on the roads. Highway
crews were put to work trying t.
make them less hazardous.
White Easter
Greensboro reported its first white
IAoLSI 4l 20 yCdIo. Al ulSl1lld1
three and one-half inches had fallen
and the weather bureau said the
snow would continue into the night
Rocky Mount reported four inches
late in the day, and it was still
showing then. Durham had foul
inches between 10 a. m. and 6 p. m
The mercury hit a low of 20 in the
Bull City. At Asheville the snow
started coming down at 6 a. m. an(
lasted till 5 p. M, and a two anc
a half inch blanket covered the
city.
About two inches fell at Colds
boro in the afternoon. Roanoke
Rapids reported two inches at 5 p
M, although it was still showing
heavily at that time. Three inche.
fell at Winson Salem, where tn
mercury dived to 81. Snow which
began in mid-morning and continued
into the night reached a depth O.
more than three inches at Hender
son. Henderson reported it was thu
first white Easter Since 1915. Shell
by reported five inches. Nearly two
inches fell at Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
BRITAIN WILL CUT
COTTON PURCHASES
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ended March / compared with only
$4,000 bales in the same period a
year previously.
months by France, Italy, Japan
and several other countries as well
as by the British have put Ameri-
can cotton exports at the highest
level in several years. The total
for the marketing season ending
July 81 is expected to be in excess
Of 100000 bales compared with
1925, 900 last season.
Officials said that Great Britain,
while intending to reduce purchases
here, was preparing to buy more
cotton in South America than here
tofore. By so doing, it hopes to win
a big share of export markets for
Industrial goods formerly supplied
by Germany, and to make the most
Of it's shipping facilities.
It was explained that British
ships which transport cotton from
the United States frequently come
here empty. By turning to South
America for their cotton the Brit
ish see a chance of sending out
ships laden with goods which can
be sold to pay for the cotton.
One agriculture department cot
ton authority said that on the basis
of present prospects, it vas likely
that 1900, 900 bales or more Of 1910
cotton would have to be kept off
the market by means Of govern
ment loans. His estimate was based
upon a 10000, OO0-bale crop.
This season cotton is being with
drawn from storage under loans to
supply market needs. The 1899 crop
of II, 100000 bales will run about
10000 900 bales short of domestic
and export demand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
DIR. ADAMS DIES

LONDON, March "a (P) DIR.
Thomas Adams, GO, we'll known in
England and the United States as
an architect and expert on city
planning, died today at his home in
Battle, Sussex. Founder and first
ming Institute, DIR. Adams served as
town planning adviser to the Ca.
madam government in 1916. From
1923 to 1880 he was director for the
regional plan of New York, and
from 1880 to 1886 was associate pro
fessor of city planning at Harvard
university.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
NORWAY PROTESTS
TO GREAT BRITAIN
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vestigation was under way OF yet
another similar case.
The Norwegian legation in Lon
aon was ordered to deliver the pro-
test yesterday. tho
The Norwegian protest was .ne
first to the British since n Az
mark incident of Feb. IT, wnen
british sailors invaded a Norweslan
fiord and removed captive brltohs
from the German shin
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
FOREIGN AIRPLANES
FLY OVER HOLLAND
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their country late Saturday and
early Sunday.)
The communique follows:
Local artillery and scouting &C.
tivity on the west front.
'"The air force carried out recon
Nuisance flights yer eastern
France despite very unfavorable
weather.
During the night numerous enc.
my airplanes flew into northwest
Germany and into the stretch of
the Moselle-Rhine.
Zone Vickers wellington long
distance airplane was shot down
by anti-aircraft artillery.
ION the return flights the enemy
violated Netherlands territory in
eight instances between the hours
of 1915 D.. m. and 2:45 a. M"
The Vickers wellington is a Brit
ish long-range bomber.
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british
SINKS NAZI VESSEL
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,urn back, apparently because
= The danger of British warships.
The Heddernheim was sunk last
7~sn,slav, nine miles east of Scaw.
The Ostpreussen, bound for
SWEDEN. likewise had been ordered
:, ra-rrn to Esbjerg, farther south
~, The West Danish coast.
yavio3ting close to the shore to
.,,ane detection, she hit a rock and
,,b nine feet of water in her hold,
.nslly was forced to run aground
If -he Hirtshals coast of Jutland
.,5av Her crew remained aboard
IN oslo. the Norwegian admiralty
,rnolnced it had protested to Lon
Ian alleged violations o. its terri
trial waters.
Probe Started
Danish naval authorities imme'
ia-4Iv began an investigation to
ia.4rmine whether the attack or
,hA SHINES took place inside terri
-oral waters. They said the point
where the boat sank was "about
three miles offshore, but unofficial
charters pointed out it might have
trtfed inshore during the night.
I'm Berlin. DNB, official German
news agency, said the vessel was
attacked without warning inside
Danish territorial waters.)
The SHINES, bound from Ham
burg to Copenhagen, had almost
reached scaw at midnight last night
when she received radio orders te
re.urn 10 the Danish port of Els
6jerg. presumably because British
submarines were believed nearby.
The SHINES turned about ant
vas headed for Esbjerg when a
warning shot whistled across he1
bows off Torsminde.
Crew members said the shot wa
fired by a British submarine, whicl
appeared between the ship ano
coast. When the SHINES failed t.
Stop Immediately three more shot
were fired. One hit the bridge.
Residents of Torsminde said the!
heard four shots and then an ex
lIosion. They were able to distin
guish the outline of a ship off
shore but could not discern wha'
was going on.
Seamen Arrive
A half hour later two lifeboats
from the SHINES, one bearing l;
ssamen and the other, seven, land
ei on the beach. The sailors sale
their captain had been taken pris
oner aboard the submarine.
The second officer, suffering from
a flesh wound in the arm, and the
purser, who lost three fingers while
attempting to lower a lifeboat, were
hOspitalized.
Torsminde residents said they
could not tell whether the blas'
they heard was caused by a tor
ledo or by the explosion of the
salp's boilers. Fishermen took mem
oeFs Of the crew out to the vesse
% remove ber papers before sh'
sank in shallow water with her up
per structure showing at about :
p m. e a. M, EST).
First reports said the ship wa
'0rpedoed. (The official German
news agency, DNB, said she wa:
sunk by shellfire.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
BODY FOUND

CHICAGO, March 81 Up Tho
body of a 81 year old woman, stab
bed, beaten and raped, was found
today beneath an open stairway at
the rear of a south side store. Two
boys, returning from early morning
Easter church services, discovered
the body and notified police.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
PROUD DAY

MINNEAPOLIS, March 24-R-
Easter Sunday was a proud day for
Elmer Larson, of Minneapolis - a
father and a grandfather on the
same day. His wife, Isabelle, pre-
scented him with a son, and his
daughter, Mrs. William Vanderbilt,
of st. Paul, gave birth to a girl. 1t
was Mrs. Larson's seventh child
and Mrs. Vanderbilt's second.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
Edouard Brandy Dies
Al His Home In Pari.

PARIS, March 24.-P)-Edouard
Brandy, French physicist who pre-.
coded the late Marchese Marconi in
experiments resulting in the inven.
ton of the wireless telegraph and
radio, died tonight in his Paris home.
He was IS years old.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
SANTA CLAUS WEATHER
(By The Associated Press)

The Easter Bunny am to mil
lions of the nations homes yester.
day in weather fit for Santa Claus.
Throughout the east and much OF
the south and the west to the
Rockies it was a white Easter. Many
of the country's fashion parades
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
WEATHER
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WASHINGTON, March "a. R -
Weather bureau records Of tempera-
ture and rainfall for the "a hours end
ing s p. M, in the principal cotton
growing areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25

Garden of the Tomb" Christian1ty'S
cradle.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-04-25
STRIKERS BACK AT WORK

Mlltown, N. B. ILNS).-By a ma
jority vote, members of the new Lo-
cal 10, of the United Textile Work.
ers Federation, voted to accept the
recommendation of committee sent
to Montreal to confer with head office
executives of the Canadian Cottons,
Ltd. AS a result, the 700 employees of
the border cotton plant here, returned
to work after a strike of about four
weeks.
The local, organized only recently,
has been denied the right of repre-
senting the employees, as the official
bargaining agency. The company
wanted a secret ballot. The commit
tee has agreed to this, and the date
chosen is April 20. If the majority
favors the local in this special ballot
ing, immediate steps will be taken to
secure improved wage and working
conditions at the big mill, located ex-
actly on the U. S.-Canada boundary
The company has agreed to recognize
the union, the chief issue at stake, and
the local has agreed to represent only
the union members.
The New Brunswick Federation of
Labor has been commended by the
new local and also by town officials,
for the orderly way in which the strike
had been handled
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-04-25
MOLDERS RENEW CONTRACTS
IN WASHINGTON CITIES

Seattle, Wash. 0LNS).-Locals of
the International Wolders' Union of
North America in Seattle, Everett,
Tacoma, Wash, and Portland, Ore,
have signed an agreement maintaining
present wage schedules, working
hours, ETC., with the Washington Metal
Trades, Inc. The agreement will be eff
fective until April l., 1911, and covers
more than 1000 men.
The agreement provides for follow
ing the average wage in foundries and
machine shops throughout the country.
Should the average wage, as reported
by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics increase or decrease 10 per cent
or more, either the employers or the
union may ask for reconsideration of
the wage section.
Working agreements with the Ma
chinists' and the Structural Iron
Workers unions in Tacoma have been
renewed for a year with wages un-
changed, Washington Metal Trades,
Inc, announced
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-04-25
A JUST PLEA FOR PARDON
(Reprinted from the Sunday issue, April 7, of tt


Louisville Courier JournaD.
A N Associated Press story from Frankfort says
that Governor Johnson has been asked once
more to make decision in regard to pardoning
the last four miners who are left in prison as a
result of the convictions following the 1881 "Bat
tie of Evarts. We hope that the Governor will find
time to consider this troublesome case for we be-
lieve there is convincing evidence of injustice.
Seven miners were sent to prison for life as a
result of the "Battle of Evarts, in which four men
were killed. The miners were not convicted on a
murder charge, but on conspiracy charges Gov
ernor Laffoon pardoned three of the miners in
1885 Governor Chandler refused to pardon the
others, having concluded that there was no mis-
carriage of justice.
1t is doubtful, however, whether Chandler in
reaching that decision had really reviewed all the
new evidence uncovered since the original trials.
In our opinion, that evidence is of such nature
that it justifes another request for pardon.
Most OF the new evidence concerns only one
of the cases, that of AL Benson. We believe it is
now possible to prove that Benson could not have
been guilty of the acts for which he was convicted.
And we believe that the four cases are so similar
that there is at least a strong presumption that
careful study would reveal the other miners to be
as innocent as Benson
Governor Chandler and Johnson are to be
praised for putting an end to the loose bandying
of pardons which was once a feature of Kentucky
politics. But the fact that many bad pardons have
been granted does not mean there can be no such
thing as good pardon.
1t is a part of a Governors heavy duties to
study and to decide each serious request for par
don which is brought before him. We believe that
the request put forward on behalf of these four
miners is serious, is the result of a detailed and
accurate study of the case by the Kentucky Miners
Defense
Believing that injustice has been done and con-
fdent that Keen Johnson is as averse to injustice
as any citizen of Kentucky, we urge the Governor
to give attention to this case
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-04-25

|ment There can be no doubt that there is much in
this country that be criticized, and there un-
|doubtedly is room for criticism on the subjects
(which have drawn Pegler's attention, but there is
mo earthly reason why any man should be con-
tinually mad at everyone Pegler starts his COL
umn almost every day with a TRADE against some
body. He should be one of the first to realize he
cannot ram his private opinions down the throats
of everybody.
Almost everyone in the United States knows
that William Green is honest, truthful and that
he has devoted his time and energy not only in
helping labor but in promoting the general welfare
of the country. Of course, there rascas in his
Organization, just as there would be rascals in
every organization as large as the A. F. of L. But
that does not mean that Mr.. Green condones such
rascals, nor do they have his consent to do the
things for which they and he are criticized.
Westbrook Pegler is an able writer, one of the
best newspapermen in the United States, who has
stant criticism he could point out of the fine
freedom of the press to permit to say what he
pleases. Pegler should not take advantage of that
freedom to constantly harass other men and, by
his ability to use the English language, to attempt
to tear down the good work they have accomp-
lished
Evidently his recent vacation did him no good.
His friends and wel-Wishers of whom there are
many among Beacon readers sincerely hoped that
his rest would settle his nerves and calm WHAT
ever disorder had upset his thoughts. Since the
climate of Florida was not successful we can only
hope that time will effect cure and that eventual
ly, reason and logic will regain control of his mind
and he will devote his ability again to some con-
structive subjects.