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Evening star., 1940-08-07
PROPOSALS..

coMMIss1oNERs D E. WASH WAsHiNGTlobSs eli BE-
received at Room sos, District Building'
until ? pm T. August Jug fbs 20 ccnstyae. tg1c.
tjon of certain additions teight rooms ana
assembly hall-gymnasiuml, i%ncludlns % sEv necesv
sary remodeling for same, to- MontgomeIS
School located west side Of 18th ftTeef
" Washincton, d. c. Contents 549,442 cubic
feet All PROSPECTIVE bidders +ed. are n neFgps Te
sponse to this advertisement must pc az ti7
companied by statement of facts in detali IAN
of The business and technical organlzatlon
Of the bidder available for 6hsnca the c1ntem Te
sources The Commissioners expressly re-
serve the right to reject any big IN cIn;ra Mhigh
organization, financial resources or sX s$5
perence compared with the ,pro1ect rorl o1u
upon and based upon past known per
foTmanee Of the bidder Justly GG spch hnayabe re1ff
10 the Collector of Taxes, D. G, to insure
return in good condition should ace9pSns fGa tons
and drawings to the Chief Clerk, Eng;ineer Iiee
Department Room 427, District Bulloiiis'
MI
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PACKARD 1899 model l2O 4-door trunk
sedan; equipped with fine radio; beautiful
blue finish One of the cleanest cars in
our stock. See 1t today. Reduced for
Evening star., 1940-08-07

WANTED LATE-MODEi- CARS.
Well pay top cash prices for any late
model car Open evenings. Can North
1857 The MANHATTAN AUTO = RADIO
CO.. 1706 7th st. NV
DON'T SELL UNTIL you SEE Us.
BARNES MOTORS, 1920 18th st.
CASH FOR ANY MAKE CAR.
WE PAY OFF THE NOTES
Leo Rocca Inc.
1901 Conn Ave Emerson 1900.
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H. B. LEARY. Jr. & BROS.
1901 18th ST N w NO dQ00

OLDSMOBILE 1887 6-cylinder, 2-door
trunk sedan: radio, original dark blue
f1nish. interior clean. fine tires and it runs
perfectly: S435. Pohanka Service. 1126
Goth ST. NV. District 914l.
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beautiful blue finish; equipped with white
sdewall tires. very clean interior: excel
lent motor and tires. Reduced for immedi-
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CHEVY CHASE MOTORS,
v1nS wisconsin Ave WI 1870

CHEVROLET 1885 2-door trunk sedsnc
brand-new tires and Thoroughly recondi-
toned and guaranteed; only S215. SCHLE-
GEL & GOLDEN, 333 Carroll ST., Takoma
Park n C RA S416
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THOS. j. OWEN & SON. AUCTIONEERS.
143l Eye Street. Northwest.
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DODGE 1885 business coupe: tan finish
very good: rubber and interior excellent;
ideal car for business or pleasure; S275.
PACKARD. gath and N sts. NV Repub-
lie -0146
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DODGE 1885 convertible coupe; radio,
heater: kept beautiful: mechanically per
feet; 1925; trade, terms. Owner, d. 1870.
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CHEW. "a standard coach: fine cond., very
economical; full price, $50. Sun Motors,
955 Fla. NV. DE. 035s. -
CHEVROLET 1899 de luxe coupe; immacu-
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OLDSMOBILE 1899 6-cylinder 2-door trunk
sedan; beautiful beige finish. very clean
car throughout: excellent motor and tires
Give u any test you wish. Reduced for
immediate sale.
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IIVD WIsCUIIsIII hFt n IU''0
CHEVROLET 1910 demonstrator, master
de luxe town sedan; completely equipped,
including grille and trunk guards and hot
water heater. This car has had the best
of care and Is guaranteed for 30 days.
Substantial reduction and terms to SUIT
Addison Chevrolet Sales, Inc, 1522 14th
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FORD 1887 de luxe "S5" Fordor trunk
sedan very low mileage white wall tires
and heater: one owner; has had very fine
care; only $3.50; fully guaranteed. SCHLE-
GEL & GOLDEN. 333 Carroll ST., Takoma
Park, D C. RA. S4l6.
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CHEVROLET, 1887 de luxe sport coupe:
rumble seat: fine motor: good rubber:
very clean car that we have reduced to
sell quickly at 1865; G. M. A. c. terms TO
meet your purse
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DE SOTO 1885 Airfiow sedan; excellent
condition, low mileage, radio. heater.
cushion covers; $4,000. WO. 1905 after
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H. B. LEARY. Jr. & BROS.
1AtL NJ VIZ uN A0nn

DODGE 1887 4-door sedan; immaculate
Chevy Chase car; S365: 6-cyl. Flood
1921 Connecticut. WO. S4O1.
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CHEVROLET 1887 de luxe sport sedan:
motor excellent; very good tires: clean
interior; splendid economical family car
that will give you many thousands of miles
of excellent service; S395.
Evening star., 1940-08-07

PACKARD 1880 model 12O convertible
sedan; blue finish very good. like-new
white-wall tires. radio, econo drive: looks
and performs like new; low price NOW
S1.275. PACKARD. cath and sts. NV.
Republic Ol45
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PACKARD 1897 model 100 touring coach
| black finish very good; 5 very good tires,
| clean interior. motor o. K; well worth
| S415. PACKARD. oath and N sts. NV.
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DODGE 1899 business coupe: excellent
tan finish: excellent floating-power engine,
safe hydraulic brakes, 5 like-new tires;
ideal car for business or pleasure: S645.
PACKARD. Gath and N SITS. NV. Republic
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H. B. LEARY, Jr. & BROS,

DE SOTO 1889 club coupe; the popular
many purpose car, in the finest condition
possible; motor perfect; fine tires. See and
drive this beauty today. Reduced for
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PLYMOUTH 1889 de luxe 4-door sedan; low
mileage; lustrous black finish: new-car
appearance and condition: only S5a5.
New-car terms and warranty. SCHLEGEL
e. GOLDEN, 333 Carroll St, Takoma Park,
D. c. RA s4l6.
PONTIAC 1888 4-door sedan: Chevy Chase
sole owner: immaculate; $3.50. Flood
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

FORD 1889 de luxe 2-pass. coupe. Euy
this one before prices go UPl Very low
Good tires: quiet motor; beautiful maroon
finish. Fully guaranteed. Your car in
trade. Now only S525. TREW MOTOR
CO., 1928 14th st. NV. and 14th and Pa.
ave nQ1ir 2Rth year.
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OLDSMOBILE 1910 demonstrators, six and
eight cylinder: liberal discount and fair
Service. Olds sales and service since 1928.
1126 goth st. NV. District 9I4l
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secretary.
auT, 81 %. 26, 2S,30;se3 5,7,10.
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FORD 1897 de luxe 2-door trunk sedan;
danoy motor: 3 very good tires; clean
interior bargain for S295. g. NJ. A. c.
terms to meet your purse.
CHEVY CHASE MOTORS.
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PACKARD 1887 limousine; 1877" wheel
base; 6-wheel equipment. midnight blue
finish, excellent motor and very good rub
Der; S645. PACKARD, 14th and N SITS.
NV. Republic 0l45
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WE PAY CASH FOR YOUR CAR.
FRANK SMALL, JR..
215 Pa Ave Sc Lincoln o0gT
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FORD 1898 de luxe coupe; nice motor,
revised and tested; S240 1927 G st. and
goth. : to IL, morning. s.
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HUPMOBILE 1885 Dynamic sedan: this
used car that's far ahead OF its year in
styling and one that is in tiptop condition
mechanically Reduced for immediate sale
Evening star., 1940-08-07

DE SOTO 1887 touring 2-door sedan; green
finish very good: equipped with radio and
heater; fine motor. clean interior; bargain
at S3a5. PACKARD, gath and SITS. NV.
Evening star., 1940-08-07

DE SOTO 1887 de luxe 4-dr. trunk sedan;
We've tust reduced the price of this guaran-
teed Trew Value car! 1t has low mileage:
good tires ard clean upholstery! Triple
checked and finished in a smart gun metal!
NOW only $3.50. Trade and terms. TREW
MOTOR CO., 1926 14th st. NV. and 14th
and Pa ave ..Our 9th year.
Evening star., 1940-08-07

FORD 1899 coupe: shows perfect care by
original owner: finance company will trans
fer to responsible party. balance only S42S.
Mr. Tiger, State Finance Co., 10th and II
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
British Claim
Berlin Arms
Factories Hit
Air Ministry Paints Picture
Of Widespread Damage
In The German Capital
OTHER AREAS RAIDED
Axis Warplanes Drop Tons
Of Explosives On London
In 51st Night Attack

LONDON, Oct. 27.-R-The Brit.
ish air ministry tonight painted a
picture of widespread damage in
Berlin-in some instances ap-
preaching Genes of devastation in
key armament factories - in a
lengthy report of Royal Air Force
operations over the Reich's CAPT
tai since the beginning of Septem.
Der.
The ministry based part of its
report on reliable neutral
sources" Among lem, it cited
an American oil chemist who re-
Gently returned home because the
German firm for which he worked
IA years had had all its IL scat
tered plants bombed out of exis-
tence by Royal Air Force marks
men.
Gas Works Damaged
Residents of the Charlottenberg
area ofFBer4in,y the British report
ed, recently went without gas for
days because of well directed hits
on gas works there.
Earlier the ministry and its news
service said that British bomb
ers flying through thick clouds,
the heaviest calibre bombs
yet carried to Berlin upon the
German capital last night and 9TH
er planes attacked at least a doz-
en- targets in Germany and Ger
man-dominated countries.
It's news service celebrating on
the communique, told of a large
fire started in the Brandenburg
airplane engine factory in III e
suburb of Berlin; a heavy
assault on the Moabit rover sta
ton, one of Berlin's main sources
of electric supply; and salvos of
high explosives falling on the Put
li~tzstrasse and Lehrter railroad,
yards near Berlin's center.
See White Flashes
The news service quoted return
ing raiders as saying they could
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
ECONOMY THREATENED
Suspension Oh Ban On
War Materials And Foods
stuffs Scheduled

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 27- Up -
Highly placed government and
diplomatic officials reported TO-
night that President Cardenas' adj
ministration had decided to lift
the short-1ived unofficial embargo
on exports destined for Japan be-
cause the ban threatened to upset
the nations economy at this time.
Suspension of the embargo on
war materials and foodstuffs which
secret agents from the federal at
torney generals office enforced last
week was scheduled to take effect
tomorrow,
Fear misunderstanding
The principal fear of the sources
disclosing this decision was that it
would be misunderstood in the
United States.
Mexico originally placed -estric-
tons on shipments to Japan as a
gesture of solidarity with the
United States because, of Japanese
American tension in the Pacific
and one government Spokesman
emphasized:
1.-THE end of these restrictions
does not imply any change in Mex
ico's foreign policy of friendship
and collaboration with the United
States.
SHOULD the International situa-
ton make it necessary, I am con-
fdent that Mexico would cooperate
with the United States and the
other American republics by off
cially proclaiming such an EN-
barge against Japan"
The spokesman said that scrap
iron and certain petroleum pro-
ducts, which are practically gov
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
IL DUCE LEAVES ROME
Believed En- Route To I'm
portant Meet With Hitler,
Others In Florence
CELEBRATION OPENED
Greek Students, Guided By
Teachers, Stage Demon
stration Near Karvia

ROME, Oct. 81 Up "A new
series of episodes along the tense
Albanian-Greek frontier, which the
official Italian news agency Stefani
said observed attention" was re-
ported tonight by the Tirana news
paper Tomari.
During the last 49 hours at six
points along the frontier numerous
groups of armed persons have ap-
peared and disappeared, Tomari
said.
One group was said to have en-
tered nearly one mile of Albanian
territory. where the frontier guard
ordered a halt.
Planes Drop Pamphlets
Airplanes, which the paper said
presumably were English, loosed
pamphlets in the Albanian language
from high attitudes over southern
Albania, melting the population to
revolt.
These reports came as Premier
Mussolini was said to have left
Rome for Florence for an important
meeting-possibly with Adolf Hitler,
Marshal Philippe Petain, chief of
state of France. and SPANS Gen.
eralissimo Francisco Franco.
His departure took place as Rome
opened the celebration of the an
niversary of the Oct. 80, 1922,
fascists march into the ancient
capital. Foreign observers believed
that the newly-initialed French
German collaboration agreement
probably would be discussed.
The Tirana newspaper Tomari also
said that some hundred Greek stu
dents guided by their schoolmasters
made an anti-Italian, a~nti-Albanian
demonstration nea Karvia, waving
their Greek banners and shouting
insults and threats.
Tomori said excitement created
artificially among the populace by
propagandists was based on a claim
that English troops and planes were
Continued on Page Three; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
ROOSEVELT TALK
SLATED TONIGHT
Will Motor Through New
Jersey, New York En- Route
To Madison Garden
BY MAX BOYD

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81 Up -
President Roosevelt will motor
through many miles of Northern
New Jersey and metropolitan New
York tomorrow on his way to
Madison Square Garden for a ma
jor political speech.
Before leaving the capital by
special train on the first leg of
his journey, the chief executive
worked in the %seclusion of the
White House on the speeches
which he will deliver in New York,
Boston, Brooklyn, Cleveland and
elsewhere during the final inten-
sive phase of his reelection cam
The democratic national COM
mittee has retained MICS red and
blue networks from 10, to II p. m,
Eastern Standard Time, tomorrow
night for the Madison Square Gar
den address. It will give the Pres
ident his frs tplatform opportun-
ity to reply to John L. Lewis,
the CLIO chieftain who came out
last week for Wendell Willkie, but
whether he intends to discuss Ia
Dor matters has not been disclosed.
Mr.. Roosevelt will leave his
train tomorrow morning at Ne
wark, N. j., where he will greet
the mayors of Northern New Jer-
sey municipalities.
Motoring to nearby Kearny, N.
j., the President will visit the
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock company, which is building
seven cruisers and 80 destroyers
for the navy.
The route of his motorcade goes
then through Bayonne, N. j., to
Island and Brooklyn, where
49,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
ARMED MEN APPEAR;
PAMPHLETS DROPPED
OVER SOUTH ALBANIA
Movement Of Italian
War Materials TOWARD
Greek Frontier Noted

BELG E, YugosIavia,
Oct. 27.-(APeGreat activity
among Italian forces in Al
bania and steady movements
of war materials toward the
Greek frontier where Italians
have reported clashes were re.
ported today by observers near
the Yugoslav-Albanian border.
Neutral military observers,
piecing together information
from Albania, declared ten
Italian attack divisions had
been positively identified along
the Greek frontier.
They estimated that reserve
troops for these divisions, with
transport columns and other
necessary units, would swell
the Italian forces in Albania
past the zoe, 900 mark.
While one of the best routes
into Greece is down the Bitolj
valley in southern Yugoslavia,
military sources said this area
was one of the most heavily
fortified parts of this country
and expressed doubts the
Italians would attempt to use
it.
Meanwhile Premier Dragisa
Cvetkovic declared in a speech
at Cetinje that "YugosIavia's
frontier must be defended on
every OCCASION"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Draft WillNOt Interfere
With Production OfArms

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-R-
Draft headquarters laid down the
broad principle today that Americas
mobilization of manpower must not
Interfere with Industrial production
of arms.
Almost on the eve Of the gigantic
transcription lottery"-set for noon
Tuesdya-which will determine the
order in which s00,0 900 men are to
be called for a years military train,
ing, Draft Director Clarence A. Dyk.
stra said:
"It is abasic principle Of selective
service at this stage of the national
defense preparation that material
procurement is paramount. There
fore, where two requirements-mili-
tary manpower versus production
conflict, production should have pri-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
GERMANS CONTINUE
RAIDS ON BRITAIN
Nazis Claim Industrial
Plants In Birmingham
And Coventry Bombed

BERLIN, Oct. 27.-R-Continu
Gus all-day attacks against Brit
ain by the Luftwaffe today fol
owed up destructive assaults latp
night against Birmingham, Lite'r
pool, Coventry and London, Ger.
man military sources said.
DNB, official news agency, said
German bombers were busy over
England from early morning.
Industrial plants in Birmingham
and Coventry, and the harbor of
Liverpool were heavily bombed on
Saturday night, the German high
command said.
The attack on Birmingham, the
communique observed, followed a
daylight raid during which 'Tes-
pecially heavy explosions" could
be seen in a chemical plant there.
The communique gave the first
official version of the attack on
the 42,348-ton British liner En-
press of Britain, reported Saturday
to have been left sinking off Ire
land after bombing by German
planes.
The high command commhnique
said that the ship received such
a serious bomb hit 100 kilometers
(about 62.5 miles) west of Ireland
that it burst into flames" a d
1.-THE crew took to boats"
Saturdays attacks on Britain,
the communique said, were car
ried out by light and heavy de
stroyer plane units. in spite
of strong defense from h t e r
planes and anti-aircraft."
At night while London, Birming-
Coventry and the Liverpool
harbor were under assault, the
communique said, weaker units
of our destroyer planes bombed
British airports in north Scotland
in daringly executed dives and set
hangers and facilities afire." 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
First Christian Church
Selects New Officers

At their annual business meeting
yesterday morning, the members of
the First Christian church elected
the following officers to serve for
the year November 1, 1910 to Octo-
Der 81, 1941.
Elders: H. C. Byrd, D. H. Cren-
shaw, J. P. CARROT, Geo. B. Canady,
E. F. Bryant and Spurgeon Baxley.
Deacons: Sam Daniels, Kenneth
Johnson, W. P. Sanders, Joe Taylor,
Ben White, r. C. Shackleford, Harry
Griffin, Earl Huband, Paul T.
Marshburn, P. A. Marshburn, j. ".
Overman, w. J.. Hogan, J. P. New
born and John l.. Sutton.
Paul T. Marshburn was elected to
the office of trustee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28

Also, Laval is scheduled to leave
Vichy for an unannounced destina-
ton tomorrow after a cabinet
meeting and a ministers meet
ing with Chief of State Marshal
Philippe Petain.
"a Rome dispatch said Premier
Mussolini was reported to have
left for Florence, Italy, possibly
for a four-man meeting of Hitler,
Marshal Petain and Generalissimo
Francisco Franco of Spain. It way
indicated these talks might last
several days.)
Until Laval talks, at least, the
country was left in the dark on
what lies behind the brief an
nouncenlent Saturday that Hitler
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Strikes Rock
Near Prince
Rupert, B. E.
Passengers Spend Night On
Cold Beach After Seattle
Bound Ship Crashes
HITS AT FULL SPEED
North Star, Arriving Five
Hours After sos, Takes
People To Nearby Port

PRINCE RUPERT. B. c., Oct.
y canadian Press - Half
dressed and shivering from a
night Of exposure, 27S passengers
Of the grounded coastal liner Alas
ka we're landed safely from a res
cue ship here tonight. The b 6
seattle-bound ship crashed on the
rocky snore of Elliott Bay at 1890
a. m. (PST).
Wreck victims were brought to
this small Hecate strait port by
the Northland Steamship COM
pany's liner North Coast, which
like the Alaska was en- route from
Ketchikan, Alaska, to Seattle.
The Alaska struck at full speed
in the pitch blackness of a north
ern autumn night and showed her
bow almost into the trees fringing
the shore 20 miles south of here.
The ship immediately listed to
port, and Capt, &C. Anderson or
dered passengers ashore for fear
the vessel might slide into deep
water.
Tumbling from their hunks or
rushing from the salon, the pas
sengers Jumped for lifeboats while
oil from the Alaska's tanks spread
over the water. Several fell into
the icy water, and most W e
smeared with oil, but no one was
injured seriously.
The North Coast, answering an
SOS, arrived five hours later. The
passengers, who had been sitting
around campfires singing through
the night, were rowed 300 yards
10 the rescue ship.
To Return Passengers
Inc Alaska Steamship company,
owner of the 81, 600, 900 wrecked
Alaska, announced that the steam
ef Yukon would arrive here at
monlght to return the passengers
10 h%etehikan, where arrangements
VIII be made for continuing their
.Ip 10 Seattle. Meanwhile, unable
70 IND beds, the passengers slept
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
ACL WORKERS GET
BACK PAY CHECKS
$260,0O0 Sent Out From
Office Here To 6,469 En-
ployes Of Railroad

Checks totaling $3.50, 900 in back
pay for 6,469 maintenance-of-way
employees have gone out of the At.
lantic Coast Line Railroad com.
pany's headquarters here during
the past week for payment to the
workers along a 5000 mile stretch
of the railroad, Pomeroy Nichols,
treasurer of the company, said
last night.
Mr.. Nichols said that all checks
have been sent out but that he did
not know whether or not they have
been paid all the workers as yet.
Included in the total amount.
was 1884 in back wages for Sec
ton workers in the Wilmington dis
trict.
The payments are the results of
a suit brought by the wage and
hour division against the Atlantic
Coast Line several months ago for
violation of the fair labor stan
dards act. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Mexico Decides To Lift
Embargo On Jap Exports
Dubord Ayers Lewis'
Stand Will Help F. R.

WATERVILLE, Me-, Oct. ~.
(APeF. Harold Dubord, dem.
ocratic national committeeman
from Maine, declared today that
nothing that has occurred
during the campaign will
bring President Roosevelt more
votes than CLIO Leader John l..
Lewis endorsement of Wendell
Willkie."
In an address prepared for
delivery al the annual conven-
ton of the young democrats
of Maine, Dubord asserted "the
men and women who make up
the ranks of labor will repudi-
ate this false leader, and,
thousands of independent voters
throughout the country will
support President Roosevelt
because John L. Lewis is
against him."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28

Dykstra emphasized, however, that
occupational deferments under the
draft law would be determined on
an individual basis and that the de-
termination would be made by the
local selection boards.
While national headquarters is
vitality interested in keeping key
men in essential jobs, he said, it
cannot interfere with a local boards
right to decide whether its indivi.
dual registrants should be deferred
because of civilian occupations.
Estimating that missionaries,
the answers to which will help to de-
ternipe the classification of a regis
trant, will not be sent out before
November Z, Dykstra suggested that
employers withhold requests for &C.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
FRENCH DEFENSE
COUNCIL FORMED
Announcement OF Unit To
Function AS War Govern
ment' Made By De Gaulle

LONDON, Oct. 27.-R-Gen.
Charles de Gaulle, leader Of the
Free" French forces, announced
today the formation of a French
Empire defense council to func-
ton as a war government"
De Gaulle broadcast the an
nouncement from Leopoldville,
Belgian Cango. The British minis
try of information issued the state
ment in London.
This was the first time the word
government has been used in
connection with de Gaulle's
Free" French forces.
De Gaulle said he, as leader of
the Free" French forces, and
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-28
Navy Officials Say Fleet
Most Powerful In World

spoke on the same program from
Chicago and %counselled that I'VE
must not ignore this well-remem-
bered warning: It is later than
you think" Knox also S p o k e
again on another netwokr NBC).
Reporting on the progress of ma
val expansion, Compton said in a
broadcast (MBS) from Orange, N.
j., that the goal of a two-ocean
navy, for which congress author
lied an outlay of $4,000, 900, 900,
was well ahead of schedule.
Knox termed the navy's expan-
sion the greatest ever undertaken
by any nation.
1.-THE new American navy which
is being laid down and which will
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