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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Annual Meeting Of Federated
Women's Clubs To Open May l
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the Clubwoman, official organ of the
federation, that they are willing to
pass on to other club women who
failed to get these numbers are ask
ed to either send them to c. W.
Phillips, N. c. college for Women,
Greensboro, who mails out these
magazines, or bring them to the con-
vention.
The key note of the observance of
National Music Week this year, May
SIP, is Support Group Activities"
Music Week is a city, county, state
and nation wide celebration in honor
of music. 1t is a seven day drive by
the friends Of music to make more
wide spread its enjoyment by the
general public, and 70 extend the
recognition of its value as en- indivi-
dual and a community asset.
Mrs. w. D. Barbee, CT Seaboard, is
chairman of National Music Week
and she urges that spa"iIl ns.sical
programs and interpretations be ar
ranged in homes, schools, churches,
theatres and other centers sLd that
the ministry and social services of
this great art be appreciated a n d
fostered as never before in on: state.
Club women having cups, won in
past contests in their possession,
that have not been returned to the
federation, are asked to send them
at once to Mrs. r. L. Blanchard, All
Lindell Road, Greensboro. They are
needed to award to other winners
this year.
Following the state convention
North Carolina club women, many
of them, will turn their faces to.
ward Milwaukee and t h e council
meeting of the General Federation,
May 2O-25. Thirty-seven state feder-
atoms are holding their conventions
this spring. This being the year for
the election of a president of t h e
United States the forum to be held
on May q for a discussion of the is
sues of 1910 by persons high in the
be an event of importance at the
councils of the political parties, will
council.
Immediately following the council
meeting the federation will conduct
a Good Neighbor Tour to South
America, sailing from New York on
May 81, a So day trip. Mrs. Dunbar,
federation president will go on the
trip which will be in charge Of Mrs.
Frederic Beggs, chairman of Inter-
national Relations.
Miss Alexius, Mr..
Emerson Married Here
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Miss Gilbert,
H. E. Boyd, Jr.,
Engaged To Wed
Wedding Of Wilmington -Cou-
pie Will Take Place
During June

Mr.. and Mrs. V. M. Gilbert, Of this
city, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Evelyn Mae, to
Henry E. Boyd, Jr., son of MI. and
Mrs. H. E. Boyd, Sr., of this city.
Mr.. Boyd is connected with Ar
mour Fertilizer company.
The wedding will take place dur
ing June.
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scorer at each table.
The Lions club and the auxiliary,
which is composed of the wives of
the club members, are working this
year on a program of sight conser-
walton. They have for their goal the
purchase of glasses for every school
child who is in need of them and
whose parents are unable to provide
them.
At the James Walker Memorial
hospital for white children and the
Community hospital for colored, a
clinic is held each week by a com
| petent occulist who examines from
sixty and seventy children free
| When glasses are prescribed, they
are purchased at a reduction by the
Lions club with aid from the auXi.
liary. Since December 1889, twenty
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Saturday Hours
9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
TELEPHONE $500
inc parts Of glasses have been pro-

nine parts Of glasses have been pro-
vided.
The bridge tournament is being
held to raise funds for this worth.
while project. 1t is hoped that all
interested friends will attend.
The club would appreciate dona-
tons of discarded glass frames, as
they can be used in this work.
All players are asked to bring
their cards. Refreshments will be
served at the conclusion of the game
by members of the auxiliary.
Reservations may be made by call.
ing Mrs. Edward B. Ward, $685.
Mrs. w. B. Campbell, 1925; Mrs H.
E. Russell, 1891; Mrs. Donald
Sewell, 1861, or Mrs. A. E. Jones,
1887.
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The play will begin promptly at
BIS o'clock. Many attractive and
valuable prizes have been donated
by merchants of Wilmington. A
prize will be awarded the highest
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
Mrs. NcCabe Is
Entertained At
Lovely Event
w., Huffmon And Mrs. Hall
Ave- Hostesses At Shower
Honoring Bride

,,-s Andrew Huffmon and Mrs.
Hall we're joint h~ostesses at
~.oei,aneaus shower Thursday
a Ai IGNORING Mrs. John V. Nc
coho who prior to her recent mar
law, mas Miss Eloise Brown of this
CIV, Tho home was attractively deco
will spring flowers. The din
raw ..bIe was covered with a lace
l .r9,5 conferred with the wedding
Tho bride was presented many
.,.,,y riffs, including her chosen
n..tern of crystal.
Bingo and other games were en-
.,.oa hy all. Prizes were awarded to
We Clifford Pierce, Mrs. James
usrripg, and Miss Lecy Futch.
delicious fruit course and cake
was served
Around twenty-five guests called
during the evening.
49,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
LADY OF

MERCEDES, Texas-LR-Forty'
one pigs in the first three filters
is the record Of Lady Rio" a
registered Duroc Jersey SOW.
She started her narrowing career
with a little of eight when eight
months old, increased her second
litter to fifteen, and the third,
born a few days ago, to eighteen.
J. c. Lear, owner, said he had no
regrets that he forsook a political
job for farmer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
C0NCORDIA SOCIETY
TO HOLD LUNCHEON
MEETING WEDNESDAY

The Ladies Concordia society will
hold the monthly meeting in the
form Of a luncheon meeting on We'd
resday May 1, at the country home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sig Goodman on
Middle Sound.
All those desiring transportation
are asked to call 1921.
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RETURN

WARREN, O.-R-William Wis
nieski, 20 months old, found a tack
and promptly swallowed it. The
doctor didn't have instruments tc
remove it and bundled William UP
for a trip to Youngstown.
Just as they departed, William
coughed-and up came the tack.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
COUNTY
o TO HOLD MEET

The New Hanover association for
Childhood Education w | meet
Tuesday afternoon, April 80, at 8
o'clock at Hemenway school.
R. II. Roland, superintendent OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
CHURCH OPEN HOUSE
Is DISCONTINUED

"Open House which had been
srorsored by the Young Peoples So
ciat;ps of the Church of the Coven-
onr First and St. Andrews Presby-
,arisn churches during the winter
months. has been postponed indefi-
rateIv, The Friday night game night
will be resumed sometime in t h e
summer,
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Ladies Auxiliary To Lions Club
To Stage Benefit Card Tourney
early summer

A benefit bridge tournament will
be sponsored by the Ladies auxiliary
OF the Lions club on Saturday after
noon, May 4, at the Sorosis club
house on North Third street.
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Direct sunshine. falling on the
average adult body during a 30
minute sunbath, gives heat enough
to boil a gallon of water.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28
OIL RIG SET TO GO TO SCHOOL

III tAAV S1A IN wv ~
SAN ANGELO, Tex. Up An
oil-s.ained oil we'll rig soon is to
have a prominent place on the
University Of Texas campus at
Austin.
It is the derrick from the Santa
Rita No. 1 well nea Texon where
oil first was discovered in that
field. Since that day, May %, 1928,
more than s25, 600, 900 has flowed
into the permanent endowment
fund of the university from oil
royalties.
The Big Lake Oil company has
presented the rig to the university
as a symbol of the relationship be-
tween the oil fields and the uni.
versity.
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Mrs. Ben Willis, of Greensboro; Miss
Susan Gibbes and Mason Gibbes. OF
Columbia, S. c.; Edward T. Taylor,
Lr., of Salisbury, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
n. Kenan, Of Durham; June Mallard,
of Durham; Miss Elizabeth Davis,
Of Durham; Miss Virginia Howard,
of Kinston; MI. and Mrs. Curtis W.
Howard, of Kinston; Major and Mrs
L. L. Simpson, Of Fort Bragg; Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Pitts Hudson, OF
Salisbury; Garrett Saunders, Miss
Georgia Goodson of Winston-Salem,
Miss Cornelia Maslin, Of Winston
Salem, and Bill Howard, Of Nor
folk, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-28

schools, will be the speaker. This
will be the final meeting Of the as
ISOLATION for the 1939-4o school term.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08
ELk5 RULER
ARRIVES ON
pAA CLIPPER
Officials Eat Sourdough
Cakes-Leaye for Ex-
Cursion 10 Taku

The highest ranking official IN
the Benevolent and Protective Or
der of Elks Grand Exalted Ruler
Joseph G.. Buch, and his travelling
companion, Col. William Kelly, an
other high ranking Elk, sat at
the Baranof Cafe counter this
morning to breakfast commonly Tor
the first time on sourdough hot
cakes
Both cleaned their plates as lus-
lilly as the men for whom the sour
batter cakes were named, pronounc-
ed them as swell and rose to be-
gin three days of meeting with Al
aska Elks and their friends, starting
the day this morning by climbing
aboard the motorship Forester oil
the u. S. Forest Service for sight
seeing cruise to Taku Glacier.
Reception Tonight
Tonight at 8 o'clock a reception
will be held in the local lodge rooms
for Elks and their ladies and an
open house follows.
Tomorrow evening Buch and
Kelly will witness the installation
of a class of candidates to lodge
membership here and will address
the lodge, while Thursday evening
banquet will be held in the. Gold
Room of the Baranof Hotel land Eks
officials say make your reservations
now with the club steward, ending
their Juneau visit Friday morning,
flying south again on the clipper.
The two visiting Elks officials
were guests yesterday evening at
the home of Past Exalted Ruler l..
w. Turoff for a cocktail party which
fifty guests attended.
Grand Exalted Ruler Buch had
no complaint to make of the wealth
err. A man who has remarkable
record for absorbing continually
more jobs and appointments with
out relinquishing any, Buch takes
Alaskas blustery fall winds and ram
as philosophically as he takes each
new duty. declaring, I'VE always
talk a lot about it, but do nothing,
SO we might as we'll take it as 1t
comes"
Col. Kelly Is Official
Buch's companion, Col. William
Kelly is Chairman of the Grand
Lodge Activities Committee. He is
retired New Jersey National Guard
officer.
This is the first visit of a Grand
Exalted Ruler of the Elks Lodge to
Alaska since 1882. Buch explained
L
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08
HIT
BY SURPRISE
AIR ATTACKS
German Planes, Flying
High, Bomb Busy Capt.
taI Streets in Raid

LONDON, Oct. 8.-Elusive German
raiders, flying so high that they
were not visible to their victims,
slipped over London in four light
ming raids today, dropping bombs
heller SHELTER among streets filled
with buses and pedestrians in one
of the most calamitous attacks yet
expel fenced by this bonb-wise cap
ital
Bombs fell without warning and
blasted a bus filled with passengers
almost unacceptable in the wreck
age, knocked row of nearby shops
into a mass of rubble, blew out half
he loaded windows at the front OF
a row of famous houses several hun
bred years old and did much other
damage along many OF London's
streets.
The daylight attacks followed a
night @,ong raid curing which
West End store was wrecked, a
hospital hit and huge pieces OF ma
sorry fell from a large bank build
ing.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Item
on. the British point Of view (this
story isn't new but it has never
been told and in view of what is
going on in England it is, 1 think,
worth the telling:
A few weeks ago. President Roo
sevelt received from some old
friends of his in England, whose
names must remain no more than
Lord and Lady Blank, a long let
ter. The bulky envelope contained
a vast number of clippings from
the small town newspapers of Eng
land Scotland and Wales and each
of them was a humorous or hu-
man interest Interpretation OF
some happening that had occurred
during the Nazi bombings.
An old woman, curing an air
attack, had herded her pigs and
COWS into an air shelter, but had
herself remained outside; vii
lage squire, whose fashionable
marriage had been interrupted by
an air raid alarm, kissed his
bride in the candled dusk of the
local shelter and signalled the
villages hoi-polloi to join him in
the wedding celebration; an an
cient veteran of other days had
refused to take cover and stumped
about, adding great oaths to the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08

WASHINGTON = Philadelphia s
Jack Kelly, who has been asked by
the President to draw up program
for civilian health training. has some
observations worth noting regarding
the physical softness of the Amer
lean people.
He points out that we now ride
in automobiles instead of walking,
sit down at machines in factories,
have devised every conceivable
means of taking life easy. Even in
football Kelly points out. 10000 peo-
pie will gather to see 20 play.
And when young people go to
parties they don't even start until
IL P. NJ, whereas most people used
to be in bed by midnight. The Kids
are drinking and carousing entirely
too much, says Kelly, and the ma
ton has grown so soft that he pre-
diets only 33 per cent of the men
drafted will be found physically tit.
Kelly, once crack oarsman, Will
recommend physical culture course
for the nation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08
FAR EAST
TROUBLES
DISCUSSED
British Ambassador, Roos.
eyeIt Confer-0ffitiaI
10 Remain in u. 5.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.-British
Ambassador Lord Lothian asserted,
after visit TO the White House,
that his government has ordered
him to cancel his plans to return
to England because they think
there may be crisis in the Far
East"
The British Ambassador declined
to go into details regarding the
conference with President Roosevelt
but left clear impression the two
discussed Far Eastern matters.
Asked how soon the British gov
eminent thought he Far East
crisis might develop, Lord Lothian
said it might come through the re-
opening Of the Burma Road, the
supply line to China.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08
MORE PRESSURE
AGAINST JAPAN
IS BEING URGED
Hard-Fisted Rear Admiral
TdIks-Russid, u. 5.
Resuming Talks
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sitting in conference today with
Secretary Of Navy Frank Knox, Ad-
miral Charles Richardson and Rear
Admiral Henry Yarnell, hard listed
former Commander of the Ameri-
can Asiatic fleet. urged greater &c
cnomic pressure on Japan and more
aid to China and other measures
to subdue the Japan Empires ex-
pansion ambitions.
Signs increased today that Rus
STA is not taking kindly TO the new
Japanese partnership with Germany
and Italy.
In London it is reported that Sir
Stafford Grips, British Ambassador
to Moscow has again seen Premier
Molotoff and the meeting coincid-
ed with the resumption Of Ameri-
can and Soviet diplomatic talks.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08
COMPOSITE SCORE
SCORE BY INNINGS

CINCINNATI. Ohio, Oct. 8. =
Cincinnati's rampant Reds. champ
ions of the National League, to-
day won the World Series, four
games to three, by beating the De-
troit Tigers, pennant winners of
the American League, in the sew
enth contest, by a score of to l
before a crowd of about $4,000
thrilled and crazed fans.
The Reds rallied for the winning
runs in the seventh inning when
Big Buck Newsom, pitching for the
Detroit Tigers, after one days rest,
weakened to give two doubles and
a fly.
The weather was warm and
bright, perfect for baseball, as the
World Series came to glamorouS
close with Buck NeWsom and Paul
Derringer opposing each other on
the mound.
The victory today was Cincin-
nati's first of World Series
Championship since 1919 when the
Reds beat the Chicago White Sox,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08
BRIT0NS WORRYING, But
ABOUT FLOODS IN U. 5.

anti-aircraft shells t h were
hurled at the invaders.
Clipping after clipping recounted
some spirited tale of British John
Smiths attitude toward his tor
mentors. But what impressed the
President far more was that his
old friends had not one word to
say about the havoc being visited
on London. Instead, they con-
Guided their letter thus: Mail
travels slowly and we have just
heard with great sorrow OF the
terrific storms which have swept
over your southern states. We
sincerely hope that no damage has
come to that beautiful old city OF
Charleston"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08
CHURCHILL
TALKS FOR
(0kM0NERS
Indicates Tri-Power Pact
Has Secret Clauses
Pointing TO America

LONDON, Oct. 8. Winston
Churchill told the House of Com
mons today that the Burma Roac
to China will be opened october II
at the expiration of Britain's agree
ment with Japan and thus aid
China again in her struggle against
the Nipponese.
The Prime Minister also declared
errors in the attack on Dak9r
have brought up subject OF dis
ciplinary action"
AS he spoke, distant noises OF a
German air attack on London
echoed family in the historic hall.
Filings Out Warning
Churchill flung out a warning to
Japan, newly allied with Germany
and Italy. that as long as the Brit
ish fleet is on the seas, Japan has
no hope of helping her new allies
There the fleets will be!' Choir
used several members.
Churchill said the British sup
ported attempt September % o.
General de Gaulle's Free French
forces to take over Dakar resulted
in series of accidents and some
errors which will be made subject
to disciplinary action or formal
inquiries"
Neither the First Sea Lord nor
the inner War Cabinet was in
formed of the approach of French
warships which sailed unmolested
through the Straits of Gibraltar
until too late to stop them
Churchill said.
CasualtieS-Raids
Casualties from incessant Ger
man mass air attacks on Britain
are diminishing week by week he
said, since September 7, but
bombing and machine cunning at
JdCkS IldNc COob oiCdt Aollcdht otcuo
lives and $4,000 wounded, Churchill
said.
The Premier declared fatty the
three axis pact binds Japan
to attack the United States if the
U. S. comes into the war" and
limited the agreement contains Sc
cret clauses.
Declaration of Defiance
Then Churchill declared defiant
ly: Neither branch of the English
speaking race is accustomed tt
react to threats of violence by sub
mission. Certainly the reception o.
this strange, Unbalanced declara.
ton in the United States has no
been at all encouraging to its au-
thors."
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08
plAY-BY-pLAy
FIRST INNING

TIGERS = Bartell lined out to
Myers on the first pitched ball.
McCosky flied out to VI. McCor-
mick Ripple made great catch Of
Gehringer's fly in short left center
field.
No runs, no hits, no errors; rome
left on base.
REDS Werber lined out to
Greenberg. Mccormick fame d.
Goodman grounded out to Bartell.
No runs, no hits, no errors; none
left on base.
SECOND INNING
TIGERS = Greenberg singled by
Myers; a hard-hit ball. York
grounded out to Werber. Campbell
grounded out to Derringer and
Greenberg was trapped down, Der
ringer to Myers to Werber to Joost,
Campbell going to second base. Hig-
gins grounded out to Joost
No runs, one hit, no errors; one
left on base.
REDS-F Mccormick grounded
out to Higgins. Ripple famed. Will
son singled to left field and stole
second. .Joost grounded out to Gehr-
niger.
No runs. one hit, no errors; one
left on base.
THIRD INNING
TIGERS = Sullivan beat out F.
Mccormick throw to Derringer for
single down the first base line.
Newsom sacrificed, F. Mccormick to
Joost. Bartell popped out to Joost.
McCosky walked on five pitches.
Gehringer grounded sharply to Wer-
Der who stopped it but threw wild
to first base, the ball getting past
F. Mccormick, and Sullivan scoring
before F. Mccormick could throw to
Wilson. It was scored as base hit
and error for Werber. Greenberg
| famed.
One run, two hits, one error; two
left on bases.
REDS-Myers singled to left field.
Derringer, trying for bunt, popped
out to Newsom, Myers holding first
base. Werber forced Myers, Higgins
to Gehringer. M. Mccormick fan
ned.
| No runs, one hit, no errors; one
left on base
FOURTH INNING
TIGERS-York fouled out to Will
son. Campbell flied out to Good
man. Werber DETECTED Higgins
grounder to the railing in front Of
the left field stands, Higgins getting
double. Sullivan was walked in
tentionally. Newsoms grounde
struck Higgins in the stomach as he
was running toward third base for
an automatic out. Newsom is cred
tied with a single. Myers put out.
No runs, two hits, no errors; two
left on base.
REDS Goodman famed. F. Nc
Cormick flied out to McCosky. Rip
pie grounded out to York, unas-
sisted.
No runs, no hits. no errors; none
| left on base.
FIFTH INNING
TIGERS-Bartell lined out to M.
|
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08
Britain Makes Formal An
nountement 10 Japan
on Lifeline Highway
AMERICANS ADVISED
TO LEAVE FAR EAST
Indications Point 10 United
States Navy Operating
at Singapore
(By Associated Press

Great Britain has formally noti-
fled Japan she has decided to re-
open the Burma Road, lifeline OF
war supplies for China, thereby
setting the stage for possible
violent explosion in the Orient.
So grave is the situation that all
u. S. Consulates in the Japanese
Empire, Manch kuo. China.
French Indo- China and Hongkong
have received instructions from the
State Department to advise Amerl-
can citizens to return to their
homes in America as soon as pos
sibie. ~s4ars sss-ss
Approximately 1000 white AM
orleans reside in the affected areas.
Japan's New Move
At the same time, the japanese
navy repeatedly landed troops at
Liu Kung Island off the Shantung
Peninsula, summer base for the
British navy's summer garrison.
Only short time ago, the Chin
ese Government of Chang Kai
Shek granted Great Britain a re-
newal of the ten-year lease on the
disputed island, but the Japanese
controlled Marking regime declared
the lease terminated
Washington Conferences
In Washington there was renew
al OF talks between Under Secre-
tary of State Sumner Welles and
Russian Ambassador Oumansky.
The talks stirred speculation of
active collaboration between Wash
ington, London and Moscow in the
Far East crisis.
Conferences between Secretary OF
the Navy Knox and Admiral Rich
ardson, Commander-in-Ch OF the
U. S. Fleet, who flew in from the
West Coast yesterday. also aroused
conjecture.
Unofficially 1t is considered pos
sible the United States might make
use of the great British naval base
at Singapore on Great Britain's in
vitation.
"Aggravating"
Japan, in her newly assigned
dominating role in the Orient as
per Rome Berlin Tokyo agree
ments, has repeatedly stressed that
any such American move to share
Singapore with Great Britain would
be extremely aggravating.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08
Quit Orient
Is W arninq
Americans
State Department Instruefs
All Representatives
in Far East

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. The
United States Government has adj
vised American citizens ressd ng in
the Far East, especially women
and children, to consider the advis-
ability of returning to the United
States because of disturbed condi-
items in that area.
State Department officials said
American Government officials in
japan, China and other parts OF
the Orient have been notified to
suggest that American citizens util-
ize transportation facilities now
available.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-10-08
ROME PAPER
SAYS AXIS
Will FIGHT
Warning Handed 10 United
States She Is Bidding
for War Abroad

ROME, Oct. 8.-Mussolini's news
paper II Popolo dItalia has warned
the United States that Germany.
Italy and Japan are ready to go to
war against the United States If
America rejects the Rome-Berlin-
Tokyo axis for mutual living
space"
The paper said offers are pre-
ferred instead Of throwing down
the gantlet."
The newspaper Appellius' mill
tary commentator said the Ameri-
can furnishing of arms to Great
Britain and her readiness to per-
nit Canadian civilian pilots to train
H.