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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07

association will hold their last meet
ing of the school year in the auditor
ium at 7:3O Tuesday night. The
business for the evening includes an
election Of officers for the next term.
The committee has also
planned an interesting and enter
tanning program. The public is in
vited.
A linen bridge set was presented
Mrs. John ]. Barnhardt as high
scorer at a meeting Of the Contract
club Wednesday evening at the
home of Mrs. w. r. Love. Pictures
were presented Miss Margaret Dun
ham as high score for guests and
Mrs. Edison Burns for cut %consola-
ton. Mrs. Love served chicken
salad with an iced drink at the con-
clusion of the game.
Eugene Peterson left Monday for
Texas where he has accepted a posi-
ton with the Austin Construction
company.
Miss Nellie Willetts was hostess
to a regular meeting of the Book
club Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. B. F. Applewhite. The
club voted to sponsor a reading o
during the summer months with
NT,~ D@,,-o Heath, Sc 1iI,~o yio, This
library will be opened several days
each week in the Agriculture build
ing to the entire public.
The Welfare committee proposed
to pass a Gypsy Basket through
out the community during the next
few weeks for the purpose of raising
funds for the welfare project. Good
Citizenship" was the topic Of study
for the afternoon. Interesting talks
were given by Mrs. T. W. Pridgeon
and Mrs. c. D. Pickerell On this sub
ject. Mrs. R. C. Marks concluded
the program with a review of the
book "This Is My Story by Eleanor
Roosevelt.
During the social hour Mrs. Prid.
geon was presented linen handker-
chiefs as winner of the sight con-
test. The hostess served fruit salad
with cake and iced tea.
The young people of the commun-
ity met at the school Friday night
to organize a troop of the Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts. Rev. H. F.
Beam, leader of the Boys Group ap-
pointed Dewitt Carroll as assistant.
Mrs. H. F. Beam, leader of the Girls
group will be assisted by Mrs. Lester
Johnson and Mrs. A. V. Scully. This
troop will consist of the Intermediate
group and Senior group which will
include girls between the ages of
ten to eighteen. The next meeting
will be held at Z o'clock Thursday
night at the school. All boys and
members of this national organiza-
ton. For Thursday an interesting
program has been planned by the
girls on the life of the composer,
Johann Strauss, and his compost
tons.
Southport News
Miss Josephine Wolf spent the
spring holidays in Southport with
her mother, Mrs. Eva Wolf. She
had as her guest, Miss Billy Bose,
Of Andrews, S. G. They will leave
today for Durham to resume their
studies at Duke university.
Birth Announced
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Tate an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Barbara Jane, on April / at Mar
ion Sprunt annex.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07

Birth Announced
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Tate an
bounce the birth of a daughter,
Barbara Jane, on April 1 at Mar.
ion Sprunt annex
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
Southport News

Southport News
Miss Josephine Wolf spent the
spring holidays in Southport with
her mother, Mrs. Eva Wolf. She
had as her guest, Miss Billy Bose,
of Andrews, S. G. They will leave
today for Durham to resume their
studies at Duke university.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
Raleigh Woman's Club To Sponsor
Series OF Metropolitan Concerts

Desert Song alone drew 1872, 900. 90
to Los Angeles box office in one
week.
The Rochester Philharmonic,
Jose Iturbi, director, will close
this remarkable series. Reserved
seats: Concert Series Head1uar
tiers, Woman's club, Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
Missionary Meeting

The Missionary society of Fifth
Avenue Methodist church will meet
Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the
church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
Birth Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold G. Wood, of
Winter Park, announce the birth OF
a daughter, Phyllis Ann April 4, at
the Marion Sprunt annex. Mrs. Wood
is the former Miss Kitty Burnett.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
CASTLE HAYNE HOME
CLUB WILL

The Castle Hayne Home Demon
stration club will have the regular
meeting Wednesday evening, April
10. All members are urged to be
present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07

Miss Jane Wharton, exhibitor and rider of Cock o.
The Walk, is shown after winning first place in the event
for North Carolina owned three gated horses in the third
annual Cape Fear Horse Show. The class was open on]v
to horses owned by residents of this state. @. 7. Fowler's
Smoke Screen took second in the class and Billy Wilkins
Midnight Flash third,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07

The members Of the school faculty
attended the teachers meeting Tues
day night at Tabor City. DR.. Clyde
Erwin, superintendent of public
schools of North Carolina addressed
the teachers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-07
Returns Home

Mrs. M. Saleeby and daughter,
Lillian, who have been patients
at the James Walker Memorial
hospital for some time will return
to their home on Woolcott avenue
today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
From
City's Salty
Water Noted
Board To Discuss Means OF
Securing Improved, Per-
manent Supply Today
SALT CONTENT MOUNTS
Official OF Towing Com
pany Claims Waters Is
Running The Boats Here

Widespread reports of the dew
astating eeffects of the city's salt
watere on plumbing, locomotive
and marine boilers were prevalent
last night on the eve of a meet
ing of the board of city commits
sioners today to discuss ways and
means of securing an improved and
permanent fresh water supply for
Wilmington.
While eindustrial plants yester-
Gay began casting around for fresh
water, the water in the city's mains
had a mounting increase in salt
content.
Salt Content Mounts
M'Kean Maffitt, superintendent
of the water department, said that
there was an increase yesterday
over Monday in the salt content.
He said that yesterday morning
the water in the city reservoir had
about 1000 parts salt per million.
Householders, weary of tasting
the salt IN .Lne1T WdIeT, Ldu ar
other problem confronting them
yesterday as reports began TO
come in of pipes bursting, appar-
emily because of being eaten away
by the salt in the water.
R. R. Stone, of the Stone Towing
company, said last night that the
salt water is running the boats
here. He said that they have been
using the city water for the past
three or four weeks in the boilers
and they're being ruined" He
said that a marine boiler as used
in a tug boat costs $12, 900 and
'tany damage to them runs into
money"
Stone said that boilers on boats
in the Wilmington harbor are al
most covered with salt where the
water has boile daway.
He said that they, like other op-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23

of the procedure they must follow
in handling the draft for those coun-
ties.
At the opening of the meeting,
which lasted until well into the
afternoon, Lieut.. CULLEN, speaking
for Adj. Gen. J. Van B. Nets, state
director of selective service, ex-
pressed appreciation for the CO.
operation of all board members and
government agents in the work OF
getting the draft under way in the
state.
Outlines Duties
He then launched into a brief out
line of the duties of the local draft
boards, pointing out that they r
Continued on Page Five; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
LAVAL MAY TAKE
OVER GOVERNMENT
Bern Observers Attach
Considerable Weight To
Meet With Hitler

BERN, Switzerland, Oct. 22.-CP-
Pierre Laval, the swarthy little adj
vocate of appeasement, is likely to
take over the French government
powers in name as we'll as fact in
arranging a final French-G German
war settlement, observers here be
lieved tonight.
They read this implication into
the fact that it was Laval and not
the ~octogenarian French Chief OF
State Philippe Petain who met today
with Germany's Fuehrer Adolf Hit
Ter.
Laval and his clique thus far have
been content to execute their author.
ity under Petain's signature, Laval
having the title of v~ice-premier and
officially designated successor to
Petain.
The Laval-Hitler conference was
reported here to have been accepted
at Vichy as meaning that a final
settlement between France and Ger
many is close. but not at the price of
active French participation in the
war against Britain.
Many French observers, however,
believe that Laval and Admiral Jean
Darlan, secretary of state for the
French navy, advocate accepting the
German terms and making war
against Britain, erstwhile ally of
France.
Marshal Petain and the former
allied Generalissimo Maxine Wey-
gand are declared to have approved
defensive action against the British
in such cases as the Oran naval
affair and the Dakar expedition but
to be opposed to an offensive war
on their former ally.
Thus, it was suggested, French
union with the Rome-Berlin axis
doubtless would require that Petain
and Weygand step down.
Weygand now is in charge of mill
tary and political matters in French
Africa for the Vichy government.
Petain himself has designated
Laval as his Grown prince" and has
relied on him heavily in the trying
months since the armistice of last
June.
German sources said they doubt
ed that Fuehrer Hitler and his For
eign Minister Joachim Won Ribben-
trop would have received Laval I'M
ton with the Vichy regime already
had been arranged during Laval's
recent talks with Otto Abetz, Ger
man Ambassador to France.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Miles CARY QUITS
TIDE WATER POST
Resignation AS President
Announced By Matthes,
Chairman OF Board

The resignation of Miles Cary.
who has served as president OF
the Tide Water Power company
here since June, 1887, was an
rounced yesterday by F. A.
Matthes, chairman of the Tide
Water Power company's board of
directors.
No action has been taken re-
cessor, the board chairman said.
Matthes issued a brief announce
ment saying Cary resigned ION &C
count of the condition of his
health" He came to Wilmington
from a similar post in Florida, as
suming the post of president of
the Tide Water Power company
upon the retirement of Matthes,
who later was called to the post
of chairman of the board.
It was understood he plans to
return TO Florida for a rest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
FARLEY TO VOTE
STRAIGHT TICKET
Former Party Chairman
Calls On Other Democrats
To Do Likewise

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-R-
Breaking a silence he has main
tanned since the democratic ma
tional convention last July, James
A.. Farley, former chairman of the
democratic national committee.
announced tonight that he would
vote the straight democratic tick
ct" on election day and urged all
members of the democratic party
to do likewise.
Farley's intentions were con-
tanned in a four-paragraph type
written statement released to re-
porters by Vincent Daley, demo-
cratic state campaign manager, at
the Hotel Biltmore, which houses
both the democratic state and ma
tional committees.
Nowhere in the brief statement
did Farley, who has hitherto taken
no active part in the campaign and
was himself an announced presi-
Dental candidate before the Chi
cago convention, mention Presi-
dent Roosevelt by name. Farley
himself was not available for COM
ment.
Farley's statement follows:
'Thirty-one years ago I was
elected chairman of the democra-
tic town committee in Stony Point,
Rockland county, N. Y, and down
through the years I have served
as chairman of my county COM
mittee, chairman of my state COM
mittee and I am still serving as
chairman of the democratic state
committee of New York.
cit was my great honor to serve
as chairman of the democratic ma
tional committee during the two
great campaigns of 1882 and 1886.
I deeply appreciate the honors that
have been paid me by my party
and I shall ever be grateful to the
party workers for the loyalty and
devotion I have always received
during my years of party activ-
-.
tiles.
During the period outlined
above, I have preached party 10y
atty and pleaded for the success of
my party. I did that because I
sincerely believe in the democratic
party, in its principles and objec-
tives.
Sat the national convention of
the democratic party in Chicago
at which I was a candidate for
the presidency-after the balloting
was over I pledged my support to
the nominees of that convention.
That pledge was made in good
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Fires Started
By Vast LOAD.
OF Explosives
Attack Carried Out Along
With Others Or Ger
many's Industrial Ruhr
LONDON GETS REST
Alert Fighter Squadron
Routs Nazi Formation
Over Southeast Coast

LONDON, Oct. 22.-R)-In one OF
the mightiest attacks yet made upon
a single Nazi area, the air ministry
reported today, a thousand British
fire bombs and vast loads of ex'
plosives have been dropped upon
Hamburg, where German warships
are under construction.
This violent assault, illustrating
the rising tempo of a counter-offen-
sive which Britain's leaders expect
to maintain through the winter in
the hope of Selling the initiative next
spring, was declared to have left a
chain of fires which eventually came
together in "one great flaming
mass"
Ruhr Attacked
The attack was carried out last
night along with others on Ger
many's Industrial Ruhr through a
heavy ground haze, the ministry
said, which forced the raiding Brit
ish formations to break up into in
dividual hunting crews
For ten minutes, it added, an oil
refinery at Reisholz, near Dussel-
dorf, was bombarded from the air
and IA separate fires were raging as
the British headed for home.
Explosions and fires were declared
to have been set off in the Dussel-
dorf-D erendorf railway yards and at
an afrdrome at Stade, Germany
This night bombing campaign had
followed daylight attacks of Mon.
day along the Nazi-held French
coast. The most spectacular success
reported in that series was the
bombing of a convoy of from II to
Is German cargo ships off Dun
kerque.
Vessels Bombed
A British pilot said his bombs had
lifted two vessels almost out Of the
water and that one heeled over on
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
CLARK TO SPEAK
AT MEETING HERE
Congressman Will Discuss
Place OF Citizen In The
Present Emergency

Congressman j. Bayard Clark,
of Fayetteville, will be the princi-
pal speaker at a meeting to be
held at 8 o'clock tonight in the
New Hanover High scnool audi
torium under the auspices of Will
mington post No. 10, American
Legion.
Congressman Clark will discuss
the place Of the entire citizenship
in the present emergency and per-
tanning to local protection, Wilbur
R. Dosher, post commander, said
last night.
"The meeting is not intended for
~ex-service men alone, and every
citizen, regardless of sex, is in
vited to attend" Dosher said.
The center aisle will be reserved
for e%x-service men belonging to
the following veterans organiza-
tons and their respective auxil-
aries: the American Legion, Vet
Grams of the Spanish American
War, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
and Disabled American Veterans.
Dosher said there would be
places on the speakers platform
for the presidents of the various
veterans organization and their
auxiliaries. Members of the local
Legion post will serve as ushers.
Congressman Clark is expected
to discuss in his talk the further
ance of home guard organization
in the community and what part
every citizen al play in such a
program for home protection
measures.
The invocation by the Rev. E. F.
Keever will be followed by the
national anthem to be played by
the New Hanover High school
band, Dosher said. After welcom-
ing remarks by the local post COM
mander, the gavel will be turned
over to George w. Jeffrey, mem
bership committee chairman for
the local legion post, who will act
as master of ceremonies.
Arthur John, accompanied by
William G. Robertson, will sing a
solo. Congressman Clark will be
introduced by Judge John ].
Burney. John, accompanied by the
high school band and Robertson,
will lead the audience in the sing
ing of, God, Bless America" The
Rev. Mr.. Keever will pronounce
the benediction, 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
BR0UCHT0N TALKS
AT DEMOS RALLY
Says Party Expected To
Register Greatest State
Victory In Its History

WHITEv1LLE, Oct. 22.-Demo-
Gratis of four counties were told
here tonight by Governor-Nomi'
nate ]. M. Broughton that the
spirit demonstrated 90 far in the
campaign is destined to roll up
the biggest democratic majority
in the November election that this
state has ever seen.
Mr.. Broughton spoke to demo
Gratis from Columbus, Bladen,
Brunswick and New Hanover coun'
les. Approximately 1900 people
we're. in attendance, and immedi'
ately. after the speaking, a barbe'
cue dinner was served.
On the program for short speech
es were many outstanding party
leaders of the state, including w.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Task OfPreparing Draft
Cards Started By Boards

Work of preparing the draft cards
of those who registered here for
CONSUMPTION on Oct. 16 and subse-
quently for the placing of serial num-
bers on them was begun yesterday
afternoon by the two draft boards
in New Hanover county after the
members attended a meeting of
draft boards of New Hanover, Pen
der, Brunswick, Columbus and Blad-
en- counties.
The meeting was held yesterday
morning and afternoon in the coun-
Gil chamber of the city hall with
Lieut.. George s. CULLEN, U. S. N. R.,
on duty in the office of the state
director of ~selective service in Ra-
leigh acting as instructor and in
forming the members of the boards
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
War
Interpretive
BY L. SIMPSON

Amid a crescendo of British
bombing of German-held bases on
the French coast, Prime Minister
ChurchiI's fireside radio address
must have had a double meaning
to such Frenchmen as heard it.
1t was less a plea fo- French re-
lection of German intrigue seek
ing to enlist France as an ally
than a warning Of what the result
of that course would be for France.
It was well calculated to build a
fire under the anti-British Laval
faction of the Vichy government
by >utting French public opinion
on the alert.
Churchill said in effect that
France could have only a
nuisance value as an added foe
or Britain. His plea to France
not to hinder" even if she could
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Nazis Claim Large Fires
Started In British Cities

BERLIN, Oct. %. - Up - Fast,
bomb-laden fighter planes d e d
London, Liverpool, Birmingham and
other important British centers last
night and left huge fires which still
yer blazing in London this morn
ing, German sources reported to-
night.
: The German high command de-
clared the raids were "re~taliatory,"
but reported that British night raid
ers caused no military damage in at
tacks on Germany and German-occu-
pied territory.
The high command said Nazi plane
crews inflicted particularly heavy
damage on airplane works in Ley
land, north of Liverpool, and two
armament works. Other targets
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Guards Duty
May Extend
Beyond Year
General Reckord Expresses
Belief Service Period NAV
Be Heightened
ADDRESSES MEETING
Suggests That Voluntary
Training In National
Guard Be Discontinued

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-R-Be-
lief that modified units of the
national guard would be held on
active duty beyond their projected
year of federal service was ex-
pressed today by Maj.-Gen. Milton
A. Reckord, Maryland state adju-
tant general.
Speaking at the National Guard
associations convention, Reckord
also declared that unless the new
draft law is amended to protect
the guards traditional federal
state status, it would be reduced
to a home-defense force.
He said he believed that if the
guard were released from. federal
service at the end of the years
training. its function as a man
power reserve for the regular
army ultimately would be taken
over by the trainees from the draft
program.
Predicts Confusion" :
Reckord predicted confusion
would result if the guard were
demobilized at the end of it's year
of duty because it's ranks would
include many draftees whose train.
ing had not been completed.
1T almost makes you think that
they do not expect us to come
home at the end of the year." he
said, referring to the war depart
ment. cat least, that's how I feel"
Reckord asserted that if the
guard wished to mrintain its place
in the nations military setup, it
would have to work out a plan to
insure that the guards peacetime
efficiency would be greater than
at present and to proviee for a
flow of qualified junior officers in
to the guard.
AS a long-range solution, Reck-
ord suggested that the draft law
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Italian WarbOat Blasted
Bv British In Red Sea

which sank the francesca Nullo,
no other British warshi or merp.
chant vessels were damaged, the
British said.
The British official version was
that the Italian units attacked the
convoy before dawn yesterday, and
The Kimberley Immediately gave
chase but lost the Italians in the
darkness. Later the Kimberley
sighted the Francesca Nullo, and
in a 40-minute battle drove the
latter ashore badly damaged. Then
a torpedo launched from the Kim
berley blew up the italian vessel,
which carried a normal compile
ment of 142 men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
Hitler
Conversations
Not Disclosed
Officials Acknowledge
That Important Negotia-
tons Under Way
CABINET HOLDS MEET
Axis Attempt To Gain
French Warships For Eng
lish Attack Indicated

VICHY, France, Oct. 22.-R-
Any talk of France joining in the
war against England-or any 9TH
country-is out of the question,
French officials declared en-
phatically tonight.
They acknowledged that impor-
tant negotiations, which may have
a bearing on the future of the fall
en- republic, are under way some
where in France but that they
still are not Finished"
Just what the conferences are
all about, government quarters de-
clined to say. A foreign office
spokesman made it plain, however,
that France has no idea of taking
up arms against her former ally.
"Wants Collaboration
Foreign Minister Paul Baudoin
earlier had expressed the hope
that France would engage in frank
and total'' postwar collaboration
with Germany-because, he said,
any other course would be i'm
beetle, insane and absurd"
Baudoin mentioned his hopes in
connection with a peace to be
signed in a matter of months"
While important negotiations
were being conducted somewhere
in the -German-occupied area Of
France, Vichy officials refused to
discuss them except to say, 'they
still are not finished"
The Vichy cabinet met last
night without Vice Premier Pierre
Laval, but it permitted no hint
that matters discussed were other
than routine.
(Vichy correspondents, however,
apparently were unable to send
direct comment on Tuesdays con-
ference between Hitler, Vice-Pre-
mier Laval of France and German
Foreign Minister Joachim Won
Ribbentrop.)
France can also find the basis
for an understanding with the
United States, Baudoin told Amer
lean correspondents, through the
pursuit of her "old ideals of hui
mainly, liberty, justice, order and
truth"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23
RUSSELL, TEACHEY
PUT ON PROBATION
Former Tire Store Manager
Fined $500 And Other
Man Must Pay $3.50

Harold E. Russell, charged with
receiving stolen federal govern
ment property, and joseph D
Teachey, charged with embezzling
federal government property.
drew suspended sentences and
we're placed on probation yester
day in federal court here upon the
recommendation of J. o. Carr.
U. S. district attorney.
The two defendants Monday
afternoon submitted pleas of mole
contendere before Judge l. M.
Meekins, who sentenced Russell tt
serve a year and a day in the
Atlanta penitentiary and TeacheJ
to 10 months.
Russell and Teachey were placed
on probation on the condition that
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-23

LONDON, Oct. 22.-R-British
naval forces operating in the Red
'sa between Africa and Asia
trapped the 1,058-ton Italian de-
s'foyer francesca Nullo and blew
It up, the British admiralty said
Vonight in contradicting Italian
.laifns to a naval victory in the
action.
The Rome high command said
~ torpedo boats, planes and shore
guns sank six British merchant
o'ips and seriously damaged" an
o'ooo-ton Birth cruiser of the Sgd
icy class. Damage to one Italian
0lpedo boat was acknowledged.
ASIDE from damage to the 1890
British destroyer Kimberley