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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Board Votes
To Use Well
Water Supply
Appropriates $6,632 To
Connect Deep Water Wells
With The City Mains
ANOTHER MEET
Nc Action Taken On Pro.
posal Calling For Detail
Survey OF Kings Bluff

Failing to take any action to-
ward giving Wilmington any perm.
anent solution to its problem Of
finding a source of water free from
salt, the city commissioners on a
two-to-one vote yesterday moved
to give the people of the city tenn
porary relief from the salt water
which has been in the city mains
since Oct. 8.
On motion of Mayor Thomas E.
Cooper the commissioners voted to
appropriate Sc, 1921 with which the
department of public works is to
connect such deep wells as those
of the White Ice Cream company,
the Rose Ice company, the Boyle
Ice company and others directly
with the city mains and pump that
we'll water into the houses of the
city in lieu of the salty water which
his been coming from Toomers
creek since October 8.
opposed by FlSher
This move was opposed by Com
missioner of Finance w. Louis
Fisher, who refused to second
Mayor Cooper's motion and WHO
after it was seconded by Commis-
sioner Wade, voted Mo-, on the
grounds that the cost of this
temporary measure is excessive
and there is no assurance that
we will continue to have fresh
water and because I believe that
you could haul water as cheaply
and put it into the system, clarity
it, and thereby give the people the
same water instead of water from
six or seven different water
sources"
M'Kean Maffitt, superintendent
of the city water works, told the
commissioners that he anticipates
being able to have the fresh wa
ter flowing in the city mains within
two weeks. He said he could have
pumps shipped from a manufacture
ing plant within six days and that
meanwhile workmen will be busy
making pipe connections so the
water may be pumped directly in
to the mains and into the homes Of
the city.
Cooper's motion to appropriate
the money for the temporary re-
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
X Ayers
rs ~
East Would
Be Defended
Says Wilmington Area Will
Have Adequate Defense
If Invasion Looms
TALKS AT MEET HERE
Reviews National Defense
Legislation Enacted By
The Present Congress

Congressman j. Bayard Clark,
of Fayetteville, said last night War
department officials had given him
assurances that the Wilmington
section would have adequate and
proper defenses in the event a
serious invasion threatened along
the coast.
Receipt of numerous communl-
cations in regard to the defense
of Southeastern North Carolina in
the event such measures should
become necessary was acknow-
lodged by Congressman Clark, who
spoke before a meeting held in the
New Hanover High school audi
torium under the sponsorship OF
the Wilmington Post No. 10. Ameri-
can Legion.
Prefer Mines
'War department officials have
informed me that the mouth and
approaches to the Cape Fear river
could be mined at less cost than
the erection and maintenance OF
a FORT congressman clark sdio'
Highly mobile coast artillery
units, capable of blasting anything
short of a big battleship, could be
rushed into Wilmington and vi
cinity, he said, in the event a
serious invasion threat developed
off the coast.
Location of huge gasoline stor-
age tanks and other essential ma
tional defense industries in the
Port of Wilmington were cited by
the speaker in his conversations
recently with War department Of
ficials regarding proper and ade'
ouate defense measures for this
section.
Introduced by George W. JET
lfrey. membership committee
chairman of the local Legion post,
| CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Tropical Disturbance
Inland Over Nicaragua

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81
(AP)-The weather bureau re-
ported at $50 o'clock tonight
(EST) from Jacksonville, Fla,
that "the tropical disturbance
was central at ! p. m. (EST)
well inland over Nicaragua and
has diminished considerable in
intensity. The storm probably
will disintegrate over the MAIN
land"
The bureau added that mo
further advices will be issued
unless conditions warrant; how
ever, caution Should be exer-
cised along the Honduras coast
against possible re-entry into the
Caribbean"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
COLUMBUS WOMAN
KILLED BY TRAIN
Miss Edna Flowers Loses
Life When Struck By
Train At Bolton

BOLTON, Oct. % Miss Edna
Flowers was killed here this after
noon about S o'clock when she was
struck by a northbound Atlantic
Coast Line railroad freight train
at a crossing when she stopped to
pick up some matches.
Coroner Joe Skies, of Whiteville,
has called an inquest for Friday
night at 7:30 o'clock in the court,
house.
The coroner said he understood
the woman walked across the track
in front of the approaching train
and was struck as she Bonded tc
pick up the matches, which she
had dropped en- route.
She is survived by a brother. Ed
gar Flowers, of Council, a sister,
Mrs. A. r. Settlemeyer, OF Coun-
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Accuses Opposition OF I'm
porting Propaganda
Methods OF 'Dictators'
WELCOMES GOOD FIGHT
Says There Are Nc Secret
Obligations On Part Of
The United States
Text of President Roosevelt's
address is OH page Two.
BY MAX BOYD

-
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 23.-R-
President Roosevelt, accusing his
opposition of importing propagan'
da methods of the dictator coun'
tries" to cnvince the public tina
he wished t lead the country into
war, said tonight that cit is for
peace l shall labor all the days Of
my life"
In a political speech broadcast
from Philadelphia's Convention,
Hall, where he was renominateo
in 1886 and where Wendell l.. Will
kie was named the republican sta
dard bearer this summer, Mr.. Ro'
sevelt said:
""TLove A Good Fight"
IT consider it a public duty tc
answer falsifications with facts
will not pretend that I find this
an unpleasant duty. I am an ole
campaigner, and I love a gooo
fight"
The first of five political address
es with which the President is wi
ing up his second reelection cam
paign, the speech came at tn
end of a day in which tens o:
thousands of people in Philadel
phia and neighboring Camden, N
j., had turned out to see the chic
executive on his way to defense
manufacturing plants.
Mr.. Roosevelt accused the op
position of making numerous de
liberate falsifications" against him
in the campaign, and said thai
one "outrageously false charge
had been made Ito strike terror
into the hearts of our citizens
ut is a charge that offends ev'
cry political and religious convic'
ton that I hold DEAR" he con.
tinued. 1T is the charge that this
administration wishes to lead this
country into war.
Contrary To Fact
"This charge is contrary to every
fact, every purpose of the pas
eight years. throughout tn e s
years my every act and every
thought has been directed to the
end of preserving he peace of the
world, md more particularly, thu
peace of the United States-t h
peace of the Western hemisphere
"As I saw the war coming,
used every ounce of the prestige
"WZhen war came, I used every
of the office of President of the
ounce of the prestige of the office
United States to prevent it's onset
to prevent its spread to other ma
tons. When that effort failed, ]
called upon the Congress, and
called upon the nation, to builc
the strong defenses that would be
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Agreement Would Extend
Frontier OF Unoccupied
Zone North OF Seine
FREES PRISONERS
Cabinet Refuses To Pay
Price OF Allying France
Against Great Britain
nv CHARLES P. FOLTZ, JR.

BERN. Switzerland, Oct. "a
rTbursday)-lR-A proposed new
French-G German agreement, Civ
inc the Axis powers air and naval
bases in all France and the French
empire but not handing over the
French fleet or putting Frenchnlen
to war against Britain, was report
ed tonight to be in the hands Of the
petain government at Vichy.
Reports from Vichy indicated
Marshal Philippe Petain himself
may 90 to Paris soon to sign the
agreement, which also would ex-
tend the frontier of the unoccupied
zone north to the Seine.
This would give the Vichy re-
CINE a part of Paris-ostensibly
for the purpose of returning the
seat of government there.
Colonies Included
Naval bases which would fall to
the Axis would include those at Da'
kar, capital of French West Africa,
Toulon, on the Mediterranean coast
Of Continental France: Casablanca,
in French Morocco; and Bizerte, In
Tunisia.
The air bases would include
those in both North Africa and Sy'
Internationally located for a
possible drive against Egypt and
the near East. The French navy's
job would be to defend those bases
against attack by the British-as II
did at Dakar.
The agreement, expected soon
10 replace the existing armistice ar
rangement, also would bring about
the release of all French war pris-
oners.
The new frontier line between oc'
cupied and unoccupied territory
would be moved from Tours and
Swiss frontier to follow the Seine.
Paris, which straddles the river,
would be under a special regime,
part ruled by the Petain govern
ment and part by the Germans.
Continued on Page Three; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
j. S. COURT ENDS
CRIMINAL TERM
Large Number OF Cases In
volving Liquor Tax Law
Are Cleared Here

A lengthy criminal docket in
volving violations of the federal
government internal r evenue Ii:
quor laws was cleared yesterday
in federal district court here.
Trial of the civil docket began
after the luncheon recess. Judge
I. M. Meekins adjourned court at
4:45 o'clock and ordered a night
session beginning at Z o'clock.
Court will re-convene at $3.50
o'clock this morning for the hear
ng of additional cases on the civil
docket. At yesterdays session
James D. Carr, local attorney, was
admitted to practice before the fed
eral bar.
Criminal cases disposed of at
yesterdays session and comprising
internal revenue liquor law viola
tons included:
Wilson sellers, plea of 6 III | y,
$135 penalty, 5000 fine, two years
in Atlanta penitentiary, not to stand
committed for fine and penalty.
John H. Peterson, jury verdict
guilty, $135 penalty, 5000 fine, one
year and a day in Atlanta peni-
tertiary, not to stand committed
for fine and penalty.
Leroy Harker, plea of guilty, 1927
penalty, 5000 fine, 10 months in
Atlanta penitentiary, sentence sus-
pended and placed on probation for
10 months.
Leroy Davis, plea of guilty, 1927
penalty, 5000 fine, one year and a
day in Atlanta penitentiary, not to
stand committed for fine and pen
atty.
William Craig, plea of guilty,
1927 penalty, 5000 fine, two years
in Atlanta penitentiary, not to
tand committed for fine and pen
atty.
Alexander Pierce, count one, $500
penalty, $500 fine, n year and a
day in Atlanta ~penitentiary; count
two, 500 fine; and count three,
$500 penalty, $500 fine, and one
year and a day in Atlanta peniten-
larry.
Willie Moore, Leroy Davis, Al
exander Pierce, and William S.
Craig, order of mol pros by the
court as to Craig and navi", Pierce
and Moore pleas of not guilty, jury
verdict not guilty.
John R. Medlin, plea Of guilty,
count one, $500 penalty, 500 fine,
one year and a day in Chillicothe,
o., reformitary; count two, $10o
lConfinued on Page Six: Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
ABR0CATE
FUR SEALS ACCORD
Sudden Action Seen As An
other Sign Of Tension Be-
tween Nation And u. S.

WASHINGTON, Oct. % Up -
Japan's treaty relations with the
United States were altered further
today by Tokyo's notice of abroga.
ton of a 1911 four-power conven-
ton for the protection of fur seals
in certain areas of the Pacific.
Officials long have known OF Ja-
pans dissatisfaction with the
agreement but the sudden notice
of termination without prior dis
cussion was regarded as another
sign of tension between the coun-
tries.
Like the commercial treaty OF
the same year which the United
States abrogated after Japan's at
tack on China, the fur sealing con.
Continued on Page Seven, Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Willkie Wants i. S. To
Leave Initiation Road

a cynical government that seeks to
get American citizens. to vote the
way it wants."
Thousands Of persons lined the
streets, jamming the sidewalks and
slowing his motorcade from the
Mott Haven station to the coliseum.
Willkie said that in New York
where 70 per cent of US are Of for.
eign descent" people knew that the
greatest hope for all groups sis to
make a prosperous America"
He said that oppression against
classes always has grown from eco.
CONTINUED on Page Six; Col u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
England Claims Great
Air Victory Over Nazis

LONDON, Oct. 23.-R-A great
victory in a six-weeks-long aerial
counter-offensive that smashed a
full-dress German attempt at in
vasion was claimed officially by
the British today and put down
as one more historic defense OF
these islands.
Through its news service, the air
ministry told the storyhow Brit
ish bombers had doggedly ridden
the air over a 2,000-mile Nazi
front, alternately attacking and OBJ
serving until the German invasion
fleet had been dispersed at last
and German invasion springboards
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
BAPTISTS RENAME
OFFICERS AT MEET
Wilmington Association
Selects Southside For Its
Meeting Next Year

The annual meeting Of the Viii
mington Baptist association CLOSED
Yesterday afternoon at Gibson Ave
nue. church after re-electing its OIL
cers and selecting Southside Baptist
church as its place Of meeting next
year.
Officers reelected were DR.. Arthur
J. Barton, MODERATOR; the Rev. Ear
L.. Bradley, vice-moderator; and the
Rev. Joe Allard, treasurer and clerk
The morning devotionals were leo
by the Rev. and Mrs. L. c. Pinnix'
of Jacksonville. A report on the
Sunday school work Of the assocla'
nontinued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Rv WILLIAM B. ARDERY

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-IF'-Wen-
dell L, Willkie returned tonight to
the heart of the home territory of
Democratic National Chairman Ed
ward J.. Flynn and told a cheering
crowd in the Bronx coliseum that
the best way to prevent the pro-
scription of any group in America
is to take the country loft the road
to initiation and financial chaos"
Before a crowd estimated by po-
lice at 5000, Willkie declared that
"a great majority of Americans have
decided again to be free-free from
the domination and the control of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24

had been wrecked from Narvik,
Norway, to Bordeaux, far to the
south in France.
It was the first such sweeping
success yet claimed against the
peril that long has lain across the
channel, and it was accompanied
by these other declarations intend
ed to show that the Royal A
Force was developing quietly into
an instrument of destiny for Brit
ain:
Nazis' productive capacity for war
had been Observation-Disclosures
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
france Is Not Expected
To Make War On Britain

clined to discuss the conversations
at this stage, it was said in some
circles that they might be part Of
a major move in European strategy.
Previous reports have said Adolf
Hitler. who talked with Vice Premier
Pierre Laval yesterday in Paris, is
seeking greater cooperation against
the British but a government
spokesman said here that France
would not agree to military, naval
or aerial action against England"
Vice Premier Laval, evidently &C
CONTINUED on Page Six; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24

why, France, Oct. 23.@B-A
m'uctlon that any accord resulting
NA mysterious negotiations be-
l the German and French gov
4','ehts would not put France in
Ne war against her old ally but
aihly would not help England
s"le tonight from informed sources
"ese sources said that the ques-
o'' Oh the return of the French gov
sD'nent to Paris now is of secon-
1y Importance as the negotiations
= On a broader and more import
question. While officials de-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
VESSEL ARRIVES

GLACE BAY, N. S., Oct. 23.-R
The Carolina Moon, one of four
missing vessels of the Glace Bay
fishing fleet, made port today in
the wake of a fierce storm with her
six men safe, but IA other seamen
on the remaining craft were still "a
hours overdue.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
WEATHER
nv o. =. Weather Bureau

FORECAST
North Carolina: Partly cloudy Thurs
dav anT Friday except light rain along
the coast Thursday, not much chahee
in temperature.
By q. s. Weather Bureau 49,
Meteorological data for the "A hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday.
Temperature
1:3O a. m. So; 1880 a. nj. 81; l:3O p
m. &C: 7:3O p. M. &c; maximum &c
minimum 81; mean 60: normal SO.
y Humidity
1870 a. m. 80; 1870 a. m. &c; 1870 p.
m. 50; 1880 p. m. SO.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 7:30 p. M,
O,14 inches: total since first of the
month, 0.13 inches.
Tides For Today
High Low
Wilmington -- 3:12a 10:335a
sap II :27p
Masopboro Inlet ------ / 2:51a 7:12a
1:21p 7:5Sp
Sunrise 6:25a; sunset 5:2sp; moon
rise, -; moonset 1:12p.
Cape Fear river stage at Fay
e~tteville, at 8 a. M, October ~,
81 feet.
Continued on Page dk2x< Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
AXIS PACT ESCAPE
CLAUSE REPORTED
Would Give Japan Right To
Refuse To Fight Any Ma
tons Attacking Others

SHANGHAI, Oct. 24.-(Thursday)
II The recently-signed Berlin
Hone-Tokyo alliance contains a
secret escape" clause which under
certain circumstances would give
Japan the right to refuse to fight
any nation attacking" Italy or Ger
many advices from usually well-in-
,o''led Tokyo sources reported to-
Inc enforcement of the military
Neuse IN the treaty depends entirely
vi lAe Soviet Russian position, these
sources said.
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Continued on Page Three; Col.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-15

(COnClnueQ rom rage J started, took a rifle from the wall of their home and went out to fight with others of their villages and farm areas.
 Relations Lead Way
 Ahead of these men were their relatives. Some had stayed at home all during the war, refusing to leave. Others had rushed back as soon as peace had been concluded, to get such of their remaining possessions as they could. To aid these refu- gess, 100000 in all along the front between the Gulf of Finland and the Actic, the government had mobilizeo all motor transport available, and had appealed to civilians to lend their cars.
 Tomorrow, the Finnish withdrawal begins in the area north of Lieksa
 The withdrawal, under the treaty protocol, is to proceed at the rate of seven kilometers a day (4.35 miles) When the Films have withdrawn the first seven kilometers, the Russians are to keep pace with them, main taining an interval of that distance until the withdrawal has been com pleted.
 The withdrawal had been worked out in stages for six zones. It is to be completed in some area Tuesday in others at the latest March 26 Hango, which Russia gets as a naval base, is to be evacuated by March 23. The Russians have until April 10 to withdraw from the Petsamo area.
 No Soldier Parade
 The army today could not have looked impressive. The Finnish army on the move in winter, as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-15

hae seen, is not bothered with par ade ground standards. Skiers, horse sledges, field kitchens, little patrol sleds drawn by hauling ropes, move in no definite order. But this army in 3 1-2 months had set fighting standards for any army.
 The army will not be disbanded when it reaches the new frontier. Some men who are not needed, or who are needed more in civilian life now, will go home. The rest will be kept for work that is to be started anew of defending the treaty from tier.
 Some of the soldiers already have asked about the chance of enlisting in Near Eastern arimeS. In the World War men like these had enlisted in the German army so they could fight Russia.
 As for the civilians, Juho Koivisto minister for evacuation, had said yesterday that it had cost about $75,000 a day to maintain those who had left their homes before the end came. He said that in all 470,000 people were going to need new homes.
 All Seek Shelter
 As the army withdrawal pro- ceeds, civilian refugees began reach- ing interior towns, tumblng wear fly out of dirty, stuffy trains or wobbling trucks to ask evacuation officials where they could find shell ter and start to plan new homes.
 Many people had left the one kill ometer (5-8 mile) zone from which the Films withdrew, as soon as the war ended. They had been unable to get back to their homes But people who had lived just behind this line, farmers, small shopkeepers and villagers, had managed through last night to salvage some of their possessions, livestock, household articles and goods. Troops helped them to pack their belongings on sledges and saw them safely started.
 The government announced by radio today that special permits would be needed henceforth for any body to enter the zones ceded to Russia, even before the Russians arrive.
 It was made known that people who had been evacuated to Scan- dinavia would remain there for the present because all transport was needed for the evacuation of ceded areas. However, evacuations of ad- ditional civilians to Sweden and Norway was halted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-15
$2OO,OOO TAKEN
 FROM WATERBURY
Continued from Page D

NSV4AVAAAACA AAOAA OSO AI country during the trial of the con- spracy case.
 Total Payments by Years
 It is understood that the "T" men have traced payments from the city of Waterbury to England totaling around $20O,0OO. These are said to have been made in the years from 1881 to 1886.
 The total payments by years which the Treasury agents are re- ported to have traced to England from the city of Waterbury are:
 1931-$34 000: 1932-$26,500; 1883 -$12,500: 1934-$8400O; 1935-$42,- 900.
 Whether or not this was the total paid to England by the city during the years is not known. These are reported to be the totals traced to England by Treasury agents.
 England's wife and child are said to now reside on Long Island.
 Federal Services
 The grand jury, which brought in the true bill against England is said to have got most of their evidence from federal TT" men who were present in Waterbury during the trial of the conspiracy case. The fed eral agents who investigate income tax matter for the U. s. Treasury department were present in the lo- cal Superior Court many days dur ing the nine month trial of the case and their presence in the court room was always a mystery.
 Asst. U. s. Atty. James H. Saver said in New York yesterday that England would have undoubtedly been questioned by the local grand jury if he was available.
 The government charges that Eng land failed to rebort in his income tax returns on $12l .280 out of a total of Sl31,335 of commissions on sales he made to Waterbury. from 1881 to 1885. Thissindicates ne had listed his local commissions as to- taling around $i0,000.
 Estimated Tax Due
 The years and the amount of ifi- complete income tax returns made by England. according to the gov ernnent. follow:
 iesi-e6eT: ie32-ti.3i7: ie33-- e00i: i034-ei0,70i: l030-eB.l02.
 This indicates that the govern ment charges it was defrauded by England to theh extent of tio.44B from 1881 t0 iD3b.