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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
WALTER S. M0TTE
BROWNS in RIVER
Body Is Recovered From
Water Near Ethyl-D Dow
Plant; No Inquest

Walter Samuel Motto, middle
aged white man, of 106 Meares
street, was found drowned in the
Cape Fear river early yesterday
afternoon, Coroner Asa W. Allen
reported.
Police said that Eddie Stanley,
negro, reported to them that he
had seen the body of a man float
ing in the river about 80 feet from
the shore at the foot of Orange
street about 2:45 o'clock.
When the officers arrived the
body had floated downstream. 1t
was finally recovered by a tugboat,
piloted by S. T. Bennett, lear the
Ethyl-Dow, the police said.
Coroner Allen, following an in
vestigation, said that there was no
evidence of foul play and ruled that
death was caused by accidental
drowning" No inquest will be held.
Police said that Motto had board
ed at the home of Mrs. B. w.
Jacobs, of 106 Meares street. She
told the officers that she last saw
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Gendarmes On Guard AT
Royal Palace Replaced
By Regular Soldiers
MOROZES IS OUSTED
Foes Cry Carol Must Alb
dictate! But Don't Let Him
Take The Money
BY ROBERT ST. JOHN

BUCHAREST, Rumania, Sept. 6.
tense conference
between King Carol II and Ru-
mania's new military dictator,
General Ion Antonescu, broke up
at 8 a. m. today e p. m. Thursday
EST and the iron-willed general
hurried to a conference with army
officers through crowds of demon
strators clamoring for Carols Alb
dication.
There was no indication of the
outcome of the conference between
the king and the man who reduced
him to a puppet ruler but it was
reported authoritatively that An
tonescu had presented demands on
the monarch aor the application Of
certain new orders.
Gendarmes Replaced
Just before Antonescu left the
kings palace, the gendarmes on
guard there were replaced by steel
helmeted soldiers.
In official circles it was reported
that a decree had been issued re-
moving from office Ion Morozea,
chief of the palace secret police.
This move was considered signi-
ficant for Morozea long has been
known as Rumania's mystery
man. He often Travelled abroad
on secret royal missions and was
reputed to be the most powerful
single figure in Carols regime.
He came and went at the roayl
chambers by night and day with
out question, he made and broke
ministers of state and shaped vital
olicies.
During the long and urgent con-
ference between the king and the
new dictator-premier, which was
reported on the authroity of a gov
eminent official to be concerned
with a demand that'Carol renounce
his throne, a group of iron guard
lists kept up a noisy vigil near the
royal palace.
Demonstrations Staged
Hemmed in by soldiers and gen.
darmes, these demonstrators
shouted again and again:
Carol must abdicate! But don't
let him take the money!"
The iron guardists already had
been involved in a bloody riot near
the palace, which was broken by
troops only to spread out then into
sporadic rifle and pistol clashes at
numerous points in the city.
In this initial outbreak, hundreds
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Heavy Nazi Air Attacks
Casualties
HOUSES ARE WRECKED
Two German Planes Re
ported Downed During
Raids On Other Areas

LONDON, Sept. 6.-(Friday)-R
Heavy, sustained overnight raids
by Nazi bombers hammering
against London's defenses caused
a number of casualties. some OF
them fatal, in the metropolitan
area today.
Several houses were wrecked by
bombs.
Houses in London itself were
rocked by heavy explosions.
The raiders spread out over the
rest of the besieged kingdom
pounding at many areas. Two OF
the planes were reported shot down
in a northeast section.
Shelter Hit
One bomb scored a direct hit
on a shelter housing a thousand
persons in the London area but
official reports said only two per-
sons were injured, none killed.
Bombs fell over a wide area and
the sky was alight with anti-air.
craft fire.
Nazi bombers also were over
eight towns in the London Sec
ton. They crossed the East coast
in great force.
Incendiary bombs were dropped
in clusters.
Whistling bombs fell with high
screams as the third hour OF the
attack passed.
Industries Hit
Waves of German bombers beat
at London yesterday, attempting
to disrupt an important session OF
Parliament and scattering bombs
which damaged industrial proper
ty on the busy Thames.
Last night, the glare and the
thud of bursting explosives, the
metallic cough of anti-aircraft and
the dancing pencils of searchlights
came with the last siren wall Of
the days third alarm at 9:17 p,
m. (3:l7 o. m. EST.
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BRIGHT LEAF BELT
PRICES HOLD own
Sales Continue AT Lively
Pace, Growers Are Sat-
isfied With Returns

RALEIGH, Sept. 5|R-Tobacco
sales continued at a lively pace
on eastern North Carolina bright
leaf markets today, with prices
showing SOME improvement, or at
least, holding their own. Many OF
the markets reported inferior
grades made up a large part of
the offerings.
Growers were said to appear
generally satisfied with their H.
turns.
Wilson reported more than a mil
lion and a quarter pounds sold to-
day, sales supervisor, N. G. Black
man estimating that the C e
average was around 10 cents. Yes
terday's sales were officially list
ed as 1853, $50 pounds at an aver
age of 1871. Tuesdays official
average was 1888.
Around a million pounds was
sold at Rocky Mount. Official re-
ports on yesterdays market show
849, 1924 pounds sold at an average
of 1913.
At Goldsboro, the better grades
brought higher prices but much OF
yesterdays official average was
1852.
Only about $4,000 pounds were
sold at Tarboro, where prices were
reported firm and quality good.
Yesterdays average "a 1906 for
74,79 pounds.
Washington reports p l a C ed to-
days estimated average at be-
tween 16 and 10 cents. Yesterdays
official figures were 1924 pounds
sold at an average of 1850.
At Greenville sales supervisor
Bob Rankin said prices yer firm
possibly somewhat higher, but THAI
the quality continued to be Of the
poorer grades. Choice Tugs and
primings brought about % cents a
pound, with some top q Ii y
bringing from 81 to SO cents.
Kinston had a $50, 900 break, with
the average price estimated at
1850. Yesterdays sales aggregat-
ed 991, 594 pounds and the official
average price was 1852.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Draft Bills
Friends Lose
On Proposal
Conscription Would Not Be
Effected If 100000 En-
list In 6O-Day Period
FISH PRESENTS PLAN
House Decision Tentative,
However, Because Roll
Vote May Be Called

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-R
Tentatively, the house t 6 h t
overrode the managers of the
neace.time draft bill and voted 1875
to 155 to give the voluntary en-
listment system a 60-day trial be-
fore conscripting men for the ar
my.
II adopted an amendment, Of
fered by Rep. Fish (R-NY), un-
der which the draft would not be-
come effective if 400, 900 or more
recruits present themselves with
in that period. If a lesser num-
Der should apply. enough m e n
would be drafted to bring the to-
tai to 400, 900, the number of new
recruits which the War department
wants by the end of the year.
A similar amendment was re-
jected by the senate, Al to 43, be-
fore it passed the Burke ads-
worth compulsory training bill.
Tentative Decision
The house decision was tenta-
tive because, under its rules, the
managers of the bill may, and
mquestionably will, demand q roll
call vote on the Fish proposal
later. With time in which to re-
pair their lines, they predicted,
they would then produce a ma
jority against the amendment.
In any event, although oppon-
ents Of CONSUMPTION voted almost
solidly for the Fish proposal, the
result was hardly considered to
mean that the bill itself was now
threatened with defeat. Numerous
members said in the debate that if
the amendment were adopted, they
would support the bill.
Fish and other supporters of the
proposal vehemently argued that
II would Sin no way hinder or de-
lay the national defense program,
since war department plans con-
tenplated the induction of no
conscripts before the eighth or
tenth Of November anyway.
Amendment Denounced
But, the advocates of immediate
eonScrlption hotly denounced the
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Our Country Endorsed
By County School Head

H. M. Roland, superintendent Of
New Hanover county schools, yes
terday gave his endorsement to
the series of articles entitled my
Country" which will start early
next week in the Wilmington Morn
ing Star.
After reading the first IL essays
by some of the most outstanding
writers of the United States, Mr..
Roland said:
1.-THE spirit in the articles is what
we need to brin gright thinking to-
gether so that we a both mental
ly and physically put up an ade-
quate defense for democracy"
'The whole series is most timely"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Canada Seeks
To Buy U. S.
Supplies
Negotiating For Materials
And Wants Several Hum
dred Old War Tanks
MAY OFFER NEW BASES
La Guardia Makes Report
TO President On Meet
ings OF Joint Board

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-R-
Canada, it was disclosed today, is
negotiating for large quantities of
military supplies from the United
States and desires Immediately
several hundred obsolete World
wal tanks.
This development was m a d e
known by Mayor Fiorello H. La
Guardia, chairman of the Ameri-
can section of the joint United
States-Candian defense board,
and General George C. Marshall,
army chief of staff.
Neither discussed the question of
what Canada was offering the
United States. There was immed-
late speculation, however, linking
the negotiations with possible Unit
ed States acquisition Of Pacific
coast naval and air bases.
Bases Mentioned
In connection with Pacific bases,
the Galapagos and Cocos islands,
owned by Ecuador and Costa Rico,
have been mentioned most ire
quenNy, but naval students pointed
out that a base on the western
Canadian coast might prove inval-
liable in defense of Alsaka.
La Guardia told reporters of the
Canadian negotiations for military
supplies after a call at the White
House.
He declined to discuss their sta.
tus, but said such supplies would
be in large enough amounts Sc
they Wouldn't be for any fourt
of July celebration"
At the same time, General Mar
shall told a press conference that
the War department was consider
ing a proposal to release several
hundred obsolete World war tanks
to Canada for training purposes.
Favors Proposal
Marshall said he was favorably
inclined toward the proposal.
t todaoe shrdl uetaoin shrdlu emf
The staff chief said the tanks,
both light and medium, cannot be
used by the United States army.
They can travel only 2 IL to q
miles and hour, and have been
abandoned by the army as not
worth the cost of repairs or the
use of gasoline.
Col. F. F. Worthington, comman-
der of the new Canadian armored
brigade, has been in Washington
recently. Marshall said he might
have been here to negotiate for
new tank models as well as the
old ones.
Makes Report
. La Guardia talked with news
men after making what he termed
an optimistic report to the Pres
ident on conferences so far held
by the board in Canda.
Another two day session will be
held here beginning Monday after
noon. The agenda for this meeting
also was taken up at the luncheon
conference.
When asked whether the question
OF supplies had arisen in board
discussions the mayor said:.
IT wish you hadn't asked me
that. But you are safe to assume
that it has come up"
would they go in very impor-
tant amounts?" he was asked.
"They wouldn't be for any fourth
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
CHURCHILL TAUNTS
GERMAN FUEHRER
Saws No Matter How Hitler
Multiplies His Raids, I'VE
Can Stand It

LONDON, Sept. s. R-Winston
Churchill declared todaysfrom the
very midst of the battle Of Britain
that no matter how Hitler m%ultiplies
his air raids, 1--WE can stand it," and
expressed his deep satisfaction with
what he termed the eastward adj
vance of the United States" armed
frontiers.
For As minutes prime minister and
house of commons waited in recess
during London's second air raid
alarm of the day. Then, some min
utes before the "all clear" sirens
blew, the house r~easseenbled and
Churchill began the scheduled state
ment. q,
He explained the government had
received information Of danger OF
a particular kind in the vicinity
presumably an intended attack on
the Westminster area in which the
houses of parliament are situated).
The essence of Churchill's speech
was a confident defiance Of the Ger
man Fuhrer's threat of yesterday to
erase English cities in revenge for
British raids on Germany.
/ However, he ranged from a thank
ful resume of the British-American
agreement to trade western hemi'
sphere defense bases for SO average
United States destroyers to a decla'
ration that the British are ready
for heavy trouble in the middle east
The prime minister stressed mat
the .d~efense-base destroyer deal IN nc
way changed non-belligerency OF the
United States and said it constituted
simply measures of mutual assist
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he said, Especially in view Of the
fact that we are trying today to
build up the spirit of America to
preserve itself in the face OF an
existant world crisis"
He suggested that the articles,
which will appear daily, be used
as parallel reading for courses in
Americanism that are to be taught
in the public schools of the city
and county.
Every boy and girl in the
schools Of this county should read
what our most prominent writer's
have to say about this country and
what it means to hem personally"
MIR. Roland said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
british Drive On Italians
lnMediterraneanLOOm

was going-unmolested by Italians
to the middle east In conveys. ..~r
He predicted heavy middle east
ern fighting. :
An Associated Press correspondent
sailing with the British fleet in the
Mediterranean reported that the fleet
and air, force had heavily. attacked
the Italian naval base in the Dode-
canese islands on Wednesday and
that during the engagement the
italian shore batteries did not reply.
The fleet, he added, had cruised the
Mediterranean for nearly q week and
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

H. r. Emory, executive manager
of the Housing Authority of the City
Of Wilmington, reported to the au-
thority at its monthly meeting yes
terday that a total of 1888 families
have applied for homes in the New
Brooklyn Homes and 100 apparently
eligible applicants have been re-
ceived at the white project, Charles
T. Nesbitt Courts.
DR.. W. Houston Moore, chairman
Of the authority, presided over the
meeting, which Was held in the ten
ant selection office at Nesbitt Courts
following an inspection by the board
of the low-rent white project.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06

Express, Workers Ended

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-RH
A strike by 3d. 900 railway express
agency employees who handle,
among other things, express ship
ments of national defense mater
ials was averted today by the set
Element Of a 44-hour work week
dispute between the agency and
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
The settlement was announced in
a Joint statement by L. O. Head,
president of the agency and George
M. Harrison, brotherhood chief.
They did not disclose how they
disposed, Of the differences which
threatened to eliminate in a strike,
but simply stated that the two
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06

Emory stated in his report that OF
the 1872 dwelling units at the negro
project that have been completed and
accepted by the Authority that SO
are now occupied.
Glasses in homemaking-a service
provided by the WPA-are now un-
der way, with four sessions each
week, he said. E. William Burnet,
negro housing manager, has also or
club which will have as n Of it's
first detectives the formation Of a
Credit Union. A Bible school for
children, to meet each Saturday
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
EXCESS PROFITS
TAX IS OPPOSED
FIFTY Spokesman Tell Sen.
ate Committee That Bill
Is Discriminatory


WASHINGTON, Sept. s. R "A
nan hundred spokesman for bust
n.ssolg and little-took ten min
ss turns before the senate finance
t sSoaiialltee today protesting that
t ts hOuse-approved excess profits
raH 1lll Was discriminatory" i'm
pv'eu Aeavy new burdens on nor
nli ai income, and was too COM
.ns sa'ea" for any but experts to
;nta nnal hearings that stretched
nitt, ule evening hours, the COM
tns mse listened to contention after
Neallon that the bill would mark
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10Y The Associaed Press)

Tnd; fEcSS)
ib aelons that a big-scale Brit
aelack or the Italians in the
sent fanean and Africa is immi-
tascis "Aether or not the expected
Boon assault against Egypt comes
euar developed last night in several
liclv e Minister Churchill said pub
III London, in his speech to
t,ons that the effective
easts of the British fleet in the
stant Mediterranean had been sub.
of sly doubled, with the addition
nou sumo of the Royal navy's most
tous vessels, and that a "contin-
S s'fean" Of troop reinforcemepts
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06

sides had agreed to accept the re-
Communications of President
Roosevelt's fact-finding board for
putting the A hour week into oper-
alton.
The statement said also that all
other matters in controversy had
been satisfactorily adjusted"
The Presidents emergency fact
finding board was established ear.
ly in July under terms of the Rail-
way Labor act to inquire into the
dispute growing out of the broth.
erhood's demand that the agency
establish the A hour week, in place
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Sunrise 6:4Da; sunset o'o@P' U
rise 10 AGA ; moonset 9:49p.
Cane Fear river stage at ray
e~ttevilIe at 8 .. M, septe"or =
0.8 feet.
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WEATHER

FORECAST
North Carolina: Partly CLOUDY Ell
day; Saturday generally falr'
tnra+ooro,opical data for the "a hours
onGinr 7:3o .. m. yesterday.
$3.50 Temperature
1870 a. m. Il; 1880 q. m. ~; l:So p ?
nj. '8s: 1880 p. m. e.; x " o.
minimum SO; mean 70; normal u.
Humidity
..1:s0 a. m. 90; 7:3o a. m. 81 ;l:oo p
m, 66; 1880 p. m. g..
Precipitation
= Total for "a hours ending ~ Nv Month p; M,'
none: total since first OF tne n
OPT inches.
Tides For To-day.
High Low
Wilmington ------ y: 1oa a:SSn
NJ Inlet --- II :07a 4:4la
Mason'oio II :22p 5:19p
Sunrise 5:49a; sunset 6:S2p; moon
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-27

caused difficulty in holding the
$500. 900 state grant
NJ. C. Tennent, then Tacoma
mayor, was the next man 10 travel
to Washington on behalf Of the
bridge. Citizens of Tacoma and
the peninsula district underwrote
the trip. There he determined that
the engineering fees and ferry
items were not acceptable. This
latter problem. purchase Of the
ferries. was TO forever bob up as
stumbling block because the
RFc demanded that a contract
for their purchase be made, and
PWA changed demands requiring
they be excluded.
An effort was made in 1888 to
have the state highway depart
ment construct the bridge with
federal funds, but failure Of pas
sage Of the highway code killed
this opportunity.
After about three months Of
negotiations, Chandler and other
firms having an investment In
preparation Of plans sold their In
terests to Moran and Proctor. New
Yok engineers, in a plan satisfac-
tory TO the government.
The question Of elimination Of
the ferries kept confronting the
county commissioners and bridge
committee, with the result that
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comparable with The statute which
enabled securing n funds for the
ssn Francisco Oakland bridge.
When the art WA adopted the
county application WAS thsr trans
ferred IN the tnIi bridge authority
with State Highway Director
Lacey v. Murrow In direct charge.
n was under provisions 81 the
state act that approval of the
bridge was given
Take Over Ferry Iksss
One other thing remained 10 b
done. The county commissioners -
John schisrb. Guy Melton and 4.
A. Rankin did ~ Before she gov
srnmsnt would give lie approval
and ia funds for the bridas. Il
was required that The county '.hs
over all ferry lines that could COM
pete with tho bradxs.
The county commissioners. 81
ths last moment. purchased tbes~
ferry lines a. = cost of 500. 900.
And ON Sept 20. 1888. ths govern
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ers participated In activities of the
Bridge Gang.
The contract required by The
RFc with the ferry company es,
pred In April, ipaa. and an ar
ranEemens was made eliminating
II from the PwA application
Harold A. Allen. president OF tbs
chamber then. went 10 Washing
ton. In cooperation with Sen
Homer r. Bone. he worked ou,
details OF the project satisfactory
to the government.
II appeared at that time ths
announcement Of the bridges ron.
siuletion would come momentarily
But a reduction Of rw operations
held up whatever plans the gov
eminent might have had.
Legislative Acss
When the state legislature con.
sened in January. 1897. an act
was introduced creating = Wash
ington state toll bridge authority,
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w. A. Dryden made a complete
study and report showing that by
changing the ferry service. the
price of purchase Of the boats
could be offset for the county dur
ing the period of bridge construe-
ton.
Form Bridge Gang"
After giving encouragement for
the bridge. the PWA again re-
jected IL due TO change Of re-
quirements established by the pres
ident, because II would not provide
sufficient man hours OF work for
the cost involved.
This led 10 the formation ~ the
Narrows Bridge Gang. headed by
Wallace Morrisette. This group
conducted over period ~ many
months an effective leiter-wri,ing
campaign 10 the president from
throughout the state urging APP
proval OF the bridge. Labor. the
grange. veterans. civil service en-
ployes, community clubs and 9TH
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msns snnsunosd that . - 80 90
rwA grant hsa hen made for ths
purpose a. building The Narvvws
hrsdss. A. The same stms The Nrr
granted . ss.s7o.noo lsss - ~
tnli hstdss suthovssy. Later IN