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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
JOSEPH ID. BEST

WHITEVILLT, April 22-FuneraI
rites were conducted this afternoon
at 2 O'Clock for Joseph D. Best, At
who died in the Veterans hospital i1
Johnson City, Tenn, Saturday. The
funeral was held from the home OF
his brother, D. G. Best, in Hallsboro
The Rev. I. T. Newton, Baptist
minister, had charge of the services
assisted by the Rev. C. A. Jones anc
R. J. Raspberry, both of Hallsboro
Burial followed in the family GENE
terry, near Brunswick.
Pa%llbearers were Leslie Pierce, V
E. Pierce, Jay Gould Inman. w. B
Hobbs, w. E. Harrison, and Walter
Pierce.
Mr.. Best had for the past eight
months been a patient in the hos
pital in Johnson City.
He vas a member Of the White
vile Baptist church, and a member
of the American Legion. He was {
World war veteran, having seen ac-
tive service in France.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs
Mary Nancy Best and five brothers
and one sister: j. T. Best, of viii.
mington, j. K. and H. D. Best, Of
Whiteville, E. M. Best, of Supply
D. G. Best, of Hallsboro, and Mrs
Susie Hewett, of Raleigh.
Mr.. Best was never married.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
CAFE HOSTESS" OPENS
AT THE BIJOU TODAY

Columbia's Cafe Hostess is
scheduled to open today at the
Bijou theatre with Preston Foster
and Ann Dvorak featured. In its
daring expose of the percentage
girls" who serve as ''come-ons" in
the shady cocktail bars and cafes,
the film is said to present a scar
ing Indictment of conditions which
exist in almost every large city.
Miss Dvorak is seen at 10, young
est and prettiest of the hostesses
at the notorious Club 46. An expert
in rolling a drunk or slipping a
customer a mickey Finn" 10 is
tired of the weary and sordid rou-
tine. 1t is not until the arrival of
Dan Walters, PLAYED by Foster,
that she sees the possibility of
escape.
A cartoon, musical comedy and
a novelty are also on the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
NAILS HIT, SINK
IA BRITISH SHIPS
Continued From Page 0ne)

bombs so paralyzed anti-aircraft de-
lenses at Andalsnes that they could
cruise in leisure over the town and
watch the results of their marks
manship.
They said they saw n British
cruiser hit squarely yesterday, an
other so crippled by a bomb that it
ran for shore and was beached and
two transports hit. One of the
transports, they said, suffered a
bomb explosion just forward of her
funnel and went down.
The German high command said
the British also had lost two sub.
marines and reported two enemy
merchantships' sunk and a British
destroyer hit off the Norwegian
coast.
Despite Acknowledgement that Al
lied troops had landed in Norway,
it claimed continued supremacy for
the German air force in combats
over the North Sea, Norway and
6SltIll lIOIll uul MS IHC NSSh-SilN.
Nine British and two French
planes were said to have been
downed on these fronts Sunday
alone. Four of the British losses
were reported inflicted when Royal
Air Force bombers raided the Ger
man-held air base at Aalborg. Den
mark; two over the Stavanger,
Norway, airport, and the others on
the western front.
On London, all planes were said
to have returned safely from the at
tack on Stavanger and all but one
from Aalborg. A war office COM
munique said British troops had
landed at many places in Norway
and had achieved considerable sue
cesses despite many ~difficulties."D
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
BRITISH REPULSE
NAZI MINE-LAYERS
CONTINUED From Page One)

cl11ded one battleship, one aircraft
carrier, and ten d~estroyers. Ira"l-
ers and minesweepers were not
counted.
German losses were listed as one
battle cruiser reported sunk ana
one damaged; one pocketbattleshlp
sunk and one damaged; n heavy
cruiser sunk and one damaged,
three cruisers sunk, one reported
sunk and two damaged; ten de-
~strovers sunk, one damaged and
one nrobably damaged; and a
e1arge number of submarines sunk.
Many Off Norway
MANY of these have occurred IN
the two weeks of bitter sea war
fare off Norwegian shores.
In that sector last night the
British reported considerable sue
..ass' for their expeditionary forces
after landings at "many places IN
Norway, while British DO S
hurled explosive destruction on
Germany's aerial troop ferry route
hetween Denmark and Norway.
The report of British land sue
cesses came from the war offlce IN
2, brief communique. 1t said the
tri,,mnhs were achieved sin the
face of great difficulties" and that
british soldiers have the
Norwegian forces and are giving
the ~hard-pressed Norsemen "all the
support in their power"
(Reports from Stockholm Sun
dav disclosed that British troops
we're fighting beside Norwegian sol
d,ers in central Norway around
lie Miosa, about so miles north
nf held Oslo, the Norwegian
Hours before the war office re-
nor+ on the activities of its troops,
the air force told of new British
,oids m ~Stavanger airport in south
western Norway and Aalborg air
rort in Denmark Sunday night.
Fourteenth Attack
r. was the 18th time the Ger
.an.occupdied Stavanger airport
w. been raided by the British and
,aos the second time in as many
,,ohts that Britain has struck at
ubat she believed to be the only
woe ~German-held airfield in Den
mark.
THOSE stations on Germany's air
ferry line to Norway were bombed
- an effort to ground the his Han
60 and Junkers transport planes in
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
DOWNEY OPPOSES
F. D. r. THIRD TERM
Continued From Page One)

would affect the November election
if President Roosevelt should be re
nominated. California, with its %
electoral votes, is always a much
sought election prize, and at times
in The past the vote as between dem
oorars and republicans there has
been close.
II was also noted with interest
rrat DoWney addressed his letter to
Farley, who is himself a candidate
for the democratic presidential nom
nation. Asked whether Farley and
Downe" had talked the matter over
Beforehand. Downey's aides denied
il, saying that it was natural for
DoWno" to address such a letter on
part" matters to the chairman OF
the narty's national committee.
D2Wrev has been a critic of
Roosevelt administration policies, es-
p~eciaily the social security program,
which ne branded as inadequate,
Long a T~ownsendite, he also sup
ported the $30-every-Thursday plan
n California in 1898.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
HULL CONSIDERS
LOSEY CASE MOVE


bomber plane at Dombas today. In
form Mrs. Hartman (Americar
minister to Norway He will be
sent tomorrow Monday via Roros
to Fjallnas where instructions from
legation are awaited"
Sought to Contact Group
Captain Losey had gone to con
tact a group Of Americans who
we're assumed to be enroute from
killehammer, Norway, to Sarna.
Sweden. The state department has
been Informed that the group got
across the frontier safely yester'
day, escorted by 1t. Commander
Ole O. Hagen, American naval at
tache at Stockholm.
The information being assembled
by Secretary Hull on the basis OF
which diplomatic action may fol
low will include details about the
bombing operations. Dombas is 6
rail center and therefore a military
objective. But the question immedi
ately asked by officials was wheth
err the Germans, who still contend
there is no state of war existing
between Germany and Norway, haC
a right to bomb any place in Nor
way, even if it were a military oh
jective.
Indications were that the state
department would at least present
the Berlin foreign office with a bill
for damages.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
NORWAY REVIEWS
CONFLICTS START
Continued From Page One)

ports in Germany before the Allies
April s and made no effort to rep
resent the Nazi actions as a %reprisal
for the minelaying.
The white paper Norway Of
fered to accede to German demands
for a new regime by Creation of a
friendly government which could col
laborate with Germany but explain
ed a break occurred when Adolf Hit
Ter insisted on Vidkun Quisling for
premier.
Quisling, a pro-Nazi Norwegian,
set up a regime at the outset OF
the German invasion, but it dropped
out of the picture when an admins
trative committee in Olso took over
the management of German-occu'
pied areas of the country.)
The Norwegians said German de-
mands on Norway to submit to de
Tense from Allied Vaccinations for
the duration of the war were pre-
scented at 5 p. m. III a. M, E. S. To
April 9 after five German Warshlps
already had passed the outer forti-
fications at Bergen others had en-
tered Trondheim ford, Oslo ford
and fighting "already was in full
swing
King Haakon received the German
minister, DR.. Brauer, at Elverum at
3 p. m. 70 a. M, E. S. T.) April 10,
the paper said, after attacks on Five
rum had been repulsed and was in
formed that the situation now is
so altered that the demands present
ed in the memorandum of the pre-
vious day could no longer satisfy
the German government.
The German government must
now demand the creation of a new
government in which Germany could
have confidence, making possible an
amicable collaboration between Nor
way and Germany"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
Movie Revues
Il TAKE THIS WOMAN"
FEATURED AT CAROLINA

81 Take This Woman,' a dra-
matte romance of New York life
and society, brings Spencer Tracy
and the glamorous Hedy Lamar
together as Hollywood's most un-
usual and interesting romantic
team. The picture opened yesterday
at the Carolina theatre.
A dramatic story of a social but.
terfly who finds her happiness with
an earnest physician in a tenement
clinic after her society romance
has crashed, the play deals 9TH
the sacrifice of the constant lover
and the final regeneration of the
woman for whom he nearly sacri'
fees his entire career. Action of the
interesting story RACES all the way
from gay night clubs, penthouses
and fashion salons to the tene,
ments.
An amusing color cartoon entitled
"The Good Egg together with the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

three concurrent sentences Of a year
and a day in the Atlanta penlten
tiary; John Padgett, Of Maple Hill
a 5000 fine and a year and a day II
the Atlanta penitentiary; Henry T
burden, a year and a day in the re
formatory at C~hillicothe, Ohio, fol
forgery; Clifton Lee Rochelle, O.
Maple Hill, a year and a day in the
Chillicothe reformatory; Phillip B
Powell, three years in prison and ar
$500 fine for operating a still; Mil
ton Carroll, violating the liquor tax
laws, IS months in the Atlanta
penitentiary and $500 fine; and Will
liam Arp, a year and a day in the
Atlanta penitentiary.
Among those put On probation
We're: F. B. Toney, Sandy Mccoy
Merle Warwick, Jack Lancaster
Marvin Langston, and Arthur J
Moore.
Charles w. Westbrook, negro
was found not guilty of possession
and James McLaurin and Sampson
Mccoy not guilty of owning anc
operating a still.
AT 2 o'clock, Judge Meekins grant
ed citizenship to the following APP
plicants: Lawrence T. Gruits, Jugo
Slavia; Edna Webster Miller, Can
ada; Emma Santa, Hungary; Irv-
Ing Murray Mann, L%ithuania; Alber1
Albert, Germany; Hall Pringle Gar
Wis, Scotland; and Samuel Leder
Poland.
Lindsey Phillips, of Raleigh, chic
deputy clerk for the eastern district
assisted in the disposal of routine
matters during the morning session
The following grand jurors were
chosen: j. G. Blake, foreman; j
d. Grady, A. d. Cox, w. H. Cannon
J. c. Hooks, Jr., r. c. Applewhite
S. L. Hamilton, Neil Calder, f. H
Armstrong, E. G. Hall, Baxter Rack
ley, George D. Bennett, w. B. Maj
tin, Ray West, John w. Fredericks
]. R. Goodwin, J. P. Long, an(
Charlie Atkinson.
-Four defendants were placed or
probation at the morning session
They were Willis Holding, charged
with stealing a parcel post pack
age; Walter r. Jenrette, violating
the postal laws by having an al
legged shortage in accounts, II
months; Martha Price, violating the
liquor tax laws, IS months; and o
V. Wooten, charged with not max
ing proper reports of sugar sales, Is
months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
NEW GYM PLANNED
AT LOCAL SCHOOL

Z
FINN The auditorium level of the
t-.an-.
We addition of a second floor at
V.garsbOro has been made neces.
.rrv .:ue to the increased number
nj rgr!, attending the institution.
H ". Roland. c%ity-county superin-
-sr1a.r Of schools, said last night
+ hoped several new teachers
NAV be employed after the school
rsmo5eled.
The high school gymnasium will
's designed in accordance with the
a.llr@ itself. being finished in
huff brick and trimmed in terra
c--.a.
Roland said the addition will in
c,,te offices for directors and
teachers Of physical education and
vii re5yide storage space and other
facilities for all high school indoor
Athletics
A hardwood basketball floor, one
nj the more glazing lacks in the
present gym, will be laid.
Tp9r completion of the gymnas-
tim. The one now being used will
ta converted into a cafeteria and
H. present cafeteria will be divided
into three new classrooms.
The second floor at Wrightsboro
will include five additional class
rooms and TWO additional toilets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
ROOSEVELT PLANS
u. S. TOUR In JUNE
Continued From Page One)

ing to be his guest at the Little
White House until Thursday after
noon.
Passing the call over as unimpor
tant, the chief executive said Mac
kenzie King, who has been vaca
tloning at Virginia Beach, Va, al
ways pays him a visit when he takes
a spring holiday.
Previous conferences, however
have not had hanging over them the
smoke of war in Europe, Canadian
participation in that war, and prob
lens born of it for the United States
Reports harked back, too, to q
speech at Kingston, Ont, in which
the President assured the Dominion
of American aid if she were attacked
from across the sea.
Only if the war permits and con.
gress adjourns early in June, Mr.
Roosevelt said, can his 21-day trans
continental journey be made.
To Speak In n. C.
The first stop and first speech will
be made at the dedication of the
Great Smoky Mountains National
park in North Carolina and Tennes.
see.
Mr.. Roosevelt will move next into
Mississippi either to view progress
on the Natchez Trace, the historic
trail through Mississippi, which is
being converted into a highway, or
to visit the city of Natchez. He said
he never had seen Natchez and al
ways had wanted to.
After leaving Fort Worth, the
President will head for the west
coast to dedicate CALIFORNIA; new
est national park, Kings Canyon
keep a promise of long standing tC
see the Golden Gate Exposition al
San Francisco, and then dedicate
Olympic National park in Washing
ton state. That means three more
speeches.
There is a possibility, too, that Mr.,
Roosevelt will board a navy cruiser
which will take him to Juneau fol-
his first visit to Alaska.
He did not disclose the return
route to Washington, but it was
thought likely it would bring him
through the northwestern states and
the farm belt, where the admins
tration's farm and reciprocal trade
agreements programs have been as
sailed by republican orators.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
BRITISH THREATEN
TO lombard NARVJK
Continued From Page One)

on German-occupied Trondheim
vital west oas port and railwav
center 400 miles farther south
The Germans and Norwegians
were reported fighting at Melbus.
only ~ miles south of Trondheim on
the Trondheim-Oslo railway. A force
VI Brush were reported at Storen.
tive miles to the rear.
British Reach Steinkjer
main force of British, WORKING
south from the other side of the
port, were reported to have reached
StelnkJer, reported Norwegian con.
~centration center so miles north of
Trondheim.
This. was about Is miles north of
Vardalsora where fighting between
advance detachments was reported
yesterday.
10 the east of the city, the Nor
WeglanS We're reported still in DOS
session of Hegra fortress guarding
the railway to the Swedish border.
flghtlng was reported still in
progress between Hamar and Ell
Verum, 60-odd miles north of Oslo.
but the outcome was uncertain. with
reports conflicting as to whether the
Germans or Allies held those towns.
observers We're inclined, however, to
believe that contrary to previous re-
ports, the Germans still held them.
The Germans bombed Dombas in
an effort to rupture the railway
which branches there to send lines
northward to both Trondheim and
Andalsnes. DNB, German official
news agency, said Dombas had been
d~eStroyed.)
Warnings Given
The British broadcast warnings
three times today to inhabitants of
Narvik to leave the town before a
British naval barrage was laid down
to drive the Germans out.
The Germans there were reported
in semi-official Norwegian reports
here to be virtually trapped. The
Norwegians We're said to be to the
northeast, the British tc the east
and south and the British fleet sta
toned off the fjords and islands sea
ward.
The area is extremely difficult
for military operations, with moun
tains 4,200 feet high surrounding the
town.
Norwegian semi-official sources
said the British could take Narvik
any time, but up to now have been
sparing in their efforts in the hope
of avoiding any serious damage to
property and harm to the people.
A detachment of Germans who at
tempted to drive north from Mar
vik were said to be trapped at Graf
angen ford, where they were stalled
in the snow and surrounded by snip
ing Norwegians who take pot shots
when the Nazis emerge from their
farmhouse hideaWays.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
MEMORY SPEAKS
TOBURCAW GRADS
Wake Forest Professor Dis
russes Qualities OF A
Good Citizen

,.rG1W, April 22.-J. L. Mem
D.. professor of education at
orlt F5resr college, spoke on
".N Qualities of a Good Citizen
.. commencement exercises of
H. r..rs High school here tonight
p' ".ra about 50 seniors.
,,.5.,s and awards to the grad
rrrss were made by Senator
r' rowe. Members of the county
.Sa-. aaarl were guests
. g.,5 citizen" Memory said,
... 10 his country, to his
...a.. ao5 to his family and
friends.
.rg- succ is not for sale. Too
,.1oDe fail to remember their
s...,..r.r> bought with their own
u. r.l-icaI and religious free
dom.
.0.n.n We sell u vote we are
...,. .lw birth-right for a mess of
,..a uI We are throwing on the
,s n.lp the product of cen
t..-S
Mo-. NY told the Burgaw grad
...ry a., IS as good citizen is cour-
..r,s-,ue kind of courage it
.s.,s ~ live decentIy and the kind
n.ra-o it takes to have a goal
~ soc It through to completion.
., ..1I citizen is a litter instead
# .,a0er. a producer instead of
.-.s.mar and a constructive
.,.-s instead of a destructive
.~s" Nemor.f said.
The SPEAKER was introduced by
~ r Murphy, county superin.
,s,;r,- of schools.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
Back Pain and
Kidney Strain

Wrong foods and drinks, worry,
colds and overwork often put a strain
on the Kidneys. Backache, Getting Up
Nights, Burning Passages, Swollen An
kles. Rheumatic Pains, Nervousness,
Dizziness, Circles Under Eyes and feel
ing WORKOUT, often are caused by non
organic and non-systemic Kidney and
Bladder troubles. Usually, in such
cases., the very first dose of Cystex
goes right to work helping the Kidneys
flush out excess acids and wastes. And
this cleansing, purifying kidney action,
in just a day or so, may easily make
you feel younger, stronger and better
than in years. A printed guarantee
wrapped around each package of Cystex
insures an immediate refund of the full
cost unless you are completely salts
fled. You have everything to gain and
nothing to lose under this positive
money back guarantee so get Cystex
from your druggist today for only 35c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
PLANNED

RALEIGH, April 22.-LP-War-
rem H. McBryde of San Francisco,
president of the American Society Of
Mechanical Engineers, will meet with
n. C. State college tomorrow after.
noon, and will attend a dinner of the
Raleigh section Of the society to-
morrow night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

that which is new and UNUSUAL,
Warner Bros. have been pioneers
in the field of screen entertain
ment since the earliest formation
of their company. In 1927. they in.
troduced sound to the hitherto s-
lent screen, thus revolutionizing
the entire medium of the screen.
The latest World News is also
on the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
N. C.. Department Issues
New Vacation Booklet

A colored illustrated booklet
North Carolina-Variety Vacation
land" prepared by the North Caro-
lima department of conservation and
development, has been received ir
Wilmington.
The booklet, which is designed pri.
marily for distribution at the New
York Worlds Fair this summer, con
tains a number of pictures of scenes
in and about Wilmington.
No section of the state has been
overlooked in picturing North Caro-
lima as a y~ear-around resort state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
MANLEY ALLEN EAKINS

GAFFNEY, S. c., April 22.-
Manley Allen Eakins, o~ne-week-olc
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Manley A
Eakins, of Gaffney, died this after
noon in Gaffney hospital.
The body will be taken to the
home of Mr.. Eakins' mother, Mrs
Sally Eakins, in Ivanhoe, Tuesday
afternoon for funeral services anG
burial.
Services will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 4 O'Clock from Mrs.
Eakins' residence, to be conducted
by the Rev. J. r. Allard. Burial
will follow in the family cemetery
The child is survived only by its
parents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
MRS. HARRIET NJ. MELVILLE

Mrs. Harriet M. Melville died sud
denly at her home, 100 Princess
street, last night at 9:45 o'clock.
She is survived by n daughter,
Mrs. M. H. Shepherd; two nieces,
one nephew, seven grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nOunced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
STUDENT WOUNDED

BUCHAREST, April 22.-lP-Sol-
diers guarding a Rumanian muni-
lions dump near Pitesti, about 60
tonight on a group of students re-
portedly sympathetic to the pro-Nazi
Iron Guard, w%ounding one seriously.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
STORY OF MAGIC BULLET''
is FEATURED AT ROYAL

Scattering every precedent for
dramatic frankness, The Story of
DR.. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet star
ring Edward G. Robinson, is now
showing at the Royal theatre. Con.
trary to what might be expected
from the title and the presence of
Robinson at the head of the cast.
the new film is not a gangster pic
ture.
Alert to the public demand for
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
u. S. COURT TERM
is OPENED HERE
Continued From Page One)

were continued until the October
term of court.
J. o. Carr, district attorney, was
assisted in the prosecution by
Colonel John H. Manning, of Ra,
leigh, and Charles Rouse, of Kins'
ton, assistant U. S. district attor-
neys.
The following sentences were
passed by Judge Meekins: Austin
and Preston Reeves, of Tabor City
who were charged with owning and
operating a liquor still in their to.
bacco barn, fined $500 each, and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
my Skin Was Full Of
Pimples and Blemishes"

saws verna S.: "Since using Alderika
the pimples are gone. My skin is
smooth and CLOVIS with health" Ad-
1erika helps wash BOTH bowels, and
relieves temporary constlpatlon that
often aggravates bad complexion.
Saunders Drug Store.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

which the Nazi high command
hopes to pour 1000 Nazi troops in
to Norway each day.
The air force reported six German
transport planes were believed de-
stroyed at Stavanger and a build
ing smashed and runways broken
at Aalborg as the bombers turned
their attention to the German
jumping off place." One flier, it
was reported, swooped under the
%searchlight beams at Aalborg and
planted bombs on the road near
the control tower.
Germany reported the first raid
on Aalborg Saturday night result
ed in no damage but has made no
report on last nights second raid.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
OBITUARIES
u, M. GILLIKIN

GOLDSBORO, April 22.-(P-U.
M. Gillikin, 70, former alderman and
a member of the board of directors
of the Atlantic and East Carolina
railway, died today of a heart attack.
He was serving as a juror in civil
court and his body "a found on
the second story of the courthouse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
WEATHER


WY mAsHiNGToN, April %. p
and m9"t ro;p bureau records of tempernatnmro
D. m. ai in tbo 1or the "a hours ending s
areas and elsewhere:
Station
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

News Reel make up the program
of short subjects.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
LOST - BLUE TICK COON DOG.
Answers to name, Blue. R. M.
Duncan's name on collar. Reward.
Phil Walton, Phone 1919-R.
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