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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
SIX ARE KILLED In
CRASH OF AIRLINER
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c. W. Manville, Cleveland, gen.
eral sales manager of the National
Refining company.
T. F. Paulson, Montgomery
Ward & Co., Wilmette, ILL.,, condi-
ton poor.
Richard P. Petit, Bostonia, Cali
fornia, government employe, con-
dition good.
Keller F. Melton, Chicago, WPA
regional safety director, condition
good.
Leo Wolins, Chicago, condition
and Rubber Co., New York City,
condition good.
Stewardess Florence Little, Chi
cago, condition fair.
Owen M. Frederick, 48 Porter
road, Olmstead, Ohio, civilian en-
gineer's office, U. S. Engineers,
condition poor.
George Haig, Sherwin- Williams
Co., Cleveland, condition fair.
Lie Mdlllll1lcl, Will 10 pas
sengers and a crew of t r e e
aboard, dropped about a block and
a half from the airport about
6 pm, Central standard time)
while snow was falling.
Witnesses reported that the
plane, inbound from Cleveland
and the East, licked a three-story
building with it's wing, brushed
against power lines supported by
a steel pole, smashed against a
small garage and pumped to the
earth a few feet from a row of
houses.
The nose was pushed back into
the fuselage, they added, and
flames spread from the gasoline
tanks.
A UAL spokesman stated that
the ship had circled the airport
for % minutes waiting for the traf-
fic control department to give it
clearance to the airport.
George Anthony, who lives in the
oPoA I11C14I Ou11u1A1S, oo1O VIC otA A.
ture was Jared. He rushed out,
he added, and saw the airliner
burning. The flames, fed by gaso.
line, were extinguished by fire
men. ",,.f '~-
Mrs. Forest Reeder, who lived
at the scene, said she heard "a
commotion' in the air just before
the plane knocked off part of a
neighbours roof and landed at; the
edge of her backyard. .....
Il rushed out in the yard and
heard people moaning" she said.
"A man was trying to get out oil
the plane" ..: 81.
Other neighbors said two men
staggered out of the plane and
were the first rushed to the hos.
pital.
The pilots body, badly burned,
was the last to be extricated from
the ship. It had been pinned un-
der a motor.
Witnesses said the stewardess
was alive but unconscious when
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
BRITAIN, TURKEY
SIGN MONEY PACT
Agreement Is Designed To
Bring About Consider
able Increase In Trade

LONDON, Dec. 4.-R-The for.
eign office announced tonight con-
clusion Of a financial agreement be-
tween the British and Turkish gov
ernments (which they hope will
bring about a considerable increase
in their trade"
The accord provides that payments
between Turkey and nations of the
sterling area be made at the existing
rate of exchange between the Turkish
lire and the pound sterling, the an
nouncement said.
1t also stipulates that special ac-
counts" be created to facilitate com
mercial and other payments between
Turkey. and the British Empire.
Diplomatic circles here we're quick
to term the treaty not only an i'm
portant commercial move, but. a poll
teal stroke as we'll.
They said the agreement, coming
at a "strategic moment" was a "di-
rect challenge to German economic
domination in the Balkans as repre-
scented by the 10-year Rumanian'
German treaty announced in Berlin
today.
These diplomats added they be.
lieved the Turkish pact was conclud-
ed when Germany was "ready to
tempt the Turks by attractive new
commercial propositions"
It was pointed out that in the past
Britain has enjoyed less than ten
per cent of Turkeys foreign trade
while Germany has captured about
so per cent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
MANY. never
SUSPECT CAUSE
OF BACkACHES
This Old Treatment Often
BRING Happy Relief

quickly, once they discover that the real cause
Of their trouble may be tired kidneys.
The kidneys are Natures chief way of taking
the excess acids and waste out of the blood
They help most people pass about 3 pints a day
poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it
may cause nagging backache, rheumatic pains
leg pains, loss of pep and energy, getting up
nights, swelling, pufiness under the eyes, head
aches and dizziness. Frequent or scanty pas
sages with smarting and burning sometimes
shows there is something wrong with youl
kidneys or bladder.
Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 4C
years. They give happy relief and will help the
is miles of kidney tubes flush out poisonous
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
Will Of George Kidder
Is Filed For Probate

DISPOSITION of personal property
,.s1ned at $4,000 and real estate
,.sinsd at $4,000 is provided in
tor,rs If the will of George E. Kid
DER filed yesterday for probate at
tho office of T. A. Henderson, clerk
If New Hanover superior court.
The will listed the following bene-
fciaries: Frances Bailey Kidder,
coor9e Everard Kidder. Jr.. An
ME Empie Kidder, Annie Kidder
Smith, Florence Kidder Moore. F.
Tonkinson Smith, Eloise Kidder
Wishaar, Louis 7. Moore, William
p Wishaar. George Everard Kid
der smith, and Virginia Bailey
Chisolm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
cIvlL SERVICE
BOARD C0NVENES
g.. Annlicants To Fire, Police
nonartments Heard AS New
Commission Meets

rso new Wilmington Civil Serv-
commission held its seminar
~ meeting in the office of May
Thomas E. Cooper last night
"a heard the applications of six
1rsons for the police and fire de-
Fred E. Little and W. Ronald
are the new members of the
I" a E. M. Berry, chair
e0 boinq the only former men,
, hor of the board being retained.
VI " the absence of Berry, Little
.rasided over the meeting.
Several applications for positions
:. +be city fire and police depart
u, ..onts were on file but only six per-
aons appeared before the commits
sion for examination.
I R Benson, clerk of the COM
,,ission, is to formally notify each
nnnlicant on his status within the
next few days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
NAILS SINK SEVEN
BRITISH VESSELS
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(COllIIfucu NSo oA
victim of a bomber which attack
ed a convoy in the Atlantic $50
miles off the Irish coast.
DNB, official news agency, said
the bomber attack was made
against a long convoy" which
headed for the Irish coast when the
planes were sighted.
Since Monday the high command
has claimed sinking of Is British
merchant ships aggregating 285, OOC
tons.
Reports of a new mass air raid
over Britain reached Berlin short
w before midnight. London and "a
city, were declared par
ticular targets. Pilots returning
from their first forays to French
bases were quoted as saying they
had dropped loads of bombs on the
London harbor sections.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
WORK ON DIRIGIBLE
BASE BRIEFS BEGUN
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of the city council and representa-
tives of the county commissioners
and other interested groups for a
discussion of the project.
Those attending the meeting 9th
err than the city commissioners and
members of the county board OF
commissioners, were Fred WilletT,
chairman of the committee, Julian
Morton, E. E. Hunter, John Spill
man, Thomas H. Wright, Eric Nor
en-, Pat O'Crowley, AL JONES, Will
bur Jones, j. A. Louglin, Louis
Hanson, Louis T. Moore, Paul T.
Hess and Walter Hewlett.
Inspects Six Sites
Willetts reported that the Naval
board made an inspection of SIX
sites, including n on the Castle
Hayne road, two in Brunswick
county about seven mile from Will
mington, and one at Southport.
After, some discussion the fol-
lowing committee was appointed to
draft a brief showing of the loca-
ton of the various tracts and point
ing out the advantages of each:
Louis T. Moore, chairman, j. E.. L.
Wade, Eric Norden, j. A. Lough-
lin, Julian Morton, Paul T. Hess,
Fred Willetts and H. E. Boyd.
Discussion of the project brought
out these facts:
% The base would be a perma-
nent thing.
az Between $50 and $50 people
would be stationed here.
90 About 70 civilian employees
and so to 60 officers and their
families would probably live in the
city.
"a Additional facilities will prob
ably follow the establishment of
the base wherever it is put.
(5) The base will cost approx
mately S., 900, 600.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
ARRESTED

Edward Knox; negro, 1901
Ann street, was arrested by po-
lice yesterday on charges of
reckless operation of an auto
mobile and damage to property
after the pickup truck he was
driving was allegedly involved
in a collision with a card driv-
en- by Mrs. NJ. R. Huddleston
at 10th and Grace streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
VIEW AREA

BEAUFORT, Dec. 4.|R-Three
naval officers, seeking a site for
a non-rigid aircraft station, viewed
the terrain in this n today.
The officers, Capt. c. E. Rosen-
dahl, expert on dirigibles, Lieut..
Com. D. M. Logan Of the bureau
of aeronautics, navy department,
and Lieut.. A. T. Lafferty Of the
Lakehurst, N. j., naval air station,
were accompanied here by Rep.
Graham A. Barden.
The naval experts expected to
take a flight over the entire east
ern Carolina area tomorrow. They
hope to sift data on tho possible
sites early next week and the new
congress will be a'ked to provide
funds-about S. 900, 900 - for the
station. Secretary of tn Navy
Knox is expected to select the To-
cation within several weeks.
A similar station probably will
be placed in Florida.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
she was taken to a house to await

she was taken to a house to await
an ambulance.
Harold Crary, United Air Lines
vice president, said that "a light
snow was falling when the plane
arrived and that it circled the air
port for 2 minutes waiting for the
traffic control department to give
clearance into the airport.
-Four other planes landed dur
ing the same PERIOD" Crary add
ed. There was a ceiling Of 1900
feet and the visibility was one
mile"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
CONTRACT GIVEN

The U. S. district army engi-
neer's office in the customhOuse
yesterday received 81, 200 to re-
move the wreck of the sunken
pile driver at the mouth of the
Chowan river, and gave the OH
tract to J.. d. Orrell, whose re-
moval price was S $1,000. The rest
of the money will 90 for sur
veys of the wreck.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
CARS COLLIDE

Automobiles driven by Fran
ces Finnell, of Resindale.
Mass, and E. N. Zeigler, 21O
Wrightsville avenue, were in
volved in a collision at Front
and Walnut streets yesterday
afternoon with damages to
both cars resulting, police re-
ported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
FILES SUIT

V. Sudbury las filed suit in
superior court against r. v.
Dixon to collect the SUM of
$685.. The plaintiff alleges the de-
PENDANT signed a promissory note
for $3.50 in 1888, and gave a chat
tel mortgage on 5 HOlstein cows,
I Jersey cows and a HoIstein
bull.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
BOND SET

Coroner Asa w. Allen yester.
day set bond on Ernest Williams,
held for the New Hanover grand
jury i'll the death of Gertrude
Moore, negro woman killed i'll
All automobile crash Sunday, at
$1,000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
PLAYOFF SHARES

CHICAGO, Dec. .4-R-Chicago's
Bears, who oppose the Washington
Redskins Sunday in the playoff for
the National league pro football
championship, voted full shares from
the playoff take to 80 players to-
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
HOLIDAY GAME

DETROIT, Dec. A. Up - The
army's proposal for a Christmas holi-
days football game between two
teams of the National Professional
league to entertain soldiers in Camp
Beauregard, La, apparently still
hung in the balance tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
CHURCH SUPPER

The Shiloh Methodist Sunday
school, of Bolton, is sponsoring
a box supper at the home of e.
bert Smith on Saturday night, at
1870 p. M. The public is invited.
Funds raised will be used to COM
plete classrOOms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
MEETING

MEETING POSTPONED
The meeting Of the Dorcas
society of St. Paul's Lutheran
church, originally scheduled
for this afternoon, has been
postponed until Friday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock. All men,
bers are urged to attend at
that time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
CLUB TO MEET

The Wilmington Aero club will
meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the
assembly hall of the Tide Water
Power company. All members
are urged to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
WATCH STOLEN

Gertrude Mcmillan, ITO Han
over street, reported to police
yesterday afternoon that some
one had stolen her watch, val
ued at SIS, from her home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
City Briefs
= FATHER DIES

Friends here of Miss Margaret
Fisher will regret to learn that
She has been called to her home
in WythevilIe, Va, on account
of the death of her father.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
M TO CONFER

Colonel Earl I. Brown, U. S.
district engineer, left yesterday
for a conference with Colonel
Jarvis j. Balm, division engineer,
in Richmond.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
SCHOOL BOARD

The New Hanover board of
education will meet tonight at
8 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-05
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Evening star., 1940-06-11

Nazis to come over and get it in
American waters.
Power to Act Quickly.
All sorts of possibilities of an in
vasion of American waters may
arise. and for these the executive
branch of the Government will pos
sess the necessary power to act
quickly if Congress has passed a
resolution defining American inter-
ests, and If authority to call the
National Guard into active service
already has been granted.
Again and again in past history
a President has used armed forces
either to land marines or troops
on foreign soil President Wilson
did not ask Congress for authority
before he ordered the seizure OF
Vera Cruz in 1914 nor later wher
he ordered the Pershing expedition
into Mexico as reprisal against
a border raid by Villa. Broad pow
ers exist in the executive branch
of the Government to act quickly
when there is no time for debate
or formal war resolution. But
President Roosevelt is wisely asking
for authority to summon the Ma
tional Guard, and Secretary HUI
| has approved the Bloom resolution
which defines by action of Congress
the Monroe Doctrine as a basic
American area embraced within the
term national defense.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1940-06-11
W. P. A. Plans Art Course
For oIented Pupils

Special summer training for tai
ented art students in Washington
schools will be offered through
classes conducted by teachers of
the w. P. A., Paul Edwards, local
administrator. announced yesterday.
Art teachers from public, private
and parochial schools have been in
vited to enter samples of the work
OF their best art pupils in contest.
Winners will be given places In the
summer classes. Contestants must
be between the ages of 6 and II.
This will be the second summer
the District w. P. A. has given art
classes. Public resonse to child art
exhibits last winter was such a
similar series Of classes was started
In February. The summer sessions
will be q continuation OF these
classes.
Evening star., 1940-06-11

sador. He told them that there was
possibility that the two gentle
men and their staffs would want
to leave Italy shortly II Duce. the
Chief of Protocol went on. wanted
them to leave in comfortable man.
ner and had placed at their disposal
special train formed of sleepers
and diners. AS a special sign OF
his esteem for the two diplomats
he wanted them to depart from the
special station near Rome which
has hitherto been used only for
visitors of high rank, such as Hitler
and Chamberlain.
Duce May Be Surprised.
There is strong possibility that
ii Duce may find some unpleasant
surprises when his armed forces at
tack the Allies.
Inc French are better prepared
IN the Alps than they were on the
German border. An army of 100000
10 100000 men is ready to meet the
Italians. So strong is that arnnv
that in military quarters it is con-
sldered unlikely that Signor Musso-
llnl Will attempt to cross the Alps.
A similarly strong force is behind
the little Maginot line in Tunisia
According to military observers,
Mussolini's best chance is to at
tack Egypt.
In that sector along the Lybian-
Egyptian frontier Field Marshal
Balbo has a large force estimated
at 10000 men with mechanized
units. An army of 10000 to 100
men is gathering near the Sudanese
border under the command of the
Duke OF Aosta. 1t is possible that
victory would be easier on that front
than anywhere else. The British
nave good but not sufficiently
strong army in that sector. Thev
also lack adequate aviation to meet
Balbos strong airforces.
Mussolini's Reasoning.
Of course, Mussolini believes in
not taking chances. He is convinced
that the French front in the north
is near collapse and that the can
ture OF Paris will cause the collapse
OF the Alpine front.
The Belgrade government Is not
particularly worried over Italian ag-
gression against Yugoslavia. It be-
heves that the totalitarians have
agreed not to bother the Balkan
states for the time being. If the
Allies are crushed by the Germans
the nations of the Danubian Valley
ana Greece would fall like ripe
pluns into the laps of Mussolini
and Hitler without sacrificing the
life of single soldier.
Evening star., 1940-06-11
Postwar Jobs PLEDGE
Is Sought in England

Postwar Jobs are definitely
promised to ex-service men in q
new apprenticeship plan placed be-
fore the government authorities In
London. The plan has been worked
out by the Lancashire cotton in
dustry.
1t is feared that unless govern
ment action is taken the coming
generation will be mainly unskilled
and untitled for resposible posts.
The cotton mills are feeling the
shortage Of juvenile workers, and
the industry heads believe that II
. they can promise a postwar Job to
soldiers many more will want to
enter the mills and work between
leaving school and being called up
for service. It is also argued that
the young men will enter the army
In . moro hopeful spirit.
Evening star., 1940-06-11
Gateway Citizens Install
Evans as President

The National Gateway Citizens
Association installed its officers
for the coming year at its final
meeting last night. Everett Evans
became president, Bennett G. Mil.
Ter, vice president: Mrs. Marie Cuth.
bertson Mold, secretary: Walter S.
Ahlberg. treasurer, and L. M. Green,
financial secretary.
Members of the association re.
quested that lights be placed on
the corners of First street N. E. and
Florida avenue N. E. to eliminate
the danger at this crossing and
also In certain alleys. Street i'm.
provements and trees were re-
quested.
The association stressed the need
for improvements in the Langdon,
Loomls and Taft Parks, although
they had been informed by the
National Capital Parks of the short
age in funds for Improvements at
the present time.
Members of the association asked
that the pool on Hickey Lane" be
thoroughly cleaned for sanitation.
The association met in tho
Church of Christ, Twenty-eiehth
and Douglas streets NE.
Evening star., 1940-06-11
The Political Mill
Sentiment Growing, Too Slowly, but Surely,
For Universal Military Training

value Of which has been demon
strated during the war in Europe
by the Germans particularly. Tanks,
planes and mechanical units of the
Army of all kinds are in demand.
Machines without men capable of
operating them won't do. Man
power, after ALL is the first essen
tial. If it were not Germany would
not be using 100000 men in a
single battle in France today. The
United States must have the ma
chimes, and 1t must have the men.
Yet so far little has been done be-
yond providing for an increase in
the Regular Army.
Plans have been made to bring
the Regular Army up to about
100000 officers and men. The Ma
tional Guard has 251 900 officers
and men. In the r. O. T. C. in
colleges and universities it is esti-
mated that 186750 young men have
been trained. though some of them
are no longer as young as they used
to be. There are 100000 reserve
officers and several thousand en-
listed reserves. The Citizens Mill
tary Training Corps has been train
ing about $1,000 annually. When
they are all added together there
are about 100000 men and officers.
Far too many of them have had no
intensive military training. And
many of them are no longer young
men.
Only a Drop in the Bucket.
The talk is of defending the West
ern Hemisphere against Germany
or other foreign aggression. Even
II the job were merely defending
the United States. the armed forces
we have now would be a drop in
the bucket if war really came to
these shores, which are several
thousand miles long. The argu-
ment is advanced that the Ameri-
can Navy would never let foreign
forces land in this hemisphere.
Well, the Navy is at present in the
Pacific Ocean. 1t cannot be in both
oceans at the same time. Further
more, if the land forces and the air
forces of the country were strongly
built up the Navy would be much
freer to operate against any enemy,
wherever it was.
I repeat, 1t was decided in 1917
that the only fair and democratic
way of raising big Army to fight
Tor this country was through the
draft. 1t is just as democratic to-
day when We talk of building up
an Army to defend this country
and the other Americas.
The Regular Army should be in
creased. But that does not mean
this country should stop there. The
National Guard is made up of men
who have all kinds of occupations
and duties, and its training in case
OF war must be greatly intensified.
1917 Speed Recalled.
The cry goes up in some quarters
that it would be impossible to put
a very large number of men in
training this summer, because there
are not enough cantonments and
camps, not enough uniforms, not
enough Of the new weapons of war
with which to provide the men.
Well. there were none of these
things on hand in 1917, either. A
beginning was made, and the work
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