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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06

the island of Crete and promised
"ever-growing" British bombings of
southern Italy, but he refused to
raise false hopes" or tip off the
axis on specific measures of aid.
2. Declared the Vichy government
of France had "unhappily" decided
to ~collaborate with Hitler and I'VE
are therefore left alone" in aiding
the Greeks, although France like.
wise "a pledged to help them.
3. Disclosed civilian air raid dead
in England totaled IA. 900, the wound
ed 20, 900; insisted the bombers had
done little damage to aircraft or
arms factories; asserted the Raj
was destroying three German planes
to one British loss and that the Ger
mans were losing 6 to 10 pilots for
every British airman killed.
4. Predicted British air
would protect and sea power trans
port big British offensive forces Sin
1943 and 1944;" declared Britain
must have an army superior to the
axis in quality and equipment" and
asserted 1,7oO,0 900 men will be in uni.
form in Britain's home guard by the
end of the year.
5. Said British vigilance had con.
verified the invasion danger into an
invasion scare"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
MACHINE TROUBLE

DIES MONIES, Ia, Nov. up
machine" politics that took It's
toll in Iowa's election booths to-
day.
A Cedar Rapids woman entered
q voting machine, pulled the mas
ter lever without indicating her
choices, came out sobblng that
she had lost her vote. Sympathe-
tic election officials allowed her
to try again.
In Cedar Falls, where voting ma
chimes were used for the first time,
democrats found a half hour after
the polls opened that their printed
instructions on how to use the ma
chimes carried the explanatory
sentence pull the republican
lever"
In n Waterloo precinct the
election judges inadvertently left
a "do not touch" sign hanging for
10 minutes on the republican
county ticket lever. It was hung
there last night while the machine
was being checked.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
CAPITAL DESERTED
ON ELECTION DAY.
Many Washington Workers
Who Are Legal Residents Ut
States Go Home To Ballot

WASHINGTON, Nov. S. Up
Washington was one city today
where you couldn't vote, although
it has thousands of voters.
AS a result, the streets had a de-
serted look, for most Of the voters
we're away. Some were legal resi-
dents of states and they went back
home to vote. Others, who work
in the District of Columbia but 1--we
in nearby Virginia and Maryland,
lust strayed home to vote.
But there were ballot boxes IN
the city.
Two club women got up early
and erected one at the corner OF
18th street and historic Pennsylva-
mia avenue-a prominent intersec-
ton along every presidential IN
augural QUITE.
They draped the box with black
cloth, then put up this sign:
"You can't vote here today"
Similar boxes soon appeared at
other points.
1t was a pat Of the continuing
protest against a voteless capital
"a city without a mayor. alder
man., councilman, or a vote.
A national election means much
in the personal lives Of citizens OF
the capital.
If an administration changes,
property holders lose tenants, es-
pecially the apartment house land
lords. Stores lose customers whose
bill-paying habits they have learn
ed to know.
Installment payments Sre inter-
rupted Some families relin-
quish homes they e buying -.
Others return furniture Clubs
lose members ...
On the other hand, a new admin
r~istation coming in means new
faces and a new potential market
for the Washingtonians.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
new THEATRE
|. NAMED BAILEY
Name Changed From Col.
ony' In Honor OF Late
George W. Bailey

Wilmington's new theatre, now
nearing completion, will be named
the Bailey instead of the Colony,
as previously planned, H. F. Kin
cey, Of the North Carolina Thea
tres, Inc, has announced.
The announcement was con-
tanned in a letter to the chamber
of commerce.
The change in the name to one
which will honor George W.
Bailey, for years the operator Of
theatres in Wilmington, C a m e
after a number of petitions sign
ed by citizens of the city had been
sent to Kincey by Cliff Phillips, of
Wilmington.
At the time the theatre was
named it was suggested that it
should be named the Bailey, but
Mr.. Bailey at that time would not
allow it. Shortly after his recent
death the movement to have the
name changed from the Colony to
the Bailey was put under way by
Phillips and other interested citi-
ZenS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
City Officials Plan
Conference With Powell

The city commissioners will go
to Whiteville Nov. IL at 2:3O pm.
for a conference with A. F.. Pow
ell, state highway commissioner for
this district, relative to the con-
st1uction by the state of a truck
lane through Wilmington to care
for the enormous amount of gaso-
Line hauled through the city an
nually.
The conference will be held pre-
paratory to putting the matter be-
fore the state highway and public
works commission as a whole
sometime in December.
Final plans for the meeting were
made yesterday by William B.
Campbell, city attorney.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
80 New Hanover Me-,
Study At Wake Fo,,.,

WAKE FOREST, Nov. IN
New Hanover county NE,
among the 1,o67 students er,.N
at Wake Forest college for FIJI. F'
sion. Of this number, % o,
Wilmington, and one is from c a,.'a
Haynes. Twenty-Five are SS"s
in the academic school. three ~.
law school, three are medica, IN
ents, and one is a graduate SUD
Distribution by towns follows.
Wilmington-A. NJ. Aldermaa
M. R. Barnes, Jr,, Samuel Babr'f'
Jr., E. S. Benson, Jr., ]. F. Canaas
Nathan Cole, Jr., L. w, CoL~S'
E. M. Craig, A. NJ. Crouch 'aa'
Jack Dickinson, A. F. Fa,es W.
Fur, Jr., R. A, Goldberg, Robsr. L.
Hardwick, G.. K. Horton. I. 6
dan, L.. T. Kermon, B. W. Kin, ..'
Howard Martin, H. E. PAYNE =.
j. S. Potter, Jr., Bynum Shaw "'
Smidt, W. H. Walker, r. E. Wa. .-a
c. L. Williamson, Jr., N. p WY.
thos, c. P. Vow and william 1'@ y
Craig. M
Castle Haynes-A. P. Glod
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
Morehead City Bridge
Hearing Set Nou.

A public hearing to determine if
alterations are needed on the Beau
fort and Morehead railroad bridge
across the inland waterway at More
head City. and if so, the nature
of the alterations needed, will be
held Thursday afternoon at 1880
o'clock in the city hall at Morehead
City, according to an announcement
by Colonel Earl I. Brown, district
engineer, at the U. S. customhouse.
The bridge, constructed in 1907,
is a swing span, with the naviga-
ton opening having a horizontal
clearance of So feet and a vertical
clearance of ga feet at mean low
water,
All interested parties are invited
to be present at the hearing. All
evidence must be submitted in writ
ing, as the records of the hearing
will be forwarded for consideration
by the U. S. War department.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
Well Pumps On Way
To City From Salem

Pumps to put well water into
the city mains as a measure OF
temporary relief from the present
ly salty water in them were
shipped to Wilmington yesterday
from Salem, Mass.
The pumps are being sent here
by truck and, j. E. L. Wade, city
commissioner of public works.
said yesterday morning, it is shoped
they will reach her sometime tod
day.
AS soon as they arrive city
forces will begin work connecting
the wells to the mains and will
not stop until the job is complete,
he said. Preliminary work for the
connections has already been car.
ried out by the water department.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
Dead Mans Vote To Be
Counted In Minnesota

FA1RMONT, MIMI, Nov. 5,-R
A dead mans vote will be counted
by election officials in this county
tonight.
Hobart Geoge Reynolds, 40,
Manyaska farm hand, voted on an
absent voters ballot before SUBJ
Knitting to an operation in a hos
pital here. He died this forenoon
from gangerene.
The ballot had been forwaded
by the county auditor to the Man.
yaska township election board
where, officials have ruled, it will
be counted, since Reynolds was
alive at the time it was delivered.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
Coroner's Jury Named
For Whippler Inquest

Members of the coroner's jury to
serve at the inquest into the death
of Mrs. Jennie P. Whippler, 72-year.
old retired vaudeville actress, to be
held this morning at 10 O'Clock
will be C. E. Hill, E. T. Hancock,
T. C. Rhodes, r. w. Hewlett, Will
liam Robbins and w. r. Allen, Coro-
ner Asa w. Allen said yesterday.
Meanwhile records in the office
of the clerk of court showed w. A.
MCGOWAN has qualified as admin
i%strator of her estate, estimated to
consist of $25 in personal property
and $500 in real estate.
Heirs named in the qualification
papers are Mrs. Val Cleary, Mrs.
V. E. Wagstaff and Mrs. Harry Mil
Ter, all of Miami Beach, Fla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
R0TARIANS ENJOY
QUIZ PROGRAM

Because it is election day and I'VE
have been hearing about all the
speeches we can absorb for several
weeks" the Rotary club yesterday
dispensed with the customary pro-
gram and conducted a Rotary test.
But before it started President E. L.
White turned the gavel over to }.
Holmes Davis, Jr., who presided
during the rest of the session.
Stuart L. (Les) Marbury conduct
ed the quiz, calling upon one mem
Der after another to answer ques-
lions, some pertaining to Rotary
and others on the distaff side, such
as ''what member smokes the most
cigars and gives away the fewest:'
Members interrogated surprised
themselves and their audience both
by the correctness of many of their
and their forgetfulness of
manv things which are fundamental
to Rotary.
Prior to this quiz Warren S.
Johnson called attention to the
forthcoming Red Cross Roll Call
and urged the club to enroll because
Of the heavy burden the organiza-
ton must carry this year.
Rabbi M. M. Thurman reminded
the members that the opening lee
ture on the Community Forum pro-
gram will be given at $50 o'clock on
the night of November - by Jay
Franklin.
Attention was called to the FIR
mer's dinner at Wrightsboro at 1880
o'clock p. m. on November Z. There
was a lively discussion of the clubs
obligation to cooperate with the far
mers and to attend this supper-meet-
ing in force. Fourteen members
signified intention to attend.
A letter was read from national
headquarters pertaining to the Ro-
tary refugee children program, in
which it was stated that despite the
interruption in sending refugee
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
Sunken Pile Driuer
Barge To Be Removed

Bids for removing and disposing
Of the wreck of a pile driven barge
No. 8 sunk in the mouth of Chow
an river will be available from the
U. S. customhouse Nov. IS.
The barge, which sank August 20,
was formerly owned by the Virginia
Dare Construction company. The
steel scow is u feet long and IS
feet wide. The barge must be re-
moved intact and transported to a
disposal area designated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
STILL WANT AT,

OAKLAND, Calf, Nov. 4-fp-
v voters telephoned County
Clerk G. E. Wade today to complain
that AL Smiths name was left off
the presidential ballot. Wade sir.
missed that the citizens had heard the
former democratic presidential can.
didate's addresses for Wendell T.,
Willkie and had gained the impress.
sion the Happy Warrior" again was
running for President.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
VOTERS BRAVE WEATHER

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 5.-R-
Some Wyoming residents braved sub
zero temperatures to vote today.
Grover and Alton reported overnight
m1nimums Of 10 below. Generally
freezing temperatures were reported
over the state in the wake of snow
storms yesterday. =
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06

children to this country the plan
was being kept alive with the hope
that it may be put into effect at
some future time.
Guests we're: Clarence J. Bell of
Raleigh and D. L. Macdonald.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
Mayor Directs Police
To Assist Methodists

Mayor Thomas E. Cooper yes
terday issued instructions to the
fire and police departments to do
all in their power to help those at
tending the North Carolina Meth
odist conference which opens here
today.
The mayor instructed the fire
department to refrain from using
Fifth street from Castle to Ann
street for the duration Of the con-
ference so the noise will not dis
turb these attending the sessions.
He instructed the police depart
mn1 to see that protection is at
forded cars parked on Fifth street
by those attending the convention
and that those delegates from out
of the city who have automobiles
are to be allowed to park them en-
the streets of the city at night. 4
Thirteen hundred earths the size
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06

Thirteen hundred earths the size
of our own could be made from
the planet Jupiter. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
POLICE ARREST
2S5 IN MONTH

Wilmington police made 2s5 ar
rests during the month of October,
recovered one of sever stolen auto
mobiles after it had been burned
and the other six before they had
been damaged, returned five of sew
en- stolen bicycles and found a sixth
which had been wrecked, and seized
1873 gallons of liquor according to a
report made to Mayor Thomas E..
Cooper yesterday morning by Police
Chief Joseph C. Rourk.
There yer no violent deaths Tin
the city, during the month"; the re-
port said.
Arrests made during the month
were for the following %offenses:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06

were for the following offenSeS:
A. D.. w. ------------------ %
A. D. w. on a female ------- 25
A. D. w. with serious injury go l
Assault l.
Assault on a female ------- 8
ARRAY 4
Allowing a minor to
operate an auto ----------- 2
Beating board bill ------------ l
Carnal knowledge -- 1
Carrying gun off of premises
on Sunday l
Drunk 70
Drunk and resisting arrest ---- 8
Drunk, ~disorderly conduct
and resisting arrest -.- 1
Disorderly house 2
Disorderly conduct ----- 10
Escaped prisoner 1
F~ornication and adultery ---- 2
Gambling 1
f1lt ana run 4
HOUSEKEEPING, Larceny
and receiving 9
insane 1
Indecent exposure OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES l
Larceny l
Larceny and receiving ---.- 7
non support 3
No city license plate -- 3
No chauffeurs or opera
tors license ii
Operating motor
vehicle intoxicated 3
b
Reckless operation of auto d
Reckless operation of auto
with damage 2
Storebreaking and larceny 2
Speeding in city a
VoSldlcy a
Violation liquor law 2
Violation traffic law "a
Violation lottery law 1
Total oor
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
KING CAROL MAKES
ROME VISIT PLANS
Move Appears To Be New
Step In Italian Plan For
Southeastern Peace

BUCHAREST, Feb. 16-R-The
projected visit of King Carol II OF
Rumania to Rome next March az
peared tonight to be a new and vita
step in the Italian plan to Keep
peace in southeastern Europe.
1t was reported here that General
Teofilo Sidorovici, leader of the Ru-
manian Youth organization who
was received a Rome today by King
Vittorio Emanuele and Premier
Mussolini, was arranging the trip
because King Caro- is anxious to CO
tain Italian help in resisting the
squeeze between Germany and the
British-French Allies for Rumanian
oil deliveries.
The Italians were reported glad to
receive King Carol because that
would give them a chance to nego-
late directly with the Rumanian
monarch for some sort of a settle
m e of Hungary's territorial
claims. Yugoslavia failed in an at
tempt at such mediation at the Bal
kan Entente meeting last month.
Hungary, it was said in Budapest,
is willing to pledge military aid to
Rumania against any Soviet Rus
sian attack if in return she can get
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17

Date Is Set
For June "a
Philadelphia, With Offer
OF 100000 And Hall,
Wins Over Chicago
FRANK REPORT GIVEN
Hamilton Welcomes Posi-
bility OF Third Term Ef-
fort By Roosevelt
BY RICHARD L.. TURNER

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-QP-
BY the overwhelming vote of I'd
to 80, the republican national COM
mittee today chose Philadelphia for
the party's 1910 convention city.
The date Of the convention was
fixed for June "a.
The thing that won for Phila.
delphia was, obviously, an offer OF
5000, 900 and the S Of a W.
ton hall. The offer was made hy
Mayor Robert Lamberton, who res
minded the committee members
that the money, over and above the
expenses Of the convention, could
be applied to the cost of the ensu'
ing campaign.
Chicago's Offer
For Chicago, Mayor Edward J.
Kelly offered to defray the cost Of
the convention, with nothing addi-
tional. Eleven days ago he stood
before a similar meeting OF the
democratic national committee and
offered to match any reasonable
cash bid that might be made by
any u LILO OlIlCI CLUES. 1 6oS
democratic convention for $15O,OoO.
The choice of a republican con-
vention city settled down several
days ago to a contest between
Philadelphia and Chicago. 1t he"
came so obvious, in fact, that n
or the other would get the big par.
ty meeting that bids which a
been expected from st. Louis n
San Francisco were not even SUBJ
mitted.
Just one other city was proposed,
Fargo, N. D. To the delight n
amusement of the crowd. William
stern, North Dakota committee
man, detailed the advantages to be
found there-twenty hotels "all pro-
tected by the police" and So miles
of paving. He concluded by hand
ing National Chairman John D. M.
Hamilton a blank check on the
Dakota National bank, adding that
he was it's president.
A roll call vote showed IS votes
for Philadelphia, 80 for Chicago
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
HITLER DEMANDS
REAL NEUTRALITY
Editorial In Fuehrer's Pa
per Develops Theme
Voiced By Goebbels

BERLIN, Feb. 10 Up Adolf
Hitler's V%olkischer Beobachter de-
clared tonight that Germany de-
mands "strict neutrality" from neu'
trail states, not merely "renuncla-
ton Of direct warlike acts" or Zip
service for official usage"
This sharp editorial developed a
theme first expressed by propa-
ganda Minister Paul Joseph Goeb'
bells in instructing nazi orators this
week. This time. however, Belgium
and Switzerland were mentioned.
1.-THE German people never will
forget anyone who refuses this
moderate demand" said the news.
paper.
1--WE believe that neutrals are
obliged to regard Tar events and the
Continued on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
WILL GO TO NEW YORK
Three Members Who Were
Defeated Lost Bouts To
Potential Champs

With triumphant grins spreading
over their bruised faces, the Will
mington Star-News Golden Gloves
team returned home last night for
several days rest before continuing
it's fistic onslaughts in the Eastern
United States tournament in New
York the latter part OF this month
The team, hailed by sports writ
ers as 'the southeast's most APT
in the art of swapping punches
brought with it the Southeastern
United States Golden Gloves teal
trophy as a result Of placing three
open champions on the regiona
team in the Atlanta meet.
Champions
The three champions are: Jimmy
Swami, flyweight; Vance "Red'
Beard, middleweight; and Edward
'Tiny'' Taylor, heavyweight.
Phil Buchheit, chairman OF the
Wilmington Golden Gloves commit
tee and Father James A. Manley
coach of the team, who accompa
MED the boxers to Atlanta, pointed
out on their return last night thai
the three other members OF the
team were defeated in the tourna
ment by boxers who later wor
weight championships in the oper
division.
They we're:
Earl Dixon, of Atlanta, bantam
weight champ, who won over Har
ry Barnhill in the first round
Johnnie McGrath, of Pensacola
Fla, featherweight champ, who de
c~isioned J.. P. Shepherd; and Jo'
Continued OH Page Three, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
CITY HALL STEEL
MYSTERY CLEARED
Material, Delayed On Ice
Bound Freighter, Now
Being Installed

The mystery Of the missing steel
very important in finishing h city
hall remodeling project, was solved
here this week when the steamer
Lillian Ann arrived in port.
James E. L. Wade, city commls'
sioner of public works, said yester'
day that some time ago a shlpmen!
of steel for the construction OF steel
counters and cages in the tax ana
water departments of the city be-
came lost.
The city hall project was held up
awaiting the steel and a tracer, sem
ont to learn it's whereabouts re
vealed that the steel counters were
aboard the Lillian Ann, ice-bouno
CONTINUED on Page Three. Col. ID
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
REQUEST DECLINED
Stands By Declaration Aid
VIII Be Limited To HUI
r,anitarian Efforts
new MOVE LOOMS
Finland May Turn To Brit
ain And France For Inn
mediate Assistance

M, Feb. 16.-OF-
Sweden formally refused to send
direct military help to Finland TO-
iay, leaving Finland faced, diplo-
matio observers believed, with the
choice of a despairlng appeal to the
western powers for troops or a
iangerous peace with Soviet Rus
STA.
Premier Per Albin H o n,
through the medium Of an official
|sommunique, said that Finland's re-
|ouest for transport of Swedish
military groups to Finland had
been declined; that Sweden stood
by Hansson's Riksdag declaration
|of January II to the effect that he1
aid to Finland would be limited to
|aN material and humanitarian help
possible.
My Call On Britain
Deplomatic sources predicted that
Finland, desperately pressed by a
great Russian offensive against the
|Mannerheim line, might now make
direct request for formal military
assistance to Great Britain ano
France, and that Sweden and Nor
way would be asked to permit pass
|ags Of the allied troops and mum
|tions. At the same time the Stock
holm newspaper Folkets Dagblat
|sa:d Finnish leaders had informed
Sweden they would have to turn tt
THE western powers if Sweden de
|clined military aid-or else make
Continued on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
RED PLANES BUSY
Invaders Dent Main De-
tense Line, Capture Part
Of Summa Village
LOSSES ARE HEAVY
Airmen Bomb Troops And
Attack, Riihimaki, Vii
puri, Lappeenranta

HELSINKI, Feb. Is. - Up the
Soviet army, with 500 planes sup
porting a tremendous land attack
has crashed ahead to dearly-bought
gains at three places along F1nland's
Mannerheim line on the karelan
|isthmus, tonight's Finnish army COM
munique acknowledged.
It was the second time In three
days that the Russian mass drive
was acknowledged to have made q
dent in the main Finnish defense
Notifications.
Take Part Of Village
Shortly before the communique
was issued a military informant ad-
mitted that the Red army had cap
tured at least part Of the village OF
Summa, which has seen fiercest
FIGHTING Of the 16-day.old isthmus
battle.
He said the Russians were In sum
ma on Feb. 10 and presumably still
were there. This "Verdun" of the
RuSSldu.F 11lll1Sll wall liz"
ed by shellfire, lies only 20 miles
southeast of Viipuri, Finland's sec
ond largest city and apparent lmme-
date objective of the Russian on
slaught.
AS in previous days, tonight's com
munique spoke of heavy Russian
losses as the cost of the great Rec
offensive, in which the Films say the
invaders have been moved down
like wheat" But more men, ano
more guns and more airplanes keel
coming.
The Russian aerial concentration
on the isthmus yesterday, with SUI
planes taking part, was the greatest
of any day since the attack started
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-17
Local Fighters Return
From ~At1anta Triumph
Former Child Bride
Arrested For Staying
NEW v

NEW MARTINSVILLE, w.
Va, Feb. 16. -(R- Sheriff
Frank Berger said tonight he
had arrested Mrs. Violet Du-
laney Long, 16, a "child bride"
four years ago, OH a charge OF
killing her 27-Jear-old husband,
Okey Long, with a shotgun.
Berger said he learned Long
was shot last night after be-
ing away from his home many
hours to get medicine for a
sick COW. The sheriff added that
the couple chad trouble eve
since their marriage in 1896.
The Staying occurred last
night, but the sheriff was ILL.,
able to reach the Long home
at Silver Hill until late today.
He made the 23-mile trip by
automobile, in the wake of a
state road commission plough
that battled snow drifts IL to
Is feet high.