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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
". A. BROWN dies
OF SHOTGUN BLAST
Man Wounded Last Sunday
Night AT His Home Sue
cumbs AT Hospital

Wade Anders Brown, AZ, OF 1908
Nun street, died at James Walker
Memorial hospital yesterday AFTER
noon at 6:1S o'clock from wounds
received when a shotgun was acct
dentally discharged at his home Sum
day night.
Coroner Asa W. l.llen, after an
investigation last night, termed the
shooting accidental" and said that
no inquest will be held.
Officers who investigated the
shooting said that Brown was clean
ing his shotgun preparatory to going
hunting Monday morning, when his
two and a half year old child in
some way discharged the gun, the
load taking effect in the right side
under the arm.
There were nc other eye-witnesses
to the shooting.
Rushed to the hospital Brown was
given several blood t~ranfusions in an
effort to save his life.
lie is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Catherine Brewer of
Clinton; two sons, Haywood and W.
A. Brown, Jr., one daughter, Gean
Brown, of Wilmington; two brothers,
W. T. Brown, of Rocky Mount, and
R. A. Brown, of Wilmington; two
sisters, Mrs. H. J. Council, of Will
mington, and Mrs. J. D. Bigford,
of East Arcadia.
Brown was an employee of the AT
lantic Coast Line Railroad company.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed last nigh
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
War
Interpretive
BY KIRKE l.. P

Adolf Hitler's speech at Munich
last night apparently put an end to
rumors, which have been going the
rounds recently, that he was about
to launch another peace Often
sive."
There appeared to be nothing
pacific in his address to Nazl party
leaders in the historic Buergerbrau
at Munich-at least SO far as can
be discerned from the excerpts
that have thus far been given out.
The German wireless quoted MN
as saying "The fight will be con-
tinued until we end it by u VIC
tory"
More important than any words
he may have uttered is the naval
situation that is now developing in
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
Jaycees Open Campaign
For City Manager Here
HEADQUARTERS OPEN
Have Petition For Vote
Ready For Signature Of
Qualified Voters

Headquarters for a campaign to
give Wilmington a city manager
form of government will be opened
at 1913 Princess street this morn
ing at 10 o'clock by he Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
The headquarters will be for the
purpose of giving citizens infor-
nation on the city manager form
of government and also the oppor-
tunity to sign, a petition requesting
the county board of elections to
call for a special vote to determine
if the people of the city wish to
adopt the council-manager form OF
government.
Any individual or organization
desiring to cooperate with the Jay
GEES in the campaign have been
asked to notify headquarters.
The office is located in the for
mer location of the Southern Bell
Continued on Page Two, Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
TRUCK ROUTE TALK
DELAYED BY GROUP
State Highway Commission
Postpones Consideration
Oh Bypass Here

The state highway and public
works commission at a meeting
in Raleigh yesterday postponed
consideration of a proposal for
construction of a bypass around
Wilmington to handle oil and other
truck traffic because Of the ab-
senco from the meeting of Com
missioner A.. F. Powell, Jr.. of
Whiteville.
William B. Campbell, city attor-
ney, said last night that the city
was not aware that the matter of
a truck lane was to be discussed
at the meeting of the commission
yesterday.
However, he said, the city com
missioners have planned to meet
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
CONTINUED on Page Two, Col. -
British Convoy Sunk
Bv Nazi Surface Ships

stuka bombers, the terror which
Germany unleashed against oppos-
ing lines in her sweep through the
low countries and France, are rang
ing around the British Isles and
more than 300 miles to sea in the
effort to choke off Britain's sup
plies.
Six ships were reported to have
gone under today under the Stukas'
bombsights, two of them some
where west of Ireland" Yesterday,
according to the high command, two
British ships we're sunk by aerial
bombardment and a 10, 000-ton Brit
ish cruiser was among several ships
reported damaged by bombs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
GREEKS CAPTURE
MANY PRISONERS
Commanding General OF
Centaur Division Is Re-
ported Prisoner
(By The Associated Press)

ATHENS, Nov. 8.-Greek troops
occupied more hills surrounding the
besieged italian base at Koritza TO-
day. captured hundreds of additional
prisoners, including the commanding
general of Mussolini's Centaur dlvl-
sion, and hurled the Fascists back
generally along the mountainous
battlefront, authoritative sources
declared tonight.
The capture of the additional hills
was said to have forged a strong
new link in the iron ring being
drawn around Koritza, which for
Continued on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
BRITAIN TO GET
| HALF i. s. ARMS
Prlorities Board Gives Brit
lsh Permission To Place
Orders For Planes

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.-R-A
Fullhg that half the war supply
output Of American factories will
80 10 Great Britain and Canada
was announced by President Roos'
even today, while the priorities
uoard gave the British permission
10 place a new order for IL, 000
'ilIilary planes in this country.
me President said his so-called
s rue OF thumb policy of a fifty
ul'y split with the British applied
- AeaVy bombers and all other
types OF military equipment and
-'ieased the previously existing
Nontnued on Page Two, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09

He said German production ca
pacity was the highest in the world
and the Reich soon would have the
capacity of the rest of Europe added
10 its own.
Just as l, as a national socialist,
rejected every compromise in the
fight for GERMANY he said, "just
Continued on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
.Speaks0nEve
Of % Putsch
Saws He Is Determined To
Garry War To De-
cisiye Conclusion
REJECTS COMPROMISE
sneech From Famed Beer
Cellar Is Not Carried
By German Radio

u1-N1CH. Nov. s. Adolf
ui-lsr in a stormy speech in the
unnioh lowenbraeu beer cellar to-
,;ab+ declared that Germany is
.strona enough to meet any combi'
ration in the world
surrounded by Nazi party stall
warts in the memorial eve sobser'
vation of the party's unsuccessful
beer hall putsch of 1923, the Ger
ran fuehrer declared he was de-
,ormined to carry the war to a de-
cisjve conclusion and rejected any
compromise.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09

NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-(R-
The British radio claimed to-
night in a broadcast heard by
CHS that British air attack
threats prevented German sta
tons from giving a direct broad
cast of Adolf Hitler'S Munich
speech,
As transcribed by Columbia
broadcasting, the British conf
mentator said:
German radio transmitters
close down early because several
times a week they were forced
to 90 off the air when British
bombers were over Germany.
THE Observation-Disclosures Ger
man radio network) has an
nounced that Hitler's speech will
not be broadcast until tomorrow
morning, because most German
radio stations are already closed
down at S:55 p. M"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09

NJ, FORECAST
eytr y,sl carolina: Fair slightly warmer
Sa,,,naae west and north-central portion
hess way Sunday considerable cloudi-
"u warmer, rain in west portion.
NrnS I. s. Weather Bureau)
tnrinare astrological data for the "a hours
'''o p. M, Yesterday.
len Temperature
b. Is d M. ~; 7:30 a. m. 81: 1870 p.
mum - ,0o p, m. 40; maximum 81; mini
u mean Al; normal So.
La Humidity
m. a. d m. 70; 1870 a. m. 81; 1:30 p.
$50 p. m. ~.
Toto, Precipitation
0M "al Tor "A hours ending 7.3O n m.
'o mes total since first of the
'"'n o61 inches.
Tides For Today
|Wilnin High Low
7'ol ------------ 5:10a - :O3a
Masonic. 5:37p 12:29p
'o Inlet ------ 3:27a 9:35a
|. Sunriso o. 3:52p 9:56p
\ Or! !se 6::39a; sunset 5:13p; moonriso
= Hoonset 1:42a.
VILE rear river stage at Fayette-
9.6 fa u, . a. M, November 6.
"nued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14

tree, we lodged behind it. The tur-
key was still yelping, and our heart
was palpitating furiously. Having
eaten no breakfast we were in the
right mood to begin imagining how
old Brother Cor Sister) Turk was
going to taste.
Strange as it seems, we were Won
dering about the most satisfactory
way to cook him. Boil him the old
fashioned, conservative way, with
out much grease? Fry him in hot
grease, o. smother him, and have
lots Of brown gravy?
Then, on the verge of licking our
chops in happy anticipation, we sud-
denly remembered, "what if the law
wasn't off on turkey shooting?" The
thought worried us. Perhaps this
was going to be an opportunity sur
passing all others in a whole hunting
season, And what was one turkey,
anyway, when we hadn't killed a
wild one in about six years? .
Our imagination a riot: What
would a game warden do If he were
in u place, alone with a good shot
gun, and a fine turk yelping out
there almost within range? Or what
would the judge, himself, do?- We
remembered reading of a. judge once
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
Hufham Loses Opportunity To Bag
Wild Turkey In Cape Fear Lowlands

who, when they went to get him to
try a fellow for illegal fishing, they
found the judge wading about in a
branch, setting nets!
All human, we reasoned. But
then came a picture of an approach
ing game warden, one of a crowded
courtroom, the sound Of a stern old
judge rapping for order, a convic-
ton, and all because of a yelping
wild turkey!
Why we could buy a tame turkey
for a couple of bucks, and wiring the
old boys neck! Wouldn't that he
the sensible thing to do? And yet
our excitement had our heart thump-
ing like a triphammer.
While u thoughts We're thus
crowding themselves the turk solved
our problem in his favor, and
checked out. But we yer still too
excited to calm down for squirrel
hunting. After the turkey left we
wandered about and knocked over
a co,tple of young squirrels. But
remembering the turkey, we thought
of the fox which said, "Ah, the
grapes are sour, anyway" And then
we came home with two little squir-
rels! Oh. we'll: We'll eat a little
squirrel and a whole lot of bread.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
BY JOSEPH S. HUFHAM
(Star Correspondent

Whew! Overcoming temptation
is sometimes hard to do.
A few mornings ago we entered a
section of Cape Fear river lowland
just about the time squirrels were
beginning to stir out in search of
their breakfast. There was no stir
ring breeze, and sc we were able to
hear an acorn drop a good distance
from us.
Everything looked promising.
Trees stood about in abundance, but
there was not enough u~nderbrush to
make our walking cumbersome. The
ground was hard beneath our feet.
and the thin carpet of leaves was
damp enough so that they made no
loud cracking noise as we walked
upon them.
We were expecting to SEGA squir-
rel; any moment This was inter.
estiug enough. But presently our
excitement ran riot Not hundred
yards away a turkey turned loose
yelped at top voice. It was sweet
music to u ears. We clutched our
old shotgun more securely and
made ready for action.
Stepping aside to a convenient
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
PEANUT HARVEST
SLATED in STATE
One-Fourth OF Eastern Crop
Is Expected To Be Dug By
End Oh This Week

RALEIGH, Oct. 10. - One-fourth
of Eastern North Cardinals peanut
crop is expected to be dug by the
end of this week, DR.. I. o. Schaub,
director of the state College Exten'
sion service, said today. He stated
that county fam agents report gen.
eral digging is under way in most OF
the commercial peanut e
Harvest of the peanut crop has
been held up because of belated
maturity of the nuts. Reports com
ing through county agents from pea
nut growers indicate that both the
yield and the quality of the crop are
spotted, even in the same fields.
+ One farmer, for example. may
have one lot that seems small in
size and not we'll matured, while in
another nearby plot his peanuts will
be larger in size than last year.
f"This wide variation in quality
makes it more important that har
vesting and picking be carried or
as carefully as possible and peanuts
not be dug until they r reason
ably mature" DR.. Schaub declared.
Immature kernels will have a
slightly bitter flavor and can be ex'
pected to be discounted in purchase
price, as can peanuts containing
trash and dirt above a small mini
mum, the Extension leader con
tinued. If the millers carry out their
announced intention, they will grade
farmers stock more closely than pre-
viously and penalize dirt and trash
more heavily.
The latest peanut situation report
of the Agricultural Marketing Serv'
ice, U. S. Department of Agriculture,
shows that the market for shelled
and cleaned peanuts has improved
during the past few days. Better
demand and light stocks accounted
for the improvement. Price ranges
however, are wide.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
THE ROARING TWENTIES"
IS OFF Erred AT BIJOU

Fashions in nightclub decorum
have changed.
Raoul Walsh discovered tt a
when he directed, a scene for THE
Roaring Twenties" which plays at
the Bijou Theatre today.
The set was a night club, or
"speakeasy" as they were known
then, of the prohibition era. Seated
at the tables were two score men
and women seeking gaiety in for
hidden liquor.
James Cagney, king Of the boot
leggers, enters thanked by his two
lieutenants, Humphrey Bogart and
Frank McHugh, and r greeted
by Gladys George, the hostess.
They arrived to hear Jimmy's pro-
tegee, Priscilla Lane, sing.
The action starts ut Walsh i'm
mediately detects a false note. The
patrons register that they are hav-
ing a good time, they drink freely
and chat gaily and are enjoying
themselves within the bounds OF
good taste. Walsh shakes his head
and stops the cameras. =
Paramount News is the added
attraction. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
N. e. TRUCK OWNERS
TO HOLD CONVENTION
Annual Gathering Will Be Staged
In WinstOn-Salem Next Friday
And Saturday

WINSTON-SALEM, Oct. 13.-R-
The North Carolina Truck Owners
association will hold its annual con-
vention here next Friday and Satur-
day.
G. F. Ball of the public relations
department of Standard Oil of New
Jersey will speak at the opening
business session and reports of Of
ficers and committees will be held.
Officers will be elected and an execu-
tive session Friday afternoon. Rep.
A. L, Bulwinkle. will speak at the
banquet that night.
A business session Saturday morn.
ing will end the meeting.
C. S. Schaub of Apex, is associa'
ton president:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
showgirl, which opens 10

stranded showgirl, which opens W.
day at the Royal theatre.
This time Maisie is en- route to
a job as cafe singer in a small
Arizona town, when her old jallopy
breaks down in the middle Of the
desert. A young rancher, Bill An
ders, gives her overnight shelter
only to have her descend upon
him again with a whole family OF
itinerant crop-followers who are
prospecting for gold.
Lee Bowman, he young Arch
duke of "Florian," wins his first
male lead as Bill Anders, and Slim
Summerville is his comic hired
hand, Fred Gubbins. Virginia
Weidler as Jubie Davis, daughter
of the prospecting family, com
pletes the quartet of principals.
Also prominently cast are John
Hamilton, Mary Nash, Scotty
Beckett and Baby Quintanila.
A desert gold strike brings re-
joicing and celebration only to re.
suit in equal detection when ii
turns out to be a fluke, with ore
not worth digging for. Then Maisie
must start solving problems all
over again.
A cartoon called Jolly, Little
Elves and Movietone News make
up the Royal Varieties 81 4 :
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
Roosevelt Is Urged To
Veto Voorhis Measure

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.- Up -
President Roosevelt was urged by
the National Lawyers Guild today
to veto the Voorhis bill requiring
the registration of foreign controlled
organizations, because, the guild said,
the measure invaded "the civil liber-
ties and political freedom of Amer
lean citizens"
"The necessary effect of this pro-
posed legislation" the guild said in
a statement to the President, will
be either to force out Of existence
or to force underground many organ.
izations performing perfectly lawful
functions because of a fear on the
part of the officers of those organiza-
lions that the penalties of the law
will be applied against them"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
Skillful Farm Methods
Mean Boost In Income
CardwelI Says Agriculturists
Must Apply Best Efforts
To Stop Leaks
BY GUY A. CARDWELL
General Agricultural Agent
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co,

Improved farm income is to some
extent within the control of every
farmer. Numbers of farmers are
still making a comfortable living
farming. A study of these cases
will show that these successes have
been made by men who have ap-
piled skillful methods to farm op.
erationS.
I grant that farm life has become
more complex, but this is also true
of almost every occupation. In view
of this, those farmers who succeed
in keeping income in line with the
cost of living are compelled to ap.
ply their best efforts to the stoppage
of leaks.
Among the leaks that can be
stopped in some are insect
pests and plant diseases, both Of
which have gained a firm hold on
the crops of this section.
There are chewing insects and
sucking insects by the hundreds of
thousands which parasitically feast
on host crops. We should use the
most effective poisons and economi-
cal methods in fighting to- dislodge
and destroy these robbers.
Plant diseases are also well en-
trenched and take their toll of both
cash and subsistence crops.
During the winter season some
time might well be spent by indi-
vidual farmers and farmers in groups
in the study Of insect and plant dis
ease control measures by which
losses can best be reduced.
Other leaks to be stopped will re-
quire close consideration Of many
things; among them the careful
savings and use of all manure pro-
duced on the place; the testing of
seed for purity and termination; the
selection and thorough preparation
of the land in order that seed may
have a fair chance Of termination;
farm drainage and crop rotation;
fertilizer requirements with particu.
lar reference to the land and to the
crops being grown; and after the
crops are produced improvements
should be made, if possible, in the
harvesting methods used and in prep
aration of each crop for market.
A happy state Of affairs would
be to have an active demand for
all crops produced, at good prices;
and yet at prices that consumers
could well afford to pay, but this
combination of circumstances does
not always prevail and when it does
not prevail the farmer must exer-
else his intelligence and ingenuity
both in production and in marketing
if he lis to receive a satisfactory
profit from a price level that will
encourage maximum consumer buy
ing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
W0MAN'S COLLECEC'
4-H CLUB FORMED.
DIR. w. e.. Jacksl ngives Re-
organized Group His Whole
hearted Approval

RALEIGH, Oct. 13.-An active All
club has been re~organized this year
on the campus of the Woman's col
lege of the University Of North
Carolina at Greensboro, Miss, Frances
MacGregor, assistant State All club
leader, reported today. Miss Helen
Whitlock is president of the college
club.
DR.. w. c. Jackson, deal of admin
istration at Women's college, has
given the club his. wholehearted ap-
proval, Miss MacGregor said. In a
statement for the clubs yearbook,
DR.. Jackson wrote: Il know of few
organizations that are doing such
important work as you are doing or
that have the potential power that
You have. I should like to commend
the work that you have been doing
and urge you not only to continue
1t, but to make it more extensive and
more effective.
your program topic for the year,
Know Your State is especially good
Beginning at home is a good method
whatever the work to be done. ]
know you will find it interesting tt
follow this theme. I hope that youl
program will be thoroughly delight
full and successful this year."
Miss Agnes N. Coke is faculty ad
visor of the college club. Other OF
ficers are: Miss Sarah Carney, vice
president and chairman of programs
Miss Jean Grey Walker, secretary
and treasurer; Miss Ada Braswell
publicity chairman; and the Souther
land Twins, freshmen welcome chair
men.
The programs of the club thi
school year will be OF the following
subjects, Miss MacGregor said: Per
sonal Appearance, North Carolin;
History, North Carolina Flag, Nortf
Carolina Music. North Carolina Writ
ers, and Young North Carolina Won
en- in Government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
CLOVER PROGRAM
PLANNED in N. E.
CCC Plans To Purchase Any
Crimson Clover Seed Of
'fered By Producers

RALEIGH, Oct. ia purchase
for crimson clover seed, OF.
fering North Carolina farmers an.
other market, was announced today
by T.. Y. Floyd, AAA executive of.
FLYER of n. C. State college. Under
this program, the Commodity Credit
corporation will purchase in 1941 any
crimson clover seed offered by proc
ducers in the state.
''The seed will be purchased"
Floyd said, from farmers cooperate
ing in the Agricultural Conservation
program, who comply with acreage
allotment provisions of the Triple-A.
The crimson clover purchase pro.
gram is aimed at charging the 194f
domestic production of seed and in.
creasing the acreage of winter cover
crops in southern and east central
states"
Growers will be free to sell their
seed either to the Commodity Credit
corporation at the purchase program
rate or to regular seed dealers.
Purchases will be made at the
basic rate of 10 cents per pound for
recleaned seed which meets the fol-
lowing requirements: 96 percent
purity. no noxious weeds, and IS per.
cent termination. The price to be
offered for 1941 seed is slightly above
that afforded by the market in 194O.
Seed obtained by the Commodity
Credit corporation will be trans
ferred to the AAA for distribution
as a conservation material, Floyd
continued. Farmers participating in
the program will be able to obtain
such seed in lieu of cash conserva.
ton payments, or via, the grant'
of-aid method.
This is the first such program for
crimson clover, which is used extern.
sively as a winter cover crop by
farmers of Tennessee, North Caro-
lima and other states In this region.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
F. RS Speech Makes
Impression On Britain

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.- Up A
transcription of part of the speech
President Roosevelt made on Satur.
day at Dayton, O., was broadcast by
the British radio today and heard
here by CHS. 1t was aimed at Ger.
many.
!" The British announcer translated
it for German listeners, and then
offered these comments:
= 1.-THE speech made a great impress
sion in Great Britain because of its
dignity and the assurances it gave
for democracy. One has the feeling
that Roosevelt once and for all warn
ed Hitler"