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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-07-15
FLORIDA
FERRIS WHEEL


The political spotlight, variable
as the forces that direct il. moves
from Philadelphia to Chicago,
from Republicans to Democrats
The convention viii adopt a
more fortnight platform than
the one finally concocted at Phil
adelphia. 1t viii advocate pre-
paredness, peace, continuance of
New Deal policies.
1t will hand the nomination
to Roosevelt on a gold fnof sill
ver) platter. This has been SO
long expected, however, II will
lack the element of surprise. and
F.DR. just loves surprises. SO
nothing he does viii surprise Us.
In Florida, attention is cen
tered on the alternstes 10 the
convention and the delegates for
whom they viii speak The
group will be all broke out
with governors; past, present df
ne RECEIVERS sufficiently and
elect, to say nothing Of several
who hope. some day, to be thus
catalogued.
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fensberger, Page and Todd.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Key West Softballl
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First Game
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Higbe and Atwood; Turner and
lombard
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
HIGH GRADUATES
TO GET DIPLOMAS
Commencement Program
Scheduled To Be Held
Tonight At Stadium

T. r. Hamilton, principal, will
present diplomas to $40 boys and
girls at the commencement pro-
gram of the 1910 graduating class
of New Hanover High school to.
night at Legion stadium.
In the event of rain, the exer.
cises will be held tomorrow night
at $50.
According to Mrs. George S. LIE.
Grand, who is in charge of COM.
mencement exercises, t h e Seniors
have, for several years, presented
their own program.
This is a practice" she said, 'in
keeping with the most modern edu-
%cational methods and furnishes an
excellent opportunity for the pupils
to get training in public speaking
and to demonstrate to the Whining.
ton people the training and capacity
of their own boys and girls"
The theme of the program comes
from Shakespeare and is called mot
in Our Stars" The full quotation Is
THE fault, dear Brutus, is not in our
stars, but in ourselves that we are
underlings."
This years troubled world condi-
tons have made the graduates won.
Continued on Page Two, Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
Vote Planned
BY Carolina
Beach July IS
To Decide Question OF Is
suance OF $4,000 In
Bonds For Projects
ORDINANCE ADOPTED
Bonds Will Provide SAM
tary Sewer System And
Municipal Building

A special election on the question
Of authorizing the issuance Of $751;
900 in bonds for the construction
Of a sewer system and a municipal
uilding, will be held at the town hall
of Carolina Beach on Monday, July
IS, it was announced yesterday.
The ordinance authorizing the
bond issues were adopted by the
beach board of aldermen at a meet
ing Wednesday.
Two Projects
Specifically the election will be
for the purpose Of voting on $685.
900 for the payment of all or a part
of the cost Of the sanitary sewer
system, and $24, 900 for all or a part
of a municipal building, housing
the town hall and jail.
The beach has secured approval
of WPA assistance in the two pro
jects, the governmental agency pro
viding the labor and a part of the
material for the work, which will
cost approximately $2S0,000 in all.
Provisions of the bond election
are that no bonds shall be issued
under the provisions Of the ordinan
ces until there has been authorized
by a special vote Of the property
owners Of an annual tax levy at q
rate sufficient to pay the principa
and interest, the annual tax not tc
be subjeced to the limitation upon
the rate of taxes prescribed in North
Carolina law.
Voting will be from Z a. m. to
p. m.
A new registration of voters has
also been ordered and no person
will be permitted to vote unless reg
istered in the new registration
which will begin Saturday morning
| June Is and close Saturday ngiht
July 6. Registration books will re
main open at the polling place from
9 a. m. to sunset each Saturday.
Mrs. Alice Med. Strickland has
been appointed registrar and A. T
Harriss and S. r. Jordan will be
the election judges.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
Italy Expected To Strike
First, Declare War Later
Leopold Is Deprived
Of Throne By Cabinet

PARIS, May 30-(P-The Bel
gian government in exile tonight
approved an order legally depriv-
ing King Leopold of his htrone
Gin the name of the Belgian peo-
pie"
&C.,. Considering the country
under the power of the invader"
said the government order, "the
ministers in council certify that
it is impossible for the king to
rule"
After the kings capitulation to
the Germans Premier PierlOt an
nounced that such action against
him would be taken.
The cabinet also announced
that future acts of the Belgian
government would be executed
by government decree.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
Father Manley Memorial
Meeting Is Planned Here
Woman Asks Police To
Halt Frogs Croaking

City police were satisfied last
night that they had received the
most unusual call for assistance
ever made in the history of the
department..
Veterans of the force said that
in times past they have answer
ed calls to stop hooking birds
from singing, to stop earth
quakes from quaking and to pull
empty cans from the head Of
cats, but this call topped them
all.
A woman living in the vlcln-
ity of 18th and Princess streets
called police headquarters and
wanted the police to come out
and stop the frogs from croak'
ing in a nearby fish pond.
They Kept on croaklng.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
SCHEDULED IN JUNE
Round Table OF Council OF
Christians And Jews
Formed AT Luncheon

Meeting at luncheon yesterday,
u clergymen and laymen took two
steps of city-wide importance, first
by organizing a Wilmington round
table of the National Council OF
Christians and Jews and, second,
by making plans for a F h +
James A. Manley memorial meet
ing to be held on the third Sunday
in June.
his public gathering will hear
resolutions honoring the late pas
tor OF St. Mary's church whose ten
years of residence here accom-
plished so much for the spiritual,
civic and athletic welfare OF the
community and for whom 1t IS
hoped a great city auditorium or
arena for a great variety of events
will be named.
Committee Named
Bishop homas c. Darst, Whc
presided, named as a committee to
draft the resolutions Wilbur K.
|Dosher, the Rev. Walter B. Freed,
Phil Buchheit and Rabbi M. M.
thurman, and as a general com
mittee to perfect plans and pro-
gram for the memorial service
added the names of ]. J. Allen, O.
F. Cooper and J. c. Roe to the
four first named.
he services probably will be
held in the High school auditorium
and in the late afternoon, witt
Bishop Darst presiding. Brief ad'
dresses dealing with outstanding
phases of Father Manley's public
and spiritual life will be made by
persons best able, through intimate
association with the priest, to tel
If his fine labors, and it is hopeo
that the High school band and glee
club will be able to take part. Il
is anticipated that the entire pro
gram will not exceed an hour anc
the time will be fixed to prevent
interruption of any church or othe1
services regularly scheduled.
There was some fear that the
school auditorium might prove in
adequate for the attendance an
ticipated, because Of the privilege
the meeting will afford Whining
tonians to do honor to the man 81
many held dear. Should this be
true ARRANGEMENTS will be made
for an overflow meeting.
In forming the round table, i
was pointed out that Wilmington
has been one of the few importan.
cities in the state which had no
taken a similar step. Rabbi Thur
man cited the fact that the world
having tried about every other plar
for civilizations advancement only
to face the greatest wal threat o:
history. is at last awakening t.
the instability that spiritual effor'
could, if pressed with vigor ane
conservation, reach the goal here
tofore inaccessible. The binding
together of Protestants, Catholic:
and Jews in a common cause, with
Continued on Page Three; Col, A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
NATION IS PREPARED
Many English And French
Citizens In Country Seek
Exit Visas

ROME, May 80. - Up - Reports
from Berlin that Adolf Hitler has
summoned his propaganda minister
to D an announcement con
corning Italy's part in the war
reached Rome too late for official
comment, but observers said they
thought it highly unlikely Premier
Mussolini's precise intentions will
be known before he strikes.
While expectancy was high that
Italy would enter the war soon, few
expected any sort of declaration of
No Surprise
The Berlin reports caused nc I'LL
prise here. All indications have
been that Italian intervention, when
it comes, will be either independent
or at Germany's side.
The chief question was whether
Italy would strike directly at
France, at French and British pos
sessions, or launch on an indepen.
dent Balkan tangent which would
menace such powers as Greece and
Turkey and ultimately the English
and French.
The United States embassy was
silent early today on reports that
IL Duce had informed President
Roosevelt he intended to honor his
military pledges to the German
tuehrer,
One embassy official SAID, cts a
blank" but refused to elaborate on
the crptic remark.
Meanwhile, Italy went ahead get
ting ready her war machine, but
casting no light on when it may
move.
Americans, whose duties kept
them in Italy, dashed off what they
believed probably would be their
last letters home to go by boat be-
fore Ital ysi cut off by sea from
the United States.
Seek Visas
English and French citizens
pressed for exit visas.
Everyone watched an approach
ing cabinet meeting Tuesday in ex-
pectation a var statement would
follow or precede it closely. 1t was
announced yesterday the cabinet
would meet to consider important
matters"
Usually the most important de-
cisions of Italian policy. such as
a war announcement, would be
made at a meeting Of the fascist
grand council, which includes some
of the cabinet, and other
Italian leaders.
$50 far no summoning of the
council has been made. Although
a meeting could be called on short
notice, it usually is done in advance.
The council meets at 10 o'clock at
so that a meeting of that
body could coincide with any such
war developments.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
NAILS PUSH ATTACKS
Claim Bombers Have Sunk
Is Troop Transports Off
Coast Oh France
AGREEMENT REVEALED
GERMANY

BERLIN, May 31.-(Fri-
day)-(AP)-Italian particle
patton in the war on the
side of Germany appeared a
long step nearer early to-
day as the Nazi army COR
tinued relentlessly smashing
British and French forces in
the Dunkerque pocket of
Flanders.
Excellently informed quar-
ters said a conference be-
tween Adolf Hitler and Prop
uganda Minister Jaul Joseph
Goebbels at the fuehrer's
field headquarters concern
ed the impending announce
ment of Italian intentions,
and official quarters dis
played a buoyant spirit in
anticipation of the "sensa-
tional announcement" that
was expected.
Transports Sunk
This development accom-
panied German declarations
that the British-French with
|drawal was a pell-mell re-
treat. Authorized sources in
response to direct questions
said most of the 16 trans
ports, which they reported
sunk by German bombers off
the French coast. were load
ed with soldiers.
They said this Indicated
Allied losses must have been
great, but acknowledged
their own losses also were
heavy.
The prediction was made
in authorized quarters that
another impending blitzkrieg
development would be a re-
vival of a high pressure sub
marine drive so that the u
Continued on Page Two, Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
FRENCH HOLD NAILS
Fighting Way Toward Dun
kerque After Brilliant
Rear-Guard Action
REICH LOSES PLANES
FRANCE

PARIS, May 30.-(AP)-
The imperilled French rear
guards of the Allied north
ern armies were reported
late tonight to be fighting
their way, step by step, to-
ward the sea after holding
off the Germans to the bit
ter end in Flanders to per-
NIT the mass of their COM
rades to escape.
Military dispatches said
the French troops under
General Jacques Adolphe
|Prioux had abandoned their
positions along the south
wall of the Allied escape
corridor and were pushing
along the 40-mile road to
Dunkerque, where warships
and transports are taking
aboard the armies of the
north.
Nazis Claim Capture
German sources claim
General Prioux and his staff
have been captured.)
The Germans attacked
across Flanders halfway be-
tween Lille and Dunkerque
in an effort to cut off the
retreat but reports late to-
night said the rear guard
was squeezing through, any
way.
Both flanks of the French
path to the sea are now held
by British troops, taking
their stand in turn behind
Flooded zones north and south
of the fortified portion OF
Dunkerque.
Swamps Flooded
The ancient swamps south OF
Dunkerque. from Gravelines &c
Saint Omer. which have been dried
up by modern drainage, once more
are a salty bog, covered by waters
admitted by flooded canals from
the sea.
The valley of User, north Of
Dunkerque, also was flooded from
Newport to Ypres over a width of
more than two miles.
The German air force launched
violent bombing attacks against the
fleeing Allies and against the war
ships at Dunkerque, but was it
self suffering heavy losses.
The Germans were estimated to
lave lost nearly 100 planes today
alone.
May Reach Sea
The late developments indicated
the embattled rear guard might
still reach the sea despite the
German advances on the southern
Continued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31

Their trip across the Channel
had been scarcely less punish
ing than the 20 days spent in
ravaged Flanders.
One soldier thus described
the embarkation:
"When we were hit (by
bombs) we swan ashore, but
when the ship didn't go down
we swan back to her again
to take her out of the harbor.
But then she turned turtle and
we had to swim again. Some
of us were in the water for
hours before we we're picked
up by a British warship
Telling Of suffering contin-
uous air attacks from the very
beginning of the Flanders
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
Billion More
Is Requested
For Defense
President Roosevelt Almost
Doubles Emergency Re-
armament Program
Points TO CHANGES
House Votes To Make
Funds Available For Third
Set OF Canal Locks

v,sHINGTON, LAY 30. - b -
.,;aorr Roosevelt almost doubled
H., emergency rearmament pro-
o5av and made known that
il. nq+ional defense commission,
,,aata5 to carry it out, had been
,r,,Bpd with all the authority of its
World War predecessors.
To he approximately $~1,25O,ooo''
no already recommended, Mr..
PoospyeIr added another billion dol
I,rs with which to buy equipment
the need for which was unforeseen,
he exclaimed. as recently as a fort
NIGHT ago.
Conditions Change
World conditions have changed
vastly in a very short time, he told
rporters at a special press confer
ece. Although he did not say he
was referring specifically to the
smashing success of German
meclanized forces, he mede itclear
that the additional money would be
spent largely for the weapons on
which the Germans relied.
Tanks an dplanes will be bought,
gins Of all kinds, and fixed ammu-
at.5n. he said, and for the most
| part they will be purchased in guam
tnes considerably greater than
Hose which were thought neces-
Sry When the estimates were
drawn for the $1.182, 900, 900 emer-
sency program which he laid before
congress two weeks ago.
Some smaller items have been adj
dei 10 the $1.182, 000, 900 in the past
tH days, The billion dollars ad-
dI today would bring the nations
immediate defense program to a to-
tai Of $500. 600, 900, including regu.
EF appropriations for the army and
navy, The billion-dollar recommen-
Gallons are to go to congress to.
Continued Oh Page Three: Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
THOUSANDS OF TIRED BRITISH TROOPS
COMPLETE FIERY TRIP ACROSS CHANNEL

table. Another fellow and / sat
on it until we were picked up.
All of us we're almost naked
and we have had no food since
yesterday at midday and no
sleep for three days.
"But it's back again now to
help the army"
Its not only British troops
we're bringing over" he ex-
planned, "but French and Bel
gians, too. The Belgians don't
want to give up fighting.
eff only they would give us
more planes we could tell the
Germans a different story. As
it is they have got as much as
Continued OIL Page Nine; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
|NAZl MCDANIEL
EQUIPMENT IS HIT
General Marshall Estimates
40 Per Cent Destroyed
In Great Drive

WASHINGTON, May 30-R-
Well-informed house members said
today Gen. George C. Marshall,
army chief of staff, told a house
appropriations subcommittee it
was estimated that 40 per cent of
the German army's mechanical
equipment had been destroyed in
the Nazi's desperate drive to the
English Channel.
Members said this estimate gave
rise to speculation that the tide of
Europe's battle might turn in the
near future in favor of the hard
pressed Allies, since it seemed that
Germany's acknowledged superior
ity in mechanical equipment could
Continued on Page Two, Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31

campaign, they all declared it
was the great swarms of Ger
man planes and the great
weight of German numbers
that finally pushed them off
the Flemish plain.
Hospital ships as we'll as
troopships were targets for
Nazi bombs, they declared.
"Our f1iers are magnificent"
said one, "but it's volume that
we need"
Another, telling Of the Chan
mel trip, thus philosophically
described his troubles with a
ship that had been hit:
81 was very thankful when
after swimming 7 or 8 miles
l was able to get hold of =
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
. Southeast PORT IN etaoi

A SOUTHEAST PORT IN etao
LAND, May 3o.-R-Thou-
sands of Britain's smashed
army of Flanders staggering
with fatigue from the bloody
2o-dav failure across the Chan
mel. landed on home soil to-
night.
But many were lost on the
narrow stretch of water that
was turned all the way into a
raging strip Of fire.
With them were m
French infantrymen; there
men who told in awe OF the
might of the German army
and air force and of the cheap,
ness with which life was held
in the Nazi columns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
MAXWELL THROWS
AID TO BR0UCHT0N
Sensd Messages To County
Aides Urging Them 10
Support High Man

RALEIGH, May 30-(RNRevenue
Commissioner A. j. Maxwell, VINO
ran third in North Cardinals dem
~ocratic gubernatorial primary last
Saturday, today sent kilograms to
all of his county managers urging
them to support ]. M. Broughton,,
Raleigh lawyer, in the run-oH OF
June q.
Broughton led the field in the
frat primary. he runner up
Lieut.. Gov. w. P. Horton OF Pitts.
boro, has announced he will call
for the run-off vote.
Unofficial returns from all but
% of the states 1913 precincts to-
uont;n,o5 ou Pace Three: Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
HITLER, GOEBBELS PREPARE
SENSA HONAL' STATEMENT;
DRIVE ON ENGLAND FEARED
Believe Nazis Will
Pursue Fleeing English

As a f~Oretaste of what defense
leaders expected surely to come,
Britons witnessed the arrival of
shipload after shiplOad of those
feebly cheering, quickly mapping
survivors of the 20 days it took
the nazis to rout them from the
continent they had entered so
hopefully.
Even the full-rout withdrawal
carried every peril of warfare.
While many survivors arrived
intact, others were lost to the
aerial and land barrages set
upon their hastily loaded ships.
The ferocity of nazi attacks
upon the vessels was grimly I'M
derscored i'm tattered lines of
gunfire and bomb holes in the
tunnels of the warships, trans
ports and hospital craft put to
desperate rescue duty in the
channel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31

LONDON, May So up In
vasion of England itself was de-
scribed by Britain's leaders to.
night as really imminent while
dog-tired. wounded and grossly
unkempt Allied troops founder
ed sleepily home from the death
trap of Flanders in bomb-raked
ships.
Several defense sources grave
Iy affirmed the belief that the
nazi forces across the narrow
channel soon would resume pur-
suit of the weary expeditionary
troops, saved at the acknoW-
lodged cost of three British de-
stroyers and several other sur
face ships.
Inviolate since 1866. while Bri-
tain fought its wars on foreign
soil, the kingdom doggedly dug
in for the worst.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
RED CROSS DIME
DRIVE TO OPEN
House To House Canvass
For Funds Will Be Start
ed This Morning

Inc countrywide Dime Drive" of
's wilmington chapter of the Am
'oan Red Cross for the war refu-
s7es fund will be opened this morn
ms at 9 o'clock with a house to
muse canvass by workers, together
WIN a solicitation of contributions
Ill ne business district.
Mrs. Louis Orrell, chairman OF
,s campaign, last night urged all
YOy6 captains and aides to report
me Red Cross headquarters in
.Ds eUstomhouse this morning be-
'seA S;50 and 8 o'clock to register
".oEe starting the drive,
me campaign for funds to meet
's 5000 quota requested of New
NOhtlnued on Page Two, Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
N. {. State To Receive
Flight Training Quota

RALEIGH, May 3o.-(P-A quote
ranging from 40 to Is students viii
be allotted to N. C. State college by
the Civil Aeronautics authority fol
flight training during the summe1
session beginning June 10, Dean R
Van Leer of the school of engineer
ing said today.
Dean Van Leer and Prof. L. r
Parkinson, head of the division Of
pilots and mechanics training, re-
turned today from Washington
where the CAA accepted their pro
posal that ground school instruc
tors from North Carolina colleges
receive summer training at the col
lege.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
WHEN TILE

Never use harsh abrasives OF
strong bleaches on tiled floors OF
walls. Cleaning agents that are toe
strong roughen the smooth glaze and
only cause the surface to sol
quicker,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-31
WEATHER

yo,.l FORECAST
ers n mn RCafolina-Partly cloudy, show
eycenf '[reaSt portion, slightly warmer
Sauna On the northeast coast Friday
O1, May generally fair.
endinsss 9gt99d5ogical data for the "A hours
'90 p, m. Yesterday.
1sM Temperature .
n. <. a u, N. 70; 100 a. m. 60: 100 D
mum 81 ~ p. m: 68; nahum 70; mini
mean Is: normal IA.
1:3O Humidity
n. 10. IN 81; 80 a. m. 81: 1:3O D
Total Precipitation
2l3 incborn q hours ending 7::3O D. m
month ,Ig ; y total since first of The
From IT Tides For Today
S Ccssrr nae Tables published bv II
ana Geodetic Survey.
e''n - 5:15a OLE,
inlet - a:11a $50
LA: 5}3s''' no5 5;o2a; sunset 7 :l3IG mo 90 ;Gi1
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Served by Leased Wire Of the
ASSOCIATED PRESS
With Complete Coverage Of
State and National News
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-25
IOOF Broadcast
On Anniversary

Members of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows are observ-
ing the one hundred twenty-first
anniversary of the founding of the
organization in America this
week. The first Odd Fellow lodge
in America was instituted at
Baltimore, Maryland, by five
men, who had been members of a
like organization in England. To-
day there are more than a million
and a half members of the order,
in nearly every country of the
earth.
This year the grand encamp-
ment of the order in Minnesota
has arranged a Is minute broad
cast over station WDGY of Min
neapolis in ton of the
anniversary. The broadcast starts
at Tbs p. m. Friday. E. H. Lun-
deem of Minneapolis, Grand Re-
preventative from Minnesota to
the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the
Order, will talk.