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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
BRITISH IMPROVE
NEAR EAST STAND
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bania, a second stalemated in the
western Egyptian desert, a third cut
off from supplies in Ethiopia.
But situations change quickly and
the British say they are alert to
meet any new development which
might threaten their hold on the
vital Mediterranean.
Two possible developments stand
out:
Italy may throw heavy reinforce.
ments into Albania in a desperate
attempt to regain lost prestige and
overwhelm the Greeks or;
Hitler, moving to the aid Of his
southern partner, may crash through
the Balkans, bringing the Reich's
army and air force to Mediterranean
shores.
British officers say now that If
Mussolini had attacked Egypt with
his Italian legions when he entered
the war Just as France collapsed,
the resuls probably would have been
disastrous for the British here.
The government was too occupied
preparing for the expected invasion
Of England to give much attention
to the near east and the mainstay
Of the Allied defense here, General
issimo Maxine Weygand's French
army was out of the running.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
Shipping News
ARRIVED
Steamer

ARRIVED
Steamer
Dixie Sword, 1000 tons. from Car.
teret via Charleston with cargo of
fertilizer, Heide and company,
agents.
IN PORT
Steamers
Mallard, 2,375 tons, discharging
cargo of nitrate of soda, Heide and
company, agents.
Ctal.) Villarperosa, 1921 tons, held
in port account of war.
Severance, 1858 tons, with sulphur,
in distress, c. D. Maffitt and com.
pany, agents.
Bar Dredge
Comstock, 1000 tons, U. S. army
engineers bar dredge.
Buoy Tender
Speedwell, 1,120 tons, U. S. c. G.
buoy tender, in command of Captain
Mason, on Cape Fear river attending
to buoys and lights.
INWARD BOUND
Tanker and Barge
Tanker H. M. Frederickson, 1902
tons, towing barge Puroil, 1910 tons,
from Smith Bluff with cargo of gaso-
line for the Cape Fear terminal COM
pany.
TankerS
(Greek) Nicolaon Maria, 1926 tons,
from Tampico with petroleum prod
ucts, C. D. Maffitt and company,
agents.
Gulfbreeze, 4,159 tons, from Port
Arthur with cargo of gasoline for
the Gulf Refining company.
Steamer
Black Condor, 1886 tons, from Cal
cutta, with general cargo, c. D. Maj
fit and company, agents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
SNOW, RAIN, COLD
PLAGUE AMERICA
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included Is above at Philadelphia,
eight in northern New Jersey, 20.7
at Boston, IA at Portland, Me.
ten at Danbury, Conn, "a in New
York City. Minima in northern New
York were 5 at Owls Head and j
at Wanakena and Salisbury. Snow
was in prospect in eastern Penn
sylvania and New York.
While a cold shower chilled Bal.
timore, extra road equipment was
ordered out on ice-glazed roads in
Maryland's mountain counties.
Traffic was slowed on many dan
gerous highway in the midwest.
Snow pelted parts of Minnesota,
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin a n d
Michigan.
The fall exceeded four inches at
Chicago and measured four in
ches at Rhinelander, Wis, and six
inches at Chillicothe, Mo. Freezing
rain made roads treacherous in
Ohio.
The snow cover in Illinois reach
ed from the central part of the
state to the Wisconsin border. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
MOORE RENAMED
GREENFIELD HEAD
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dent; John Spillman, secretary;
Louie Woodbury., treasurer. All
members of the board of directors
up for election were reelected.
The financial report was present
ed by the treasurer and accepted
by the association. Plans for the
coming year, including expendi-
lures for additional azalea plants
along Greenfield Drive, we're
made.
Churchill Bragaw, horticulturist
at Orion plantation, spoke to the
club on the possibilities of tn e
Drive and declared that next
spring the blooming of the azaleas
planted only a year ago will sur
prise a great many people.
The members voted to send let
tiers of appreciation for their CO.
operation in the identification pro-
gram to the Star-News, the Cape
Fear Garden club and Commits
sioner of Public Works James E.
L. Wade, who gave valuable as
sistance in the development of the
park.
The association also expressed
its appreciation to the city and
county commissioners, all organi-
cations and individuals who have
aided in the work that has been
carried out. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
NEW DEAL STUDYING
BRITISH AID PROBLEM
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Walsh (D.Mass) of the senate
naval committee said he would
oppose any further transfer of
American warships to Britain.
President Roosevelt was asked at
his press conference today whether
Lord Lothian had specifically re-
quested any new type of aid. He
replied that nothing was mentioned
in that regard at all.
Lord Lothian was understood to
have emphasized the most glazing
weaknesses in British resistance and
left it to the administration to de-
termine what, if anything, could be
done by the United States to bolster
them.
Speaking in his new capacity as
chairman of the senate foreign rela-
tons committee, Senator George 3D.
GAY expressed the view that it would
be Impractical and somewhat prema-
ture" for congress to act immediate
ly upon legislation permitting war
loans to Great Britain.
Shortly before he had made his
opinion known to reporters, the sena.
tor had called upon President Roose-
welt and Secretary of State Hull. Aft
er the White House conference he
said he was in general agreement
with the administrations foreign
policies.
George was named to the commit.
tee Craftsmanship yesterday to sue.
coed the late Key Pittman, of Ne
vada.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
STRIKE AT PLANE
PLANT IS ENDED
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VvJ0HtklxAOu
chief of the U. S. department o.
1abor's cancellation service, ehe1'
ged from his first conference WIN
the warning groups to announce:
II am happy that immediate re,
sumption of operations is assured
Steelman arrived last night afte1
a storm-delayed air trip IT. m
Washington and reported after 9
two-hour session that settlement
had been reached, subject to raul
fication by the strikers.
Gives Thomas Credit
He gave President R. j. Thomas
Of U.A.W., who also flew here from
the east, ''chief credit for the set
tlement'' and, commented:
1T is unfortunate that he coulo
not be here earlier"
The new contract provides a
minimum wage of 81 IL cents an
hour for all present employees, an
equal sum for workers hired in
the future with a years mechanl.
cal experience, and a minimum Oh
IS cents an hour for future I'm,
skilled employees. This later
amount would scale up to 81 IL
cents at the end of 80 days.
With the return Of the men tc
work, assembly lines will begir
moving again with 20 planes left
partly finished when the walkou1
started. Basic trainers for the u.
S. army we're being completed al
a rate of three a day. Their cost
is a military secret, so the total
loss during the 12-day stoppage
cannot be determined.
The 5000 employees would have
received during the IL days ap-
proximately 1854 900 in wages. OF
the number, $500 are union mem
bers. The others were forced out
when the company closed the plant
shortly after picket lines formed. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
JUDICIAL MEASURE
PASSED BY SENATE
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cedure of such governmental agen.
cies as the labor board and Sc.
curities commission, to require
notices and hearings for anyone
substantially affected by their rul.
ings, and to empower courts to re.
view the constitutionality and lie.
gality of their rulings and regula.
tons.
For many month the measure
has been the subject of intense
controversy. Anti-New Dealers in
congress, Joined by some with pro-
New Deal voting records, have ar
gued that these reforms were ne
cessary to safeguard the rights OF
those with cases before the agen-
cies, and were a matter of simple
justice. The opposition has con-
tended that the whole subject need
ed more study, that the measures
would hamstring the agencies by
creating opportunities for endless
litigation.
The measure passed the senate
once, nearly two years ago, when
administration leaders we're not
looking, but was reconsidered at
their request. 1t passed the house
last winter, but when it reached
the senate, the latter was en-
crossed in the defense program.
Last weeks refusal by the house
to adjourn the session of congress,
however, left the senate still in
session and with nothing to do.
Led by Senator Hatch (D-N.M.),
Burke D-Neb.), and King 3D.
Utah), the advocates of the meas.
ure set up a clamor that it be
taken up at once. The senate voted
yesterday to consider it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
SEVEN

sibility of another and stronger
Axis thrust through Bulgaria.
1t followed by only a day the
disclosure in Berlin that Bulgaria
considered previously as an I'M
minent recruit of the German.
Italian-Japanese alliance-was not,
after all, expected to sign at pres
ent.
This offer of a British guarantee
to Bulgaria-Which informed per-
sons here thought was not likely to
influence that nation greatly in
view of the power of Adolf Hitlers
panzer divisions - illustrated the
nightmare which has been troub.
ling British strategists, the posi-.
bility of a giant pincer closing up
on the SueZ canal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
/ SAID IN WATER
SURVEY IS SOUGHT
d.. Seeking Governmental
w. assistance In Water
Supply Studies

r. Wade, commissioners
J'0r l;c works. yesterday granted
Of P m William C. Olsen, OF IA
aifo0-' oonsuI.inG engineer, to seek
lsi7D, IA Of the federal government In
The an s+rdv of the ground water
rnaaIr for .Re city.
slpp+1 ,oars are now in the field
hA7 rnder the direction Of Oh
No-N' 'i+h a view of making a sur
sen ',adino 10 a full report cover
N :, sources of water supply for
Inc a. commissioner Wade said.
tAF has been asked to make a
n.ith concrete and definite
icy ,o,andations whereby the City
f" n~%ro7fneton may be assured OF an
Q, "o+a water supply, both in quail,
s''a md quantity he said.
ny a,ea .of the recent installation
,,,,ns using water from avail
O. moIIs. he said, 1--WE were able
@". notable water to the consum-
!" .i,p- DAYS earlier than would
, as 5een possible otherwise"
lp rbo .cty's entire water operation
perfectly normal. he said.
.ho nun1ps recently disconnect-
arr o.o still ready to he started when
Gu ..sod and will he ready until such
No.. &c VIC are assured they are no
, ~, needed for direct pumping of
W. .,blo water into the city's mains.
s' Grsen was recently employed by
.i,,. IN study the water supply
+.no.,on in this section and advise
.b, oi+v commissioners as to where
,he hest place is to turn to get a
.ans+9n+ and reliable supply of fresh
water.
commissioner Wade yesterday au-
.,.,,i0ad olsen to seek the aid OF
r,yarnment biologists for a study
q notenual ground water supply in
,r5 adjacent to Wilmington. such
,.oloojcal Investigations to be made
IN the purpose of ascertaining if
,ossibre whether the possibility OF
orsining a ground water supply
vorld warrant the city government
ootng to the expense of a geo-physics
survey and drilling test wells.
This action was taken in accord
.sree with a recommendation of a
nnmber Of men from the state board
Of health who conferred about two
weeks ago with Wade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
BULGARIA COURTED
BY GREAT BRITAIN
Continued From Page Onel

(COutluueQ from rage OHeJ
Ter, who submitted this written
statement:
Lord Halifax welcomes this op-
portunity of stating that provided
Bulgaria does not join or assist,
either actively or passively, the
enemies of Greet Britain or attack
her allies, it is the intention of
His Majesty's government to do
their best to insure that in any
eventual peace settlement to which
Great Britain is a party the integ-
rity and independence of Bulgaria
shall be fully respected"
The reference to British allies
clearly was to Greece, whose men
are fighting off the Italians now
but facing, nevertheless, the pos
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27

Reports indicate that the new
Lockheed i~ntercepter travels 500
with the throttle wide open. The
plane has a range Of HOO miles,
and a climbing speed Of 1000 feet
Der minute
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27

A famous movie director recent
" reduced successfully by limit
ing his luncheons to a salad and
a carbonated beverage. By vary
ing the salads and flavor of the
beverage daily. he avoided mono
Evening star., 1940-03-23

street NV, owner; Benjamin s.
Goodrich, builder; James A. Miller,
jr., Chillum, Md, designer; to erect
one 2-story brick dwelling, 5751
Sherrier place NV; to cost $4,000.
H. j.. Beahm, 1916 Forty-fifth
place Sc, owner, designer and
builder; to erect two 2-story brick
dwellings, 1905 and 1907 Forty sixth
place Sc; to cost $1,000.
Four-Family Flat Authorized.
E. M. Aiken, Inc, 300 H street
NV, owners and builders; G. T.
Santmyers, 141O H street NV,
architect; to erect one 2-story brick
and cinder block fiat four family
1883 Fourth street NE; to cost
$4,000.
Marie E. Stern, 36Ol Connecticut
avenue NV, owner; David l.. Stern
Construction Co., 1912 L street NV,
designers and builders; to erect one
lla-story brick and wood dwelling,
Evening star., 1940-03-23

NV, builders; j. w. Wilson, de-
signer; to erect one 2-story brick
and frame dwelling, 1882 Alton
place NV; to cost $500.
William B. Hampton, 6228 North
Dakota avenue NV, owner; Red
dick Construction Co., 1850 Owen
place NE, builders; D. Theodore
Morgan, designer; to erect one 1h-
story brick dwelling, 12O Peabody
street NV; to cost $6,750.
w. A. Kingsbury, 7O17 Rolling
road, Chevy Chase, Md, owner and
builder; Joseph H. Abel, 1927 Con-
necticut avenue, designer; to erect
2-story brick and tile dwelling, 5341
Nevada avenue NV; to cost $500.
Eva G. Goodrich, 51O0 Fulton
street NV, owner: Benjamin S.
Goodrich, builder; James A. Miller,
jr., Chillum, Md, designer: to erect
one 2-story brick dwelling, 5842
Sherrier place NV: to cost $4,50o.
Eva c. Goodrich, 510O Fulton
Evening star., 1940-03-23
1925 sherrier place NV: to cost

1926 Sherrier place NV; to cost
$4,000.
Prescott Construction Co., 8l4
Thirteenth street NV, owner, de-
signer and builder; to erect one l.
story brick and concrete ONCE, 1906
1907 w street NV; to cost 5000.
The Salvation Army, owner;
Schneider-Spliedt Co., 1922 F street
NV, builder; Roger T. Hall, 2539
Pennsylvania avenue NV, designer;
to erect one 2-story brick industrial,
rear. 1918 E street NV; to cost
$4 400.
Evening star., 1940-03-23

ing, 1885 Upshur street NV; to cost
$1,000
George w. Nave, 1920 B street
NE, owner; G. Morris Steinbraker,
1041 Jefferson street NV, designer
and builder; to erect one 2-story
brick dwelling, SOFT Massachusetts
avenue NV; to cost $3.50.
Mrs. Ida Schimmel, owner; Con-
ner & Ryon, GOT Fifteenth street
Evening star., 1940-03-23
BY MARGARET NOVEL;

On walk Sunday look for your first spring
foliage nothing
of willow leaves cans combined
alder red striped
wood such as the Jack in the pulpit and few curly fern
placed in an old pewter akwood
red leaf buds foliage buds
Evening star., 1940-03-23

designer; to erect one History brick
and frame dwelling, 5OOl Macomb
street NV; to cost $4,000.
Evening star., 1940-03-23

HOvermale Given Permit.
Herbert S. Hovermale, 1922 Nine
teenth street NV, owner and
builder; J. j. Baldwin, 927 Fifteenth
street NV, designer; to erect one
2story brick and cinder block dwell
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-18
LABOR GOODWILL

One point made by Bernarc Baruch in his talk before the De- fense Commission was the neces- sity of having the goodwill of la bor. Without this, he said, speed was impossible.
 Roosevelt made good start or this when on September 13 he sent Congress a special message outlin- ing labor standards which were tc be followed in letting government contracts. However, it was not un- til ten days ago that the Army ac- tually wrote these standards into it's contracts. Meanwhile many oi these labor standards have been ignored.
 For instance, when the contract for airplane engines was signed with Ford exactly one day after election, it caused a terrific furore in labor circles. But what labor did not know was that when the Army first prepared the contract it even forgot to insert a clause requiring the Ford Company to comply with the Walsh -Healey Act. Secret fact is that it was the Ford
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-18
20 YEARS AGO fME TIT EMPIRE
DECEMBER IS, 19c0

Is, 19@0 a Chinook
  shoppers in full force.
 Charles Godsten of Juneau of the missing boat Diana message Henry Marshal fishing leave Ska to search for the of Chchagof Island.
 Ketchmark, President Independent Gold Mining Cor poration at Windham Bay the city business R sister of expected to the Jefferson Washing D. c, and this first trip to the Territory Northwestern a
 J. M Sloan formerly and for Seward Spokane short visit before tinung California
 their the Coliseum their the Wettrick Distn Avenue Cas1man arrived on the Northwestern a Weather Highest A lowest, 37; cloudy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-18

ousy between the Army and the Defense Commission.
 4. Toward the end of the elec- tion campaign, many of the De- fense Commissions staff, composed largely of Willkie boosters, became engulfed in a vacuum of uneaSiness and uncertainty. Apparently they were confident that Willkie would win, and some of them have not yet recovered.
 Real fact is that facing each other across Constitution Avenue are two great mushroom military growths. One is the Army, the normal agency of defense, which of late has added personnel by the score. The other is the Defense Commission, a sort of super-pre- paredness council. But no one knows which of these is the real boss.
 And even within the Defense Commission itself, there is nc boss. Relations between commis- sioners are on a purely personal basis. Knudsen and Stettinius hap pen to be good friends, so each knows exactly what the other is doing. Other commissioners who don't happen to be close don't al- ways know what the rest are doing
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-18
DOUGLAS NEWS
LILLIAN BONNER IS NOW NEW WORTHY MATRON
 FOR DOUGLAS o. E.

At the annual election held here last evening, Mrs. Lillian Bonner was chosen new Worthy Matron for 1S41 by Nugget Chapter No. 2, Order of Eastern Star.
 Other officers elected were: Rob- ert Bonner, Jr., Worthy Patron Mrs. Bertha Goetz. Associate Ma |tron; Albert E. Goetz, Associate Pa tron; Mrs. Roberta Johnson, Secre- tary; Mrs. Jessie K. Fraser, Treas urer; Miss Jessie Fraser, Conduct res; Mrs Thelma Engstrom, Asso- ciate Conductress; Sam Devon Trustee for three-year term; Mrs. Elvera Spain, Trustee for 2-year term
 Appointive officers will he ar- nounced later by the new Worthy Matron. Installation of the newly elect is scheduled for Thursday ev- ening, January T. in joint session with Gastineaux Lodge No 124, F. and A. M.
 The committee appointed to arr
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-18
EIGHT YEARS OLD

Eight years ago on December l2 1882, the first issue of The Washington Merry-G o-Round column made it's appearance in just six newspapers.
 Last week December 12, 1940, Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen published their 2923rd Washington Merry-Go-Round column in just 6l3 newspapers, scattered from coast to coast and with circulation of 15.0000O0.
 When they started Pearson and Allen un- known outside of the select circle which recognized them as the anonymous authors of the best-sellng Washington Merry Go Round" hit book of 1931- s2 and of More Merry Round"
 Moreover, they broke. Their candor in telling tales about political bigwgs in their books had resulted in the loss of their jobs. Drew Pearson was dismissed from The Baltimore Sun, Robert S. Allen from The Christian Science Monitor of Boston.
 But they stuck to their Merry Go Round" guns through the early struggling years They had to create new fashion in journalism, but they created it. They the first to break through the fog of press agentry that protects people in high places to throw politics open to the public gaze and show the actual daily workings of American government
 Because of the forthrightness and fearlessness Of the Allen brand of reporting which other correspondents were obliged to emulate, the Ameri- can public today knows about its government than ever before. They have made Washington news exciting and fascinating, longer the stuffy of ficial' bore it used to be
 The steady increase in the circulation of The Washington Merry Round from six newspapers to over six hundred, or 10000 percent, is one indication of the vital contribution which this column has made to U. s. journalism It is noteworthy also that all of the original subscribers except which has suspended publication continue to publish The Merry Co., Round after eight solid years.
 These original six subscribers the Buffalo Courier Express Des Moines Register Tribune, Evan ston (Il) News-Index, Huntington (W.Va) Adver- tiser Scranton (Pa) Republican (now the Tribune Scrantonan) and Portland (Me) News (suspended).
 The Empire, which publishes the Merry-Go- Round daily wishes it and it's authors happy birthday and many returns.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-18
DEFENSE WEAKNESSES

The President is fully Informed of what is going on abroad, ana the weaknesses of the Defense Con- mission have repeatedly been called to his attention by officials whom he trusts.
 Briefly summarized, here are some of the major defects in the Ma tional Defense Advisory Commls- sion and its cooperation with the Army which have been called to Roosevelt's attention.
 1. The Defense Commission is an ADVISORY body. It was creat- ed by executive order and has no statutory status, no real powers. Its chief functions are to ensure raw materials, help find factory production, guarantee labor stan dards, and protect the consumer. But the Army and Navy can ig- nore its advice-unless the Presi- dent personally intervenes, and ob- viously it is impossible for him to keep an eye on everything.
 2. Even within the Defense Commission itself, the organization is nebulous. Each of the seven commissioners is independent of the others. Labor Commissioner Sidney Hillman can put through set of labor principles and even have them accepted by the White House. but these principles may be completely ignored by Production Commissioner Knudsen.
 3. Much of the Defense Con- missions organization is duplicat- ed by the Army. which also has set up huge supply machinery. Part of this probably is necessary, since the Defense Commission only passes upon orders over s5oO,0OO, but unquestionably there is jeal-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-18

Company which noticed the omis- sion and called it to the attention of the Army, which then inserted the clause.
 The excuse of the Army regard ing its failure to put labor specifi- cations into these contracts, is first, that it is working at break neck speed; second, that the vari- ous labor laws already are the law of the land and no special contract is required for compliance
 This, however, is a point which labor does not appreciate, and there has been more and more grum- bling because labor safeguards have not been written into Army con- tracts. In fact, already there is talk of a strike against the Ford Company because of its new con- tract and its failure to live up to Labor Relations Board rulings.
 During the campaign, the Presi- dent met all inner circle com plaints about the Defense Commis- sion with assurances that as soon as the election was over he would give his whole attention to the problem and there would be far reaching reorganization. But weeks have passed and so far there is nc indication that any action is i'm minent.
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