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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-04

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-04
BLAZE IN TRUCK DUE
 TO SHORT CIRCUIT

A short circuit caused small fire in Clark Lewis produce truck yesterday afternoon. The blaze was extinguished by firemen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-04
LAURA HOPE CREWS SIGNED

Hollywood, Calif.-Laura Hope Crews and Helen Wesley have been signed by Warner Bros, for "The Lady With Red Hair" auto- biography of Mrs. Leslie Carter. in which Miriam Hopkins will be star red.
 Claude Rains and Richard Ain- ley will have top roles, with the former portraying David Belasco.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
ITALIAN COLUMNS
NEARING BERBERA
Furious Fighting Under
Way In Mountain Passes
OF British Somaliland

CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 16. Up
Italian armored divisions drove theiI
three-pronged attack deeper into
British Somaliland today, advancing
their lines within 80 niles of Ber
bera, the capital.
Fighting was furious in the noun
tain passes southeast and southwest
of Berbera and along the coastline
of the Gulf of Alden south from
leila, which already is in fascist
hands, with Britain's native Somah
troops inflicting heavy casualties.
The Italian attacking force was
believed to be considerably superior
numerically.
British headquarters reported
nothing important" over other
African waterfronts. There were
patrol encounters in Kenya, with
slight italian casualties.
The British and italian air forces
traded bombs from the Suez to Soma
liland amid Indications that British
forces fighting on the southern
Continued ON Page Six, Cox 9
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
CAPE FEAR RIVER
REACHES 8 FEET
Water Not Expected To
Overflow Banks To Any
Great Extent, However

The Cape Fear river neared the
35-foot flood stage at Fayetteville
early last night but, although the
river was still rising, the waters
were not expected to overflow the
rivers banks to any great extent.
A stage of 1880 feet has been
reached at 9 o'clock last night but
the continued rise in the river was
considerably slower than for the
previous day.
Recent heavy rains on the
Gfeensboro-Winston Salem water
shed had caused the river to rise
20 1eet since Wednesday morning
al . o'clock. Indications last night
were that the watershed would go
a.le' If any, past the flood stage.
Inc river terminals at Fayette-
vllle reported last night that traf-
nc on the Cape Fear had not been
la'ef1ered with by the rapid rise
OF the stream.
Inc possibility still exists, how
ever that the river will flood low
sm gareas between here and Fay
e'levllle over the weekend.
Faln still fill over Wilmington
"oEtlnued on Page Six, Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
President Stresses Impor-
lance OF Defense OF
American Hemisphere
TALKS WITH CANADA
Marshall Says U. S. Faces
Critical Situation Be-
cause OF Wars Turn
BY RICHARD L. TURNER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 Up -
Placing his emphasis heavily upon
the defense of the American hemi-
sphere and especially the Panama
canal - President Roosevelt an
nounced today he was negotiating
with Great Britain for the acquisi-
ton of naval and air base sites, pre-
sumably in the southern Caribbean.
And, although he simultaneously
cautioned newspaper correspondents
against coupling the deals with pro-
posals to deliver American average
d~estroyers to England, he said that
a quid pro quo was under discussion.
Talking With Canada
At the same time, Mr.. Roosevelt
told newsmen that the government
was discussing, separately, with can
ada questions of hemisphere defense.
Some thought this might have to do
with bases in Nova Scotia or at a
point between Seattle and Alaska.
A few hours after he spoke, Gen
eral George c. Marshall, army chief
OF staff, endorsed the idea Of acQuir-
ing bases and, in addition, told re-
porters that the United States faced
a "criticaI' situation as a result of
developments in the European war.
At a press conference, the general
explained that he referred to "the
possibilities Of the next month in the
western h~emisnheren
In discussing the pending bill for
CONSUMPTION, he said: mo one can
say with certainty, the way things
are going abroad, that we won't need
the additional manpower without de-
lay"
"Time," he declared sis the donin.
ant factor, and time is fleeing"
Fund Approved
Late in the day a senate appro-
p%riations subcommittee gave it's ap.
Continued on Page Six, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
OFFICIALS STUDY
DESTROYER TRADE
Jackson Confers With Ad-
visers Regarding Trans
fer OF so Old Ships

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-R-At
torney General Jackson conferred to-
day with legal advisors and navy
chiefs, apparently studying from
every angle the proposed transfer of
SO old d%estroyers to Great Britain.
Jackson interrupted his vacation to
return to Washington and began the
day with a breakfast conference with
Solicitor General Francis Biddie his
closest adviser in the Justice depart
ment, and N. A. Townsend, assistant
solicitor general whose task is the
preparation of legal opinions for the
attorney general.
Secretary of the Navy Knox lunch
ed with Jackson and after attending
a cabinet meeting, the attorney gen
eral talked again with Biddle and
Townsend and later with Admiral
Harold r. Stark, chief of naval oper-
atoms, and Townsend.
Officials declined to admit that the
destroyer question was being dis
cussed although one said that it was
possible ito put two and two to-
eether,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
%EASTBOURNE BOMBED
London's Suburbs, Both
Sides OF Thames River
Heavily Bombed
CASUALTIES REPORTED
Germans Use AS Many AS
$50 Planes In Extended
Individual Raids

LONDON, Aug. 17-(Saturday)-
R-Great Britain officially charg.
ed early today that German tomh-
ers, part of a huge air fleet which
raided London's suburbs and both
sides of the Thames yesterday.
made a deliberate attack On the
Presidential town of Eastbourne"
and killed several persons"
The accusation was made by the
air ministry and the ministry Of
home defense in a joint comlnuni-
que which said that II German
planes were destroyed against 10
British fighters lost in the tre-
! mendous aerial fighting yesterday.
Ten British pilots of downed planes
are safe, however, the commune
que said.
Capital Escapes
The main section of tie capital
of the British empire was not
touched.
The British reported that the far
ranging German raiders, who kept
up their forays over southern Eng
land last night and early today.
dropped bombs lat many points in
the country districts of Hertford-
shire, Essex, Surrey, Hampshire
and Oxfordshire. Little damage
was done -. reports indicate 80.
the number killed was small"
German planes flew over Wales
early today. Bombs were dropped
in one town and several casualties
were reported.
The Eastbourne charge was the
first time that the British have
made such a formal allegation in
this war. Earlier communicates,
however, have told of civilian fatal
tiles and the destruction of build
ings, dwelling houses and churches
by German raiders.
E%astbourne in peace time was a
famous holiday resort on the Eng
fish Channel with a normal popu-
lation of more than $1,000. Early
last month it was classed as a de-
tense area after being considered
for months as a safe" area.
In the attack'on the London area,
bombs fell on the great docksides
at Tilbury and on a British air.
drome in the Isle of Wight.
Near St. Paul's
They fell, too, within 8 miles of
the vast domed st. Paul's cathedral
Continued on Page Six, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
GUARDS, REGULARS
BEGIN WAR GAMES
Seventy Thousand Troops
Start Four-Da 'Hostili-
ties In Louisiana

CAMP BEAUREGARD, La,
Aug. 16-QP-"Zero hour" arrived
tonight for 10000 troops opening a
four-day battle in a vague bound-
airy conflict between two nations
in the Louisiana var games.
Sun-tanned national guardslnen
from the Blue" nation clashed
with their enemies, the Reds" at
midnight in the beginning of hos
tilities which had all the simuia-
ton of real warfare intended to
give the guardsmen an actual in
sight into streamlined modern tao
tics.
Approximately $4,000 national
guard troops of the third army
from thirteen southern states. hard
ened in preliminary training since
August /, were participating with
20, 900 regular army troops.
Ninety control officers We're pre-
siding over the battle as uGnpires.
Scout cars, motorcycle platoons
and anti-tank units roared into
position ahead of troop concentra-
tons but the armies were fighting
with an insuficiency of tanks and
airplanes. ~ IS
The Red river which crosses the
northern half of Louisiana diagon-
ally from Shreveport to Alexandria
formed, the mythical boundary line.
Apprehensive over their defense,
the Blues threw their forces across
(Continued ON Page Six, Col. .1p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
CLAIM II
INVADING AlRPLANES
DOWNED IN BATTLES
Nazi Anti-Aircraft
Guns Go Into Action
Along French Coast

BERLIN. Aug. 17.-GSaturday)
-(AP)HGerman anti-aircraft ar
tillery ON the French coast fac
ing England went into action a
number of times last night and
this morning to drive British
planes away from from German
air bases, DNB, official German
news agency, reported.
1t said two British planes
were shot down out of a squad
ron which approached oil tanks
in northwestern France and
that the gunners also finally
knocked down a British balloon
which had apparently broken
from it sanchorage and drifted
across the channel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
ROANOKE IS RISING
Livestock Removed And
500 Convicts May Be
Evacuated From Camp

RALEIGH, Aug. TO- up -Por'
tons of a nine-mile dixie at the Gale
donia prison farm may be dynamit'
ed to protect the remainder of the
100-year-old wall from rain-swollen
waters of the Roanoke river, which
are expected to reach an all-time
record flood stage by Sunday or
Monday.
Frank L. Dunlap, chairman of the
state highway and public works
commission, said he probably would
decide tomorrow whether the dixie,
which was built by slave labor,
would be drnamited.
River In Flood
Weather bureau officials here said
the river was at a 45-foot stage-14
feet in flood-at Weldon this after.
noon, and a crest of 81 feet was
forecast for early next week. The
previous record at Weldon is 50.3
feet, established in March, 1912.
The Caledonia prison camp is sit
uated in Halifax county about 20
miles down the river from Weldon.
Neither highway nor prison Off
Gals would estimate. the value of
the dixie, which has been maintained
for years by convicts, and which
protects thousands of acres of rich,
farm lands. .
Flood waters have broken through
the wall on several occasions, but
never before has the entire nine
mile structure been threatened.
Dunlap said there was a possibili-
ty that, if the entire dixie were wash
ed away, it would be abandoned.
fEontinu1ed nm Page Six. Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
Caledonia Prison Farm
Dixie May Be D%ynamited
Blowing Rock-Lenoir
Traffic Is Restored

BLOWING ROCK, Aug. 10
Rl-The sun shone brightly to-
day on Blowing Rock, which
was gradually returning to nor
malcy after flood conditions
which isolated the resort the
earlier part of week.
Communication and traffic
between Lenoir and Blowing
Rock was restored today. Reg
ular bus service was expected
by tomorrow. The roads to
Pinville were still closed for
repairs. A check-up showed no
extensive damage here,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
NAILS CLAIM GAINS
Claim Both Banks OF
Thames Lined With Fires,
Wreckage OF Plants
MANY BATTLES RAGE
Saw British Answer Attack
With 5000 Planes And
All Their Weapons

BERJ IN, Aug. 16.-(P-Author
lied German sources proclaimed to
night that wave after wave Of
bombers had hurled lavish destruc
ton on the London environs late
today, lining both banks of the
Thames with fires, bomb craters
and the wreckage of industrial.
plants.
The British fought back with 3,
900 or more planes and with every
weapon at their command. Their
fury was that of men who know
their very existence is in the bal
ance.
But the mass scale German attack
unprecedented in all history, is de
signed to prove that mo power or
earth can stop the Nazi air force
declared German sources.
Battles Rage
Violent air battles ragged over the
heart of London, while the thunder
of cannon reverberated in the
mighty city that re-echoed with the
incessant, eerie shrill of air raid 81,
rens.
Nazi squadrons broke through the
British defense one to the south,
the Germans said, and burst into
the iron ring of London with great
blows at airports, arsenals, arms
factories and industrial plants.
Bomb hits, fires, bomb craters,
destroyed houses, planes, tremendous
detonations and high columns of
fire show the work of the German
bombers," declared the official Ger.
man news agency, DNB, in a proud
running description.
"There is air alarm after air
alarm, the howl of sirens and the
thunder of cannon in London.
Extensive fighting is in pro-
gress. The British are exerting every
effort to halt the German attack.
One recognizes clearly in the Eng.
fish defense that they know every
thing is at stake-their very exist.
ence.
Badge of HerOism"
Tremendously the English and
Germans tie into ont another until
plane or the other shoots off
to destruction. A trail of smoke is
the last badge of a heroism that
vas
Here and there, billowing para
chutes and the yellow puffs from
an%ti-aircraft explosions float through
the air.
ION earth, the direct hits, the
bomb craters and the number Of
planes shot down appears to be i'm.
mense.
German scouts, observing from
great height, are giving reports on
Developments"
The industrial east end of London
was one teeming object of attack,
the Germans said.
The squalid cockney section, a
vast beehive of docks, sprawling
warehouses, factories and arsenals,
lay under a pail of smoke, the
raiders reported.
Explosion plumed up from Bark
ing and Purfleet, crowded east-end
suburbs, said DNB, the
official news agency, in a running
account of the raid. Both are on
(Continued IN Page Six. Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
FORD WILL MAKE
AIRPLANE MOTORS
Plans To Manufacture H.
900 Engines For United
States Government

DETROIT, Aug. 16.-P-Henry
Ford, who said several weeks ago
that he could, under certain speci-
fled conditions, build 1000 airplanes
a day, is going TO make 1000 avi-
alton engines for the United States
government.
The motors are to be built on an
order from the National Defense
Council and will be of the %air-cooled
type now made by the Pratt & Whit
ney division of the United Aircraft
corporation.
Announcement of the undertaking
was made at the Ford offices in
Dearborn after DR.. George Jackson
(COntinued on Page Six. Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
By WILLIAM B. ARDERY

RUSHVILLE, Ind, Aug. 16.-N9
Wendell L. Willkie inspected his five
Indiana farms today and then put
the final touches on the speech In
which he will accept the republican
presidential nomination tomorrow in
his home town of Elwood.
The nominee made an early morn
ing drive to his farms-which total
1,40O acres-with Miss Mary Sleeth,
who manages them for him. He talk
ed with farm hands and looked over
his crops, then returned to Rush
vile and stopped at the hotel where
his staff Is housed. He purchased
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17

Plans for the erection Of a new
Mormon church building in Whining
ton, at a cost of approximately $685.
900, were made at a conference of
church members in the North Caro-
lima District in the Castls Street
chapel last night.
Building operations are scheduled
to start
Speakers at the service were Ell
der Charles A. Calls, of Salt Lake
City, and Elder James Jensen, the
newly-appointed president of the
East Central States Mission, COM
prising Kentucky, Tennessee. Est
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17

some cigarettes there and went back
to the home of his mother-in-laW,
Mrs. Cora Wilk.
Keeping his day clear of appoint
ments, Willkie got some rest in the
afternoon and prepared to get a full
nights sleep before leaving abou
noon tomorrow for Elwood. fifty
miles northwest. He is expected to
speak for a half hour shortly after
8 p. m. Central Standard Time) and
to outline broadly his views on all
major issues.
His views on CONSUMPTION have
not yet been disclosed, out some OF
his remarks have indicated that ne
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
Plans Are Made Build
Mormon Church Here

Virginia, North Carolina, and Vir
ginia. He is a resident of Sandy.
Utah, and a prominent merchant.
In his address to a capacity con
gregation, Elder Calls who is ONT
of the general authorities of the
Mormon church, said Gin these dark
days Of trouble and gloom, when
the horsemen of the Apocalypse are
doing their destructive work in the
earth, faith in God is a priceless
gift. He rules in the heavens and
He will not permit civilization to
(Continued on Page Six, Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
Willkie Inspects Farms, Puts Fina
Touches On Today's Acceptance Talk

favors the draft principle if neces-
sary to national defense.
AS to foreign policy, the nominee
has said he favored giving to Great
Britain such aid as will not impair
American defenses. He is expected
to call, too, for a powerful national
defense-to be built by coordination
of manpower with the nations in
dustrial machinery.
The administration farm program,
Willkie has said, should be retained
until something better is found.
Willkie will make his acceptance
speech in Elwood's Galloway park,
CONTINUED on Page st3}Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
WEATHER

No.. FORECAST
scatta sn Carolina-Mostly cloudy with
dsy ''eieo showers Saturday and Sun
endino ue9i9loglca data for the "a hours
'''o p: m. yesterday.
la Temperature
m. ~. a. IN. rs; 1870 a. m, 7e: 1870 D.
imum 10 .'oo p. m. 50; maximum SO; min.
mean rs; normal 70.
1.M Humidity
m. 81. q 1.. m. 95; 7:30 a. m. 81; 1:30 p.
Tot., Precipitation
o.72 inotleo r "A hours ending 7:3O y. m,
month 1aaeaS' total since first of the
(Fror, Pr Tides For Today
Coast I'm Tide Tables published bv IT. s
anu Geodetic Survey.
Wilmineton High Low
=, ------ 9:07a 4:OOa
Masonboro 9:35p 4:19p
Inlet -------- 7:04a 1:OOa
:%ssssnrise 5:s5a: sunset Xxx 1;iep
~ moonset 5:15a.
VILE ape Fear river stage at Fayette-
feet. A"su' Is at 9 p. M, $3.50
'es'''nued on Page Six, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
FIVE MEN KILLED
IN PLANT BLAST
Small Unit OF TINT. Fac.
tory At Joplin, No., De-
stroyed By Explosion

JOPLIN, Mo-, Aug. 16.- up "A
powder plant turning out over l.,
600, 900 pounds of TINT. monthly for
the British government was the
scene of a mysterious explosion to-
day which killed five workmen and
destroyed a small unit.
Officials of the Atlas powder plant,
six miles east of Joplin, said the
cause of the blast may never be
known because the building where
it occurred was destroyed and every
man inside persisted. Estimates of
the amount of powder lost ranged
from 1000 to 1000 pounds.
The force of the blast ratified win
dows in Joplin, Carthage, Carter
vile, Carl Junction and other COM
UOntinued on Page Six. Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
Italy Admits
Upon
Greek Ships
Naval Attache Reported To
Have Apologized To
Metaxas For Raids
ORDER MOBILIZATION
Destroyers Were Attacked
By Planes While En- Route
To Tinos Island

ATHENS, Aug. 16. -(F- The
Italian naval attache was reported
in reliable circles tonight to have
a%pologized to Premier John Metaxas
for the aerial bombing directed a
two Greek destroyers today, declar-
ing the Italian filters had mistaken
them for British ships.
(At this point the Greek censor cut
the connection in which this story
was being telephoned to Budapest
The following matter vas received
earlier in the EVENING".
Mobilization Ordered
The Greek. government, however
ordered partial mobilization. A high
authority declared definitely that the
commanders of the %destroyers
against which II bombs were di'
rected without a hit, had identified
the attacking planes as Italian. Wit
nesses told the same story.
In the mobilization call for Aug.
20 was one category which military
quarters said included anti.aircraft
gunners and observers.
. Identification of the attacking
planes as italian was absolute"
the high informant said, and the
officers of the warships-the Vasi-
levs Georgios I and the Vasilissa
Olga had so wirelessed the Greek
navy ministry.
Nethertheless, the government OF
this small pro-British kingdom -
facing what some diplomatic OBJ
erver interpreted as substantially
ar undeclared war-carefully re
Trained from comment, insisting that
the bombers we're of unknown nat
ionality.
The %destroyers were attacked en-
route to the island of limos in the
Aegean Sea, where only yesterday
the Greek cruiser Helle was mys'
teriously torpedoed-by an 'unlden-
tified'' submarine, said the Greek
government.
There were signs that the gov
eminent would maintain its policy
of official silence, in the belief that
these attacks were planned to force
Greece to abandon her neutrality.
The country has a guarantee of sup
port from Britain if her independence
is attacked.
lin Istanbul, the Turkish parlla-
mentary deputy Husein DjahAd a
tchin declared that "any attack
against Greece will have the conse-
ouence of British assistance and
Turkish intervention"
SECOND ATHENA"
ROME, Aug. 16. -P9- Fasclsts
declared angrily today that the Or
pedoing of the Greek cruiser Helle
was "a second Athena, perpetrated
bv the British navy to provoke a
Greek-Italian explosion.
At the same time, they said Italy
would demand Greek reparations for
--
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17

CONTINUED on Page Six, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-05
RADIO OPERATORS
TO MEET SUNDAY

ASHEVILLE, July Adapting
third annual "hamfest'' Of amateur
radio operators of the southeast will
be held here Sunday at the George
Vanderbilt hotel, with more than 500
persons from five southeastern states
expected to attend the sessions.
Highlights Of the session will be a
technical demonstration of new
equipment, at $3.50 o'clock Sunday
afternoon, and a group meeting OF
the naval communications reserves,
which will be conducted by Lieuten-
ant Commander e. J. Gluck, who will
discuss the part to be played by
amateur operators in national de.
tense.
The group meeting, one Of a num-
Der, will begin at 4:3O o'clock, follow
ing on the heels Of a traffic hand
lers meeting conducted by Lee Davy.
The convention will get Oft to an
informal start at 8 o'clock Saturday
night, with a gabfest for early arriv-
ais in the Arcade building, at room
10, headquarters Of the Asheville
Amateur Radio club, and a welcome
for visiting ladies at the George Van
derbilt.