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Glacier County chief., 1940-08-23
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Some of the most important con-
versations ever to take place with
Great Britain in $50 years have been
transpiring behind the scenes re-
Gently.
As this column has pointed out on
several occasions, the support most
desperately needed by Great Britain
as of this moment is destroyers.
To this end, conversations be-
tween representatives of the two
governments have taken this course:
If the United States will supply
Britain with destroyers and small
motor-torpedo boats, then the Brit
ish will transfer to the United States
any island possessions it desires any
place in the Western hemisphere,
and will also permit the United
States the use of land, air and naval
bases on any territory which it
controls.
In addition to this, the British have
told American plenipotentiaries that
the United States can write its own
ticket. In other words, if this coun-
try wants other concessions from
Britain in return for naval support,
it can have them.
These terms, transmitted to men,
bers of the Roosevelt cabinet and to
high Roosevelt advisers, have been
received most favorably. This in
cludes the Republican members of
the cabinet, Secretary of War Slim
son and Secretary of the Navy Knox.
In fact, the opinion inside the ad-
ministration has been unanimous.
However, the President himself
has been loathe to move.
POLLS UNRELIALE THIS YEAR
Psychological Corporation, one of
the leading public poll organizations
of the United States, is warning eli
ents privately about the reliability
of public opinion polls under present
unsettled conditions. -------
Psychological Corporation is head
ed by DR.. Henry c. Link, who is
the originator of the "P. O." or
Personality Quotient, and other psy-
Geological tests. He is also connect
ed with a number of national bust
ness concerns, including U. S. Rub
Der, Lord & Taylor, and Gimbels
department store. Psychological
Corporation set up the original For
tune poll and has conducted numer-
GUS polls in its own name.
Despite its long experience, how
ever, P. c. will not conduct polls
of general public opinion this year,
Reason for this is that the war and
public reaction to it have set uI
such rapid cross currents of opinion
as to make established polling meth.
DDS unreliable.
P. c. will continue to make any
poll for which its services are en-
ployed, handling each job according
to the individual requirements. But
on polls where the war enters as q
factor, or in regard to political opin
ion, P. c. will undertake them only
on condition that definite predictions
will not be made because of meal
culable rapid shifts of opinion.
On polls not involving these fac
tors, which it will conduct as it has
similar ones in the past, P. c. makes
no reservations. But it definitely is
hedging on political polls and i:
frankly telling clients so.
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Glacier County chief., 1940-08-23

NEW YORK.-Current interest in
~ DR.. Gerhardt Alois Westrick,
noted German supreme court law
yer, relates to the secrecy cover
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
REV. W. J. DUBOIS
PASSES SUDDENLY
Retired Methodist Minister,
Newspaper Man, Dies
In LumbertOn

LUMBERTON, Jan. 13.-The Rev.
William j.. Dubois, retired Methodist
minister and prominent citizen q!
Lumberton, died suddenly of a heart
attack at his home here this morn
ing.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the Chestnut street Methodist
church. The Rev. E. B. Fisher will
officiate. Burial will follow II
Marion, S. C.
Since retiring from the bakery
business, the Rev. Mr.. Dubois has
been a member of the Robesoniar
advertising staff. He complained Of
a slight illness when arriving fol
work this morning, went home anC
died a short time later.
He had held ~pastorates in Bruins
wick, Scotland Spruce Pine and of
ten officiated at the Chestnut Street
Methodist church here. He was {
member of the church for many
years.
He is survived by his wife, ant
two sisters: Mrs. Walker Floyd an(
Mrs. P. B. Sellers, of Dillon, anC
a nephew, Charles Herring, of Ra
leigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
Negro Is Jailed Here
After Wounding Anothe,

David Lennon, negro, 408 Wood
street, sought by officers since Aug.
10 when he allegedly cut Selvin Mel
son, was arrested last night and Jail,
ed on a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill.
The warrant alleges he shot Ber'
tie Bradford, negro, last night.
officers said Bradford was shot in
the mouth, the bullet knocking oft
a jaw tooth and lodging in his head
Police reports last night also
showed that:
Bette Mae Brown, 921 NORTH
Third, was treated at James Walker
Memorial hospital after being knock
ed down while skating on North
Third street.
Mrs. Ganey, of 1910 Virginia av y
nue., had her pocketbook, containing
$6.75, snatched from her by a ne
gro on Dawson street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
10 NURSES HERE
GRANTED LICENSE
Continued From Page One)

ings of the Roanoke Rapids hospi-
tai school of nursing. Others max.
ing honor grades, in the order of
their averages, e
Ruth Lorelle Barton, Duke hos
pital, Durham; Florence Robinson,
Rutherford hospital, Rutherfordton;
pital, Durham; Christine Pender-
Mt. Airy; Cordie Lee Smith. Noun
tain Sanitarium hospital, Fletcher;
Margaret Castleberry, Duke hospi-
tai; Ruby J. stallings, Dorothea Dix
school of nursing, State hospital,
Raleigh; Ruby Thomas Chearin, Park
View hospital, Rocky Mount; Lillian
Juanita Phillips, Rutherford hospi-
tai; Leona Lucille Weatherman, City
Memorial hospital, Winston-Salem;
Mildred Alberta Fiske, Mountain
Sanitarium and hospital.
Wilmington (all graduates of
James Walker Memorial hospitaD-
Mildred Benson, Carrie Elizabeth
Boone, Ruth Mildred Fisher, Doris
Gurganus, Blanche Foster Kidd, Ina
Elizabeth Newton, Lillian Dunn Sc
brell, Virginia Frances Veasey, An.
ME Runa White, Bettie Lucille
Yates.
Observation-Disclosures MCCLELLAN
Graham, Eula Elizabeth Greene,
Carrie Hester, Elizabeth Ruth
Horne, Annie Ruth Lupo, Gertrude
Martha McCaskill, Edna Pearle Nc.
Phail, Mable Fay Pless.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
PRESIDENT BALL
TICKETS FOR SALE
Chairman Schiller Praises
Officers Club For
Assistance

Tickets to the annual Presidents
Birthday ball, to be held on January
81, are now on sale and may be OBJ.
tanned from any member of the Of.
icer's Fellowship club, composed of
all law enforcement officers in New
Hanover county, Cooney Sellers,
president, announced yesterday.
Proceeds from the dance will J ,
used in combating infantile par
alysis. A major part of the funds
will remain in New Hanover county.
Music for the dance, to be staged
in the Cape Fear armory, will be
furnished by Dean Hudson and his
orchestra, the same band that start
ed it's climb to fame at Lumina two
seasons ago.
John Schiller, young attorney who
has been appointed chairman of the
committee for the celebration of the
Presidents birthday here, yesterday
extended thanks to the members If
the police for their invaluable aid
in promoting this worthy cause"
Meanwhile, the March of Dimes
continues to raise thousands from
all yer the nation. Those in Will.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
NIGHT COURSES
UNDER WAY HERE
Second Week Of Shop And
Drafting Instruction Be-
gins Here Tuesday

Tuesday night at ISIS o'clock, the
second week of classes in general
shop record and drafting courses
will be held in the New Hanover
High school shop at 18th and Mar
ket streets.
The instructors, M. J. Mcleod and
George Sandvig, announced yester
day there is room for a few more
students in sheet metal drafting and
arc and a%cetylene welding. They
urged that workers in these trades
take advantage of this opportunity
to better themselves in their work
Small fees are charged for the
courses.
The school, which began the
spring quarter last week, has sew
eral students taking architecture
drafting. mechanical drawing, ma
chine lathe, sheet metal drafting
Welding and drafting in the various
trades such as plumbing, carpentry
and heating.
In the metal shop there are such
machines as precision lathes, shaper.
bar folder, cornice break, machine
drill, grinders, and an u%p-to-dalf
forge. There is a new arc weldins
outfit and also acetylene which wa;
used in the first course in the fall
M. j. Mcleod is a graduate o
Stout Institute and has been teach
ing general shop work in the higl
school for three years.
George Sandvig has had about tel
years experience in shop work an
besides teaching mechanical draw
ing in the high school is a coordi
nator in the cooperative employment
class.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
New 'Archies' Shell .
Frees Airplane Nets

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.
Ordnance experts said tonight a new
anti-aircraft shell designed to en-
mesh planes in steel cables suspend
ed from a parachute had been de
veloped in this country and might
play an important part in the Euro
pean war.
1t was released for sale abroad
invention was understood to have
been sold to France. Whether a
similar weapon has been developed
for American defenses or whether
the War department rejected il
after the tests was not disclosed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
Mrs. Carrie Benson,
AZ, Dies In Hospital

Mrs. Carrie Mae Benson, At, of
1917 South Third street, died IN a
local hospital yesterday morning at
11:25 o'clock.
She is survived by her husband,
D. L. Benson, six daughters, Mrs
F. D. Lane, of Florida; Miss Edna
Benson, of Raleigh; Mrs. -. u,
Barnhill, Mrs. A. B. Smith, MISS
Peggy Benson and Miss Frances
Benson, all of Wilmington; four
sons, M. D. Lawrence, Hilbain and
J. H. Benson, all of Wilmington;
four sisters, Mrs. M. D.. Watson,
Mrs. J. B. Madison, Mrs. M l..
Leitch, and Mrs. j. P. Letendre, all
of Wilmington; two brothers,
George F. Hines, of Montreal, and
Walter J. Hines, of Wilmi1 gton,
and eight grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
States Prisoners
Are Found Infected

RALEIGH, Jan. 13.-(PHMore
than one-fifth of North Cardinals
prison population has syphilis, State
Health Officer Carl V. Reynolds re.
ported today.
Based on sociological tests of 1888
white and negro prisoners at 80
state and county units, the report
revealed that 1929 prisoners were
actively infected when tested.
DR.. Reynolds said the incidence,
23.3 per cent, was roughly more
than double our figures on the prev
alence of syphilis among the gen
eral populations"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14

to stay in apartments which often
are crowded since the Jews are be-
coming more Or less herded togeth-
er IN smaller living space than thew
formerly had.
Just how many landlords have
awaited themselves of the possibility
given under nazi Law of breaking
leases with Jews cannot be deter.
mined.
Often, however, court verdicts are
pupllshed aiming to justify action
by this OF that German landlord in
oustlng Jewish tenants.
The nazi idea is that anv apart
ment house constitutes a miniature
community in which tie Jew viii
be a disturbing factor.
originally it was intended to es-
tabllsh virtual ghettos in all cities
mere Jews still were left. But this
idea apparently has been abandon
ed because tbs principal effort is ir
the direction of Kidding Germany
altogethe of Jews.
Courts also have held that the
lease of a non-Jew may be can
celled i he persists in inviting
Jews to his apartment, thereby
give offense to non-Jewish Gotten.
ants.
Of Berlin's $4,000 Jews, some
10000 have been assigned to stree
cleaning, snow shoveling, roa(
building and other manual work
including forestry and gardening
tasks. They are strictly separated
from non-Jews.
Jewesscs, ousted from work EARL.
er in the nazi regime, have beer
pressed into work also, serving
chiefly as maids, farmerettes ant
as textile workers..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
CIVIC RETIREMENT
PROPOSALS MADE
Continued From Page One)

of the public, are most sore1y need.
ed for public improvement.
The only requirements are that
the suggestions be practical, worth
while and of benefit to everyone.
The deadline for entries has been
set at January 20.
Cash prizes will be awarded as
follow:
First, $40; second, IS; third, $3.50;
and 81 will be paid for each addi-
tional suggestion accepted.
The present program appears in
a box on the editorial page. In it
are presented those factors believed
by the editors to be most needed for
the civic, economic and social ad-
vancement of the section. Any pro-
posals conforming to these require
ments will be carefully considered.
All suggestions should be address
ed to the Projects Editor. Star-News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
U. S. EMBASSY IN
BOMBING SECTOR
Continued From Page One)

ed a partial withdrawal Of Soviet
troops from Liinahamari, the port
of Finland's extreme north Petsamo
district. Other Scandinavian re-
porters, however, told of prepara-
lions for a great Russian advance
from the Salla district, 200 miles
south of Petsamo but still in the
Arctic Circle, with 40, 900 men al
ready massed for action, others
coming up and still more being
dropped from planes in parachutes.
These reports came against the
background of air raids and stories
that loud speakers in front of Red
army positions in the Karelian is
thmus were blaring to opposing
Firms: Surrender within 48 hours
or. the Germans are comingr'
Other cities hit in today's all
raids included Hyvinkaa, railroad
junction some 80 miles north Of the
capital.
First Since Dec. 80
Today's were the first air rai(
casualties in Helsinki since Decem.
Der 80.
The first raid came at 2 p. m
e a. m. T1ST) and for two hours
there was an air raid alarm extend
ing for SO miles around the CAPT.
tai.
From a hill outside Helsinki ]
saw one flight of nine bombers
roar in from a southwesterly direc.
ton. They were about ten thousand
feet high.
Ten minutes later I saw min
bombers flying back south. Appar
emily it was the same squadron.
A big cloud of smoke puff d VI
on the horizon where the bombe-.
had been.
Passengers on a number of mot
orbuses, which had been halted b,
air defense guards and ordered t
the shelter of trees, got out al
watched calmly as the two-motor
ed bombers flew over.
Returning to the city, I foun
that most of the bombs had lan(c'
in the streets, making craters
yard deep.
Others landed in the water
merely breaking the thick ice.
A Reuters british news agency
dispatch later said Is persons wer
killed and II wounded in the al
raids today. Five hundred bomb
were reported dropped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
NAzIS TO LIMIT
RATIONS OF JEWS
Msat And Vegetable Cards
1nvalidated For Period
Ian, 15-Feb. II
D., P. LOCENER

-n1JN Jan. 13.- Up Ger
- Jews, already SUBJECTED. to
massive aIs restrictions, have receiv-
sh|nother shock in calling for ra-
Ed aords for the period of Jan.
X to Feb. II.
10 m.ov found that coupons for a
aI Of 125 grams almost four and
m half %ounces) of meat and all
,nons for podded vegetables such
poas, beans and lentils-were in
'raa+ed as far as they were con-
,erne3.
laval ration cards recently issued
s oil other Germans to enable
IN obtain certain extras when
~ Nq7i regime finds itself able to
something beyond the ordin-
y, daily allotment.
from time to time, for instance,
mall quantity of sweets may be
~nrchased upon presentation Of a
InaciaI card from which a coupon
SpSSN1
is clipped
1ews must have the letter J
-.on,ned on their ration cards, en-
ah1iro A tradesman to declare he
hos not in stock what the Jews
osk for or in other ways to dis
rriminate against them.
For certain foods not yet ra-
toned one must enter his name or
bis grocers or butchers list.
Poultry and fish, for instance, are
obtained after registration but
tradesmen with but few exceptions
vil1 not register Jews.
,Tews are barred from appearing
in stores or at markets before noon
and after . p. m. Most of the sup
niles on the market have been
sold by noon or only second-rate
Goods may be LETT.
Every German must have {
clothes card to obtain wearing ap-
narel but Jews have been denied
s,lcb cards on the grounds thai
they have been so well-to-do in the
past they undoubtedly have re-
serves on which to draw.
The Jews reply is that the seven
year-old nazi regime marks perio6
in which their standard of living
has dropped continuously and re-
stocking of clothing became al
most impossible.
Clothing Restricted
Those still possessing adequate
clothing say they will not be able
to keep it intact because they are
not able to buy thread or yarn ant
they do not know their shoe:
can be repaired once the soles are
worn out.
Jews are required to remain in.
doors after 5 o'clock each nigh
but the hardship of this is less thar
il might be since they are barred
anyway from the theater, concert:
and the opera.
However, many are now required
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
Four Youths Injured
As Car Leaves Road

Four young white men, all resi-
dents of Seagate, were slightly in
jured last night at about $50 o'clock
when their car ran off the Wrights'
vile highway and struck a tree.
They were: Archie Woodrow Lew
is, 20; Claude Bledson, 10; Johnnie
Pridgen, IT; and Paul Bats, 20.
None were seriously hurt, most
of their injuries consisting of cuts
and bruises. They were treated at
James Walker Memorial hospital
last night and released.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
Man, II, Sees First
Novelties 1t Fine

SALISBURY, Jan. 13.-F-Wil-
liam Allgood, of East Spencer, II
~years-old, last night saw his first
motion picture show, an action film
in a Spencer theatre. He liked II
so much that he went back today
to see a second picture program.
The mature citizen, a cooper in
his younger days, when barrel max
ing flourished as a manual indus
try, went to the pictures with his
grandson, r. B. Lowery, Jr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
Cotton Manufacturers
Will Meet On April Is

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 13.-R-W.
M. McLaurine, of Charlotte, secre.
tary-treasurer, announced today
that the Cotton Manufac c.
turers Association would holG
its 44th annual convention April
1921 at White Sulphur Springs,
WA. K. P. Lewis, of Durham,
is association president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
Halls To Open New
Store On Market st.

j. M. Hall and j.. M. (Mike) Hall,
Jr., will open a drugstore in the
timer building, 1917 Market street,
under the name, Halls Market
Street drugstore, on Or about Febru-
airy Is, it was announced by DR..
Hall last night.
He will continue to operate the
drugstore at Fifth and Castle and
his son will continue operation OF
the Carolina Beach establishment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
ABE'S CABINET
QUITS TOKYO
Continued From Page One)

\OoIltlHueO from rage Une)
essential war materials from Rus
STA move to the various bases of
Chinese resistance.
This route, 800 miles from Sian,
Shensi province, to the Siberian
border-has become as important to
China as her southwestern life
lines" to Burma and French Indo-
China.
Supplies come from Russia first
over the trans-Siberian and Turkish
railways. At Semi-Palatinsk, the
Turkish raiIhead, the goods are
trans-ship1ed by Russian trucks
across Sinkiang, over the Tien
Shan Celestial m%ountains) and then
through the historic Balloon Pass
to Ansi, northwest gateway into
China proper.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
Burley Prices Still
Under 1885 Average

GREENEVILLE, Tenn, Jan. Is.
-lR-Leaf markets throughout the
hurley tobacco belt have sold 3d..
00S,6 GIT pounds during the season
and poured $9,420,539 into the farm
ers' pockets.
The season average Of S16.24,
however, was well under last years
average when 65,843,6SS pounds sold
at this period brought $1S.19 per
hundredweight, the Austin Tobacco
company reported today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14

mington who wish to contribute may
obtain an envelope containing COM
Ter.
They are to be mailed to Presi.
dent Roosevelt, White House
Washington, D. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
R BROWN DIES

VALPARAISO, Ind, Jan. 13.-m
Mrs. Neva Axe Brown, IA, widow
of the late Henry Baker Brown,
founder Of Valparaiso university,
died today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14
PIT. A,

The Bolivia PIT. A. will meet on
Tuesday night in the Bolivia High
school auditorium. All parents and
friends are urged to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-14

A Reuters british news agency
dispatch later said 10 persons were
killed and II wounded in the air
raids today. Five hundred bombs
we're reported dropped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-08

There will be music, there will be red lights and political figures, big and small, Republicans, Demo- crats, Independents, etc, and Franco Americans in large mum. bers in evidence tonight when Cleo Bouchard and Maurice Rous. seau stage their little act.
 The gang, and they will all be there, will meet at The Elton at 8 o'clock this evening. Rousseau will climb into . wheel-barrow and then Cleo will start trundllng down South Main street. Next time he picks the Republicans to beat the Democrats he will be more conservative In his wagering. He was one of the many who went wrong in predictions Tuesday.
 Cleo is a prominent c. o. P. worker. MT. Rousseau believes in and works for the Democracy and its disciples.
 The parade tonight with the red lights. music and the one man passenger wheel-barrow, will end at the Franco American Club where the gang, Democratic, Re- publicans, Independents will meet and celebrate as Americans all!
 P.S.-Cleo wishes today that the Democrats didn't pave South Main street. "It would be more pleasing to me to push the wheelbarrow over the old Belgian blocks. Then . Maurice would know that he was being taken for a ride!" says Cleo with Q knowing grin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-08
PROMINENT GUESTS. AT MILITARY BALL
FIOriO Post to Hold Fourth
 Annual Event TOmOr- ,C* row Evening

A big-time floor show with Broad way favorites providing the spe- cialties will be feature tomorrow evening of the annual military ball of Florio Post, Italian American War Veterans. It will mark the fourth annual event arranged for ArmiStice Day eve and as in former years many prominent figures in military and civic life will be in at- tendance. Temple hall will be the scene of the festivities.
 Mayor Vincent A. Scully, National Commander and Mrs. Joseph L. Gaudierei of Columbus, Ohio, Ma tional Vice Commander Alleva of Pennsylvania, National Committee man Damiano SaSsi and other na- tional officers of New York and New Jersey will be numbered among the many prominent guests of the eve- ming.
 State Commander Anthony Yaca- vone and his staff will act as an es- cort to the national officers.
 Major Newton Alexander will di- rect the grand march. Following the floor show and dance, the visit ing officers will be entertained at a reception.
 Commander Eustacchio Schiappa and his committee are well pleased with the number of requests for re- servation and for the general pub lie interest shown in the success of the ball.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-08
REORGANIZATION
 OF INVERSION co.

New York, Nov. 8-(Up)-William 'Wardall, trustee for McKesson & Robbins, Inc, announced today that a plan for reorganization of the bankrupt drug and liquor firm has been filed in the U. s. District court for the Southern District of New York.
 McKesson {; Robbins has been under court supervision since late ia 1888 when the manipulations of the late F. Donald Coster- -Musica, then president of the firm, were exposed through series of fraud ulent inventory records. Coster-Mu- sica committed suicide in his Fair field, Conn.,, home on Dec. l6, 1888.
 The trustees plan for reorganiza- ton, filed less than two years af- ter his appointment by Federal Judge Alfred c. CoXe, was based on a revitalized company which showed in 1889 the highest net earnings in its histroy and which was reported even greater earnings so far this year