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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
SENATE PASSES BILL
Will Oppose Transfer OF
Western Hemisphere Land
Among Non-Americans

WASHINGTON, June IL Up -
LEGISLATION warning that the Unit
ed States would not "acquiesce' in
the transfer of Western Hemls-
phere colonies from one non-Ameri-
can nation to another was hustled
through the senate unanimously to-
dav a few hours after word came
that France was asking peace with
Germany.
The house planned to act on the
same legislation tomorrow-the day
upon which Hitler and Mussolini
meet to decide what peace terms
will be imposed on France.
76 To 0 Vote
The senate approved the legisla-
ton by rs to 0 vote after Senator
Connally (D-Tex) had insisted such
a declaration of policy was smpera-
tive and that "cognizant of our own
safety, the United States cannot
COl0Tdl0 lIl0 tIduSlCl VI IliSoS PoN'
sessions either by negotiation or by
the sword.
The legislation said:
"Resolved by the senate and
house of representatives of the
United States of America in con-
gress assembled, G that the Unit
ed States would not recognize any
transfer, and would not acquiesce
in any attempt to transfer, any
geographic region of the Western
Hemisphere from one non Amerl-
can power to another non-Ameri-
can power; and
"(2) That if such transfer or at
tempt to transfer should appear
likely, the United States shall, in
addition to other measures. i'm
mediately consult with the other
American republics to determine
upon the steps which should be
taken to safeguard their common
interests"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
MEETING SLATED
Hitler And II Duce Expect.
ed To Draft Terms For
Frances Surrender
METZ FORT TAKEN
GERMANY

BERLIN, June 17-(P)-Adolf Hit
Ter and his axis partner, Premier
Mussolini, will meet, probably to-
somewhere in western Eu-
rope, to decide the fate of prost'
rate France and dictate terms to
the republic which lay crushed to-
night under the German military
machine.
Mussolini was speeding northward
from Rome to an unannounced des-
tination for what promised to be a
history-making conference with Hit
Ter. Decisions influencing the French
destiny possibly for generations
were expected.
(Rome dispatches said Mussolinis S
destination was Munich, scene of
the 1888 partitioning Of Czecho-
Slovakia by the four powers-Brit-
tain, Germany, Italy and France
but the reference to somewhere
in western Europe" was taken to
mean that the fate of France might
be decided at Versailles, where
World war victors dicated peace to
Germany
Metz Fort Taken
Meanwhile, the crumbling of
French military resistance went on
apace. The mighty French fortress
at Metz fell before German on
slaughts this afternoon, the German
high command reported.
In the east, France virtually was
wide open to tremendous blows which
Germany's unexhausted forces were
in position to strike.
The position Of France seemed
dark and from a military point of
view there remained only faint glim-
mers of desperate hope.
The request for terms by Mar
shall Henri Philippe Petain, France S
new premier, appeared to be a mere
formality and the prospects we're
that he and France would be oblig-
led to accept whatever decision the
axis powers may impose and be re-
signed to impotence for the dura-
ton of the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
Solons Asked
To Authorize
s. arshiips
New Deal Adds Huge, New
Naval Building Program
To Defense Plans
COSTS $1,20o,ooo,ooo
Congressmen Vinson And
Walsh Introduce Bills
For Increased Navy

VAsHINGTON, June 17-R-
The administration added a huge,
rpu naval building program to its
iefense plans today, asking con-
sress to authorize construction of
~ additional warships in the next
fo,,r wears at an estimated cost
Of sl,2OO,OOO, 900.
Coming on the heels of an II per
cent naval expansion previously
authorized, the new program was
accepted generally on capitol hill
as a move toward increasing
American sea power to the point
where it could meet simultaneous
threats in Atlantic and Pacific.
Mighty Armada
Its completion in 1914 would give
the United States a mighty armada
Of 6l8 vessels, far greater naval
power than this or any other ma.
lion ever has had. With compile.
ton Of the new program and pres
emily authorized construction, the
feet would list:
26 battleships, II airplane car.
Tiers, 10 cruisers, 1888 destroyers,
and ITO submarines.
This compares with the present
fleet of is battleships, five airplane
carriers, IS cruisers, 219 destroy.
ers and 95 submarines.
The request for the additional
naval expansion took the form OF
simple introduction of adnlinistra.
ton'sponsored bills by Representa-.
tive Vinson (D-Ga) an dSenator
Walsh D-Mass), the chairman Of
The house and senate naval com.
nittees.
World conditions, Vinson said,
make it absolutely imperative
hat the navy be built up as rapidly
as possible"
He said that about $50, 900, ,00(
would be required to finance q
start Of this program during the
hScal year beginning July l and
Vlontlnued on Page Three; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
FORCES ARE SPLIT
French Navy Reported In
tact And Air Force Still
Termed Powerful
PRAISE ALLIES
FRANCE

BORDEAUX, June 17-(RHThe
armies of France fought on tonight
along the whole confused front af-
ter their government asked Adolf
Hitler for terms of peace and re.
ceived no immediate reply.
With what strength of men and
munitions was left after IL days
of ceaseless retreat against heavy
odds, the exhausted French still
defantly demanded "an honorable
peace" as the condition of sur
render.
Fighting Violent
A French night communique said
the fighting still was violent, that
French resistance continued, and
that there had been no letup in
the fierce Nazi onslaught south and
east from the River Loire.
Military spokesmen admitted,
however. that the front was dis
organized and that the Germans
had split the French forces into
four ribbons.
Hardest fighting was reported in
the vicinity of Orleans, along the
Loire river, rs miles south Of
Paris (The Germans said they
had taken Orleans and crossed the
LoireD The French communique
told of desperate resistance all
along the middle Lore, but said
German spearheads still stabbed
deeper into France in the region of
Dion and Autun, east of the Loire,
$50 to ITS miles southeast of Paris.
The French admitted German
mechanical units had pushed into
the departments of Doubs and Jura
west of the Swiss frontier.
eat all points of contact" the
communique said, "our troops still
are fighting with the same bravery
for the honor of the flag"
Navy Intact"
The French radio said late to-
night that the French navy was
intact" and that the French air
force was Intact and powerful.
1--WE are ready to lay down arms
if we can get an honorable peace"
declared the new foreign minister,
Paul Baudoin, in a broadcast to
the world over the French radio.
but we are never ready to
accept shameful conditions which
mean the end of the spiritual free
dom of our people.
IF we are given the choice be-
tween resistance and honor, the
French army and the whole French
people will know what to do. .
Baudoin spoke as Adolf Hitler
and Italy's Premier Benito Musso-
| Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
FAIRMONT TOMATO
SALES ARE GOOD
Sales Supervisor Stafford
Saws Prices Satisfac-
tory To Growers

FAIRMONT, June 1.-THE Fair
mont tomato market sold over 1,4O0
bushels of high quality tomatoes aft
er a late start today at prices which
c. B. Stafford, sales supervisor, said
were satisfactory to the growers
The average field run of tomatoes
sold for 70 cents per bushel. The to-
matoes were bought right off the
platform in field baskets.
Buyers described the quality as
very high" for the first days sales.
First tomatoes are usually of low
quality.
Stafford sal dthat the first days
sales indicated that heavy sales Will
he held each day during the season,
fContinued on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
AMERICAS TRADE
PLAN CONSIDERED
Vast Cartel System Would
Be Used To Block Nazi
Economic Domination

WASHINGTON, June 17.-tR-A
vast Cartel system to handle ex-
ports of Latin-American products
and block Nazi domination in this
hemisphere was under consideration,
officials said today, as group Of
government ledaers held an hour
and-a-half conference on hemisphere
trade problems.
The plan appeared to contemplate
la hemisphere cartel to control the
prices of such products as wheat,
cotton, beef, coffee and "copper"
Pan American effort to protect the
hemisphere in the economic field as
the Monroe doctrine safeguards it
from European political penetration.
It probably would take the form
of a huge corporation, or other
agency, to be subsidized by this
country which would buy up exports
Of Central and South America, and
perhaps Canada, and resell them to
Continued on Page Three; Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
KNOX IS ARRESTED
IN DYNAMITE PLOT
Thirty Truck Passengers
And Driver Escape Death
By An Inch And Half

Robert Knox, negro, is scheduled
to be given preliminary hearing this
in recorders court follow
ing his arrest yesterday on a charge
of secret assault with intent to kill.
His bond has been set at $4,000.
The negro was reported to have
placed three sticks of dynamite in
the path of a truck owned by the
Swift Fertilizer works in an attempt
to destroy the truck, it's driver and
thirty passengers.
The warrant /on which Knox was
arrested charges that he did plan,
plot and connive to blow up and
CONTINUED OH Page Three; Col. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18

Tass, official Soviet news
agency, said the governments
reasons were that Lithuania,
Latvia and EstOnia made a
military agreement directed
against the U. S. S. r." vio-
lated pacts with Russia, held
secret conferences, and sought
to bring Finland into a Baltic
There was no opposition to
the steady stream of Soviet
soldiers and mechanical equip
ment that poured in from the
east and northeast.
Governments of the three ma
tions were being reorganized.
were participating in reorgan-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
AERO CLUB VISIT
PLANS COMPLETED
Preparations Also Made
For First Section OF Wa
ter Carnival At Beach

All arrangements have been COM
ptled for the first section of the
annual Wrightsville Beach Water
@fhlVal and the visit of the Caro-
AAa Aero club, both to be this week.
eAu' 1t was announced last night by
fFed Willetts, president, and Ber-
ndld I'd solomon, executive director of
u7 Water Carnival association.
lhe Carolina Aero club will make
"lImnston W and Wrightsville Beach
ule terminus point of it's three-day
''i Jour of the state. The fliers will
se entertained at a dance at Lumina
>''uFaay night by the local Junior
Nohl nued on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
BRITAIN

LONDON, June IL up -
Great Britain flung into nazi
Germany's teeth tonight the de-
fiant decision to fight on alone
-"unconquerable> - from the
little Island seat of world wide
empire.
Prime Minister winston
Churchill, in a two minute radio
address, said the fight would
go on until the curse of Hitler
is lifted from the brows of
mankind"
He told his people that they
now have become "the sole
champions in arms to defend
the world cause.
Speaking for the British EN-
pire, he declared:
eve shall do our best to be
worthy of this high homer"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18

There were reports, too, in
the Swedish press that Russian
soldiers were being concentra-
ted in Soviet eastern Poland.
Results of the broadening Of
Russia's armed influence could
not be f0ret0ld Immediately.
Reasons for the moves were
given by the Moscow govern
ment in three notes to Lithu-
ania, entered by troops Satur-
day, and Latvia and Estonia,
occupied at dawn today.
The notes demanded that the
countries allow free entry of
Soviet troops and reOrganize
their government
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
DUCE LEAVES ROME
Secret Surrounds His De-
parture For Conference
With Hitler Today
ITALY JUBILANT
ITALY

ROME, June IL Up Premier
Mussolini left blacked-out Rome to-
night on a dimly-hghted train to
confer with Adolf Hitler at Munich
tomorrow on the joint peace terms
they will put before France.
Secrecy surrounded the departure
of the private train and few saw
the premier leave.
Before taking the train, Mussolini
had a long conference with Mar
shal Pietro Badoglio, chief of the
general staff of Italian armed forces
Follows Brenner Meet
Such a meeting by the two wal
lords would come exactly three
months after their secret 2 IL houl
talk in Brenner Pass, on the Ger
manhattan border, which preceded
Germany's blitzkrieg on Scandina
via and western Europe.
(In Berlin, there was speculation
that Hitler and Mussolini might NEE
at Versailles, seat of treaties end
ing the war of 1870 triumphantly fol
Germany and the World war, whe1
the reich was beaten.)
Mussolinis foreign minister ant
son-in-law, Count Galezzo Ciano
flew back from the front today tt
confer with II Duce. Count Ciano ac
companied Mussolini to the meet
ing with Hitler, who will be accom-
panied by the German foreign min
lister, Joachim Won Ribbentrop.
The Rome radio announced tina
Mussolini and Ciano left Rome to
night for an undisclosed destination
It was presumed they were en- rout'
to meet Hitler.
| The mention of Munich as tn,
meeting place of the dictators re
called that it was there in Septem
ber, 1888, that Hitler and Mussolini
with Neville Chamberlain, thel
British prime minister, and Edouar'
Daladier, then French premier, ar
ranged the settlement which event
ually doomed Czecho-Slovakia
Italy Jubilant
| Word that the French were suins
for peace with Germany caused F.;
fash of jubilation throughout Italy
Thousands of Italians took it ss ;
sign that the war-which they enter
ed at the call of Mussolini just {
week ago-soon would be over.
At the same time, the Italian hjgl
command reported aerial assault
on Allied naval bases and tlyins
fields yesterday in Malta, Corsica
and Tunisia.
Although italian forces have beer
reported active on land, especial,
in pushing beyond the Alpine border
into France, Italy has been lighting
principally in the air.
New posters which were plasteree
on the walls of Rome quoting It.
allan heroes On the Italiapism O.
Nice, now belonging to France, in
dicated the Fascists intended to claim
that city along with the French re
gion of Savoy. Both once belonged
to Italy.
Corsica, the island off western
Italy, Tunisia, in Africa, and il
butt, the French-held port which il
the terminus of the only railroad
running to Italy's Ethiopian POS
Continued on Page Three, Col. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
RY THOMAS F. HAWKINS

RY THOMAS F. HAWKINS
STOCKHOLM, June 17-R-
Soviet Russia, which won I'M
portant military concessions
from Finland by war, rushed
troops and tanks tonight to new
Raltic bases seized from Lat
via. Estonia and Lithuania by
ultimatum.
The full military occupation
Of the three little nations made
them an armed camp for So
Wet troops, gave the Russians
unchallenged command Of the
eastern end of the Baltic sea,
and put Red armies close to
German frontiers
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
FRANCE ASKS HONORABLE TERMS;
DLC7ATORS WILL DECIDE ITS FATE;
BRITISH SAY WILL FIGHT ON ALONE
Churchill Declares Will
Battle Hitler To Finish

Shortly after he spoke, the
British government announced
that in the last dark hours of
yesterday, before France asked
her nazi foe for peace, Britain
had offered to unite with
France as one nation to con-
tinue the struggle.
The ''indissOluble" union
would have been complete, with
one government, all-imclusive
citizenship and joint organs of
defense, foreign, financial and
economic policies.
Apparently the French reject
ed the offer. thus bringing
about fall of Premier Paul Rey-
naud's cabinet and the sub
sequent French pie, for peace
with Germany.
This development made il
lainer than ever that England
herself is menaced by the triple
threat of blockade, lombard
n.-a Col o
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
U.S.WillNot' 'Acquiesce'
In Transfer OF Colonies
French Mediterranean
Fleet, Italians Clash

LONDON, June 18.-(Tuesday)
-LR)-The Bordeaux cOrrespOn-
dent of the Daily Mail reported
today the French Mediterranean
fleet, acting under orders of Adj
miral Jean Darlan, has had
major engagement with the Ital-
ian fleet.
The correspondent said it was
understood that the Italians sui
fered heavy losses, but added
that it was not clear when the
engagement occurred.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
REDS RUSH TROOPS AND TANKS TO NEW
BASES IN LATVIA, ESTONIA, LITHUAN1A

Tass reported that "ex-presi-
dent" Antantas Smetona and
other Lithuanian officials fled
across the border into Germ
ny and were interned.
The populaces of the cOun-
tries were described as calm.
The Soviet feet entered the
Bay of Riga, between Latvia
and Estonia, and troops Occu-
pied military garrisons along
the coast and in the principal
Allehanda reported Berlin re-
action to the moves was "rath-
er reserved" and mot exactly
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-18
WEATHER

y,. FORECAST
dsy Vatn I'm Carolina: Partly cloudy Tues
IN tba anu Wednesday, scattered showers
day rAc mountains in north portion Tues
.Ddina chronological data for the "a hours
80 p. m. yesterday.
lon Temperature
n 'Sg SS. a; m: II; 7:30 a. m. 70; 1 80 p.
minin,r.. ~ p. m. 70; maximum 81;
A'0in "A; mean 30; normal II.
l.90 Humidity
n, g. d. m. 80; 7:3O a. m. 81; 1 80 p.
''' ';50 p. m. 81.
Toto, Precipitation
o0s inoh tor "A hours ending Z 80 p. M,
month bAcnes; a total since first of the
'"'n' 24S inches.
Tides For Today
Wilmin.t High Low
Dstoh -------- 8:17a 3:12a
Masonboro , s:53p s:26p
"0ofo Inlet ---- 6:O6a 6:10a
sun,iso s:4sp Il :16p
nse npqi7ss s:1sa 5:ooa; sunset 7:2sp: moon
-'p' moonset 3:5Sa.
''l'ued on page Three, Col. .
Evening star., 1940-10-09

tissues or mixtures of tissues were
used in preparing the vaccines and
the procedure of inactivation was
altered in number of ways.
Most OF these preparations
proved to be entirely ineffective.
1t has been possible, however, to
prepare vaccines capable of pro-
ducing active immunity in ferrets
against influenza virus. Ferrets
which were given these vaccines
and subsequently inoculated in
tranasally with 1000 infectious
doses showed neither the typical
signs of infection not an increase
in neutralizing antibodies. indicat-
ing concluSively that no infection
by the virus had occurred Because
of the number of variables which
are related to the production of an
effective vaccine of this kind. much
more study will be required to
determine the conditions under
which an effective immunizing
preparation can be regularly pro-
duced
This vaccine was also vested on
small groups of human volunteers.
1t was found that a vaccine pre-
pared from the tissues of ferrets
suffering from concurrent infec-
tlonS with influenza virus and the
strain of distemper virus isolated
from spontaneously infected ferrets
produced definite increase in anti
bodies neutralizing influenza virus
in every instance. Another lot OF
vaccine prepared identically but
using strain of distemper virus
recently isolated from the spleen OF
an infected dog failed to stimulate
influenza anti-body production in
human volunteers. Experiments are
in progress to determine the dura-
ton of the demonstrable immunity
in man produced by the complex
vaccine"
Army and Navy Interested.
The Army, Navy and Public
Health Service are greatly inter-
ested in the vaccine and a plentiful
supply of it can be assured in any
emergency, If tests preve it as eff
cacious as now is hoped 1t can be
prepared in incubating hens eggs
in practically unlimited quantities.
Minute amounts of the two viruses
are introduced through the shell
into the yolk of an egg which has
been incubated for few days. The
hole in the shell is then sealed and
the incubation process allowed to
proceed for few more days. Dur
ing this time there is a great in
crease in the combined virus which
can be extracted. killed with for
maldehyde and injected in human
beings.
The possibility of flu epidemic
this winter is questionable. but the
Public Health Service has its fingers
crossed. The pattern is similar to
that of 1918. The start then was
mild epidemic in Puerto Rico.
which, according to evidence now
accumulated. spread to the United
States in mild form. The virus was
Evening star., 1940-10-09
three hours before making their
.raI Within Draft Limit

three hours before making their
selections.
Several Within Draft Limit.
The average age Of the appointees
is So, including those who are within
the draft age limits and probably
will be replaced.
A number Of officers Of afflliated
bodies of the Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations and the Fedora
ton of Civic Associations were
named to the boards, and the men,
bership of the Washington Board
Of Trade was well represented.
More than so Of the appointees
have seen service Of various nature
in former wars and many have
sons of draft age.
Four named to the boards were
foreign born, with Russia. Great
Britain, Italy and Poland their re-
spective native lands. They, of
course. have become naturalized
Americans.
Native Washingtonians among the
appOintees exceeded IS. while many
were born in nearby Maryland and
Virginia. More than 20 are en-
ployed in the Government service.
The legal and medical professions
are represented among those named.
with the former including approx
mately one-sixth Of the entire list.
Three appo:ntees are clergymen.
Those engaged in private business
and public utilities exceeded 40.
Cards to BE Numbered.
After registration next week the
draft boards will shuttle all registra-
ton cards and number them, begin
ming with a" Later, using an Or
| der OF numbers to be determined
by a national lottery, the boards
will arrange to call men to fill
quotas in the respective areas.
The calls will be made after the
boards have mailed questionnaires
to registrants as their numbers are
drawn and classified them accord
ing TO availability, the number OF
dependents. if any, whether the in
dividual holds position essential to
the national defense and physical
defects which might prevent mill
tary service.
Evening star., 1940-10-09
Mistakes Mar
Appointments 10
ID. {. Draft Board
5 Appointees Are Within
Age Limits; One Left
City to Join Navy

(Continued From First Page)
Evening star., 1940-10-09
Way Opened for Pneumonia.

Flu, per Sc, is a mild disease,
lasting about three days. While
different types cause different reac-
tions, one common to all, in both
Evening star., 1940-10-09

carried to Europe by American
troops and its outbreak in the Ger
man Army in the spring of 1918 may
have been partly responsible for the
Allied victory in the fall. 1t definite
" DELAYED the German advance on
Paris until American troops got into
action. In Europe the virus gained
in virulence and in its most virulent
form came back TO the United
States. The result was perhaps the
worst epidemic the country has
known in a century.