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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-02
BALTIMORE HOGS
(By The Associated Preas)

zzBBALT1MoRE,, March 1.-Q-
~. s. Dept, Agr.l-Hogs $50. 10
higher. ITO to 40 lbs. y5.S5 to 6.10;
practical top 6.10; 220 to 24Q lbs,
$50 to so; 140 to 100 lbs, $50 to
Is; $50 to 800 lbs. $40. to SIS; 100
to 140 lbs. $40 to 40. Packing sows
40 to 60. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-02
N. o. COTTONSEED OIL

NEW ORLEANS, March 1.-LP-
Cottonseed oil closed steady. Bleach
able prime summer yellow 700 nom;
prime crude 5.87 ~ to 500 NOM.
March 6.40b; May 6.51b; July c.G1b;
Sept. Sob.
Bid et
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-02
SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, March. 1.-tR-
The average price of middling Is,
16tls,inch' cotton at ten southern
spot markets was is points lower
at 10.74 cents a pound; average for
the last 80 market days was 1915.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-02
SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, March 1.-(R-
Spot cotton closed quiet rs points
lower. Sales 2,s23.
Low naiddling. s,sa:- middling
1914; good middling lilo; receipts
o; stock s13,o57.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-02
NEW YORK BUTTER

NEW YORK, March 1.-R-
Rutter; .ss4,sas, steady. Creamery,
higher than extra % 3.4-29 IL;
extra coz score) 2s ia; firsts (Ss'
.s1) II a,4-2s IA; seconds (s4,S7)
26 1877 IL,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-02
PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, March 1.-lR-
Peanut quotations: JuHabos =;
bunch 3 IS to 3 81; runners . 80
to 8 IL. Market remains quiet
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-02
Nr NEW ORLEANS COTTON

Gerry ORLEANS, March up
At $40 ciaims Of British reverses
encee long liquidation influ.
cents = u1cilnes Of more than fifty
today Csle in cotton futures here
a: net losing prices were steady
one Of 10 to IA points,
March open High Low Close
May ! la' 90 lis 11.O5 11.0s OF "A
July ID - io.9l 1881 1894 Off11
Yet, ~ io.oo 10.47 1919 Off 10
Dec. la s.sl 9.71 9.73 Oft 70
Jan. ba s.A9 $50 b9.57
slarch - b9.51
Nx4ll bs.4s
e~SiA. 49, 80 bass
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-02

CHARLOTTE COTTON
CHARLOTTE, March l.-R-
Spot cotton 1000. :.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-02

1t is reported that more than
$4,000 hours Lave been logged by
the 9310 students in the Civilian
Pilot training program, without a
serious accident Of any kind. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-02
CHICAGO LARD

CHCICAGO, March 1.-R3-Lard
tierces 6.02; loose 5.22; bellies 6.i2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-02

Miss Ruth Chambers,
famous cooking author.
ity, = member of the
staff of the National
Live Stock and Meat
Board. is to be the lee
turer for Pageant Of
Foods Cooking School.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
$1,000 Men Working
Al Fort Meade

Employment on the cantonment
at Fort Meade, Md, has reached
peak of 1000, it was learned today.
Work is being pushed forward as
fast as the weather will permit to
finish the construction Job by
February /.
The present employment is about
as big as the job will justify, it was
said. Rains of the last few days
have retarded work to some extent.
New roads are shaping up, however,
and rapid progress is being made on
sewers and water mains as the build
ing of barracks, mess halls and other
structures goes forward.
Because of double check on the
arrival of lumber for the job, more
than 100 lumber checkers formerly
employed by the Consolidated En-
gineering Co., contractor, have been
dismissed. it was learned, and the
checking job left entirely to Govern
ment representatives.
At first there had been a double
check, by both the Government and
the contractor, but to eliminate the
duplication, the contractors checkers
were dismissed. Some of them were
employed by the Government, which
Is supervising construction.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Stowe Thought War in Finland Was Tough,
But That Was Before He Saw Albania

ambulances, by motorcycle, by
trucks and once by hospital ship,
once-at o'clock in the morning
with a battery of Greek guns. Only
the abominable mountain weather
prevented us from returning by
aerial transport and reaching Athens
for Christmas eve.
During this time we have jour-
neyed through torrential rain and
driving, binding snow. When all
chances of hitchhiking failed we
walked, carrying our knapsacks and
provisions with us and sometimes
stopping along through several miles
of mud. 1t has been one of those
experiences which is wonderful to
reminisce about, but while it is
happening and every clearing sky
means bombers and more bombers-
I leave it to you.
For four nights we slept in a
hotel behind the front, hotel high
on the slopes, whose window panes
had all been blasted out by bomb
ings. Edmund Stevens of the
Christian Science Monitor went to
bed in his trousers and shirt. !
wore warm woolen socks, sweater
and my woolen scarf-something
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Ships Heading for Fiji
Are Ordered to Suvo

NEW YORK, Dec. u (P,.-Evi-
dence that the British are making
strenuous efforts to catch German
raiders operating in the South
Pacific was seen today in an an
nouncement that all ships heading
for Fiji Island ports must call first
at Suva for orders.
Navy headquarters here said the
new order becomes effective jan
uary /.
Shipping circles said control of
all vessels in the area would make
it difficult for raiders to provision
at small island ports.
1t was also believed that British
and Dutch naval forces had mined
certain areas in an attempt to trap
raiders,
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Gould Home Requisitioned
As Residence for Leahy
BY Radio to The Star.

BY Radio to The Star
VICHY, Dec. 27-As a private
residence for Admiral William D.
Leahy, newly-appointed American
Ambassador to Vichy, the French
government today requisitioned one
of Vichys best houses, the property
of Frank Jay Gould, situated on
Avenue Theremale. This house was
the residence of Edouard Herriot,
as president of the French Chamber
during the national assembly in
July.
Admiral Leahy is expected to
motor from the Spanish border to
Vichy. He will be received at the
French frontier by local authorities
only. The real reception will be
held in Vichy following the presen-
tation of his credentials.
The French are delighted with the
admiral's declarations to the Amer
ican press before he embarked.
However, they are definitely reticent
concerning the unconfirmed reports
from America to the effect that the
admiral is the bearer of a message
demanding naval and air bases for
the United States on Martinique.
(Copyrisht, 1910, Chicago Daily News. Inc)
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Parking Meter Thieves
Running Many Boxes,
Cutting D. {. Revenue
450 Robberies Reported
From 300 installations
Since July !

Thieves, swinging hammers to
crack open the Districts parking
meters, are putting dent in park
ing meter receipts, too, George H.
Kidwen, chief field examiner of the
auditors Office, reported to Acting
Auditor Arthur R. Pilkerton today.
The original 309 boxes, he said,
have dwindled to $50 in actual serv-
ice and this year are producing some
$500 less than last year. Thieves
nave rifled the boxes of 81 .OQo so far
this year.
The situation has brought rec
ommendation from Maj. Ernest w.
Brown, superintendent OF police,
that the coin boxes in the meters be
emptied daily. Some collections now
are made every other day. He said
daily collections would discourage
the practice of smashing the meters
and destroying the delicate and ex-
pensive mechanism.
District officials report $50 cases
of meter box breaking since last July
/, indicating that many of the orig
inal 300 have been cracked more
than once in the last half year A
total of $50 breaks were reported in
the five-week period from November
16 to Christmas. rate of 80 week.
Meters on E street in front of the
District Building are among those
out of service
officials say it costs $25 to replace
the mechanism of a meter. Since
the funds available are limited some
o fthe cracked boxes have not beer
replaced. The District maintains one
mechanic at $1,000 year to repair
meters. He uses about $700 a year
in materials.
Mr.. Kidwell reported that from
November II of last year to Novem-
ber Is of this year, the District col
lected $33,847.70 from meter users
or $5,474.30 less than receipts for the
preceding 12-month period.
Evening star., 1940-12-27

the war, perhaps a condensed sum-
mary of a typical trip to the
Albanian war zone should be given
to American readers. They should
understand that no one but a fool
would go there merely for excite
ment and that no newspaperman
will return there, or remain there,
=" c'-v other reason than that 1t
is job which has to be done, and
that the outside world is entitled
to know what this war is really like.
During these IL days we have been
caught inevitably in several bomb
ings and have had at least four
bombs fall within go yard of us.
We were under shell fire all one day
and had two shells burst within 40
feet of us two days later. All this
time, we were doing our level best
to save our families from having
their Christmas ruined completely
by one of those brief cable messages
which ought to bear black border.
OF course, we were also trying to
preserve our hides because of a
long established affection, however
misconceived, for our own partic-
ular contours.
In order to get to and from the
front, we have Travelled by motor
cars, by ferry boats, by Red Cross
Evening star., 1940-12-27
British Are Poised
To Deliver Final
Bardia Assault
English Delay Aseribed
To Desire to Hold
Down Troop Losses
BY the Associated Press.

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 27.-Fall Of
the beleaguered Libyan port of
Bardia awaits only the go-ahead
signal of Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wa
veil, military circles declared today
as British planes and big guns con-
tinued their steady bombardment OF
the estimated 10000 italian troops
encircled there.
These sources expressed belief that
the town could have been taken at
any time within the past few days
by direct assault, but said the Brit
ish commander was unwilling to
sacrifice more troops than necessary.
Sir Archibald has been conducting
his entire campaign in North Africa,
during which the Italians were
cleared out of Egypt in lightning
thrust that yielded more than 5000
prisoners. on the policy of achieving
the greatest gains with the least
possible loss.
Pending orders for the final as
sault upon Bardia, the Royal Air
Force sought to counter the at
tempts of Italian flyers to harass
British ground forces by striking
heavily at Fascist air bases far to
the West
Reports from the front indicated
that every effort was being made to
sweep the Italians from the air.
A recent increase in Italian aerial
activity, as we'll as the tactics en-
ployed by the Fascist bombers, led
to speculation among the British
that a new air commander had
taken charge On this front.
While the situation around Bardia
apparently has not changed much in
the last day or so, British mecha-
nized units we're said to be keeping
the Italians outer defenses under
steady pressure, thus contributing
to the general "softening up" process
at which the aerial and artillery
bombardment has been aimed
British military men said the Ital-
ians were making no attempt to
(See EGYPT, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Fire Damages Building
Freauented by Migrants

A short-lived fire that sent clouds
Of oily smoke billowing toward the
Capitol broke out shortly before 10
am. today on the third floor OF a
vacant building at ATS Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
The premises formerly were occu-
pied by the Tschiffely Wholesale
Drug Co. and in recent years have
been a haven for vagrants, accord
ing to police Most of the smoke
came from old rags and papers
strewn about the floor.
Flames licked at the rafters before
they were finally eXtinguished, but
the damage was dismissed as neg
hgible since the building is one
of a row due to be razed.
One fireman was slightly injured.
His hand was cut on a broken VIM
dow.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Cantonment Costs
To Top Estimates by
Millions, Carey Says
Expert Declares There
Is No Begging Down
Of Program, However
Bv the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27-William F.
Carey, Defense Commission expert
on contonment construction said to-
day that new Army camps now being
built east of the Mississippi River
would exceed their estimates of
original cost "by millions of dol
lars"
Moreover. he said, it would be
necessary to add "a month or six
weeks" to the estimated construc-
ton times of the various units.
Returning from a three month
survey, Mr.. Carey emphasized, how
ever. that there was no begging
down" of the construction program
and declared that what has been
accomplished is nothing short of a
marvellous achievement, in my opin-
ion'
-Four factors were responsible for
the increase in cost and time esti-
mates, he explained.
These, he said, were:
l. Heavy expansion of facilities
after estimates were made.
2. Original estimates were made
too low anyhow"
3. Adverse elements of weather.
cold in the North and rain in the
South.
4. The necessity of working under
high pressure, resulting in an in
crease of the cost per item beyond
the normal.
Il want to emphasize, however, .
MIR. Carey went on, that there has
been no real delay. Men are work.
ing all day and far into the night
to complete these camps
He said he found no evidence of
a single job where union difficulties
have resulted in stoppage or delay
of work"
His survey trips have taken him
into the cantonments of Florida,
Georgia. the Carolinas, Virginia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
York and Massachusetts,.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Prince Olaf Says Nozis Seized
$4,000 YuIe Cakes in Norway
Germans Living on Fat Of the Land, While
Morse Resistance Mounts, He Stotes

day visit to his family. declared that
despite the grave difficulties which
the Norwegians are suffering from
the war, they have proudly refused
to yield to the temporary master Of
Norway" He added:
we are carrying on our fight for
freedom and independence side by
side with Great Britain. Our con-
tinued fight is strengthened by our
firm conviction that the day will
come when Norway shall regain her
freedom and independence
Il would like to take this oppor-
tunity to thank the American people
for the hospitality they have so gen.
erously shown to the Crown Princess
and our children, and for the SYM
pathy and understanding given to
the great cause we are fighting for y
The Crown Princess Martha and
their three children-Princess Ragn-
(See OLAF, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1940-12-27
By BLAIR BOLLES,

Crown Prince Olaf of Norway said
at a press conference at the Nor
wegian Legation today that the
Germans occupying his country had
requisitioned few days before
Christmas $4,000 Christmas cakes
baked with -four originally meant
for NorWays own sick people.
The Germans are trying to live
on the fat of the land in Norway"
Crown Prince Olaf said, "as long as
there is any fat to live on"
Nevertheless, he said, reports reach
ing him and his father, King
Haakon, in London show that Nor
wegian passive resistance to the in
vader is growing, because the Nor
wegians are too much a demo-
cratic people to want to be changed
into machines as the Germans have
been"
The blond Prince, here for holi-
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Ford Motor Contracts
Opposed by Labor
Are Now in Effect
War Department Guided
By Defense Commission
Statement in September
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
War Department contracts with
the Ford Motor Co.. totaling more
than 100000 and criticized by
labor representatives. were said to-
day by department officials to be
now in effect.
The contracts, for midget scout
cars and passenger vehicles. were
announced as awarded on Novem-
ber o. There arose an immediate
outcry from labor leaders and Sid
ney Hillman, labor member of the
new Office for Defense Production,
challenged the award.
Mr.. Hillman protested that there
had been a Labor Board finding of
unfair labor practices against the
company (which has appealed the
finding). Labor officials have con-
tended that Government contracts
should require compliance with all
Federal labor laws.
Signings Not Confirmed.
No one at the War Department
would say specifically today whether
the Ford contracts had been signed,
spokesmen simply describing them
as "in effect"
They added an explanation that
the whole matter of defense labor
(See FORD. Page A-30
Evening star., 1940-12-27
japanese Return Goods
Taken From U. S. Firm
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCldVeu PTeSS.
HANOI, French Indo-C China, Dec.
27.-French officials reported today
a detachment of Japanese sailors
entered the warehouse of the Amer
ican Far East Trading Co. at
Haiphong and hauled away a guam
tity of automobile tires and other
merchandise in an armored car, but
returned all the goods after a protest
had been made.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Without Information
On SheIIinq, London SAYS

LONDON, Dec. q tP.-British
sources in London said today they
were without information as to the
shelling of Nauru, in the South
Pacific, other than the announce
ment by Australian Prime Minister
Robert G.. Menzies.
They pointed out that Nauru is
a guano island rich in nitrates but
without strategic importance. They
said it was known that German
raider was operating in that general
part of the Pacific in recent months.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Raider Shells
British Isle
In Pacific
Attoeker Displays
japanese Name "
And CoIorss
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 81
A sea raider sailing under a
Japanese name and flying Japanese
colors heavily shelled the British
inundated Island of Nauru shortly
after daybreak today, it was an
nounced by Prime Minister Robert
G. Menzies.
Why raider should single out
this 5,400-acre atoll near the equator
for a bombardment was unex-
planned. However, as a guano
island, Nauru is valuable for its
phosphates.
(As for the attack itself, British
sources in London could 60 no
further than Menzies' announce
ment, but they said a German
raider is known to have been
operating in that part of the
Pacific in recent months. Even
so, the reported display of the
Japanese flag was unexplainedJ
No Casualties Reported.
Buildings and a plant on the island
were said to have been damaged
heavily. The type of plant was not
specified but Nauru is known to
have radio stationD No casualties
were reported, however.
''Nauru is entirely undefended
against such an attack" Menzies
declared in statement, "and must
be so under the League of Nations
mandate.
The enemy knows this fact which
removes any justification for his
action, which is greater crime be-
cause 1t was made under neutral
colors The raider attacked under
a Japanese name and Japanese
colors-those of country with
whom we are at peace"
Former German Colony.
Nauru is a former German island
which was surrendered to Australian
forces in 1914 and which has been
administered by British under a
mandate approved by the League of
Nations in 1920. 1t is an atoll sur
rounded by reef which is exposed
at low tide and lies in the Pacific
about 1900 miles southwest OF
Hawaii and only rs miles south of
the Equator. To the north of it
are the Japanese-mandated Mar
shall Islands.
Nauru is chiefly valuable for its
phosphate deposits of which it ex-
ports nearly 100000 tons a year.
It's population in April, 1899, was
1877 Europeans, 1851 Nauruans, 29
other Pacific islanders and l,5l6
| Chinese.
On December 16 New Zealand
Prime Minister Peter Fraser dis
closed that wreckage of a small
steamer had been found on the
shore of Chatham Island, $50 miles
east of New Zealand, and said there
had been indications of a German
raider operating in that area of the
South Pacific
/ At Honolulu a member of the
crew of the City of Rayville, Ameri-
can steamship sunk of Australia
apparently by mine, said he be-
lieved that three or four German
surface raiders were operating in
the South Pacific.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
B IIetins S

NEW YORK Mackay
Radio picked up a distress call
from the British steamer Ardan-
bhan which reported she had
been torpedoed at 1:02 pm.
eastern Standard Time) today.
An investigation of activities
of the District Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control Board, with par
ticular attention to its policies
on price discrimination, is being
considered by the Anti Trust Di-
vision of the Department of JUS
tice, it was learned today. Def
mite action is awaiting availability
of an investigator in the divi-
sion, it was said.
Earlier story on Page BID
BERLIN (P.-A British ship
of 5000 to 10000 tons was hit
by two German bombs today in
a shipping area east of the
Thames Estuary, DNB, official
German news agency, reported.
It said the vessels boiler room
exploded.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
r. A. F. Hammers
Al Invasion Port
OF Bordeaux
Dover Area Is SheIIed
By kozi Big Guns as
YuIe Truce Ends
BULLETIN.

LONDON (P,.-The Air Min
istry announced late today that
British bombers attacked the
German submarine base at Lori
ent, France, and airdromes in
Brittany today, the second day of
a daylight offensive.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 27.-Small forces
of British bombers hammered at
targets IN the invasion port" OF
Bordeaux, German-occupied France,
last night and attacked several air
dromes in daylight yesterday, it was
announced officially today.
The revival of the air war after a
Christmas truce which was marred
for Britain yesterday only by one
plane bombing of the Island OF
Sheppey was followed by burst of
activity by German long-range guns
Nazi big guns fired for 212 hours
at the Dover area but the Press
ASSOCld oIUIl Shlu tliClC Woo AiO uoi1A
age or casualties"
"a Berlin dispatch asserted
shipping in the English Channel
and the Port of Dover were
shelled "effectively")
London Area Bombed.
The Press Association reported a
German warplane reached an area
near London in midmorning today,
but was driven back by anti-aircraft
fire.
The Press Association also said
high explosive and incendiary bombs
fell in a town in the home counties
(the area around London).
Following the quiet of the Christ
mas holidays. there was considerable
air activity over the southeast coast
today.
At dawn British reconnaissance
planes were seen patrolling the coast
and the English Channel. In mid
morning a single German raider
flew in from the Channel ano
dropped a few bombs that fell harm.
(See LONDON, Page A-14)
Evening star., 1940-12-27

pretty toug h.
But this war in
the A b a nian
mountains, a t
this time of the
year, is worse
than anything I
h ope to see
a g a in. Quite
frankly, it Is a
relief to know
that this trip is
behind me ana
I'll be bound for
Egypt soon.
In fairness to
the few corre-
spondents who
Evening star., 1940-12-27
5000 Clothing Workers
End Strike in Britain
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 27.-Five thousand
clothing workers decided today "in
the national interest" to end their
six-day strike over an army uni
form factory's refusal to dismiss one
man, Albert Lazenby, after he had
been expelled from his union for
alleged breaches of union disci-
pline."
Evening star., 1940-12-27
By LELAND STOWE,

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
ATHENS, Dec. % Delayed We
have just returned from a 12-day
trip to the Albanian front. These
IL days have imposed a great phys
ical strain and more incessant dan
ger than anything I have expert
enced throughout 16 months of the
European conflict.
We thought the Russo Finnish
war and the Finnish winter were
Evening star., 1940-12-27

still have to take 1t, covering the
Greco-Italian front for the rest OF J
Evening star., 1940-12-27

(see TRIP. Page A-21
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Weather Forecast

Occasional rain tonight; lowest about
48; tomorrow moderate to heavy rain;
not much change in temperature. Tenn
peratures today-Highest, So. at pm:
lowest, so, at 6 am.
From the United states Weather Bureau report
Full Details on Page Az.
Evening star., 1940-12-27

(See GREEK, Page A-140
Evening star., 1940-12-27

(See FORD, Page ABB
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(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-12-27

(See OLAF. Page A-3)