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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
Merchants Of State
See Better Business

RALEIGH, Jan. 5.-R-Willard
Dowell, secretary of the North Caro-
lima Merchants association, said to-
day that new year forecasts of re-
tail merchants in the state in 1910
ARE decidedly mor cheerful and
optimistic than at any time during
the past decade"
Reports to him from leading and
representative merchants in every
section of the state "are practically
of one accord in predicting that 1910
will be a good year." said Dowell,
and that retail business will i'm
prove despite the European war and
uncertainties of the presidential
election.
Forecasts that 1910 business would
be 10 to Is per cent ahead of 1889
are not unusual" Dowell said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
Armstrong To Tangle
With Montanez Jan. "a

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 5.-El-Welter.
weight Champion Henry Armstrong
who schedules title defenses in
series and keeps all dates-will bat
tie Pedro Montanez in New York
Jan. "a, Haunting the scalp OF the
man who one inspired him to DC
big-things with his fists.
The St. Louis negro felled his
oue-time "hero"-Joe Ghnouly-
three times in the first Of a SEIZED
uled 1E-round championship match
last night and dropped the falter
ing challenger for keeps in. "a sec
onds of the fifth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
BETTER THAN AN AXE

TOPEKA, Kan. - Police were
called to retrieve an owners guinea
hen that had escaped just before
it was scheduled to visit a stewing
pot. The officers fired a couple Of
times and the bird came tumbling
out of a tree, when it had roasted
There wasn't a sign of a wound on
the bird and the owner concluded
it had been scared to death
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
LOTHIAN EXPECTS
TERRIFIC DRIVE
Envoy To U. S. Says Nazis
Will Launch Attack
This Spring

CHICAGO, Jan. 5-R-Germany
probably will launch a "terflac
attack against England and France
by land. sea and air this spring
Lord Lothian, British ambassador
to the United States, told the chi
cago council on foreign relations
last night.
"If and when the attack comes
he added, at will be with all the
ferocity ami ruthlessness the Nazls
have taught Is to expect"
The ambassador expressed the be-
lief that the anticipated attack
would be repealed and if repealed as
decisively as was the big German
offensive Of 1918 at will no. be
long bef,re Hitlerism itself goes
down to defeat"
Lord Lothian termed mastery of
the seas the real key to victory"
and asserted that Germany would
be ION top Of the world" If she
compelled Great Britain and France
to surrender their fleets and naval
bases.
On the other hand, he said, fail
ure Of a German thrust for sea
power would mean defeat Of the
Nazis' purpose which Lord Lothian
c%ontended was conquest and DOM
nation" rather than justice for
Germany.
The ambassador said Britain and
France felt they were confronted
with one more of those tremend-
Jus struggles between freedom and
tyranny and that peace without
victory would be a peace with the
light Of liberty gone out"
I'VE think" he continued, that
the central issue is which of two
conflicting ways of life, the demo-
cratic and the totalitarian, are going
to be dominant in Europe and pos.
Sibly the world"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
Lalanne Is Thrown
For Loss By St,,

CHAPEL HILL, Jan.
Jim Lalanne, quarterback y
participate in winter footban Y
tice at the University NJ rS
Carolina because he was cons,.
ed on two subjects after >,
term examinations, school ,r. !
ties disclosed today.
It was explained, howeys, ,
Lalanne would be eligible ~
turn for the spring uuartss \
can play football next fail Y
he pass a normal load of '
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
KlLLER-SUSPECT
SOUGHT BY POSSE
Mississippi National Guard
Seeks To Find Him
Before Mob Does

MEADvILLE, Miss, Jan. 5-u'
More than 100 Mississippi farm
ers and IS national guardsmen
hunted a negro killer-suspect TO-
day in the dense Homochitto Ma
tional Forest near here.
Adjutant General John A. O'Keefe
directed the guardsmen, ordered Out
by Governor Hugh White, after
fear was expressed that a moi
might lynch the negro, known only
as Red" If he were captured.
Farmers from miles around joined
in the hunt. They carried a variety
Of weapons, including shotguns,
rifles and pistols.
"Red" and another negro named
oklahoma" were sought for the
killing last Monday night Of Hill
lard Hall, Fl, and the slight wound
ing of Constable Philip Shell and
his brother, J. w. Shell.
They were fired upon when they
sought to question the negroes.
strangers in the neighborhood, in
connection with numerous recent
robberies in the vicinity Of Knox
vile, three miles from Meadville.
A posse yesterday surprised
Red in a cabin near Knoxville
and fired at him as he fled to the
woods. Some believed the negro was
wounded.
The negro known as "Oklahoma"
has not been reported see since
the shooting Monday night.
Deputy Herring said he believed
that presence of the militia would
not prevent a "lynching," If the
negro were taken.
A recent Tuskegee report dis
closed there had been but three
lynchings in the nation in 1889.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
Federal Agents Seize
LibeUed Nazi Shin

BOSTON, Jan. 5.-LP-Federal
agents held possession today of the
German tanker Pauline Friedrich,
seized after a former officer of the
vessel filed a libel action in federal
court claiming s98.6O in wages.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Harold Sui.
livan and Keeper Frank McIssac
took charge of the ship, which ran
into the port of Boston for refuge
at the outbreak of the European
war, and she will remain in custody
Of the U. S. marshal's office until
bond is posted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
Afghanistan's Troops
Modified On Border

CAIRO. Egypt, Jan. 5.-(P-Afg-
hanistan's minister to Cairo in com.
menting today on reports that his
country had ordered complete mobi-
lization said that tie world situation
required preparedness and Afghanis-
tan was merely taking necessary
precautions.
(Rome dispatches December % re-
ported A2ghanistan had modified
her forces on the Russian border.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
FLASHES
OF LIFE
(By the Associated Press)

NORWALK, Conn.-George Hill
in a BARRIERS chair to get his whis-
kers cut, had a close shave; but
not the kind which takes lather off
the face.
Just as the barber was about to
begin operations, a heavy truck
crashed into the shop and came to
a halt a couple of inches from
Hills chair.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
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COURT
Decision in the Strange Case of
corporal DALYn
Continued From Page Nine)

Continued From Page Nine)
REVERSED" This deci-
sion was made by the Supreme
Court of Tennessee, reversing a de-
cision of the Circuit Court of
Granger County, which body had
sentenced Corporal Daily to fifteen
years in the penitentiary for second
degree murder. Although the actual
killing took place in Jefferson
County, Tennessee, the trial was
held in Granger County, to insure
a fair and unprejudiced proceeding
against the prisoner.
The court said:-"We are not
satisfied, from the proofs in this
record, with the verdict of the jury.
The case will undergo another in
vestigation and a new trial is
awarded"
This was evidently the end of the
affair, as there is no record of the
case ever having been retired.
1t is a well-settled principle, that
a soldier is not bound to obey an
illegal order. However, by the rules
of war, he is bound to obey the
orders of those in command and
when he is detailed by a superior
officer, he has no discretion.
This order, to go to the farm
house, was not an illegal one and
while Daily was ignorant of the
purpose of the trip, he had no right
to inquire or ask any questions.
His duty was to obey orders and
he did.
This is a true case. Reference of
citation may be had by sending a
stamped, self-addressed envelope
to bella Lanan-Court Reporter"
Starting Next Week
THE STRANGE CASE OF
THE GERMAN RED CROSS
SURGEON"
Don't Miss It-Follow 1t Daily In
This Newspaper.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
PASTOR LENDS A HAND

LOUISVILLE, Ind. Milkman
Fred Gregory, going to a hospital
for an operation, couldn't find a
substitute driver for his 30-mile
route.
So the Rev. Frank Shottelkorb,
pastor of the louisville Christian
church, volunteered-and has been
on the lob daily since Gregory left.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
HOME TO CLOSE

lONIE III CIOSE
LEXINGTON-The Junior Order
orphans home will close Jan. 81
unless the state council of the or
der votes at a special meeting Jan.
IS to take over operation Of the
plant.
Superintendent W. M. Shuford
said today he had instructions to
close the unit and send to Tiffir,
Ohio, children who have not been
returned to their homes or placed
elsewhere. This action, he said, was
taken by the national council under
a retrenchment program made nee
essary by a loss Of members.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
SCHOLARSHIPS

RALEIGH-Three farm boys, Joe
Sanderson Of Wayne county. Way
Abel Of Haywood county and Mil
ton Thomas of Rowan county, were
awarded one year scholarships to
N. C. State college yesterday for
their championship work in All
club livestock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
sLEDD ri

SLEDD RITES
WAKE FOREST - DR.. BENJAMIN
n. Sledd. known to thousands of
Wake Forest alumni, including
many persons prominent in the
fields Of journalism and literature,
as "Old Slick" was buried TODAY.
Sledd, 75-year-old professor en-
eritus Of English at Wake Fores+
college, died yesterday litter a long
illness. He had taught ENGLISH at
the college for SO years and was
the author of two volumes of noe
try.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
Lou Ambers To Fight
Al Dauis On Feb. %

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-R-Lou
Ambers, world lightweight cham
pion, and AL Davis of Brooklyn
have been signed for a 10-round
overweight match at Madison Square
garden Feb. 23, Promoter Mike ia
cobs announced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
DOOMED

MARION-Lee Flynn, a former
inmate Of the State hospital, was
sentenced to die March % after a
jury convicted him yesterday of
first degree murder in connection
with the Staying Of his wife at their
home October 9.
The Flynns' seven-year-old son,
eyewitness to the crime, told the
jury his father dragged his mother
unconscious from the house land
told rle to kiss her goodbye and
when I didn't do it, he shot her in
the head"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
BASKETBALL
by The Associated Press

Ohio 67, Baltimore A.
Santa Clara As, Montana State 81
New Mexico Aggies 60, Arizona Al
Mississippi 40, Mississippi College
43.
Mercer 81, Chattanooga Al.
North Carolina 20, CataWba rs.
Duke 81, Davidson %.
Westminster Pa.) so, Carnegie
Tech A.
Panzer SO, William and Mary A
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
SNOWROUND

LAKE ALPINE, Calf. - Harry
and Arthur Shinke, mountain es-
cort c%aretakers, drove through a
heavy snowstorm to free a snow
bound motorist.
But while they worked their own
automobile became hopelessly i'm
beded, so they went home on skis.
They'll go back next spring to re-
trjeve their car.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
Carolina
News Shorts
(By the Associated Press)

VASS-Leonard H. Hoffman, "a
year-old railway fireman and form
er pugilist, was killed lear here
yesterday. He was knocked down
while standing on the tank of a
railway engine as it passed under
an overhead bridge. Hoffman was
a native Of Dale, Wis. A few years
ago he boxed for a time in Wash
ington, D. G..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06

BRIEFS
Star News Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel
BY HENRY AVERILL

RALEIGH, Jan. s.. There are
any number Of unusual angles to
the current gubernatorial race; but
not the least astonishing is the
fact that talk about campaign
managers has so far centered on
two of the suspected candidates
who have not yet announced rath-
er than on the three whose hats
have been formally tossed into the
ring.
Cautioning one and all that there
is still nothing more than more or
less idle rumor to support either
story, it is just mentioned in pass
ing that two Greensboro men are
being talked about as prospective
managers, Tom Hoyle for Lee
Gravely and Major L. P. McLen-
don for Willis Smith.
The strange point is that neither
Gravely nor Smith is yet in the
race and that there has been vir-
tually no mention whatsoever OF
possible managers for Lieutenant
Governor Wilkins P. Horton, J. M.
Broughton and Commissioner of
Revenue Allen j. Maxwell, the
three announced candidates.
All idle speculation, of course,
unless it should come to pass, but
in the event that Smith should n
list Major McLendon as his man
ager, what effect would that have
on DIR. Clarence Poe, who has just
renowned any personal ambitions
and who is suspected of definite
leanings toward Maxwell?
Incidentally, there is a decided
u~ndercurrent Of opinion that the
backing of Willis Smith is being
greatly under-rated in many quar-
tiers.
Still in the realm Of speculation
and report, rather than of facts
provable by documentary or legal
ly competent testimony, there are
indications that o. Max Gardner is
inclined to support Broughton, de-
spite the former governors an
nounced intention to keep his
hands off this years primary cam
paign.
If true, the Gardner for Brough-
ton item is going to make it the
harder for many loyal Mcdonald
men to follow their leader into the
Broughton army.
Oil and water mix like Scotch
and soda compared with the diff
Guilty many of the dyed-in-the-wool
ants would have sleeping in the
same camp with Gardner.
Tom Cooper probably is just
keeping in practice for the COVER
nor's race by getting into quite a
stiff with the Wilmington Recorder
Alton Lennon over whether or not
the city commission has the "guts''
to clean up beer joints.
There are indications that one
member of the Gardner clan, to-
wit: former Representative Ernest
Gardner, is now putting in some
ticks for Broughton. Ernest is an
employee of the state highway and
public works commission and gets
about the state quite a bit.
Director of the prison division of
S. H. and P. w. C. Grady John
son has long been classified as a
Broughton supporter; stories being
current to the effect he has his
eyes on the job now held by Frank
Dunlap as chairman of the works.
Fritz Wendell is said to have flown
469 miles per l.our in a German
Meccarcchmjtt b11t tho raoord hoe
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
WACKY WEATHER

Vf1CN EA If1ER
YORK, Neb.-For sheer variety
Weatherman j. H. Newbold offers
last December in York:
The maximum temperature re-
cording was 81.
The minimum temperature re-
cording was 10 below.
Dust storms blew on three days.
First precipitation came from a
snowfall of 1912 inches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06

The old days of embarrassment are
gone! Now at the first sign of "acid
Indigestion" distress-quick, take
2 Phillips Milk of Magnesia Tab
lets that you carry right in your
pocket or purse.
It's wonderful that each of these
tiny peppermint favored tablets
contains all the good alkalizing
benefits of a full teaspoonful Of
liquid Phillips Milk Of Magnesia,
known the world owe for its fast
actioni in relieving "gas" nausea and
stomach upsets from excess acids.
Don't risk embarrassing yourself
and others. Just be sure to get a box
of genuine Phillips Milk of Mag
nesia Tablets today and carry them
with you always.
PHILLIPS %:ssEs;A
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
PROSPERITY

RALEIGH - Group meetings of
county farm agents and civic lead
ers will be held here next week
to discuss the ten-year plan for a
balanced prosperity in the south.
formulated by southern governors
at their recent conference.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
PORTRAIT

CHARLOTTE-A portrait Of Fed
eral Judge f. Yates Webb Of Shell
bv will be presented at ceremonies
Monday morning at the opening of
the January term of the Fourth
U. S. circuit court Of appeals here.
Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, wife of the
governor. and former Governor o.
Max Gardner, both natives Of Shell
by, will attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
SPORTS
ROUNDUP
BY EDDIE BRETT

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-R-Insid'
ers report less than a half dozen
Yanks-including DiMaggjo, Keller,
Dahlgren and Mario Russo-will be
given salary hikes 80. Which means
the Yankee brass hats had better
put 'em on 80. Patty Rerg, whose
departure for the southern golf
wars was delayed ny the death OF
her mother, plans to leave next
month -. The Chicago stadium is
trying to line up Henry Armstrong
and Davey Day for the welterweight
title This corner thinks Fred
Apostoli will regain his long lost
form tonight and decision Melie
Bettina 49,. Are Cincinnati Red of
ficials sitting up nights trying to
figure out how to get Morrie Arno
vich away from the Phillies?
Nicknames of most football teams
are obvious 80. But around here we
have been wondering why the South
ern Gals were dubbed the Trojans j..
. Just when everyone was ready to
give up, along came Franklin P
Adams of the N. Y. Post to suggest
maybe it's because the football
players out there have to work
that way to maintain their schclas
tic standings.
Town Tattle: Bets are being made
here the race bookies will be ope-
rating at the same old stand this
summer Jack Dempsey is afraid
to be seen OF Broadway the way
they are kidding him about the
Hong Kong hair cut 49,. The boxing
commission will okay an infantile
paralysis fund show here for Jan
uary rs Alex Campanis, tiK
pass catcher for New York u, is
being flirted with by at least two
major league clubs He's a second
sacker AL Schacht did his stuff
for baseball fans last summer in
every state in the union except Col
orado, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Maine and Vermont.
Political Note:
The Clemson and Boston college
lads who played in the Cotton Bowl
game received as souvenirs ten gal
lon hats, miniature bales of cotton
and biographies of John Nance Gar
ner -. Who are you for?
Correction:
Results Of the four big bowl
games indicate it's only half true
what they say about Dixie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
OPTIMISTS

OPTIMISTS
AUSTIN-Two out Of three Uni
versity Of Texas students believe
they would reject pensions for
themselves at IS.
The students also expect to go
right from graduation exercises in
to jobs paying 500 or more a
month, a survey disclosed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06
BY

BY CONSENT
GREENSBORO-The Blue Bell
Globe Manufacturing company has
agreed to a consent election to de-
termine which union shall be the
bargaining agent Of the employees
in it's Greensboro plant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06

Fritz Wendell is said to have flown
469 miles per l.our in a German
Messerschmitt, but the record has
question as to the clocking method
used
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06

Incidentally, there is a decided
u~ndercurrent of opinion that the
backing of Willis Smith is being
greatly under-rated in many quar-
ters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-06

All idle speculation, Of course,
unless it should come to pass, but
in the event that Smith should en-
list Major McLendon as his man
ager, what effect would that have
on DIR. Clarence Poe, who has just
renowned any personal ambitions
and who is suspected of definite
leanings toward Maxwell?
La gaceta., 1940-09-14
COMPANIA DE AVIA-
CION H VENIDO LII CA
MA SU 12 AVIONES
SeTdD COnUert6dos en-
ApGrGtOs de BOm6Grdeo

Sc inform6 aver a esta ciudad
que la compahfa da aviaci6n Eas
terna Air Line Ina vendide su
flota, de IL aviones, al gohier-
no del Canada, para entregar en-
enero Is, Y que la sustituira con
aeroplanos de mayor tamano.
La Eastern recibira de la
Doulas, en- cambio, aviones de
f21 pasajeros, es decir con Z
plazas mas que los actuales.
Esos aparatos seran trans
formadoS, en- Ell Canada, en- avio
mes de bombardeo y lelvados por
ell aire a Inglaterra.
Los Douglas adquiridos por
el Canada desarrollaA una velo-
cidad de 100 millas por bora Y
podran hacer vuelos de ida v
vuelta a Berlin, 81 asi Sc dispo-.
ne, desde las islas Britanicas.
La gaceta., 1940-09-14
NOTAS SOCIAIES
Por MARIO RODRIGUEZ
Ia Gran Fieata IA Maaana

La Gran Fiesta de MaaGna
Hoy damos los 1ltimos deta-
lies de la colossal fiesta que ma
mana domingo efectuara la Sec
ci6n de Beneficencia del Centre
Espa1ol, en- su edificio de West
Tampa, y que por nombre lleva
"F1ESTA ~VERANIEGA". To-
do esta debidamente preparado
para este gran festival al que
de SECURE acudiran centenares
de personals, avidas de partici-
par en- una de las fiestas mas
sobresaliente de la temporada.
La Secci6n de Beneficencia es
presidida por Ell Sr. Manuel Pa
reja. Este ano la presidential de
la fiesta lie fue concedida al Sr.
JESUS Alberdi (Chuspi), al que
felicitamos de antemano por ell
exito.
La fiesta comenzara a las ~:
80 del dia, con un suculento al
muerzo, ell cual ha sido conferen
ciado por Ell Restaurant "Las
Novedades". Constara de En-
tremes, Arroz con Polio, Pan,
Lacquer, Postre Y Cafe. Ell SER
vicio del almuerzo Sc Sc extende-
"a hasta las 200 de la tarde.
Mientras los comensales sa-
borean ell arroz, la orquesta
Sonora" los deleitara CON un
exquisite programa de m1sica
selecta, teniendo en- la parte vo-
cal la Srta. Mercedes Sanchez
y ell joven Mario Menendez.
A las tres de la tarde princi-
piara ell bale, en- los dos salones.
En- ell principal ocupara la pla-
taforma de la m1sica Ell conjun-
La gaceta., 1940-09-14
UN SALUDO DEL NOTABLE
ACTOR CTNEMATOGRAFICO
ROND CITATION
No Olvida 81 a los buepos amigos

Con sincera satisfaction he
mos recibido en- la manana de
hoy una carta del notable actor
cinematografico Rondo Hatton,
un hombre muy querido en- esta
ciudad y e~specialmenta por la
colonia latina.
Rondo a puesto a Tampa en-
lei mapa de la cinematografia y
en- su carta, con la bondad que
lie distingue, nos dice que jamas
olyidara a los muchos buenos
amigos que por AGA tiene. Re-
cientemente estuvieron a visi-
tarle los esposos Robert Ro-
driguez y Raul Cuervo, de esta
ciudad, con los cuales departio
sobre Tampa, Ybor City y la
colonia latina.
Mucho apreciamos la carta
del popular actor y lie hacemos
presente, una veg mas, nuestro
afecto y consideration.
La gaceta., 1940-09-14
cher Amis Social Club

cher AmiS Social CIu6
En- la noche de aver, y en- la
junta verificada por ell Cher A
mis- Social Club, asisti6 como in
vitada de honor la Srta. Palmi-
ra Valdes, que en- la actualidad
reside en- la ciudad de New
York.
En- esta junto Sc hicieron pla-
mes para la function de beneficio
que efectuaran los dfas "a y 20
del presente mes, nombrandose
a la Srta. 10 Valdes y al joven
Gregorio Martinez, para que sc
hagan cargo de los preparativos
de la misma.
Tambien Sc hicieron planes
para una comida, ell dia 26, CO.
misionandose para organizarla
a las Srtas. Julie Reid Ruth Ma
RE Perez y Palmira MARTINEZ.
Por renuncia de la Secretaria
del Club, fue nominada para o.
cupar dicho cargo la Srta. Lola
Garcia.
Ell club volvera a reunirse el
Viernes de la pr6xima semana.
La gaceta., 1940-09-14

Washington, Sep. EEf
Comite de Hacienda del Sena
do, seg1n ell senador O'Maho-
ney, de Wyoming, actuara en-
la ley de control del ae1car
antes del feceso del otofo. I'm
proyecto de ley. autoriza la ex
tension de la ley por otro ano.
Clearwater, Sep. 14.-Por
distribuir literature n tener
permiso, ell juez Ware conde-
no aver a dos mujeres, MEM
bros de la secta religiosa TesI
tigos de JehovaHa $50 de
militia cada una.
Las dos seforas anunciaron
que apelaran a la Corte del
Circuito. Presto por elias las
fianzas que Sc les pidieron ell
Sr. w. T. Jones, de San Pc
tersburg, Sc las ofreci6 Slspen
der las sentencias, a condici6n
de que no siguieran la distri-
buci6n, y rehusaron.