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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-05
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SATURDAY, JULY 6


 Benefic aspects rule under this configuration. The stars encourage trade and industry. The evening should bring good news regarding om mercial problems. Exports should increase for southern ports.
 Heart and Home: Women are under a fairly fortunate rule of the stars which encourages domes- tic and social activities. There is a sign promising for romance, but suitorS may be wary regarding dates for new economic responsi- bilities. Gardens will attract more general attention than in previous seasons. In dress and manners more conservative standards than those of recent years will gain popular ity.
 Business Affairs: Shipbuilding will be widely pushed in the United States The Navy continues under configuration presaging great expansion. Many promotions of of ficers are prognosticated. Transpot- tation by land and air also will be recognized as of major importance and whatever contributes to rapid communication will be recognized as part of the nations prepared ness program. Chances for business enterprises with small capital will be more numerous than they have been in the past.
 National Issues: Secret agents of subversive organizations will gain influence and make converts as the summer advances. Cla 5 s prejudices and race antagoniSmS will be fomented in cities east and west. There is a sign read as pres aging violence, riots and property damage owing to political troubles Labor unions are to contribute much to the success of a preSiden- tial candidate who m akes no promises. Women are to be active as -getters, but few will be office seekers.
 International Affairs: Japan con- tinues under a planetary rule that presages extreme economic strain which will not reduce the ambi- tion to assure a vast empire in the Orient European alliances will aid in the extension of power in the Pacific and the United States will have reason to patrol the high seas in safeguarding the interests of democracy. Again surprise moves under arms are prognosticated.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of good luck. It will be wise to follow in- tuitions. Nasty decisions should be avoided Emotions may be easily stirred.
 Children born on this day prob- ably will be affectionate, talented and intuitive. They may be exceed ingly sensitive and should be care fully guided.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-05

the legend, "Here-Come Chillie,' v meaning they were sent by air mail.
 But war closed town Ch1llle Vaughn's airline, and he was transferred to Latin American service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-05

rival. When a distant speck ap- peared and the sound of his motor was heard, they would announce circumspectly:
 Here Come -Chillie."
 The phrase spread Soon any mail and passenger plane, regard less of who piloted it, was Here Come -Chillie.'' Clerks at post of flee windows soon learned that when a Chinese shoked few coins through the window and said Here Come Chillie," he wanted an air mail stamp. Letter. heads of Chinese companies bore
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-05

The largest recorded fire loss in New York City was in 1922, when $22,743, ,OOO worth of prop erty was destroyed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-05
WUD[kN EIlQULliL ROBERTA LEE

O. playing while prize and ones partner makes an bund certain amo of hritabliy?
 self possessed and patient a certain dish that is passed isn't 1t whatever it S) do not agree me-?
 Yes it fact the guest should a small portion
 O. Is "Bye-b an acceptable of taking leave? A. preferable.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-05
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS MSUSED Do not confuse INGENIOUS dnven- ive) with candid The in INGENIOUS is nonced in in INGENIOUS MEN.
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: (weed Pronounce plan-n syllable
 OFTEN NdISSPEILED: Noncommttal; two MS and two Is
 edge, brink b1m,
 three times and it is yours Let us Todas word common sense IT, rational preposterou conclusions ns-Shakepeare
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-05
LOOK and LEARN s%y c. GORDON

How many What early the Father of Expan sion? Is ther a salute? What is he sciences? s Which is the chief seaport Canada? ANSWERS: Approximately 205OOO
  of the Declaration of Independence al July 4 Astronomy 5 Halifax, Scotia
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
HITLER DARED
TO BEGIN DRIVE
Duff Cooper Declares Britain
Ready And Waiting For
Nazi Invasion

LONDON, Aug. 17.-CR-MInisteI
of Information Alfred Duff Cooper
broadcast a dare to Adolf Hitler to
night to carry out his threat tc
invade Britain.
I'VE are quite ready to receive
him now and we shall really be
YER disappointed if he does not turn
up" Duff Cooper declared.
Broadcasting after a day when
brought the first let-up in a week
of mass Nazi air raids, Duff Cooper
went n
This weekend. we were told by
German boosters ana DULLES, was &c
be a weekend of terror In Great
Britain.
II am speaking now towards the
close of Saturday evening, the mid
die of the weekend, which has hlth'
erto been a singularly quiet and
peaceful one.
"There is no terror in Great Brit
ain today. Rather there is a sense
Of achievement, a spirit OF conf
dence, a note Of victory and long,
ing only that they shall come again
/ n greater numbers in order that
we may continue to take a more
fearful toll Of them than We already
have taken"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
ACKS' PROVE
DEADLY TO NAzlS
British Anti-Aircraft Gun
ners Improving With
Much Practice
BY DREW


LONDON, Aug. 17.-R-Britain's
bulwarks against German bombers
now include a widespread series OF
observation and listening posts and
an intricate and delicately balanced
system of plotting the raiders posi-
ton.
S~ynchronized with all this are
thousands of anti-aircraft 8 u n s
whose accuracy is improving steadily
in the greatest ano sr;mmest school
that ever trained a gunner-the
fierce air war over England.
The increasing virulence Of the
anti aircraft is laid by artillery Off
GERS to practice and nothing else
They point out that the German
habit of sending planes in big groups
helped the novice gunners and gave
the veterans a flock of birds" to
shoot at.
The gunners themselves seem uni
formly cheerful, not only over the
accuracy Of their Jack Acks" but
over the fact that the Nazis have not
vet made a recorded hit on n OF
thei.' positions.
1--WE will keep 'em up there" said
one battery commander, land the
Raj will knock 'em down. But we
intend to take care of ourselves il
they come in range. This is lots
more fun than duck shooting"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
Judge Burney To Talk
At JOUAM Dedication

Judge John ]. Burney will be the
principal speaker at the dedication
ceremonies for the new lodge hall
Of the Harnett council of the
JOUAM at Seagate at 8 o'clock
Friday evening, August %.
z. A.. Sneeden, Ernest Rogers,
and Addison Hewlett, members Of
the committee in charge, yester.
day invited all members of the
JOUAM in Wilmington and vicinity
to attend the exercises.
The program was announced yes
terday as follows: R. E. Brown,
presiding; song. America; .nvoca.
ton, by the Rev. H. S. Strickland;
Harnett council past and present,
Luther 7. Rogers; Daughters Of
America Past and Present. Mrs.
]. W. Walton; introduction Of
speaker, Addison Hewlett. Jr.;
speaker, Judge John J. Burney;
song, God Bless America; adjourn
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
DEATHS
MRS. F. H. JONES

Mrs. F. H. Jones, of Atlanta,
formerly of Wilmington, died in an
Atlanta hospital Friday afternoon
at 2:3O o'clock after a brief illness,
friends and relatives here were ad-
vised.
Funeral services were held in At
lanta yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Jones is the former Miss
Rose Barry Smith, of Wilmington
She is survived by her husband;
three children, Mrs. l.. N. Tram
nell, of Dalton, Ca, F. H. Jones,
Jr.. of Birmingham, Ala, and Har-
ry Jones, of Tampa, Fla; one sis
ter, Mrs. J. r. Campbell; tw Q
brothers, H. H. Smith, of Char
lotte, and Owen B. Smith, of VIII
mington; and six grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
Prepayment OF Taxes
Ahead OF Last Year

The prepayment of 1910 taxes
by New Hanover county resi-
dents to date is slightly ahead
Of the collections record for the
same period last year, records al
the office of j. A. Orrell, county
auditor, disclosed yesterday.
The prepayment of 1910 taxes
through August Is totaled $l02,'
437.46 and included the follow
ing: property tax, $lo4, 362.39
poll tax, $S1; and dog tax, $S2,
less q discount Of $2,O37.93.
Collections this year are ap.
proximately $1,000 ahead Of the
record of tho prepayment Of
taxes for 1889, for a correspond
Ing period, Orrell said. Then col
lections totaled SOL ,572.O8 and in
cluded property tax, $~93,329.l5;
poll tax, $52; and dog tax, $14,
less a discount of $1,8O3.07.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18

The War department may pur'
chase a huge tract Of land at an un'
named location in eastern North
Carolina for the establishment Of a
reservation for aerial bomb training
and tank testing, according to an an.
nouncement in Washington yester'
day.
u. S. army officers have previous
ly made extensive surveys Of vir'
tually uninhabited land in Onslow,
Pender and Duplin counties, report
eddy seeking a plot suitable for such
training and testing.
War department officials in Wash
ington said Investigations have been
started in the southeastern corner
of the state. However, they said,
all plans are still in an indefinite
stage.
Sections of the third and seventh
congressional districts would be in.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
Negro Makes Ma Mistake
Hides With PoG,,

BALTIMORE. Aug. -
Ih1s was a day of bIue ~
for Eustice Harris, 29.ro'''
negro when he found that s =
station is a poor hiding plscs police
Harris, fleeing from a
produce men who accused s' b;- q
stealing a crate of ',In q
into a building. 1t was ~ lodged
police station. central
Harris continued his fliy,,
a nearby garage where bs a., INTO
pehlnd a car. It was a nor;a ND.
Harris took up his fli,b. "''
ana ran smack into a man. II ss AN
Patrolman Adam Brooks. Sa'
Inc negro went quietly to ar,,
action of the grand il1rv await
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
Pender- Onslow Duplin Tracts
Surveyed As Bombing Range

cluded, according to the announce
ment.
The previous Investigations, made
through examination Of the three
county agents aerial maps, We're
carried out in May OF this year.
The War department is seeking,
II was said, large tracts Of land
where the cost per acre is low and
where there r few, II n resi-
dents.
It was not announced whether
pope field at Fort Bragg would be
used as a base for the training or a
new field would be built.
Forty.three thousand acres Of the
tracts under consideration are in
Onslow county and vicinity and
around Folkstone, Fender county,
Chinquapin and the inland water
WaV.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
March Sharply Denies
Communist Sympathies

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17.-R-
Frederic March. film actor. sharply
denied communistic utilization to-
day before the congressional com
mittee investigation un-American
activities.
March snapped: IF John L.
Leech (former communist party
member who has been testifyins
before the committee and a local
grand jury) has said I am a com
munist or hav: communist sympa-
thies, he's an unmitigated liar"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
Police Asked To Aid
In Hunt For Bandits

Police yesterday received a re.
quest from Sheriff Clark Of Bladen
county to aid in the search for I'm.
known parties, believed to be oper.
ating a 1895 model Ford, who al.
legedly entered and robbed a fill.
ing station late Friday night al
Elizabethtown.
The following goods were report.
ed taken: Is cartons Of cigarettes,
one IS gauge Winchester shotgun,
a quantity of "a rifle cartridges,
with open bore and 20 inch barrel,
and two heavy long blade knives. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
New German Blockade
Scorned By British

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-R-
Britain has taken note of Ger
many's new total blockade" but
wonders how the Nazis hope to put
It into effect, said the British radio
broadcast today. The broadcast was
recorded by CHS.
"Her (Germany's) navy is hors
de combat" the BIC said. Her
attempt to blockade us from the
air has failed, and her troops are
as far away from this island as
ever"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
LUCAS C. JENKINS

GREENSBORO, Aug. II. up
Funeral services will be held tomor.
row afternoon for Lucas c. Jenkins,
SO, Of Greensboro, conductor on a
Southern Railway company train,
who was fatally injured Friday morn.
ing near Motley, Va, when buried
alive under a carload Of soil being
hauled out of bitches along the track.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
Growers Dissatisfied
With Tobacco Prices

MOULTRIE, Ca, Aug. 17.-R-
Reports of grower dissatisfaction
with the bright leaf tobacco mar
kets developed today in the south
Georgia belt.
Prices in at least two Of the mar
kets slumped well under the aver
ages during the first few days of
the 1910 sales.
At Moultrie, Sales Supervisor c. e.
Isom said the Moultrie market sold
3,175,5 36 pounds for the week for
1852, 1922, at an average of 17.72.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
London Times Warns
Worst Yet To Come

LONDON, Aug. 17.-R-The Lon
don Times warned Britain in an edl-
torial today that the present Ger
air raids, representing a policy
Of attrition," may be but 1.-The pre-
Jude to an assault several times
heavier"
In that event, the Times says, the
nation must be prepared for "a pro
portion of German bombers evading
our fighters and perhaps even work
ing unmolested for short periods"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
London Admits 18th
British Sub Loss

LONDON, Aug. l7.-tR-An
admiralty communique tonight
said the British submarine DR.
pheus "is considerably overdue
and must be presumed lost"
The Orpheus, of some 2,OW
tons, had a normal complement
of so men. 1t was the 14th Brit
ish submarine acknowledged lost
since the beginning of the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
ITALIANS CLAIM
S0MALILAND won
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was said the defenders had re-
treated.
1t was acknowledged that the
British had bombed the Italian avia-
ton camp at Bassa and it was said,
too, that they had raided houses IN
Jijiga-"without and results"
(Ths British already had said they
had taken the position that Italian
victories there were Of small ulti-
mate Importance.
Two Planes Downed
During the day they announced
that British battleships and cruisers
in strong force had bombarded Bar
da, Fort Capuzzo and other detectives
in Italian Ltbya and that at least
two counter.attacking Italian planes
were shot DOWN..
Some time before the announce
ment of the high command, Virginia
Gayda, the authoritative fascist edi-
tor, had declared the Somaliland
phase OF the developing desert war
could be considered ended in Italy
favor.
Within a few days. he said, that
primitive, half.waste, long = part OF
the British empire, would tall into
Italy's expanded territories.
Thus, he added, would italian
forces BE- put in better position for
the expected attack upon British
Alden. across the gulf near the mouth
of the Red sea, a vital area in British
empire communications.
Not only on the land, but the in
air as well were successes claimed.
British warships in the harbor at
Alexandria were declared to have
been heavily bombed yesterday.
(The British had said the Italian
bombs fell only into the sea, and that
their own air force had hit an Italian
submarine, a naval oil tank and the
jetties in Tobruk, Italian Libya,
harbor.
Not Admitted
(They had said nothing about re.
firing from the Somaliland. On the
contrary. they reported the Royal Air
Force was Continuing to harass
enemy troop movements" told OF
the bombing Of the Italian.occupied
port of leila in the Somaliland, and
announced that French airmen had
cooperated with the British in driv.
ing off an Italian air raid on Der.
hera, sonaliland's capital).
italian plans as to Greece, which
has q British guarantee Of help if
her independence is attacked, were
disclosed by Premier Mussolini's own
newspaper, II Popolo d'Italia.
I'VE have reason to believe" said
that paper, that the Rome govern
ment proposes to clarity the attitude
Of Greece completely within the next
few days.
ut is necessary that everything
be brought to light. 1t then will be
possible to judge whether those re-
sponsible in Athens intend to recog-
nize the rights Of Albania and Italy
or suffer the consequences Of a pol
Icy of completely"
This was a reference to the loudly
pressed Italian claims that a part
Of Greece rightfully belongs to Al
bania, itself now a part of the Ital-
ian empire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
SAVED BY WPA

BOSTON, Aug. 17.-LR-WPA Of
ficials said today a valuable collec'
ton Of Confederate papers and rec
ords, originally discovered in Confed-
crate headquarters at Richmond
va, was salvaged recently from a
pile Of gravel in the basement of q
building at Tufts college, Medford.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
Did Diamond Jim" Have
Stomach or Ulcer Pain,

1t is hardly likely that Diamond ,
Brady could have eaten so yoro';s I'D
ly if he suffered after eating maine Sus
f-rer. who have to pay the nanal.s gu
stomach or ulcer pains, indigestion %
pains, heartburn. burning senso+i "a
bloat and other conditions caused \,
excess acid should try a Csc bov i,
Udga Tablets. They must help or mons y
refunded. AT Saunders and drug ,tnn,
everywhere. ""E
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
u. S. Destroyers Toke
Reseruists On Crm;,,

NEW YORK, Aug. 17-.P-M,.
navy destroyers sailed down 's .ss
Hudson river today bound W.
South Atlantic waters on . w., WI
week training cruise for rs s"Y,
reservists. "s'aI
They will be Joined at sea bv t,r.
other destroyers from New Roc a'yg
lie, N. Y, and New Haven Crns
to form a cruise unit of 73O ~.
and 60 officers of the LIST and + ~.
districts of the U. S. naval rese,..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
Petain Giuen Authority
To Disband All Unions

VICHY, France, Aug. 17-RC
The end of all French labor and
employers organizations az we'll as
possibly big industrial combines
was forecast today in the announce
ment of a new law giving the gov.
eminent the right to dissolve such
combinations by decree.
1t gives Premier-Marshal Philip
pc Petain authority to disband
them and replace them by COM
mittees of employers and workers
in each industry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
NRIGHTS

DAYTON, O., Aug. 17.-LP-Mon-
day, appropriate because Aug. 10 is
National Aviation day, Dayton will
celebrate the dedication of a memo.
rial to its two famous sons, Wilbur
and Orville Wright.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
MRS. p. C. A

Funeral services for Mrs. P. c.
Tharp, of Southport, who died at
4 o'clock Thursday morning in New
York were held at II o'clock yes
terday morning from the St. Phil
lips Episcopal church in Southport.
The Rev. Leon Malone conduct
ed the services. Burial followed in
the Southport cemetery.
She is survived by two daugh-
tiers, Ms. J. A. Wells, of New
York, and Mrs. S. D. Delamar, OF
Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
Taft Is Satisfied
With Wiukie Speech

ELwoOD, Ind, Aug. 17.-R-
Senator Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio),
an opponent Of a compulsory mill
tary training program, said today
he was ''satisfied'' with Wendell L.
WILKES declaration that he fav-
ored some form of selective serv-
ice."
Taft recalled that Willkie had not
mentioned the word Compulsory
in his discussion Of military service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18

More than 400 American manu-
facturers are registered with the
Munitions Control Board as actual
or potential producers OF imple-
1nenty Of war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18

Calvin Coolidge won a national
prize for an essay on the causes
Of the Revolution during his last
year in college.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18

The Islands of Trinidad and Gu.
racao are rich in asphalt and oil
deposits. I.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18
C.. w. DANIELS

Funeral services for c. W. Dan
iels, 40, of Middle Sound, who died
suddenly of heart attack at $3.50
o'clock Thursday afternoon at his
home. Were held at $3.50 o'clock
esterday afternoon from the Yopp
funeral home.
The Rev. c. H. Storey, assisted
by the Rev. L. R. Jordan, con-
Quoted the services. Burial follow
ed in Oakdale cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: I. N.
Burriss, Willie Alexander, Austin
Musselwhite, Herman Dukes, S. W.
Crimson and J. v. Durham. Honor.
airy pallbears were: D. H. Bar
nett, S. o. Yopp, Dr.. W. Houston
Moore, DR.. Barefoot, W. c. Savage
Hooper johnson, ]. B. Barker, j.
F. Jordan, and J. A. Bodine.
He was taken i'll several weeks
ago but had recovered sufficiently
to be out with his children and
friends when fatally stricken.
Besides his wife, he is survived
by three sons, Franklin, Ray and
Ernest; three daughters, Mrs. ].
E. Mills, of Hampstead, Nora and
Cynthia Daniels; and one sister,
Mrs. Fred Griffith.
MRS. KATE p. WILSON
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate
P, Wilson, wife of Sergeant S. M.
Wilson, of the Wilmington police
department, who died at $3.50
o'clock Thursday morning at
James Walker Memorial hospital
after a short illness, were held at
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon from
the chapel Of Andrews mortuary
by the Rev. Sankey Lee Blanton.
Interment followed in Oakdale
cemetery.
Pail bearers we're: active-D. G..
Westbrook, R. P. Anderson, George
Rouse, L. M. Todd, w. R. Zibbelin
DR.. Victor Sullivan, j. W. jackson,
Chief Joeph c. Rourk, Charley
Wilson, T. D. Sanford, w. K.
Rhodes, L. E. Skies, E. F. Brad
shaw, Coy Etheridge, DR.. j. w.
Hooper, Alton Brown, Gene Nc
Koy, j. B. Talbot, R. M. Kermon,
Sr., R. M. Kermon, Jr., Louis Ker-
mon, P. E. Dobson, Sturgis White,
L. B. BENEFIT, Rowland Tilden and
Minor Bishop.
She is survived by her husband,
a son, Siiney Wilson, of Whining
ton, her father, j. D. Peterson, of
Parkersburg; three sisters M r S.
Dan Bedside, of Baltimore, Md,
Mrs. L. Ennis, of Benson, and Mrs.
L. Pleasant. of Dunn; and by three
brothers, j. Peterson, Of d n,
Henry Peterson, of Durham, and
R. Peterson, of Parkersburg. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-18

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-R-The
Bay Of Biscay, declared by the
British admiralty to be dangerous
to navigation, is being used by
American freighters under neutral
ity act provisions allowing trade
with Spain and Portugal. 4