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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
ELW00D PLANNING
FOR WILLKlE VISIT
%, thousands Are Expected To
Hear Candidates. Accep-
lance Talk Aug. II
WILLIAM L.. MADIGAN

uooD, Ind, July 28.-RN
tL~ ",iet community of 10000 or
ms 1aosiers is 'prettying' itself,
so Settlement and enthusiasm,
an the day its most famous son.
tor u AZ /. Willkie-comes home to
WenutN formally the republican
ae sesination for president.
no mD.;dpnt $ believe 100, 900 to 1885,
he sarsons will throng Galloway
o N.t Aug. II, to hear VIM &C
palA the honor after notification
mIo h;o political event has given
-, lns excuse to stick out its chest
tlxUor than at any time since the
fassh,s days Of the last century
ciUsnH il was a robust community
when as 1.-The buckle of the gas
belt.
u 18s7-five years before Will
~ hirth-Elwood was a town OF
hle than 1000 population. Over
n r if mushroomed through the
M Of natural gas and by
1903 1aos the population had skyrocket-
l9'J - 1900. But within a dozen
r rears the supply petered out and,
serresnondingly, the population
sbrank to about 10,O0O.
The community felt the heavy
economic hand of the depression.
The American Sheet and Tinplate
aonnanv's mill, which opened the
dsv Governor william Mckinley OF
obio addressed a republican rally
IN 1892. closed a few years ago.
Rut now the city's undergoing a
sniritual renaissance. The maple
lined streets are pungent with the
odor of fresh paint as toWnsfolk
doll up their homes and business
establishments for the Willkie
homecoming.
Unsightly shacks and abandoned
buildings are being RACED. Missing
pickets in fences surrounding many
homes have been replaced.
Maintenance crews of the demo-
cratic . controlled state highway
commission are repairing long-ne-
elected chuck holes and work prof.
ects administration laborers a r e
repaving streets.
The city's two railroad stations
have been repainted-one of them,
old timers say, for the first time in
a quarter century. Special railroad
spurs have been laid for a Pull
man city of 700 cars. The single
hostelry has been refurbished.
Numerous signs dot strategic
spots to guide visitors past the
brick high school building from
which Willkie was twice dismissed,
TO the white frame Willkie home
stead and the remodeled house in
which the nominee was born. Each
Of the interest points is labeled
with red. white and blue markers.
Merchants, restauranteurs and
filling station operators are happy
about the whole thing. In fact,
they're enjoying a miniature bust
ness boom. Scores of out-of-state
motorists arrive daily and many
of them want souvenirs.
From the largest house in town,
Mayor George O. Bonham a n d
Homer Capehart the latter of
'cornfeld conference" fame-are
directing preparations for the big
show. Capehart, Indiana-born in
dustrialiSt, zoomed into politics by
staging a big republican rally on
his Hoosier farm to open the 1888
congressional campaign.
Already they have arranged for
0OO policemen to handle the traffic.
Farmers have been asked to per-
mt the notification day visitors to
park their motor cars in pastures
ana cut over grain fields. Huge
tented restaurants will be set up
% feed the crowd. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
FILE CREDENTIALS

MEXICO CITY, July %. u
Forty-nine government-backed SEN
atorial candidates in the July Z
election have filed credentials of
election with the chief clerk of the
senate, leaving claimants for only
nine remaining seats to be heard
from. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
r ELLIE

EL1ZABETHTOWN, July 28.-Fu-
neral services for Mrs. Ellie johnson,
rs, widow of the Rev. j. A. Johnson,
who died at her home near Eliza
BEETHOVEN Saturday night at 10
o'clock after a brief illness, were
held from the Wesley Chapel church
this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The Rev. C. w. Barbee, her pas.
tor, assisted by the Rev. Mr.. Cana.
dy, Baptist minister, conducted the
services. Interment followed in the
church cemetery.
She is survived by the following
children: Samuel Johnson, of Clark
ton, Jasper Johnson, of Georgetown,
S. c., Allen Johnson, of Delco, Mrs.
H. r. Nunery, of Clarkton, Mrs. L.
L. Campbell, of Clarkton, Mrs. J. H.
Hammond, of Wilmington, and Mrs.
Manson Melvin, of Elizabethtown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
OPEN

JERUSALEM, July 28-N-Bri.
tain and Germany have opened
negotiations for release of Palestine
subjects interned in Germany or
German-occupied territories in ex-
change for German nationals ar
rested in the Holy Land. Only Wom-
en- and children, and males above oO
and below IS, are to be considered
for exchange.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
ASSAILS
TRAINING BILL

Continued From Page One)
and any compulsory training pro-
posals.
II see no necessity for peace
time conscription," the senator
said. cts contrary to every prin-
ciple of our American form of gov
eminent. Under this bill we would
give power to the president of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
BROAD WAVE

(By the Associated Press
Sitting heat vas general again
yesterday from Kansas to the At
lantic coast.
Most of the middle west SWEET.
cred after a breathing spell of less
than three days. Eastern states
suffered, although showers brought
the temperature down in S o m e
areas. In the Dakotas and Mime.
sofa the temperature was down to
comfortable levels. An east wind
brought relief to N e England
states.
The heat wave, which has con-
tinued unbroken in many regions
for a week, had accounted for at
least $40 deaths-270 from the heat
directly and 279 ~drownings.
In New York the temperature
was 80 at noon and the weather
bureau predicted no general relief
until about the last of the week.
Downtown Chicago's temperature
rose to SO at 4 pm, compared
with a high of Sc yesterday.
Other marks included> Phillips
burg, Kan, 105; Kansas City, 8;
Grand Island, Neb., SO; Washing
ton and Baltimore, 81; Cincinnati,
100; indianapolis, 81; and Phila-
delphia, 95.7.
More pleasant readings in other
areas included: Williston, N. D.,
IS; Minneapolis, 83; and Boston,
70. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
FIGHTERS TESTED

tn wv" YORK, July 28.-LR-The
f; s' ol 81 speedy new Grammar
r nsa,efs, built to compete with Eu-
nop sS fastest, was tested today at
i r, roosevelt field and Grated
p.i.N euiately for shipment to Great
nas' Field observers said the
n N.e' heavily camouflaged, cruised
lvo "eii over $50 miles an hour and
"eu at more than 500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29

Herrings have scales that are
known as ''deciduous," because OF
the ease with which they rub OF
whea the fish is handled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29

Temperature within the Carls-
bad Caverns of New Mexico re-
mains at Sc degrees throughout
the year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
WEATHER
Continued From Page One)

WASHINGTON, July %. Up -
Weather bureau records Of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending. s
p. M, in the principal cotton-growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29

Rain is far from pure when it
reaches the earth. 1t gathers mi
crobes from the Justified air.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29

The interior temperatures Of
some stars is estimated at 1900
600, 900 degrees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29

the close of the last century.
AS chief constructor from 1914 to
1922, Admiral Taylor was respon-
sible for the design and construction
of 1913 vessels of all classes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
OBITUARIES
N G. BOWDEN

Henry Gilbert Bowden, a native
of Wilmington, and for many years
executive secretary of the F o t
Worth, Texas, Community Chest,
died at Fort Worth yesterday morn
ing at 1880 o'clock, friends and
relatives here were advised.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Mary Anderson; one
daughter, Mrs. A. Ludlow Pendery;
one son, Gilbert Bowden, of Fort
Worth; two sisters, Mrs. L. E. Blue
and Mrs. E. H. Munson, of Will
mington.
Funeral services will be held in
Fort Worth today. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29

The simple, unspoiled savage
tribe" in almost any region has
more traditions and taboos than
a scholar can ever record.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29

y;o;n mirage seen recently in the
rss OF the Thousand Islands
n ~ ule 1lrst reported in the area
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
G. C. HUNTINGTON

News was received here ! a S
night of the death at his home in
Charlotte yesterday of G.. c. Hunt
ington, father of ]. B. Huntington,
executive secretary of the Whining
ton Y. M. c. A.
He was for many years state
secretary of the Y. M. c. A.
Funeral services will be held in
Charlotte this afternoon at S
o'clock. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
ADMIRAL TAYLOR

WASHINGTON, July 2S- up -
Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor,
naval constructor who had a prom
inent part in the creation of the
modern American navy, died today
at the age of rs after a long illness.
Admiral Taylor was the navy's
chief constructor during the World
war and the new testing basin at
nearby Carderock, Md, bears his
name.
Retired in 1923, Admiral Taylor
was a patient at the naval hospital
when death came.
A native of Louisa county, Vir-
ginia, he was graduated from the
naval academy in 1885 after estab-
fishing the highest scholastic record
made there to that time.
He then studied at Royal college,
Greenwich, England, under an ar
rangement by which the white
fleet" the nucleus of the modern
United State navy, was created,
partly from British designs near
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
JUDGE JAMES

LOS ANGELES, July 2s.-LR-
William P. James, 70, senior fed
eral district judge of southern Cali
fornia, died today of automobile
accident injuries.
For ~ of his 81 years in public
legal Cervice he was on the fed
eral bench, under appointment by
the late President Harding.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
MRS. PRESTON CUMMINGS

Funeral services for Mrs. Pres
ton Cummings, widow of Preston
Cummings, who died at her resi-
dence at 315 South Second street
Saturday morning at 5 o'clock af-
ter a lengthy illness, were held
yesterday afternoon. at S o'clock
from the late residence.
The Rev. Alexander Miller, as
sisted by the Rev. Mortimer
Glover, conducted the services. In
torment followed in Oakdale ceme-
terry.
Active pallbearers: R. D. Jewett,
George N. Harriss, Bruce Poisson,
DR.. B. R. Morrison, r. l.. Grower,
Charles Tate.
Honorary pallbearers: David Sin
clair, Herbert Latimer, w. B.
Thorpe, Fred Poisson, Louis Pois-
son, Theo Empie, Herbert O'Neil,
John Adams, DR.. j. B. Cranmer
and Dick Cronly.
Mrs. r. A. Nelson, of Roanoke,
Va, and Mrs. Frederick Burr, of
Wilmington; three grandchildren:
R. A. Nelson, Jr., and Mrs. Ever
EFT Wilson, both of Crewe, Va, and
Miss Anne Burr, of Wilmington
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-27
HIGH COMMANDO OF
 BERLIN REPORTS
German Troops in Clashes With British Have Taken
 Many Prisoners

Berlin, April 27-CUP)-A high command communique asserted to- day that German troops In clashes with the British had taken more than 28O prisoners in the Andalsnes and Steinkjer areas of the NorWe- gian coast.
 German troops took IA Norwe- gian prisoners, it was asserted, i'll a clash in northern Norway,
 The high command asserted that British landing party at Andalsnes southwest of Trondheim, was taker completely by surprise April P anc that nearly 200 prisoners, including staff officers and the unit com mander, were taken by the Germans
 A great quantity of politically anc militarily important British orders fell into German hands, the com' munique said.
 Another British landing party wai repulsed at Steinkjer, northeast oi Trondheim, April 25 and two British officers and 80 men were made pr1s- oner.
 Both German victories, it was as- serted, were obtained at small loss to the German participants.
 Germans Take Towns
 Discussing the situation in the Oesterdal valley, near Sweden, the high command said that German forces, thrusting swiftly forward yesterday, had taken Tynset and Roeros and this reached within 62 SContinued on Page p
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-27
Joachim vOn RibbOntrOp Asserts Norway Also Had
 COnnived in Plans
DOCUMENTARY PROOF
 DECLARES GERMANY
Decks Are Now Cleared, He Says-Britain, With
 France Stands Alone
BY JOSEPH w. GRIGGS, JR.

BY JOSEPH W. GRIGGS, JR. United Press Staff Correspondent
 Berlin, April 27. - (UP)- Germany charged today that Great Britain and France had long planned an invasion of Norway, that Norway had connived in the plans, and that British troops actually were on the way to the Nor wegian coast when Germany landed occupation forces April g.
 Joachim Van Ribbentrop, foreign minister, made the charge before a formal assembled, somberly clad diplomatic and German and for eign newspaper corps.
 "All lies, all lies," he said of French and British government as- sertion that during the Russo Finnish war they wanted to land troops in Scandinavia to aid Fin land. They wanted, he said, to out flank Germany as part of a deliber- ately planned campaign to embroil neutrals on their side in the war.
 Documentary Proof
 Germany, he said, would publish documents, some captured from British troops in Norway, in serial form, to- give documentary proof" that:
 1-The Allies long planned to oc- cupy Norway; 2-Norway knew this:. 3-Norway was ready, to enter the war on the Allied side; 4-The British plan was frustrated only because Germany intervened at the last hour.
 Germany made it's charges in perfectly timed series of proclama- tions, communiques and statements.
 First came an announcement that Adolf Hitler had made Joseph Ter Bowen commissioner for Norwegian occupied territories which asserted that Norway through it attitude and the military hostilities which "willed has created a state of war between Norway and the German Reich.
 Second came German high com- mand communique, laying claim to German victories over the British in fights in the Lillehammer and Steinkjer sectors of Norway, in which, it was said, the Germans took nearly 300 prisoners and with them "a great quantity of politically and miitarily important British or- derS."
 Official News Agency
 Third came a communique of the official news agency, announcing that these documents would be put before the public. These documents showed that there had been a plan for a British expeditionary force in Norway" before the German inva- sion; that the Allied move on Nor- way was under way three days be- fore the German occupation took place and two days before Hitler on April gave German troops their sailing orders.
 Fourth came Ribbentrop's state
 (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-27
DEMOCRATS WILL
 MEET AT ELTON
State Central Committee May Decide Date of
 Convention

The Democratic state central com mittee meets at The Elton this aft ernoon to decide the date of the party's spring convention. Members are expected to choose date late in May or early in June.
 State Chairman J. Francis Smith of this city will preside. Other To- cal members are Patrick Moran, Corporation Counsel J. Gregory Lynch, Mrs. Gertrude Corden and ex-Town Clerk Dora Egan.
 The state convention will choose Connecticut's delegates to the Dem ocratic national convention, which will be held in Chicago in mid-July. Connecticut will have 16 votes at the convention, but present plans call for the election of a much larger delegation, with each mem- Der having a fraction of g. vote.
 The Republican state convention will be held May IA and 15, the party having chosen its delegates at primaries and caucuses held in the l69 towns of the state this week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-27

The McKesson- Robbins case fell to a new low in public in- terest during the present week when Rowley w. Phillips, local broker took the witness stand. Most of the weeks time was used by Attorney CorDin, counsel for MT. Phillips, in reading audit re- ports and letters written by MT. Phillips to F. Donald COSter and others. This isn't the kind of testimony the public likes.
 Reporters covering the case agree that MT. Phillips is an all American marathon letter writer. When he sits down to write a let ter writing paper company stocks immediately ascend. It took At torney COrbin almost an hour to read one of his letters to the jury yesterday.
 Even the court took official mo- tice of the length of MT. Phillips letters. At one point Attorney Cor bin said to MT. Phillips, You'll admit you write long letters?", whereupOn U. S. Atty. Irving Kaufmann objected.
 Judge Moscowitz intervened to say, ''If he doesn't admit it I will"
 The slowing up of excitement
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-27
Italy Cannot Stand Outside This Conflict In Europe, Says Grandi
McKesson Highlights

in the Phillips case caused the gallery" or in other words the spectators who drop in for a lit tie excitement, some heat and a free show to move out. Most of them went down to the first floor of the large federal building, where Atty. James D. c. Murray, a Waterbury native and counsel for former Mayor Frank Hayes in the Waterbury conspiracy trial is trying labor union case.
 Very little space is being given the McKessOn case by the New York papers at the present time. Considering the fact that the gOv- ernment alleges a conspiracy in the amount of 100000 this is 8 hard matter to explain. Nobody seems to know the answer. The amount of money allegedly misap- propriated is the biggest in long while.
 The trial has been going on for eight weeks and Miss Esther Adel- man, one of the members of the jury, who is very young and att tractive looking has worn a new dress to court everyday. This is hard to believe but at the press
 (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-27
PRIMARY FIGHT
 FOR DEMOCRATS
Election Day Is Far Off But Primary Talk Is
 Being Heard

Though election day is still more than six months off, considerable talk is being heard of primary con tests within the local Democratic party. It is believed almost certain that there will be contests for the nomination for state senator from the 18th district, a contest for the nomina ton for judge of probate is probable, and there may be ontests for other offices.
 Interesting, in view of the ap- preaching contests, is the revival or the Independent Democratic party, which elected a new town com- mittee this week. The party at one time controlled 5000 votes and could be an important factor in deciding the outcome of any primary.
 In the 18th district, Senator George T. Culhane will seek renom- nation. He is at. odds with the reg ular Democratic organization, hav- ing run against Mayor Vincent A. Scully in a mayoralty primary last fall, and undoubtedly will be op- posed by an organization cand- idate. There is talk of former Sem ator Joseph Hackett. seeking the nomination for the post in which he was succeeded by Senator Culhane. Others already being mentioned as possible candidates are Attorney John McLinden and Aldermanic President John s. Monagan.
 Feeling Persists
 Some feeling has remained from the probate convention which nom mated Judge Patrick Healey two years ago. Attorney Edward Mas colo, though he has announced that lContinued on Page 3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-27
STONINCTON IS
 FEEDING NEEDY

Stonngton, Conn.,, April 27-(UP) Needy persons continued to re- ceive food orders today despite the fact the towns relief funds were depleted and an announcement of first Selectman R. Peres Wheeler the situation was "very serious"
 Provisions were made for the more than 300 persons requiring aid on the strength of an attorney gener- al's opinion that towns must take care of its reliefers regardless of circumstances.
 A special appropriation to fur nish ready funds to carry on relief work has been denied by 8 town meeting. The taxpayers league re- fused to approve an appropriation until full accounting has been made of last years budget. Curtail- ment of school sessions also was threatened as result of shortage of funds. A request had been made for $10,0OO to complete the current term. tsk-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-27
GASOLINE PRICE
 WAR STARTS HERE
Dealers Claim Recent De- cision of Superior Court
 Is Responsible

Another gasoline price war, the first in Waterbury in months, was underway today, with many stations offering gas at 121a cents gallon.
 Dealers say that the new out break of price cutting can be traced to the recent superior court decision which held unconstitutional a stat ute limiting tie size of signs used to advertise prices at gas stations. As soon as the decision was hand ed down, they say, stations special izing in low-priced gasoline erected huge signs calling attention to their prices. Operators of other stations claim they had to follow suit to pro- tect themselves.
 A majority of local stations are now offering three grades of gas- oline, with the 121s cent fuel as third grade.
 Previous price wars have been halted by the efforts of the Water bury Gasoline Retailers association, and it is expected that the organ ization will take hand in the cur rent battle. Association members have been waging steady war against the stations selling only lowest priced gasoline.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-27
Germans Beaten Back, Then Smashed British
Nazis Reconcentrated After They Had Retreated; They Then Blasted Allied Forces Which Had
 Sent Them Back
BY WEBB MILLER United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

London, April 27. - (UP) - Brit ish troops have beaten back Ger man attack at Kvam, in the Gud- brands Valley in Norway, with heavy losses but have retired slightly to less exposed positions under heavy machine gun and trench mortar fire a British military spokesman said today.
 It was indicated that after being beaten back the Germans recon centrated and, with their great Su- periority in automatic weapons, blasted the British ranks.
 British troops are now between Ryan and Dombaas, an Allied rail- road junction base 100 miles south of Trondheim, the spokesman said.
 The position on the Namsos front north of Trondheim seemed im- proved, the spokesman said. It was there, at Steinkjer, that a British advance party suffered losses in a five day stand against German force.
 In patrol encounters on that front, the spokesman said, the British had taken prisoners - "an indication that things are not as bad as some thought.
 The spokesman admitted that the Germans had heavily bombed the railroad between Dombaas and the British base at Andalsnes, but said that the situation had improved for the moment, probably due to the arrival of British anti-aircraft guns and airplanes.
 Namsos, to the north, was badly damaged by Bombs, he said.
 No Report In "A Hours
 No reports had been received for 24 hours from Narvik, in the north,
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