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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
BRITAIN STAGES
MIGHTY ATTACK
ON GERMAN AREA
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that the number killed in Berlin was
Extremely high" and accused the
Raj of 'indiscriminate bombing OF
the German civilian population"
ut was announced in Berlin that
81, 900 of the city's school children
under IA years old had been removed
from the capital because of recurrent
British bombing; that $4,000 had
been taken from Hamburg and that
an additional 10000 would be re-
moved from Berlin.)
The assault on the Reich's capital,
while the most spectacular Of this
early morning bombing campaign,
was only Of many.
The Port of Hamburg, home OF
vital warship construction facilities,
was heavily attacked as it had been
many nights in the past, the British
said, and hits specifically were claim
ed on docks, shipping, oil stores and
a power plant.
A rear gunner of the last of the
group of British bombers which raid
ed Hamburg reported tonight on his
return here that even upon the ar
rival of his plane over the city "a
colossal fire was blazing"
ut was" he said, "the father and
mother of all fires I have ever seen
-. an area about a thousand yards
long was enveloped in flames and the
glow lit up the whole sky. We drop
ped our bombs nearby, but the fires
they started were completely eclipsed
by that terrific blaze"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
LONDON NJ

LONDON, Oct. 25.-R -The axis
air force shuttled bombs into London
with ominous intensity tonight after
a day Of ferocious big formation raids
which left a trail of destruction from
one end Of London to the other.
Met by the thunderous roar Of the
massed artillery of London's defenses
some of the night raiders dropped
flares and flame bombs, while others
dived on their targets in one district
despite an almost continuous blaze
of fire.
Stretcher parties sped through the
streets of one populous shopping dis
trict as the raid entered it's third
hour.
The attackers had to fly through
murky weather over the Strait of
Dover to reach their targets, and
then heavy rain clouds cloaked the
sky.
Backed by a muster Of Italian
planes on the German-held coast and
coinciding with an apparent ap.
preaching end to Adolf Hitler's mys-
ferrous diplomatic journeying, the
Nazis sent more planes at London
than in any day recently.
Mostly fighters, they came in huge
formations of 20 to 100, flying nearly
six miles high.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
FLOWERS FATALITY
VERDICT RETURNED.
.Jurv Finds Bolton Woman
Killed As Result Of In
avoidable Accident

WH1TEvILLE, Oct. 25.-A COR
oner's Jury conducting an inquest
into the death of Miss Edna Flow
ers, about IS, at Bolton Wednes-
day afternoon, ruled today that
she came to her death "by being
struck by an Atlantic Coast Line
railroad train in an unavoidable
accident"
Seven eye-witnesses to the IA
tality were heard by the jury.
All the persons testified that the
woman had just purchased some
matches at a store and had start
ed back across the railroad tracks
to the home Of her sister, where
she lived. She dropped the match
es on the tracks and as she stopped
to pick them up a northbound
freight train struck her, the wit
nesses stated. ..
Members of the coroner's jury
were: J.. P. Long, Richard Anger,
John Barley, Sig Smith, c. O..
Carroll and j. M. Bennett.
Funeral services for Miss Flow
ers were held at the home Thurs
day afternoon. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
CORPS GIVEN
NEW IMPORTANCE
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to lieutenant general and made
co-equal in rank with commanders
of the nations fou~ field armies.
There was no hint Of intent,
however, to follow the example
OF Germany, Great Britain and
most other powers by making the
air corps an entirely separate mill
tary arm. Both the army and navy
have opposed such . move, which
has been advocated by many filters
and others.
The CHG air force, which in
cludes virtually all the army's
aerial striking weapons, was made
responsible to the new army gen.
eral headquarters like the land
forces. Previously it was respon-
slble to the air corps chief.
Established. in 1885, the CHG
force fof the last IS months has
had to help train new fiiers. The
wal department said the time is
now arrived" for a retur~ to the
status of a tactical fighting
force"
Major General George H. Brett
was made acting chief # the air
corps to succeed General Arnold.
AS such he will have charge of
training, procurement Of planes
ana many activities other than
CHG operations. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
METH0DISTS END
HIGH POINT MEET
Winston-Salem Selected For
1941 Meeting; Minister
ial Appointments Read

HIGH POINT, Oct. 25-R-The
western North Carolina conference
of the Methodist church will hold
its 1941 session at Centenary
church in Winston-Salem.
This site was selected today at
the closing session of the meetins
here, at which odds .:nd ends OF
business we're disposed of and the
A resolution adopted by the con-
ference proposed that "the min
listers of this conference prepare
themselves to counsel, advise and
support any members Of their
church whose Christian convictions
demand that they not participate
in any military service in any
FORM"
The resolution was presented by
the Rev. Wilson o. Weldon, OF
China Grove. 1t was adopted after
proponents explained that the law
of the church neither commended
nor opposed conscientious objec-
ton to participation in military
service put gave 1tS packing 10
any member who took that posi-
ton.
Reports on the Methodist col
leges were submitted, and DR.. j.
M. Ormand of Duke university
spoke on the Duke endowment.
The conference voted, on mo-
ton of DR.. R. l.. Owenby Of Char
lotte, that henceforth the annual
meeting of the conference histor-
ical society would Re an integral
part of the annual session.
DR.. W. A.. Stanbury Of Asheville
reported on the activities of the
conference brotherhood, and DR..
E. o. Cole of Charlotte presented
the treasurer's report. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
MANY ARRESTED
4 IN SWITZERLAND
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Raids were conducted simultan-
eously in a number of Swiss cities
by federal police.
The number of arrests was not
disclosed, but the announcement
said "all officials of the organi-
cation resident in Switzerland
were seized.
IT said the organization distrib.
uted- tracts by mail and by drop
ping them in letter-boxes and that
one of these was IAN open invita-
ton to revolution"
Investigation of these tracts led
police to the newly-formed union,
which they said was headed by
the Swiss Nazi leaders former Ma.
jori Ernst Leonhardt and Franz
Burri.
Orders for the arrest of both
have been outstanding for some
time because of similar totalitari.
an activity, but both now are liv-
ing in Germany while carrying on
their leadership of the Swiss to-
talitarians.
The Swiss communique said
manuscripts for the tracts were
"smuggled into Basel from a for.
eign country by a secret AGENT
and then distributed widely by
members, employees and friends of
the. organization.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
TOBIN RAPS LEWIS
ON WILLKIE STAND
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the C. I. O." Tobin said that before
the presidential campaign Lewis
gave me every assurance-at least
I understood him to assure me-
that he would do nothing to injure
u program"
Tobin charged that this man.
made certain requests "of the Presi-
dent of the United states that would
have been impossible and possibly
illegal to grant"
Tobln did not enlarge upon the
requests he charged We're made Of
the President, but he said the At
torney general recently gave an
opinion on one of them.
"This man has gone over to the
side of those who have crucified us
both-the enemies of labor" Tobin
said vehemently. II find him lining
up with the men who have tried to
cruelty him and cruelty me-Mr.
Weir and Mr.. Girdler.
"They are now on the side of the
same leader in an endeavor to elect
Willkie."
Tobin said he had received assur.
from many leaders of labor,
including officials of the United
Mine Workers, that Lewis IAN
nounced support of the republican
nominee was not based
on the feelings or decisions Of the
members of their organizations"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Obituaries
PATRICK F. POPE

Funeral services for Patrick F.
Pope, 60, of Coats, who died of a
heart attack early yesterday morn
ing at his home, will be held at
2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
from the Coats Baptist church.
Mr.. Pope, the father of Tyson G.
Pope, manager of the Wilmington
hotel, had been ill for the past two
years. Burial will follow in the
Greenwood cemetery at Dunn.
He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. c. c. Upchurch, of Dunn;
three sons, H. B. Pope, of Coats;
L. Y. and Tyson G.. Pope, of Will
mington; and four brothers, R. w.
and T. G.. Pope, of Dunn; H. j..
Pope, of Mount Olive and M. c..
Pope, of Wallace. Six grandchil-
dren also survive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
SET UP
CHANNEL AIR BASE
AND BOMB LONDON
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thousands of carloads of equipment
and supplies were shipped to the
base, opposite Britain in German.
occupied France. italian pilots,
meanwhile, ferried plane after plane
to the base from Italy.
Now, the informants said, the
base is complete with a mass OF
men and material, it's own repair
shops, ground crews, bombs and
even italian food, wines and cigar
cites.
General Rino Corso Fougier, a
Corsican who was an Italian ace in
Spain, is in command.
A correspondent of Stefani, the
official italian news agency, said
fascist airmen had begun their at
tack against England last night,
losing bombs for more than an hour
on industrial and naval centers'
in Southeast England.
Many tons of explosives were drop
ped, he added, followed by violent
fires.
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War Interpretive
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public morale required a token
participation in the air struggle
at this time. If so, it would en-
courage rather than dismay the
British.
Long distance British bombers
have been crossing the Alps occa-
sionally to rasp Italian nerves.
That is about as close as the war
has yet come to Italy, except for
minor sea clashes and the CAM
paign in Egypt.
Italian counter bombing over
England would have distinct home
front propaganda values for Mus
solini. 1t may be designed not
only to answer British raids on
northern Italy, but also to Undue
Italians with new confidence in
Fascist air power which in four
months has signally failed to blow
the British out of the eastern Med
iterranean or Egypt.
Word of Italian participation in
the great air battle comes, also,
amid Axis efforts to harness con-
quered France and uncertain, if
friendly, Spain to the Hitler-Mus
solini war chariot. The supposed
military objective is to quicken
the war on the southern front.
II Duce Will Talk
Mussolini will do the talking for
the Axis on the question of any
Mediterranean readjustments with
Spain or France. His forthcoming
meetings with French officials
point to that. Hitler was scrupu-
lous in drafting the French avmis-
tice terms SO as not to intrudt on
the Mediterranean sector, reserved
at least nominally for Italy. He is
again stepping aside, it seems, to
help Mussolini's prestige at home
by indicating that his Axis mate
is an equal partner, not merely a
tail to Hitler's kite.
Italian bombing of England
seems more a part of that intra-
Axis strategy than anything else.
Its only other significance would
be if it was the beginning of an
about German-Italian air bonn
bardment of England. Berlin
spokesman recently forecast an
"avalanche'' attack there of triple
strength. A stepping-uo Of the day.
light raids might mean that the
appearance Of Italian planes in
English skies is the beginning oil
that AVALANCHE.
Yet that is doubtful. It would
l :1n abandonment of the strategy
shaped by Hitler and T1ussolini in
Bremen Pass which has so far
seemed to be focused eastward
for the winter. This strategy like.
ly would be abandoned only if the
Russian enigma, Spanish unread.
ness for war or other auses had
already baked new lis war de.
signs in the Mediterranean.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
MRS. AUGUSTA G. flick

Funeral services for Mrs. Augusta
Gieschen Flick, who died at 1880
o'clock Thursday night at her home,
LOG Red Cross street, after a long
illness, will be held at 3 o'clock this
afternoon from the late residence.
The Rev. Walter B. Freed, pastor
Of st. Paul's Lutheran church, as
sisted by the Rev. Edwin F. Keever,
pastor emeritus, will officiate. Bur-
ial will follow in the family plot in
Oakdale cemetery.
She was the widow of the late c.
j. Flick and the daughter of the
late ]. G. L. Gieschen. She was
born in Wilmington on October 20,
1892. She received her education in
the schools of Wilmington and later
at Elizabeth college in Charlotte.
Mrs. Flick was a lifelong member
of st. Paul's Lutheran church and
was active in church work.
She is survived by three aunts,
Mrs. Emma Gieschen, Mrs. Minnie
Boesch and Mrs. Beta Glameyer
four nieces, Louise K, Margaret G.,
Augusta, and Johann and one neph-
ew, Fred Banck, Jr., and TWO cous-
ms, Mrs. r. A. Dunlea and H. J..
Gieschen.
Active pallbearers will be: Fred
j. Duls, Henry CAIRNS, Louis Han
son, Luther WesselH Jessie Mar
shall and John J. Oldenbuttle.
Honorary pallbearers will be: DR..
w. H. Moore, DR.. David Murchison,
DR.. C. B. Davis, Col. r. S. McClel-
land, J. H. Niggell and Ernest
Strunck.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
PEACE DRIVE HINTE0

VICHY, France, Oct. 25.-Mar-
shall Philippe Petain came pen
sively back tonight from his rem
devious with Adolf Hitler, and in
formed sources here considered
the possibility that the present ne
gotiations between Germany, Italy
and France may be preludes to an
Axis peace drive"
Overtures for a cessation of hos
tilities might be launched through
President Roosevelt, these sources
said, after all the 'trings are tied
together from the cure. t or i'm
pending conversations between Pc
ain, Hitler, Generalissimo Franco
of Spain, Vice-Premier Pierre La
val of France and Count Ciano of
Italy.
"Best Answer"
Gin Berlin a spokesman said
that "the best answer to such re-
ports is that the attacks on Eng
land are continuing.")
Old Marshal Petain appeared to
be in no hurry to put France on
the dotted line in agreement with
the Axis. Laval went on to Paris
without him after the Hitler talk
of yesterday. In Switzerland it
was understood Laval already was
negotiating with the Italians.) 1t
was reported here that he was
meeting Axis ministers in Paris.
Laval is not expected back until
tomorrow. Then he and Petain
probably will make a joint report
to the cabinet.
Officials who have been issuing
statements to the effect that the
future of France is bound up in the
negotiations tried tonight to cool
off public opinion. Now, they said,
it appears that the results will be
less important than previously ex.
pected, and will settle only I'm
mediate problems" between
France and Germany. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26

tinued loyalty and enthusiastic sup.
port" to President Roosevelt.
The message, signed by three
Philadelphians' - Alexander Nc.
Keown, president; William Smith,
secretary-treasurer, and Alfred
Hoffman, first vice president
and Edward F. Callaghan, second
vice president of Chattanooga,
Tenn, said:
John L. Lewis spoke tonight for
himself and not for the vast ma
jority of workers in the Congress
Of Industrial Organizations. We
wish to assure you Of the continued
loyalty and enthusiastic support
of the 10000 members of the
American Federation Of Hosiery
Workers (QIO." g.,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
COURT PROCEDURE
REQUEST IS MADE
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of which such precedents original
ed"
McLendon, former chairman of
the state board of elections, was
elevated from the vice-presidency
to the presidency Just before the
session ended this afternoon. He
succeeds George C. Green of Weld
on. W. B. Rodman of Washington,
N. c., was named vice president
and will become president next
year if precedent is followed.
The bar had three times pre-
viously endorsed the 'oposal to
shift to the supreme court the
authority over procedure in lower
courts, but the plan was rejected
by the 1889 general assembly.
Governor Hoey called represen-
tatives of both the state bar and
the N. c. Bar Association into ses-
sion with superior court judges
yesterday to consider a bill to
make a change.
The bar today authorized Nc
Lendon to call it into session here
any time the next general as
sembly considers procedure,
estates or recodification.
Speakers stressed the import
ance of all three Of those subjects.
The need for new, simple and
speedy court procedure was ap-
pointed out by D. H. Redfearn of
Miami, past president of the Flori-
da bar; by McLendon; by R. Allan
Stephens, secretary of the Illinois
bar: and by Frank E. Winslow of
Rocky Mount.
McLendon, discussing 1.-The law
yer and his public relations" told
the convention that legal problems
are greater then ever before, but
clients demand that things be done
right now"
THE public may be impatient
and unwilling to wait for constitu-
tional amendments or even for
legislative enactment - it simply
demands results" he said.
"All of this leads me to say that
without sacrificing principle, 1t is
possible for the modern lawyer to
keep abreast Of the times and
adaptable to rapidly changing eco.
nomic, political and social con-
ditions. l even dare to venture the
suggestion that many of the prin-
ciples and preceden'' which we
have long regarded as fundament-
al in u profession r already
J gone with the winds'"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
CLIO

NEW YORK, Oct. 25-tR-Allan
S. Haywood, national organizing di-
rector of the CLIO. said tonight that
he and many other CLIO officials
had assured John L. Lewis, after
he announced his support of Wen
dell L. Willkie, that they endorse
his statement and pledge continued
fealty to his leadership"
Haywood said he was Joined in
his endorsement by Walter S.
Medhurst, Peter Mosele. organic
ing directors, Harold ]. Straub. ma.
tional director Of the utility work
ers organizing committee and
Of organizing stats.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
DRAFT BOARDS WILL
POST NUMBERS TODAY
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bers are drawn. there will be
placed in the famous . fish bowl
in Washington blue capsules, each
containing a number between the
number n and the highest num-
Der of registrants which any board
in the nation has.
These numbers, as they are
drawn, will determine the order
in which the registrants are to be
called before their respective draft
boards.
For example, if No. 343 should
be the first number Drawn, the
card in every draft board office
in the nation having serial number
343 will be given order No. / and
the holder Of that card in each
draft board office will be the man
to first be called before his re-
spective draft board.
Carney pointed out that all bust
ness in connection with selection
for military service should be
handled through the draft board
headquarters in the customhouse.
Draft board officials last night
warned all registrants in the city
and county to take special care
and not lose their registration
cards, which they are required to
carry on their persons at all times.
Registrars were urged not to
call at the office to learn about
their serial numbers, as such re-
quests slow the work which must
be completed by noon today. Reg
istrants r asked to wait until
the serial numbers are posted on.
the bulletin boards at headquar-
tiers.
A number of men have reported
the loss of their cards and with
the work of getting serial numbers
assigned to all cards rapidly near
ing completion, draft board Of
ficials said last night, It has been
exceedingly difficult to provide
them with duplicates. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
lnman Death Inquest
Slated Monday Night

WH1TEVILLE, Oct. 25.-An in.
quest into the death of William
lnman, rs, of Boardman, who died
Wednesday night from injuries re-
ceived when he was struck by an
automobile near his home, will be
held IN the courthouse here Mon
day night at 1880 o'clock, Coroner
Joe Skies announced.
Adolf Cliff, of Chadbourn, driv-
err of the car which struck Inman,
is being held under a bond of 500
pending a verdict by the coroner's
jury.
Funeral services for Inman we're
held Thursday afternoon. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
PAUL r..

JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 25.-Paul
Raymond Mattocks, 66, prominent
Ell Dorado, Ark, oil operator and
native of OnsloW county, died Oc-
tcber II at his Arkansas home fol-
lowing ar illness of several years
it was learned here this week.
The deceased was born at Silver
dale, N. c., July 10, 1874, educated
in the Onslow county schools and
went to work first with the U. S.
Coast and Geodetic survey. He was
in the oil business at Oklahoma
City and Tulsa before going to Ell
Dorado in 1921 and becoming n
OF the first to enter the oil frater-
nifty in that city. He retired three
years ago as president of the H.
and M. Oil company.
"Well-known throughout the mid.
continent, Mr.. Mattocks was DOS
sessed of the best attributes identi-
fled with a successful oil opera
tor The Ell Dorado Evening
Times said in commenting on the
death of Mr. Mattocks. His phil
a%nthropies were many and little
known even to his closest as
sociates."
In addition to his widow, Mrs.
Cornelia Jarman Mattocks of Ell
Dorado. the deceased is survived
by n sister, Mrs. Laura McGinn
New Bern; three brothers, A. B.
Mattocks of Gillet, ]. A. Mattocks
sllverdale and c. B. Mattocks
of High Point.
Funeral services we're held on
Ocober 10. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Willard Chevalier Says Indus
try Should Advertise More
During Coming Year
~ IRVING

WHITE SULPHUR SPRlN1o'
W, Va, Oct. 25.-RHWillard Chew
alier today valued lipstick and SILK
stockings nearly as high in the ma
tional defense program as tanks
and planes. -.
The armament program, he said
before the association Of national
advertisers, is going to put $5,ooo'-
600, 900 of extra purchasing power
in the hands of the public IN the
next year, and unless people nave
q chance to spend a good share
Of it. they twill lose morale ano
therefore diminish in produc-
tivity''.
Chevalier, publisher of Business
Week magazine, confessed worry
about suggestions from many
sources that luxuries should be cut
out to make more industrial pro
duction facilities and materials
available for ornaments.
'It's smart to realize, he ex-
planned, ''that there is no real
line to determine what is a luxury.
Take away the right to buy silk
stockings from a factory girl and
you hurt her far worse than some
Park avenue matron."
The need for keeping workers
contented, he continued, was one
of many reasons why industry
should advertise more rather than
less in the coming year. He ex-
hibited British periodicals to show
they contained ads in almost the
usual peacetime quality, content
and amount.
another thing to remember,
he said, sis that we are getting
ready to fight, if necessary, to
defend the American way of life.
There's no sense in destroying that
life before we get a chance to pro-
tect it. If we are going to destroy
it we might as well hire those
people on the other side to do it
for us, rather than fight them.
He described advertising as 1.-The
vital line of communication" be-
tween the maker and user of
goods. cit would be a great mis-
take in war o. peace to lose our
lines of communication.
More governmental regulation,
he said, was inevitable but should
not scare businessmen.
'After ALL" he declared, Sin
1888 when the national income was
failing like a plummet we prayed
for it. If we could take it on the
downswing, why worry about what
it will do to us on the upsWing."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
LLOYD T. FR1NK

CHADBOURN, Oct. 25.-Funeral
services for Lloyd T. Frink, g.. who
died in a Florence hospital Thurs
day morning from injuries receiv-
ed when he was struck by a truck
Monday morning near his home,
were held from the Pleasant Hill
Baptist church this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
The Rev. George Hunt con-
Quoted the services. Interment fol-
lowed in the church cemetery.
Mr.. Frink is survived by his wife
and a son, Wallace Frink, of Flor.
ence; three brothers, Jim Frink, of
Tabor City, John and Will Frink,
of Chadbourn; and a sister, Mrs. FL
len Joyner, Of Plant City, Fla.