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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
Wilmington Retail Sales
Show IS Per Cent Climb
Forty Killed And 100
Hurt In Cuban Storm

HAVANA, Dec. 26.-R-For-
ty persons were reported killed
and more than 100 injured when
a whirlwind struck the nearby
town of Bejucal tonight.
The figures were tabulated
from reports to DIR. Demetrio
Despaigne, minister of health,
while aid was being rushed to
the beleaguered town in Havana
province.
More than 200 physicians and
nurses were sent from here to
the stricken town.
At Rancho BOyerOs, near Be-
jucal, 81 persons were taken to
hospitals, three so badly hurt
that they died almost immedi-
ately.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
HITLER VISITS HIS
TROOPS IN FRANCE
Declares Better And More
Beautiful Germany Will
Come Out OF War

BERLIN, Dec. &c. Up Adolf
Hitler made a Christmas tour along
the north French coastal front and
extended his visit through today, the
official German news agency DNB
disclosed tonight.
He visited units of the army, navy
and air force and also of the "the
organization Todt," engineering
units which built the German west.
wall and now are said to be install.
ing more heavy Mtteries along the
channel coast.
He told his soldiers, said DNB,
that the watchword for the new
year is:
Before us lies the freedom and
future of our folks, behind us lie
past experiences and in us lies the
unswervable decision that out of this
CONTINUED on Page Four; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27

WASHINGTON, Dec. rs. - R -
A round robin bearing the names If
1859 prominent persons and urging
President Roosevelt to do "every-
thing that may be necessary to in
sure defeat Of the Axis powers"
was made public by the White House
today.
1t said that 1.-THE materials of war
and the military and naval and air
strength we now have and the i'm
plements we can now produce are
enough to make certain the defeat
Of the Axis powers, so long as Brit
ain is on her feet and fighting, but
that with Britain down, they are not
enough and may not in the future
be increased enough to hold the
whole world at bay"
Immediately, a sharp division of
opinion made itself manifest on
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
P. c. Wodehouse Is Writing New Book
In German Civilian 1nternment camp

thinking Of calling it money for
JAM" and when I confessed that
the phrase didn't mean anything
to a middle western American he
exclaimed:
"That's what I was afraid Of.
What it means is money for moth
ing, or easy pickings."
The camp commander, a little
Saxon colonel, had ordered the
novelist brought to his office for
the interview. r.,
Wodehouse came in smiling;
pulled a battered old cap from his
head, stretched out a hand n
said:
well, my, my. It's certainly
grand of you to come down to see
me-"
He was wearing a long, heavy
tan bathrobe held together with a
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27

The English authors companions
in confinement r truck drivers,
coal heavens, Cambridge graduates,
artists, some of his majesty's con-
suls-an assortment of Britons
picked up by the Nazis all the
wav from Brest Litovsk, in Po-
land. to the English Channel and
from Kirkenes, in Norway, to the
Bremen Pass.
wodehouse was arrested in &C.
cupied France, at his villa in LIE
Tououet, on the channel, during
the German offensive last May.
MY visit to the Silesian camp
where he and HOO other British
subjects are now held INSIDE
double, barbed.wire fences. was the
result of long argument with Ger
man officialdom, which finally
gave its permission.
I found him concerned with his
new novel He told me he was
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
FORCE AT HOLLY
RIDGE ENLARGED
Work Resumed With In
creased Intensity Follow
ing Christmas Holiday

HOLLY RIDGE, Dec. 26.-The
number of men working at the
Wilmington Anti-Aircraft Firing
Center here was boosted to ap'
Fortunately 1900 today as work
was resumed with increased IN
tensity following a one-day Christ
mas holiday.
Many more were on hand seeking
work, while others were waiting
to be called or registering at the
North Carolina State Employment
Service office.
Due to increased patronage, the
Seashore Transportation company
today announced the reduction OF
bus fare to Holly Ridge from ~
to 50 cents for round trip Further
reduction will be made in the even1
Of increased patronage, the COM
pany reported.
Contractors representatives point
ed out they have more workers vi
hand here now than they have WORK
Continued on Page -Four; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
JACKSON ENTERS
RADI0-ASCAP ROW
Plans Criminal Proceedings
Under Anti Trust Law
Against Contestants

WASHINGTON, Dec. o. Up -
Attorney General Jackson stepped
into the fight over control Of music
for broadcasting today with an or
der to begin criminal proceedings
under the Sherman antitrust law
against the major contestants.
The Justice department an
nounced that Jackson had ordered
Thurman Arnold, antitrust CHIEF,
to file charges in federal district
court in Milwaukee, Wis, immed'
lately after the first of the, year
against the American Society OF
Composers, Authors and Publish
ers; Broadcast Music, Inc; the Ma
tional Broadcasting company and
the Columbia Broadcasting sys-
tenn.
AsCAP, which the department
said controls a major portion OF
all modern popular music, and the
big. radio broadcasters have been
at odds for months over the 1or-
mer's demands for a new con-
tract. A five-year agreement ex.
hires December 81 and because Oh
fContinued on Page Four; Col.-O
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
"A Are Hurt
In Southeast
Crashes
John Stewart, H. L. Touch
ton, ]. E. Eichhorn, Miss
Jolly Lose Lives
WHITE CHILD KILLED
Crashes Reported Near
Hallsboro, Clinton, New
ton Grove And Wallace

Death did not take a Christmas
holiday m Southeastern North Caro-
lna's highways.
A survey of the section yesterday
revealed at least five persons were
killed and "a injured in automobile
accidents on Christmas Eve, Christ
mas and yesterday.
Those fatally injured were: John
n Stewart and Harry L. Touchton,
of Leland; ]. E. Eichorn, of Halls
boro. Miss Elizabeth Jolly, of Free
man. and Everett Jerry White,
three.months-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
10, White, of Wilmington.
Injured
The injured included: r. o. Car
1er. of Swansboro; Melver Hudson,
of Clinton: Pat Hornrine, of Newton
Grove; Mrs. Preston Rivenbark, OF
Clinton; and six children; Stanley
Brown, and his wife and child, OF
Salisbury, Md.
Mrs. Pauline Pyle, Miss Juan1ta
White. and Mrs. J.. o. White, all OF
Wilmington; Penny Jones, of WASH
ington; Albert Ellis, of Whiteville,
route two; Mrs. J. E. Eichorn, OF
Freeman; Mr.. and Mrs.. Watson
Hale, Harvey James, Miss Pennello
James, and Miss Zello James, all OF
Wilmington.
Miss Jolly, IT, died yesterday
morning in the Columbus county
hospital in Whiteville from injuries
Continued on Page -Four; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
GERMANY POURS FIRST
OF $780, 900 SOLDIERS
INTO BALKAN COUNTRY,
Red Press Reports Fire
At BuchareSt'S Airport

poverty and suffering among
Rumanian peasants.
The army newspaper, mean
while, interpreted the forma-
ton of a German-Italian-Ja-
panese mixed commission to
execute terms of the Axis
triple alliance as a "reply to
the new Roosevelt plan for aid
to England"
The appointment of Lord
Halifax as new ambassador to
United States was viewed as
ga step to strengthen further
American cooperation" both
politically and militarily.
"The development Of Anglo
American military cooperation
has brought sharpening an
tagonism between United
States and the Axis powers"
the newspaper added. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27

MOSCOW, Dec. 26-R-Re-
ports of a mysterious fire at
the Bucharest airport and
mounting death rate among
children of Rumania appeared
in the Russian press today.
The government organ lsz-
vestia said the airport fire was
being investigated by Ruman-
ian officials. Newspapers here
previously nave portrayed as
sabotage reported explosions
and fires in Rumanian oil
fields.
Pravda said four out Of
every ten children in Rumania
were dying of tuberculosis and
malnutrition, and in a like vein
Izvestia published a survey
purporting to show extreme
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
ITALIAN, BRITISH
AIRMEN ARE BUSY
Fascists~ Attempt To I'm.
pede Large British Force
Surrounding Bardia

WITH BRITISH FORCES OUT
SIDE BARDIA, Libya, Dec. 26.-R
The Italian airforce concentrated
it's activity in the Bardia region to-
day in an attempt to impede the Brit
ish forces surrounding this Libyan
outpost.
Italian bombing in other parts OF
the desert was at a minimum.
The British Royal Air Force con-
tinued the tactics it has employed
since the start of the British often
sive-heavy bombing Of Libyan air
fields to keep the enemy on the
ground as much as possible.
CONTINUED on Page Four; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
War
Interpretive
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON

BIZ hlfIhE u. S1WII SON
Germany is reported building up
a huge army in Rumania, yet IN
view of all the circumstances this
move may be a purely defensive
measure, designed to facilitate an
about Nazi attack on England.
That Herr Hitler is ready to en-
gage now in two-front war if he
can avoid it is open to serious
Whatever the purpose, the troop
movements eastward emphasize
the fact that Germany's Balkan
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
HILTON FIREWORKS
BIG CROWD
Approximately 1000 Al
tend Annual Program At
Community Yule Tree

A fireworks display was present.
ed last night at the Community
Christmas tree at Hilton park, with
a crowd estimated at about 1000
in attendance.
The fireworks were fired by Jim
w o m m a c k, Of Winston-Salem.
his wife, the only known woman
shell shooter, John Render, am
Roy Fennell.
An entirely new type Of fire
works shooting, including ground
CONTINUED on Page Four; Col g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
WPA OFFERS AID
IN SOLDIERS HUT
Offers To Join With City
In Operation OF Recrea-
ton Center Here

The WPA wants 20 cooperate Win
the City of Wilmington in recrea-
ton work for soldiers who will be
stationed at the Wilmington Anti
Aircraft Firing Center, J. D.. l..
Wade, city commissioner of pubic
works, has been informed by G. l..
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
10 MISSING COAST
GUARDSMEN SAVED
Boat, Lost Since Wednes-
day, Found By Cutter
Shawnee; Two Hurt

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-R)
The coast guard here reported to-
day a boatload of coast guards
men, missing since morning in ter
rifle seas, had been rescued. Two
of them were said to be injured.
The message was radioed to
guard headquarters from the cut
Continued on Page Three; Col. n
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27
BN ANGUS THUERMER
Copyright, 1910, by The Associate
prossl

BERLIN, Dec. 26.-P. G. Wods-
house, the imperturbable creator OF
the unexampled Jeeves, is cheer
fully writing a book about Amerl-
can crooks these days in a room
in a German civilian internment
camp that once was the padded
cell Of a madhouse. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27

Editors Note: Angus Thuer.
mer Of the Associated Press Ber-
lin staff made a journey to q
prison camp in Upper Silesia,
eastern Germany, with special
permission of the German au-
thorities to interview p. G..
Wodehouse, the British author
who was taken prisoner when
the German armies swept
through northern France.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-27

FORECAST

FORECAST
North Carolina: Mostly cloudy n
aaailld, showers over south and west por-
uons Friday; Saturday, mostly ciouay
sho colder, preceded by moderate TO
leavy showers.
(By Q. s. Weather Bureau
Meteorological Gaia for the "A hours
'uuihg 7:3O p. m. yesterday
INA Temperature
80 !:@ a. m. 60; 7:30 a. m. So: 100 p. m.
N.Y. ~ p. m. 81; maximum u; mini
~uih Of; mean SO; normal AZ.
,.o Humidity
m l;SO a. m. 100; 7:30 a. m. 100; 1:3o p.
~'0 ~; 7:30 p. m. 100.
Precipitation
NM notal for "a hours ending 1870 p. m.
NV inches. Total since first OF the
~ohth 2.03 inches.
IN Tides For Today
IRON Tide Tables published by U. ..
vast and Geodetic Survey.
us. High Low
Nasonboro Inlet ----- 6:24a Ia
ssSeahrlse Eliza; sunset SHOP; moonrise
""a moonset 4:26p.
"i'er stage at Fayetteville, N. o.,
a. M, Dec. "a, 1000 feet.
'"'aIlnued ON Page Three; Col. 81
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-12
BACKBONE!!

The backbone of every
newspaper is it's readers and
advertisers. The following
merchants h AVE advertise
ments soliciting your patron
age in this issue of the paper.
Your consideration for these
and other merchants who uti-
lie these columns from time
to time is requested.
Acme Appliance Co., q e. Fifth st.
AleSander's Standard Station, Dale &
University
Berdes Food Market. 3SS Wabasha st.
Boyd Service Station. Dale & Central
Clover Meadow Stores, 226 Rondo St., 9S4
Rice, 664 Selby Ave. and 939 Conway St.
Commerce Liquor Store. 4th & Wabasha
Economy Food Market. S64 N. Dale st.
Enger Supply Co.. 11S w. 7th st.
Elite Valet Shop, 1854 N. Dale st.
Florsheim Shoe Co.. Wabasha at 9Th st.
Goodrich -Silvertown Co.. 9Th & Exchange.
Gardeners DIX Service Station. Western
and West Central
Grants Piston Rings, 1872 University Ave.
jam OleanefSs 04J University ave.
Kings Valley Chicken Shack. at Riley
Lake.
Jim's Place, st. Anthony q Kent
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-12
Sumner Field Has
Big Fourth of
July Celebration

The 4th of July celebration at
Summer Field was sponsored by
the Tenants Association of the
Sumner Field Homes. A parade
by the Drum and Bugle Corps Of
the Ames Lodge I. B. P. o. E. w.
began the activities of the day. The
dedication ceremony Of the new
flag and staff was held at the cor
ner of 9Th and Dupont N, with
Representative L. J. Gleason and
Congressman John Alexander max
ing the principal addresses. Boy
Scouth Troop No. AZ assisted in
the flag raising ceremony and gave
their untiring support and coopera-
ton helping on the grounds during
the day and evening.
Some of the events of the day
were Doll Buggy parade under the
direction Of Mrs. Mary Crump; the
model airplane contest was won by
Stanley Stone; the three Dillon
Children were proclaimed winners
in the amateur show.
There were many varied races
and prizes for the children as well
as various contests for men and
women under the direction of Mr..
Chas. Beasley. Some of the winners
in different feats were: Bert Lewis,
Dorothy Knott, Mr.. J. Whitaker,
Mrs. Mildred Strader, Howard
Brown, Marie Brockett, julius An
drews, Mrs. Vivian Erickson and
several others.
The mems ball game in the af-
ternoon proved very exciting, but
the ladies' soft ball game in the
evening drew the larger audience
and proved even more exciting.
Community singing led by Mel
vim Dillon and a beautiful and
varied display of fireworks exhib-
tied by Johnnie Baker Post Of the
American Legion climaxed the
days events. Il
MIR. and Mrs. Eugene Moore,
1000 Iglehart Avenue, entertained
the Credjafawn Social Club at
their home, Wednesday, July 8.
James A. (Babe) Mitchell, Jr.,
of Chicago spent the weekend in
st. Paul as a part of ten-day
vacation. He was the house guest
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A.
Mitchell, ST., 329 N. st. Adams
Street.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-12
Georgia Anna
Roberts Dead

Mrs. Georgia Anna Roberts, SO,
GAL Rondo Street, died at Ancker
Hospital Monday, July 8, after an
illness of more than two months.
She had been a resident of st. Paul
for thirty years. She was a men,
Der of Como Temple and Pilgrim
Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held Fri
day, July IL, atG2:3O p. M, under
the auspices of Como Temple No.
3128, Daughter 3Elks. Rev. ]. c..
Clayburne officiated at the funeral.
Survivors include two sons and
one daughter. One son, Dewitt
Byers, of Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, arrived in the city Mon
day of this week to arrange for
the services.
Interment in Oakland cemetery.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-12
HELEN KELLY DEAD

Mrs. Helen Kelly, "a, died sud-
denly at midnight Monday, July 8.
Death was due to a cerebral hem
orrhage. She had been resident
of st. Paul for two years, coming
here from Aitkin, Minnesota, to
live with her cousins, the George
Thomases, 1876 st. Anthony Ave.
Survivors include a husband,
George Kelly of Duluth; three sis
tiers, Mrs. Alma Mack Of st. Paul
and Mrs. iDosie Daniels and Mrs.
Halle Jones Of Minneapolis; two
brothers, Bluford Strader and
Oliver Strader of Aitkin, Mime
sofa, and her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Warner Strader Of Aitkin.
Funeral services were held
Thursday in Aitkin to which the
remains were shipped Wednesday
of this week.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-12
Mayor Med enOugh
Asked To Make
APPOINTMENT

A committee from st. Paul,s
newly formed Community Council
conferred with Mayor John J. Nc
DOnOugh for an hour Monday, urg-
ing him to name q Negro to the
Welfare board. After hearing the
group, Mayor McDOnOugh pointed
out that previous commitments
made such an appointment impos-
sible at this time.
He said he felt the Negro COM
munity should be represented on
some of the city's guiding commit
tees and said that esuchyrepresenta-
ton would be forthcoming. On the
committee which called on the
Sanity City executive was VIM.
II. CASTOR, Mrs. Thomas Neal, DR..
J. w. Crump and a representative
of the st. Paul Recorder news
paper.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-12
John Patton Is
Elected President
Community Council

John Patton was elected presi-
dent of the st. Paul Community
Council sponsored by the st. Paul
Urban League at its monthly meet
ing Tuesday, July 2, at the Halle
@. Brown Community House. Mrs.
George Thomas was elected vice.
president; Mr.. Clarence M. Mitchell
Jr., secretary; Mrs. Carrie Robert
son, assistant secretary, and A. j.
Lewis, treasurer.
The next regular meeting of the
Council will be Thursday, August
8, at s. p. m. All organizations. are
requested to send representation.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-12
SHORT PIANO
RECITAL. SUNDAY

The music pupils Of Mrs. Mary
Short, Minneapolis music ,instruc-
tor, will be presented in a recital
Sunday, July IA, at 500 p. M, at
Zion Baptist Church, 18th Ave.
No. and Lyndale. Other Twin City
artists will appear on the program.
The public is invited to attend.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-12
Pastors Father
To Fill Sons
Pulpit Sunday

Rev. H. E. Stewart of Milwau-
kee, father of Rev. G. F. Stewart,
pastor of Minneapolis st. Peter
A. M. E. Church, will preach at
that church Sunday morning.
Rev. Stewart is one of the most
widely known A. M. E. pastors. At
present he is, pastor of st. Marks
Church in Milwaukee.
DIR. and Mrs. w. D. Brown, COS
E. 18th St., spent the past week
end in Chicago.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-12
Man Kills Wife;
Takes Own Life
Well Known Here

Chicago.-A Chicago man, evil
IDENTIFY temporarily mentally de-
ranged, shot and killed his wife
last Friday and then turned the
gun on himself. Both died almost
instantly.
The couple were Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry Lee Walker tEugie Mae
Williamson) both well known in
the Twin Cities. They were mar
ried II years ago in st. Paul and
had visited in Minneapolis many
times. Mrs. Walker has a sister,
Mrs. Oscar Gates, and two broth
ers, Elmer and Preston Childress,
both residents of Minneapolis.
Evidently Walker who had been
in i'll health and out Of work for
several months had planned his
tragic deed for sometime. He
timed it oddly for his 18th we'd
ding anniversary.
He with a woman friend of the
family had prepared an anniver-
sary dinner which was to be served
to several guests in the evening.
When Mrs. Walker came home
from Edison Novelty Co., where she
had held a responsible position for
II years, Walker asked her to eat
dinner. She demurred, telling him
jokingly that she would await the
guests.
He insisted that she should eat
plenty as it would be their last
meal. Later he asked her to play
Chinese checkers "for the last
time"
Almost without warning, accord
ing to Mrs. Dorothy Borgess., who
with her three small children was
in the Walker home, the man
grabbed a revolver and told his
wife he was going "to end it all"
Mrs. Walker and the visiting
woman, Mrs. Borgess., struggled
with the evidently insane man for
possession of the weapon. Finally
they succeeded in forcing it from
his hand to the floor.
Mrs. Borgess. ran to the phone
to call police as the couple strug-
gled. The phone was dead, having
evidently been disconnected by the
man. She then ran with her
screaming children from the fiat
as Walker secured a shotgun from
a corner of the room.
Walker then shot his wife twice,
killing her almost instantly and
then committed suicide by putting
two shells through his own body.
After the tragedy a friend of the
man, James OVERLY, also Of Chica-
go, informed relatives that Walker
had told him several weeks ago
that he would soon be dead and
gave him the names of hymns to
be sung at his funeral. OVERLY
thought he was testing and dis
missed his peculiar request from
his mind.
Funeral services were held for
Mrs. Walker Tuesday at Lathrop,
Mo-, her former home. Mrs. Oscar
Gates and Messrs. Elmer and Pres
ton Childress attended the funeral
rites.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-07-12
Small Crowd
Contributes Sill

"A small but interested crowd
gathered at st. Peter A. M. E..
Church Sunday night contributed
$11 to a fund to assist the Mime
apols NAACP in its attempt to
prevent the extEadition of Paul
Dewalt, a Minneapolis, resident for
q years who is wanted by Arkan-
sas authorities. E