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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
 RUSS- -NAzI
 AGREEMENT
MoIotoff on First Trip 0ui of Russia-May Join
 Up with Axis

BERLIN, Nov. l2.-Hitler today resolved Soviet Premier Molotoff, once the Russian target of Hitler's bitter sccrn, amid indications Rus sia will be asked to join the Berlin Rome-Tokyo axis, for building a new world
 Presumably Hitler is bargaining with Moltcff for a Russian hands eff policy in the Balkans ard 1 Near East
 A two and one half hour confer ence was held today in discussion of the Balkan conflict, it is re- pcried
 This is Molctcff's first trip out s'de Of Ruesia and it wss reported he wac ready to discuss and agree upcn policies of world wide char scter in conferences with German officialdom
 Dienst Aus Deutschland, com mentarv organ closely aligned with the Wilhelmstrasse, said the visit is of "glcbal character" and that Cit gees doubtless beyond mere rec cgniticn of the international posi- ton of the Soviet Union to positive relaticpr of friendship between the two pov'~~s. The general atmos- phere of this visit seems to be one of progressive development of the Russian position"
 Unlike ether state receptions when German bands met visitors and dip lomats by playing their national anthems, the band at the Anhalter station, when Molotoff arrived, lapsed into silence as soon as the Envoy finished taking the salute.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
(0LDWAvE HITS EAST:
 34 DEATHS
Severe Weather Is Raging from Rockies to Atlantic
 Seattle Also Shivers

SEATTLE, Nov. 12-The mercury during the night dropped to 30 de- grees above zero and is hanging there today, giving the city the coldest November 12 since 1916 when it was 21 degrees above zero.
 The forecast for tomorrow is 26 degrees above zero for minimum.
 Frigid weather settled down to- day on most of the nation from the Rocky Mountains to the East Coast, according to weather reports re- ceived here.
 Gales are raging on the Great Lakes, battering vessels, several sending out distress signals.
 Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon 34 deaths have been charged to the cold wave in the Eastern states
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
Stricken Runlania
 Is IsoIaied
Death, Injury List as Result of Earthquake Con-
 tinues t0 Grow
(By ASSOCIATED PREss)

Absolute censorship on develop ments in earthquake stricken Ru- mania seems clinched today. Last reports were the death list was mounting to nearly 1900, and over 5000 injured and millions home less with fires continuing and fur ther reports of demolished villages
 There also seems to be top page of the flow of oil to the mili- tary force as transportation is para lyzed.
 It is known that German army preparation of military bases in Ru- mania have been temporarily aban- doned as Nazi troops are engaged in rescue work, among ruins of houses, shops and factories razed by the quake.
 Flames Lick Fields
 The Bucharest oil fields on which Hitler counted for fluid, without which the mechanized war cannot be staged, is being licked by flames, filtered with splinters ol wooden derricks; rails, bridges ano roads over which the German troops are moving southwest through Rumania are twisted and split apart.
 No one knows what happened underground.
 There are dark deposits of oil in some places where oil has never been found before The oil is ooz- ing from Assures in the ground indicating widespread shifting un- derground.
 In some places, especially near Ploesti, sulphur fumes are spewing in giant cracks
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
Political Eco n 0 mist
 Passes Away
Prof. Frank W. Taussig, h. terndfiondIIy Known,
 Dies in Cambridge

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov 12.-- Frank William Taussig, interna- tionally known political economist and Professor Emeritus of liar yard, died here last night. He would have been 81 next month.
 Taussig was Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission from 1917 to 1919 and was the author of many books on economics and international trading
 Plain Speaking
 Plain speaking formed notable part of the method which Taussig, authority on political economy, used in tackling public problems. A U. s. Senate Committee found this out when it summoned him as witness in March, 1926.
 The committee was Investigating the administration of the Federal Tariff Commission. Professor Taus- sig, a member of the Harvard Uni versity faculty for more than 40 years, had served as chairman of the first tariff commission for two years under appointment by Presi- dent Wilson in 1917.
 He told the committee that ap- pointments to the commission by Presidents Harding and Coolidge in some instances had been made without regard to the ability, train- ing or open mindedness of the ap- pointees. The appointments, he as- serted, had been carried to dan- gerous and lamentable extremes to make them acceptable to the party in power"
 Keep Politics Out
 Unless the commission can be kept non-partisan,' he declared, 'the reason for it's existence is gone"
 He informed the committee also of his belief that the flexible pro- visions of the tariff law served no good purpose and. should be re- pealed.
 Professor Taussig, who was born in St. Louis on December 28, 1859, spent his life teaching and writing the principles of political economy His period as chairman of the tariff commission was his only ex- cursion into public office. Imme-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 If you don't think a lot of water has run under the culverts since the last draftees went off to camp, just listen to what the boys in those days the summer and fall of 19lD were talking about when they mus tered in for their first introduc- tion to squads-right, squads-left, u-ump-mph!
 The Chicago White Sox, behind the pitching of such chaps as Ci- cotte and the fielding and batting of Eddie Collins and Shoeless Joe Jackson, took the World Series from the over-c confident New York Giants, winning the first, second, fifth and sixth games.
 Stocks and bonds were doing a nose dive to new lows and the Wall Streeters were screaming. There were investigations being started of war profiteers. Lem in and Trotsky were the big shots of the Russian Revolution and Bolshevik was new word. . Maj-Gen. Charles P. Treat re- turned from France and predicted that the World War would end in the fall of 1913
 Glenn Warner (nobody called him Pop" them stirred up a pig skin hornets nest by announcing that football was not as rough as it used to be. i. Fuel to the foot ball flame was added when Army called off it's annual classic with the Navy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
SANDWICHES SUSPECTED

A telegram from Dr. A. $. Wal kowski, Deputy Commissioner of Health at Anchorage. to Territorial Health Commissioner Dr. w. w. Council said that more than 100 of the civilian employees of the air base were stricken with food pois- oning.
 The men ate tuna fish and canned meat sandwiches which had been prepared the day previous. So se- verely were some of the men strick- en that narcotic relief had to be administered. None were considered in danger of dying from the poison, however.
 The Health Departments new labora tory at Anchorage, opened less than a month ago. is conduct ing the food tests. Frank P. Pauls, Assistant Director of the Division of Public Health Laboratories, and Lloyd Morley. Senior Sanitarian, both formerly of Juneau, are work ng on the case.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
H. C. Shepard
 Is Stricken
Prominent Interior Miner Business Man Dies After
 Emergency Air Flight

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov 12. Stricken with an attack of the heart on a Fairbanks to Flat flight last Saturday, H. G. Shepard, prominent Interior miner and busi- nessman, died here after an emer- gency flight from McGrath.
 On instructions from Mrs. Shep- ard. in Seattle, the body will be sent south for burial at Helena. Mont.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
DOW, JONES AVERAGES
ALASKA PROSPEROUS,
 SAYS TAX COLLECTOR
 AFTER LONG JOURNEY

Alaska is enjoying at present one of the most prosperous periods in the history of the Territory, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue O. s. Sullivan said today upon his re- turn from his annual tax collec- tion tour of Alaska.
 The year appears to be the fin- est mining season ever, Sullivan said. The Innoko district, especial ly, is coming along very fast, he declared.
 Sullivan will now be at the Ju- neau office for several months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
BRITISH PLANES
 MAKE AIR RAIDS

LONDON, Nov. 12-The British Admiralty says that planes from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal have bombed the Italian port of Cam dilai on the island of Sardinia.
 Other British planes raided vari- ous Italian bases and the RAF attacked many German ports, in- cluding the former free city of Danzig.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
ARMY BASE POISONING
 I5 pR0BED
Stricken Anchorage Work. CTS Are Back on Jobs
 After Attack

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 12.- An investigation is under way here to determine the source of food pois- oning with which approximately 100 workers on the Army airbase con- struction project were stricken last Friday.
 Capt. Donald Neil, Construction Quartermaster, said an inquiry had been launched by the Army, Terri torial and City medical authorities
 A call was issued today for kit tens for food tests.
 Neil said the food in the mems lunches was suspected, but that he could find no one item all the men ate.
 All but 25 returned to work the following day, with nearly all the balance back on the job today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
Remember the Talk When Draffees of 1917 Learned
 About Squads, Righf, Eie.!

First of two articles in which MT. Stinnett recalls the Ameri- can scene at the time when the draft for World War service was of primary interest to men between the ages of 21 and 31.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
POWDER MAN LEAVES

R. E. Murphy, Dupont represen-
 tative, left for the States on the
 steamer Aleutian.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
One Factory Filling Big Ex- pIosives Army Order
 Contract Blows Up WIDE AREA ROCKED
 ABOUT SAME TIME
Death Toll Placed at 11- Will Possibly Increase
 10 Beyond Twenty
(By ASSOCIATED PREss)

III tragic ana Stdrtllng sequence, explosions in widely separated sec tions of northeast industrial sec- tions rocked two powder plants and between II and 21 persons are es- timated dead with an undeterm- ined number of injured.
 One blast was in factory man. ufacturing torpedo signals and an- other was in plant engaged in filling defense orders.
 The first blasts rszed the llant of the United Railway Signal Com- pany at Woodbridge, New Jersey, bout IS miles from Manhattan, kill ing at least five and injuring more than score, some critically, mostly guards.
 Mony communities in pcpul3us area were severely shaken.
 The second blasts ripred apart the Burton Power Works of the American Cyanide Chemical Cor poration in the village of Edinburg, two miles west of Newcastle in western Pennsylyana. killing three men.
 Three others were killed in a third explosion in the. Trojan Powder Company plant on the outskirts of Allentown. Pennsylvania. Although three were killeds none were in- iured
 The Trojan company held at least one defense order for s8l 600 worth of explosives for the U s. Army, but SC far as has been determined. tlre other two blasted plants held no defense contracts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
INVESTIGATION STARTS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Prelim- mary investigations of blasts that destroyed life and property by three explosions in manufacturing plants were taken immediately by the FBI.
 Whether Government agents will take charge of the full inquiries of all three disasters appeared to depend on whether substantial Fed eral interests, contracts, are in- volved.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12

WASHINGTON = With General Franco of Spain definitely lined up with Hitler and MuSsolini, the State Department is on the verge of giving juicy Ex-port-Import Bank credit to the Spanish dictator
 The decision to bolster Hitler's ally with U. S. dollars came simul- taneously with Franco's busting of a pro-British Foreign Minister and the appointment of Serrano Suner to this key post. Suner is Franco's brother-in-law, and the envoy who has just come back from Rome and Berlin where he con- ferred with Hitler and Mussolini and brought Spain formally under the Axis. Suner is considered the foremost Axis advocate in Spain.
 Shortly after State Department officials had decided privately to give the credit to Spain, Jay Allen fortnight ex-correspondent of The Chicago Tribune, encountered As sistant Secretary of State Breckin- ridge Long.
 Have we reached the point of getting down on our knees to beg people to take our money?' asked Allen, referring to the Franco credit.
 We're hoping to keep Franco neutral" replied Long.
 Yes" countered Jay Allen, nell stay neutral just as long as 1t pays the Axis to keep him neutral = which is until he can get sufficient supplies and credits from us. You'l keep Franco neutral the same way Italy was-until she had ample U s. steel, U. S. wheat, and U. s gasoline, all on credit. After Spain has all those supplies, Franco will come in"
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Nov. 12. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock, after a two-day holiday Is 6ls, American Can 92. Anaconda 28 3/4, Bethlehem Steel 91as, Com- monwealth and Southern 1, Curtiss Wright 10as, General Motors, 54 3/4. International Harvester 56h, Kennecott 3A, New York Central IS 7/8, Northern Pacific "A, Unit- ed States Steel 75h, Pound $4.O4.
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 1374l, rails 3e20, utilities 2l.68.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12
NO G-MEN THEN

The Federal men, whoever heard of G-men them rounded up a slew of I.W.W.'s. Dresses
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-11-12

NO WHEAT FOR LOYALISTS
 The Export Import Bank credit is for the shipment of wheat to Spain. Tn this connection it is im- portant to note that shortly before
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
Decision On Antitrust
Suit Is Expected Today

, WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. - Up -
The supreme court may deliver a
decision tomorrow on the justice de-
partment's antitrust suit charging
- oil companies and five individuals
with conspiring to raise the price Of
gasoline in 10 midwestern states.
Conviction of the defendants was
obtained in the federal district court
at Madison, Wis. The seventh fed
eral circuit court reversed this ver-
dict and ordered a new trial. 1t
held the trial judge had given the
wrong instructions to the jury.
Another decision which nay be an
nounced by the court involves con.
s~titutionality of a 1885 Florida law
fixing minimum prices-based on the
cost of pr~oduction-at which citrus
fruit may be purchased from the
growers. A three-judge federal court
held the act unconstitutional.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
BEAUTY AND DEATH
UNITE in FINLAND
Thousands OF Reds Have
Learned Too Late Where
Frozen Paths Lead
BY WADE WERNER

HELSINKI, Feb. 25.-R-Brea=
takingly beautiful r the paths Of
glory in this winter war northeast
Of Lake Ladoga. Beautiful but ter
rible, toe.
Tens of thousands Of Russian
soldiers have learned too late where
the paths lead.
I saw them on a journey to the
front from which I have just re.
turned.
Trapped in a gorgeous white
wonderland, they died horribly amid
scenes of sublime grandeur. Clum.
silly, grotesquely they lie where
they fell among their futile tanks,
their stalled trucks, their silent
guns-caught and held by the froz-
en- magic of winter. Their clutch
ing hands and contorted waX-like
features may not relax until spring.
Perhaps the terror accentuatea
the beauty.
There ever is beauty in the
flights of warplaaes in Lake La
doga's skies. I saw the beginning
Of an air battle a few miles behind
the front.
Five Soviet bombers streaked
across the blue afternoon sky, Wis.
ible to the naked eye only as pin.
points trailing broad ribbons of
vapor.
Suddenly another pinpoint rose
like a rocket from behind the hills
and climbed swiftly to a position
high above the bombers. 1t was "A
Finnish fighting ship going into ac.
ton. Then another pin-point thread
shot skyward.
The two chased the five bomb.
ers, rapidly gaining on them. Now
there came nor enemy planes
two groups of Soviet fighters, three
in each group, flying so low I could
see their bright red paint and rec.
ognize them as types 1 have seen
in Moscow.
How did the battle end?
I wish I knew, but the planes
vanished too quickly, leaving only
their plumes of white vapor fran.
ed against the sky.
Moreover the afternoon sun, al.
ready close to the horizon seemed
indifferent to high-lighting TIL c
fight.
The result was a series of rain.
bows chasing each other into the
distance.
Then came the sound Of distant
decorations. Bombs had fallen.
), Further On, We seemed to be en-
tering a hobgoblin country. Snow
clinging to trees, rocks and fences
fashioned grotesque little imagi
nary men. Rail fences simulated
long files of Finnish ski trooper.
kneeling in their snow white cape:
with rifles slanting upwards. Every
post .r tree stump became a white
CARRIED Finn. So realistic was al
this that one had to be sharp-eyet
to distinguish real Firms from tn.
snoWmen.
Into this hobgoblin country, {
Red army division marched. Its
machine gunners must have wastet
a lot of ammunition on snowmen
: Soon the scenery became stark
l There was a sense of disaster il
the air.
There were the ungainly shape.
t capped with snow wrecked o.
| stalled Soviet tanks, overturned
. wagons, field kitchens without fir,
OF food and among them the lionel,
| and frozen dead, awkwardly sprawl
ed in pitiful poses.
Night comes on fast in thii
northland country, and soon, W
the smoky horizon, there appearet
a full moon, Illuminating the bat
tlefield and it's frozen dead like
some pale painting by a dementec
artist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
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Lost and Found

WE SPECIALIZE IN PRESCRIF.
tons. Registered pharmacists dc
the compounding and the ingre'
dents used are the highest grades.
Our charges are mors-a and
often less. Free delivery service
Halls Drug Store, 5th and Gas.
tie Streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

SEE BIG RADIO VALUES
Now On Display In Our Window
Prices Dropping S1.0C a Day
Thrif-T-Stores. Inc. rs So. Front st
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

NEW WASHING MA CHIMES. RE
duced prices while they last. $1.00
down. 100 week. Clock Free
with each machine. Todd Turni-
ture Co., Phone 1852.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
Auto Supplies

vo,S U" is THE TINE 10 EQUIP
off re car with new tires. 400
Tjrer regular list price All-state
d~it,~noAll our tires are nncon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

STUDIO COUCHEs $3.50 UP; OC'
casional chairs, S. IS up. Jones
furniture Co. Ii So. Front st.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
Help Wanted. Male

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
Legal

TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Office
Of District Supervisor, Alcohol Tax
timore, Maryland. Date of it publ
cation, February u. 1910. Notice is
hereby given that on January %, 1910,
one Dodge Sedan. model 1888, Motor
No. DS-30133, with accessories, was
seized in Columbus County, North
Carolina. for violation # the internal
revenue laws, to-wit: Sections 2S07 and
an interest in said property must APP
pear at the office Of Investigator in
Charge, Alcohol Tax Unit, Charlotte,
North Carolina, and Tile claim and
cost bond as provided by Section
1924, /. R. C.. on or before March 10,
1910. otherwise the property will j:
disposed of according to, law. II. =,
Tuttle, District Supervisor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Of
flee of District Supervisor, Alcohol
Tax Unit, Bureau of Internal Rev
enue, Baltimore, Maryland. Date
of first publication, February 26,
1910. Notice is hereby given that
On February a., 1910, one Ford
Coupe, model 1888, Motor No.
18-4403813, with accessories, was
seized in Columbus County, North
Carolina, for violation of the inter
nal-revenue laws, to-wit: Sections
1907 and 1921, I. r. C. Any per-
sol claiming an interest in said
property must appear at the office
of the Investigator in Charge, AL
cohol Tax Unit, Charlotte, North
Carolina, and file claim and cost
bond as provided by Section 1924,
I. R. c., on or before March 81,
1910, otherwise the property will
be disposed of according to law.
R. d. futile. District Supervisor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH LOTS
and cottages for sale. We have
several good buys. H. F. Wilder,
Phone Gal
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

s OCCASIONAL FURNIT r E.
The right pieces for everywhere
at sensationally low prices dur
ing our Employees Sale.
Sears. Roebuck & Co,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

DIXIE RADIO SERVICE. OPEN
day and night. Work guaranteed.
418 So. Third ST.. Phone 2"48.J.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

S WHY PAY MORE? WHEN
you can buy the new 1910 Gold
Seal Coldspot for only $129.s0.
The smartest buy because it's
fully equipped.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

SHACKEI.FORD's RADIO sERV-
ice. Any make. any model. Srd
and Grace, Phone 2709. tCom'
mercial Frigidaire Des 'er).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26

MOTOROLA PORTABLE RADIOS.
Plays on batteries or house cur
rent. Complete, only 1920. Good
rich Silvertown Stores. Phone 423.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-26
$50 Real Estate

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222 Princess St. Phone 1929