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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
OBITUARIES

RITTER-Mrs. H. E. Ritter, AZ, OF
Castle Hayne road, died in James
Walker Memorial hospital Monday
afternoon at BIS o'clock, after a
short illness. She is survived by
her husband, Herbert Ritter and
three daughters, Misses Ruth and
Pearl Ritter, and Mrs. T. E. Kemp,
and two sons, James and Claude
Hobbs; two brothers, A. K. Faulk,
of Loris, S. c., and C. E. Faulk.
Of Lumberton, N. c.; two sisters,
Mrs. o. G.. and Ella Fowler, OF
Loris, S. C. The body will remain
at Andrews Mortuary until time OF
the funeral, which will be held
Tuesday afternoon at Wrightsborc
Baptist church at $3.50, con
Quoted by the pastor, the Rev. H,
S. Strickland, and j. L. Jones
Pallbearers will be, honorary: DR.
V. T. Sullivan, DR.. Robert Fales
l.. M. Todd, Ronald Lane, and Ce
Gil Corbett. Active: Johnnie Marsh
burn, A. G. SETTER, J. T. Padgett,
c. M. Kerr, Richard Jordan an6
G. F. Sitter, Jr.-Funeral arrange
ments by Andrews Mortuary,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23

labor board. It received testimony
that Bernard w. Freund, a nephew
of Benjamin v. Cohen of the New
Deals famous law team, Corcoran
and Cohen, had been employed by
the board at $4,000 a year, although
a regional director for the board
expressed doubt that he was worth
much more than $50 a monh at the
time, because of his inexperience.
Freund, II years old and an as.
sistant review attorney for the board
testified that he had been employed
by the board in November, 1887, at
$500 a year and had since been
raised to $2,S0C.
He said he was a graduate of the
University of Michigan Law school
and had practiced with an uncle II
Los Angeles before Benjamin Cohen
advised him that the labor board
might be needing additiona: attor-
neys.
While the regional director re.
ported that Freund was getting $50
a month in a California law office
and was not worth much more, an
other attorney who interviewed him
said he would make a good attorney
after six months under Nathan
Witt, Washington official of tns
board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
p BY WARSHIP

PARIS, Jan. 22-LR-French o..
ficials announced tonight a French
warship had stopped the Italian
liner Orazio prior to the unexplain.
ed explosion and fire which burned
the ship and endangered the lives
of CAB persons aboard her.
This statement was made here at
ter receipt of a DNB, German news
agency, dispatch from Rome which,
the French said, implied they were
guilty of s%abotaging the Orazio.
French officials pointed out ! at
stopping the ship was effected no.
mally as part of the Allied maritime
control seeking German c~ontraband,
They also pointed out that French
ships were the first to reach the
stricken Orazio.
The search was made "a hours be.
fore the fire, the official declaration
said.
The DNB dispatch as quoted by
the French said in part:
ALTHOUGH official communicates
on the subject are very reserved, we
learn that the Orazio had been stop.
ped between Genoa and Barcelona
by a French warship and had been
visited for four hours. When the
commission left the ship and it con.
tinued its journey, the fire sudden.
ly broke out"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
MILLER UNAFRAID
OF PLAYER JINX
Sensational Bees ShOrtstOp
Says He's Already Had
Enough Of A Jinx

ORLANDO, Fla, Jan. 22.-R-
Eddie Miller, sensational 23-year-
old shortstop of the Boston Bees,
has no fear of the second year
jinx" that often strikes down major
league sophomores.
mo, I'm not afraid of a second
year jinx, because I had mine the
first year. Whan can be worse than
to break a leg in mid-season?" He
asked with a grin.
"A hitting slump?" Well, hardly,
because they don't expect a fellow
like me to hit much anyway" he
said.
Miller's batting average when he
was hurt in a disputed collision
with AL Simmons, then playing left
field for the Bees, was .267. How
ever, that was no index to his
ability in the big show, for he had
raised his batting average about AZ
points in the month preceding the
accident. Most of the blows were
timely clouts that produced runs
for a club that needed them badly,
about the only way the second
year jinx could get me would be tc
break my right leg this time, but
1 don't expect that to happen. I've
always had strong legs, and how ]
broke my left one is still a mystery
to me-Simmons must have hit me
though he says he didn't" Miller
explained.
1.-The doctors said that I couldn't
have broken the bone myself. Pres
sure was the only think that could
have snapped it and the way
figure it out, AIS right leg must
have hit it when he couldn't STOP
Miller's leg has healed. He said
he still has "a slight tired feeling
in the ankle, but that's getting bet
ter every time I work out on it."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
IS FOUND
GUILTY, SENTENCED
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stealing funds from the German.
American bund which he headed.
The communist leader anticipated
his conviction in an authorized
statement last week in which the
communist party said he might re.
ceive the votes of his followers
while languishing in prison, like
the late Eugene V. Debs, socialist
leader, who ran for president from
an Atlanta prison cell.
Browder served a sentence in
Leavenworth Ras.) federal prison
after refusing to register for the
World war army draft on the
ground that he was a conscientious
objector.
Stands Mute
At the sentencing today, Browder,
whose official position is that of
general secretary of the communist
party, U. S. A., stood mute before
the bench, his hands clasped behind
his back.
His bail of $500 was continued
until Wednesday when he must ap-
pear for approval of a new bond
which would allow him continued
freedom pending appeal.
He left the courtroom replying
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
GERMANS REACH
RUMANIAN LINE
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Rumania's northern province adj
joining Russia, through Lwow and
Jaroslaw in former Poland to Ger
man Silesia.
= Moscow gave consent to German
policing, it was understood, after
Berlin complained that shipments
over the line were delayed and some
times lost, that the train crews were
rebellious and inefficient in handling
the transit, and that the flow of
Rumanian wheat and oil to the Reich
was impeded.
New Division RumOred
Arrival of the military police and
rail crews at Lwow gave rise to ru-
mors here last ', eek of a new terri
torial division of Poland between
the Reich and the Soviet, with Ger
many occupying a section up to the
Rumanian frontier in which Polish
oil wells are located.
Officials here said these reports
were groundless and. that the new
agreement affected only the railway
and the technical supervision of the
oil fields.
The German technical crews are
being brought in, it vas reported,
with a view to increasing production
of oil, a raw material which Ger
many needs to drive her war ma
chine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
$50 SAVED WHEN
BIG SHIP BURNS
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~contraband control party, which
boarded the Orazio before the fire,
was responsible for sabotage. The
statement was issued in response to
a dispatch by DNB, official German
news agency.
Eight rescue ships had worked in
seas whipped by a gale and lighted
by the burning ship and searchlights
of the rescuers.
The Italian line office in Rome to.
night credited the steamship Colon.
DO, which had already picked up 173
persons, with saving an additional
group of %.
This left 81 not officially account
ed for, but the lines representatives
were optimistic. They said they be-
lieved all had been picked Up; that
some of the rescue ships had been
unable to report their total scues
Earlier the line had announced
that 104 were missing, including 40
Of the crew.
The liner Conte Biancamano, with
S1S survivors, was due in Genoa 20.
morrow at 8 a. m. e a.. M, E. s. IT,
Most of the survivors were being
taken to Italian ports.
1--WE still don't know the reason
for the explosion" said. Second Of
ficer Giorello, whose left eye was
badly burned and whose uniform
was tattered and blackened by
smoke.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
S. PROTESTS TO
BRITAIN REGARDING
HOLDUP OF VESSELS
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been detained at Gibraltar fer
periods varying from nine to
Is days; that cargoes and mail
have been removed from such
ships; that official mail for
American (diplomatic) missions
In Europe has been greatly de-
layed; that in some instances
American vessels have been or
dered to proceed, in violation of
American law. TO the belIigerent
port of Marseilles to unload
cargoes, ard there to experience
further delays"
(The neutrality act forbids
American ships to go to helliger-
ent ports in the European
area.)
ut is murther reported" the
memoire added, "that cargoes on
Italian vessels receive more
favorable consideration than
similar or equivalent cargoes
carried by American ships, and
that Italian vessels are permit
ted to pass through the control
with far less inconvenience
and delay"
The appended list of ships
covered those detained during
the period from Nov. IL to Dec.
%, last.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23

mo comment" when asked If he had
anything to say.
When the jury filed in to give its
verdict-guilty or both counts of
the indictment-he sat rocking stol-
idly in his swivel chair and gazing
vacantly at the jurors box.
U. S. Attorney John T. Cahill
asked a sentence of five years and
the SIS, 900 maximum fine.
"It does seem to me-" he told the
court, "that in addition to the pass
port charge, the accompanying Of
lenses of perjury and tampering
with this country's vital statistics
should be taken into consideration
May Be Reduced
The 4-year sentence could be re.
duced to three for good behavior.
Pleading his own case, Browder
pictured himself as the victim of a
federal campaign against civil
rights"
IT am a communist; I am secre.
tary of the communist party u. S.
Az; I am proud of it and I have
nothing to apologize for" he said
at the end.
Closing for the government, Ca.
hill accused Browder Of "emotional
%oratory," and denounced him as the
"mocker of our most sacred insti.
tutions."
The case went to the jury at 3:09
p. m. (EST) after a charge from
Judge Alfred Coke that matters OF
public policy or interest" were not
to be considered. This was a refer.
ence to the defendants theology.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
BORAH IS HONORED
BY F. D. R., OTHERS

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spray of brilliant red roses cascad-
ing ove it's top.
President Roosevelt sat with fold.
ed hands and sorrowful mein di.
rectly in front of the casket in the
well of the chamber. Across the
aisle "a the distinguished chief
justice, Charles Evans Hughes, and
members of the supreme court.
who knew Borah as a man learned
in constitutional law.
Behind the court were ranged the
representatives of foreign countries,
to whom Borah's laundering voice
was n of the most authoritative
in the nation during the years no
served as chairman of the foreign
relations committee,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
7ANKS DROP TIES
WITH MANY CLUBS
Now York Asks That They
Re Allowed To Withdraw
Working Agreements

a-pHAM. Jan. 22-R-A second
~ league club - the New York
nla roos-today requested President
= Bramham of the National as
",o.ion to return working agree
su n+s made within their farm or
Di1otions, as a result Of certain
itions of the seven-point ruling
s..sntlv handed down by Commits
s'oner K. M. Lands.
rote last week the st. Louis Car
,..o,s recalled working agreements
ui.h fen minor league clubs. Seven
.ompnts are affected by the Yam
KEGS %rquest.
GORGE NJ. Weiss, secretary of the
vorkees and in charge Of their
Owns advised Bramham that he
Sanod some Qualification or interpre'
.o+ion Of the points involved in the
suumissioner's ruling would be
made. enabling his club to continue
ifs farm operations.
Weiss informed Bramham that
.,o Yankees wished to operate legal,
Il, and to baseball's best interests
and did not desire to jeopardize any
franchise or league, but felt that
frrtber Qualification of two points
in the commissioners ruling was
necessary to permit the club to plan
.rd carry out operations along ap'
oroyed and practical lines.
The points Weiss wants cleared
IN are known as Nos. 3 and 5" in
1udge Lands recent seven-point
nlarfoun governing activities of the
minors.
They read:
No. 3-Players must not be placed
with other clubs, except under prop
er transfer agreements, duly filed
for promulgation, with agreement
must be optional assignments, if the
assignor desired to retain the right
of acquisition, exercisable before the
player has passed through a selec.
tion period at which he is subject
to selection.
No. 5 - working agreements
must be executed by the club af
filiated subsidiary clubs to whom the
major or other Observation-Disclosures
club supplies the necessary funds
therefore by loans, advances, capita.
stock subscriptions, player pur
shases or other methods whatsoever
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
NLRB RULES OUT
FORD PAMPHLETS
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lions, the board said, and thus in.
terfered with the employees right to
organization.
Replying to company contentious
that to stop the distribution Of
pamphlets would be to deny free
speech, the board pointed to the
rights guaranteed in the Wagner
Act and said:
THE guarantee Of such rights to
the employees would indeed be Who'll
ly ineffective if the employer, IN.
der the guise of exercising it's cor.
stitutional right of free speech, we're
free to coerce them into r%efraining
from the rights ~vouchsafed them in
the act"
The company was also ordered to
cease maintaining surveillance" of
union meetings, but the board dis.
missed charges that the concern had
Disseminated against employees be.
cause they belonged to unions and
assaulted union men distributing
union literature.
Meanwhile, a house committee
continued it's investigation of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
SOVIETS LOSE 900
TROOPS IN ATTACK
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fields. The Red army appeared ready
for a new effort after concentrating
new supplies and munitions.
Another Soviet attack at Taipale
on the Karelian Isthmus was "halt.
ed in it's infancy" it was reported
in tonight's communique covering
yesterday.
AFTER yesterdays fighting (at
Taipale) about 120 enemy dead were
counted in our foremost POSITIONS
the communique said, land on the
ground in the front of our lines
were the bodies of several hundred
others 80.
"The enemy tried to give effect
to his attacks by loudspeakers
mounted in his positions which ex.
horted u men to surrender, de
claring that Viipuri would be taker
within 48 hours and threatening
that Germans are coming to hell
him and would kill all Finns."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23

Nervous disturbances caused by head
ache and neuralgia usually yield in a
hurry to the quick-acting ingredients
in the "BC" formula. You'll find that
"Bc" is most effective as a sedative in
simple nervousness and for relieving
the discomforts OF headache. neuralgia.
muscular aches and functional periodic
pains. Convenient l0c and Csc Sizes
Use as directed. When pains persist or
zecur frequently. consult a physician.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
TREMORS

CONCEPTION, Chile, Jan. 22-R
Two sharp earthquake tremors
were felt here today, alarming the
population and causing minor prop.
erty damage. No casualties were re-
ported. The tremors came just two
days short of the first anniversary
of a severe quake in which thou.
sands were killed and injured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23

Siegfried line by a thanking o
ment through the Balkans.
The article said there were large
French-British troop concentrations
in Palestine, Syria and Egypt in the
near east.
Red Star said there was signifi-
canoe in the fact that Britain and
France had not given guarantees to
Bulgaria and Hungary, as they did
to Rumania.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
How To Hold
FALSE TEETH
More Firmly In Place

Do your false teeth annoy and ems
barrass by slipping, dropping or wab-
bling when you eat, laugh or talk?
Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on
your plates, This alkaline %(non-acidC
powder holds false teeth more firmly
and more comfortably. No gummys
gooey, pasty taste or feeling. Does not
sour. Checks "plate odor" (denture
breath). Get FASTEETH today at any
drug store.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
Carolina Winter Grid
Practice Is Postponed

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. %. Up
Winter football practice was sched-
uled to get under way at the Uni
veTsity of North Carolina today but
had to be postponed due to the alb
sence of Coach Ray Wolf.
Coach Wolf was called to Chicago
Saturday by the death of his father,
H. H. Wolf.
Assistant Coach Johnny Vaught
received a telegram from Mr.. Wolf
this morning, saying he would be
away longer than he expected, and
postponing the off-season drills I'M
til next Monday.
The North Star is little more than
a degree from the true North Pole.
and is a much surer guide than the
compass needle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
TO ATTEND MEET

RALEIGH, Jan. 22.-P-Majol
John Armstrong, head of the high
way patrol, will attend a meeting in
Greensboro tomorrow of troop C and
a meeting in Asheville Wednesday
of troop D.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
ATTACKS ALLIES

MOSCOW, Jan. 22.-P-The So
Wet Russian army organ, Red Star,
today accused Britain and France OF
planning to "encircle Germany's
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23

DESEARCH men may use fancier
N language, but they say the same
thing about cigarettes as Roy Con-
acher (above), high-scoring forward
of the Boston Bruins. Scientists know
that nothing destroys the delicate
elements of cigarette fragrance and
favor like the excess heat of too-fast
burning. Slow-burning Camels give
more pleasure per puff and more
pufs per pack (see below).
Evening star., 1940-11-18

ent session Of Congress, 1t was an
nounced today.
Regarding the bill, which would
regulate procedure of Federal ad-
ministrative agencies, the message
to Senator Barkley said:
UNLESS the Logan-Walter bill be-
comes law, the appointed heads Of
the administrative agencies Of the
Government will continue to exer-
else the multiple role of judge, jury,
prosecutor and executioner without
adequate restraint upon their pow
ers."
The announcement also repre-
Evening star., 1940-11-18

Jul vi n III ) ->-'"' ~N'''
Corps at Camp Blanding, Fla.
Gen. Eichelberger, who leaves the
Command of San Franciscos Presi-
TO- has a service record attesting
him as man of action and skill,
Formal citations. including those
or the Distinguished Service Cross
hnd Distinguished Service Medal,
Jay he has keen foresight dis
Eliminating judgment" and "tireless
Energy"
But to men who fought under him
n Siberia in 1919, just plain hero
would better describe him.
1t was In one of the oddest mill
Fary expeditions this Nation ever
lndertook-th march of the Ameri-
ian Expeditionary Force against the
Bolsheviks in Siberia's bloody after
nath of the World War-that he
distinguished himself.
Released Captured Troops.
Then lieutenant colonel, he skill
fully penetrated the Bolsheviks
partisan lines in the summer of
919 and released in face of per-
konal peril four plain soldiers
Americans who had been captured.
One of these soldiers was War
rant Officer Custer Fribley, now on
duty here in the quartermaster'
pffice.
Four days later Col. Eichelberger
shouldered a rifle and personally
covered the withdrawal Of an Amer
lean column trapped in enfllading
fire during a brisk skirmish at
Novitskaya.
One man who knew him then
marveled at "the way he kept his
head out there"
The next day, when an American
column was fired on while debouch-
Ing from a mountain pass. Col
Eichelberger personally helped es-
tablish firing line.
He was assistant chief of staff in
the Siberian expedition and as
such was decorated for exception
ally meritorious service" and "ex-
traordinary heroism in action"
Served in Philippines.
He was graduated from West
Point in 1909 and Immediately went
on duty with infantry units in the
Panama Canal Zone and later in
Arizona on the Mexican Desert
Border Patrol
During the World War, he was in
Manila as assistant chief of staff
for military information, Philip
|pine department.
After Siberia, he served in China
and in 1921 entered a three-year
assignment with the Military Intel
igence Division of the General
Staff in Washington. This service
included work as American liaison
officer with the Chinese delegation
to the Limitation of Armaments
Conference.
Transferred to the adjutant gen.
erals department, he served at Fort
Hayes, Ohio; Washington, and at
West Point, where he was stationed
from 1881 to 1885.
For three years he was secretary
TO the War Department general
staff in Washington, and in 1888
rejoined the infantry, his original
branch. and became commander Of
the 30th Infantry at the Preside.
He was promoted from colonel to
brigadier general in September.
Evening star., 1940-11-18

diate use in armament, shipbuild-
ing, airplane, chemical and other
defense production.
Students of any age will be eligi-
BILE. The regular university teaching
staff will be supplemented by ex-
perts drawn from industry and spe-
cial fields. Both full-time day
courses and part-time night courses
will be scheduled.
The courses will be devoted to
engineering and administrative de-
Velopment rather than vocational
training.
Prof. Evans said information con-
Evening star., 1940-11-18

report was signed by Max Meyer
OF New York, chairman Of the
Portable Lamp and Shade Industry
Committee.
II approved by Col. Fleming, the
Accent rate will increase the wages
of more than half the 10000 work.
ers in the industry, which is largely
concentrated In New York, Phila-
delphia and Chicago. The commit
tee asked that the effective date of
the proposed minimum wage, If ap-
proved, be deferred until three
months after the effective date Of
such approval.
Evening star., 1940-11-18
Women Lawyers Group
Backs loqan-WaIter Bill

The Committee on Administrative
Law of the National Association Of
Women Lawyers, through the COM
mittee chairman, Miss Adele I.
Springer Of New York, has sent a
message to Senate Majority Leader
Barkley urging enactment of the
Logan-Walter bill during the pres
Evening star., 1940-11-18
Virginia University Offers
More Defense Courses
~ the Associated Press.

1y the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov.
18.-Prof. Thomas H. Evans, chair
man of a University of Virginia
committee for national defense CO.
versity engineering department
would offer technical courses of COL
lege grade for the benefit of defense
Industries within the State.
Students will be recruited both
from those already employed in
defense work and from those pre-
pairing for such employment En-
rollment will be in addition to that
of engineering colleges, and will be
designed for swift development of
higher technical abilities for imme-
Evening star., 1940-11-18

uQ i U u 3 IL L III
[roZ e n Siberia,
ay became
the 38th super
|ntendent of the
United S t a t e 6
Military Acade-
|ny.
One of tn e
youngest briga-
lier generals in
the Army, 54, he
(ucceedS M a j.
B en-. J ay L.
Benedict, W h o
commands t h e
b e W ly created
Evening star., 1940-11-18
z Vacancies on CITY Council

MARTINSBURG,W w. Va, Nov. 18
(SpeciaD There were two vacan-
cies on the seven-member City
Council here today. Benjamin S.
Lyeth resigned Saturday because he
is moving to Washington. The other
vacancy was caused by the death of
w. H. Bowers recently.
Evening star., 1940-11-18
Accent Wage Urged
In lump Industry

A committee report recommending
a minimum wage Of 40 cents an
hour in the portable lamp and shade
industry was received today by Col.
Philip B. Fleming, administrator Of
the Wage and Hour Division. The
Evening star., 1940-11-18

cerning the program could be OBJ
tanned from him at Thornton Hall,
University of Virginia, Charlottes-
vile.
Evening star., 1940-11-18

sented the association as feeling that
Congress should remain In session
during the present national emer-
gency.
Evening star., 1940-11-18
lew West Point Chief
Won High Honors in
Piberian Campaign
38th Superintendent
Of Academy One Of
Youngest Generals

ly the Associated Press.
WEST POINT. N. Y, Nov. 18.-
Brig. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger,
seasoned military figure who
batrolled the hot Mexican border