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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
TOUR STARTED

HICKORY, June 20-RHAbout
50 airplanes swooped down on
Hickory this afternoon as the Caro-
lima Aero clubs goodwill tour
made a stop here.
The aviators spent the night here
and will take off tomorrow morn
ing for Asheville. A buffet dinner
and a dance were arranged for
he visitors.
From Asheville the liers will
mceed to Charlotte, arriving
here Friday afternoon. Leaving
1arlotte early Saturday, they will
4 to Wilmington for the weekend,
Stopping in Lumberton for lunch. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
WATER CARNIVAL
CONTEST SLATED
,,;ss New Hanover Of 1889 To
Present Prize To Winner
Saturday Night

Miss Margaret Pickard, selected
miss New Hanover in the 1889
uriebtsviIle Beach Water Carni-
,,,1. will present the prize award
+be winner of this years con-
IN be held Saturday night at
Lumina.
The winner of the contest Satur-
Inv will compete with entrants
t.oro all over North Carolina in
INV for the title of Queen Mer-
maid"
Nominations, which may be
wade through the coupons appear
mo daily in the Star-News, were
Curing in to Bernard Solomon,
Executive Director yesterday and
the list of nominations and en-
rants will be announced later.
The public has been urged to
,ond in names of unmarried girls
aver the age of 16 years who may
wish to compete in the contest.
In addition to the beauty con-
test, the music for which will be
furnished by Bill Clarke and his
orchestra, other special events
have been planned for the week
end.
The festivities will open Satur-
day afternoon when droves of air.
Names from all parts of the state
fv over the city and the beach,
finally landing at Bluethenthal air.
mort for the convention of the Caro-
Ina Aero club, being sponsored
here by the Wilmington Aero club
and the Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
Sunday at noon the cupboard mo-
torboat races will be held in Banks
channel. These races will include
FIVE heats and will be held over a
6ye:nile course. The Ocean Ter
race hotel pier will be the starting
and ending point.
And Sunday afternoon beginning
at o'clock, the visiting members
Of the Carolina Aero club will hold
an air show. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
ISSAC ]. KING

Funeral services for Isaac James
King, rs, who died Wednesday at
his home, 402 Queen street, after a
long illness, were held yesterday
afternoon from the Sixth Street Ad-
vent Christian church.
Services were conducted by the
Revs. J. H. Lee and J. P. King.
Interment followed in Bellevue
cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Monroe
Carter, Joe McEntee, Sam w. Ro-
wan, j. S. Potter, David Sandlin,
and D. H. Williams.
Honorary: DR.. James M. Hall,
L. R. Blackman, Arthur Startling,
L. Wolfe, R. P. McClammy, G. W.
Saunders and A. L. Sholar..,. Ill
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21

The Armstrong Willtworth Whit
ley. British heavy bombers. are
powered with two 99ohorsepower
motors. The plane will do 245 miles
an hour. The plane has a tail turret
with four guns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21

the Mt. ELM Baptist church Friday
afternoon at 4 O'Clock, with inter-
ment in the family cemetery.
He is survived by hi swife; two
sons, Wilton and Wallace Stone;
three brothers., Thad, Forrest and
John Stone, and one sister, Mrs. Joe
Bullock, all of the home community.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
SHIRLEY ART

Friends in Wilmington will re-
get to learn of the death of Shirley
Carter of Ruxton, Maryland,
which occurred suddenly on h e
evening of June 10.
Mr.. Carter was a son-in-law of
the late Colonel Kenneth M. Muir
Gibson. Funeral services will be
held at Saint James Episcopal
church on Monday morning after
arrival of the Atlantic Coast Line
train at 8:15 A. M, 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
TALMADGE WILLOUGHBY

Funeral services for Talmadge
Willoughby, So, of 20 Spofford vii
lage, who died at 7:30 o'clock Tues
day night in a local hospital after
a short illness, were held at 10
o'clock yesterday morning from
the Gibson Avenue Baptist church.
The Rev. Woodrow Billiard and
Brigadier j. v. Breazeale were con-
Quoted the services.
Active ~pallbearers were: Charles
Watts, Jimmy Croker, James
Blanton, Burney Covington, Kirby
Cannon and Luchin Cameron. Hon.
orary pallbearers were: A. L.
King, Guy King, M. E. Horne, DR..
j. B. Cranmer, W. c. S;coggins,
Mr.. O'Neill, Walter Blanton anc
E.. r. Mayhan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
r r. SAVAGE

Funeral services for Harry R.
Savage, who died suddenly of an
heart attack in Detroit Saturday,,
were held Wednesday afternoon in
Hendersonville,
MIR. Savage was born in Will
mington, a son of Mr.. Effie D.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
p. o.

LUMBERTON, June 2O.-Rowland
P. Stone, 40, farmer of Lumberton,
route two, died suddenly Of an attack
Of angina pectoris early today.
Funeral services will be held from
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21

It is reported that at the end of
the year American planes will be
manufactured at the rate of about
$500 a month, as compared to the
1400 monthly production rate today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
MRS. WILLIAM KELLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. William Aud re-
turned from Philadelphia Tuesday
night where they were called on
account Of the death of Mrs. Auld's
sister, Mrs. William Kelley, who died
suddenly.
Mrs. Kelley was buried Monday
in Arlington cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
OBITUARIES

Savage and the late Henry Russell
Savage.
He is survived by his widow, his
mother, and a brother, Edward
Draper Savage, of HendersonviIle.
A sister, Mrs. James H.. Durham,
OF Wilmington, also survives. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
MRS. MERTIE l.. ANDERSON

Funeral services for Mrs. Mertie
Lorain Anderson, Of Masonboro
Sound, widow of Rear Admiral Ed
win A. Anderson, who died Tues
day morning at her home after an
illness of several months, were held
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning
from the graveside in Arlington
cemetery. She was buried beside
the body of her husband.
Rites for Mrs. Anderson were
held here at 5 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon from st. James Episcopal
church, with Bishop Thomas c..
Darst, of the East Carolina do
cese, officiating.
Bishop Thomas c. Darst, of the
East Carolina Diocese. conducted
the services.
Following the services the body
was taken by train to Washing
ton, D.. c., where services were
held in Arlington cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-05-23

ing that he may come out with story for the his
tory books.
, Not always have the Presidential doors swung
open to correspondents. Most 10Th century Pres-
dents, even Lincoln, were suspicious of newspaper
men. But during the reign of the unbending Cleve-
land reporter named Bill Price hit on the scheme
of hanging around the White House gate to but
tonhole the departing visitor, and he soon had
plenty of imitators.
1t was Theodore Roosevelt who first saw the
possibilities in that little group of gate-watchers
One rainy day soon after the assassins bullet had
catapulted him into the Presidency, he called them
in, gave them an anteroom of their own and estab-
lished the custom of face-to-face questioning Of
President by press
This journalistic questioning has really become
part Of the American governmental process. It
means that Democracy gets more than lip service
between elections. It means that it is somebody's
regular job to report to the stockholders of u S. A.
Inc. what their chief has on his mind Extended to
all other public servants in Washington, it means
that the citizen learns what the government is do
ing and the government learns what the citizen is
thinking.
, White House coverage of course, is only frac-
ton of the complicated Washington assignment.
The queer little political island of D. c. is dotted
with news sources There is the Senate, which can
(and has) upset the Presidential foreign affairs
apple cart. There is the House. which must unite
the purse strings for every Presidential project.
There is the Supreme Court, which can topple his
legislation after it's all signed sealed and delivered
And fha Execution narar+roen+s ard <I,> 10 10
dependent administrative agencies and the fog.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Number One news SPOT
I'm the U.S.A.
xA111n,"

ALL mi"
It is the voice of Bill Donaldson Superintendent
Of the House press gallery. Every Friday NOM
ing at 1890 and Tuesday afternoon at a. that fami
lar call resounds through the oval inner room of
the White House executive Offices.
And with these two words, as free of ceremony
as the shout of subway guard, proclamation is
made that the accredited correspondents of the ma
tons newspapers-75 to 200 strong will now pro-
ceed to question the President of the United States
Let no foreign newspaperman suppose (and sew
eral Of them usually presently that the absence
Of fanfare implies any lack of seriousness. Not
these days.
In the doldrums of last winter the spot news
men in the front row and the iff-collared Mark
Sullivan at the rear exchanged many wisecrack
with the man in the chair But no. the correspon-
dents questions, always prepared in advance and
carefully worded, are asked with a full sense of
their national and international import.
The front row may occasionally relieve the ten
sion with jest but for the most part the problems
of the hour are too harsh and dire for anything but
the gravest faces, the most searching and genuine
thoughtfulness on both sides of that well-known,
eadget-laden desk.
, Number One news spot in the U. S. A.? Yes, and
in this portentous year of 1910, it may we'll be
more than that For this year, World War and an
American presidential election cross each others
paths-a meeting more weighted with destiny than
any conjunction of planets.
Third term possibilities -. changes in defense
plans. developments in foreign policy no news
man can 60 through these doors now without teel.
Evening star., 1940-05-23

eign embassies and legations 80. all gushing news
from time to time faster than the White House
itself.
It's no Job for an amateur-an there are no anna
teurs in the Washington correspondent corps.
Many have been foreign correspondents in i'm
portant European capitals, editorial writers on
great metropolitan papers, managing editors or city
editors. Many write books, magazine articles, syn
dicated columns. Though their median age is only
81, every one has proved himself. on some lesser
firing line And they are paid accordingly :.
$4,000 for the tops, $4,000 for the average
, No other group in Washington is their superior
in intelligence. None has fewer axes to grind fewer
Evening star., 1940-05-23

oxen to be gored. And few men, even in public Office
have deeper responsibilities to the people.
, Together with TIMES own Washington staff Of
eleven, these men supply the rich harvest of news
from which the Newsmagazine extracts the most
significant kernels.
Because the Presidency is the hub around which
the nation revolves, TIME has always accorded
lead-oH position to what is virtually diary for
the President. No week of his life is unmportant,
and TIME readers always know what he has done
with it. And they know, too, every noteworthy
event in the other departments of the government.
for the Presidential diary" is followed by review
of all Washington during a week of the nations
political history.
One integrated, dramatic story this is what
TIME creates out of the two million words that pour
forth from the city by the Potomac each week.
Every piece of vital news is fitted into every other
piece out of the weeks haze of details emerpes
clear, consistent meaningful picture.
Democratic government will survive in this I'm.
friendly world if the electorate knows and cares
what its public servants doing faces its demo-
cratic decisions with an informed understanding.
TIME takes the responsibility for seeing that most
influential section of the electorate knows cares
and understands.
Evening star., 1940-05-23

ne~swriting and newsreading the part TINE plays
IN helping you to grasp measure, and the history Of
your lifetime as you live the story of your life.
Evening star., 1940-05-23

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
Works Board P Personnel May Be Named Tonight
Four Democrats, Three Republicans to Comprise In,- portant Commission Many Names Mentioned for
 POsts-Haye Jurisdiction Over Several Depts.

Four Democrats and three Repub- licans will be appointed to the Board of Public Works by Mayor Vincent A. scully. ncenients of tiie personnel of the board Is expected to be made tonight. '"' '',-'
 Believed almost certain to go on the Works Board Is Alderman Thomas J. Reidy, Democrat. The charter requires that one of the sev- en works comnissio be @ n1elil- Der of the board of aldermen.
 Mentioned in political circles as possible appointees are Henry Dow ling of the Waterbury Democrat, John Savino, former Independent Democratic candidate, Michael J. Grout, of Sarsfield street, a foreman at the Waterbury Clock O., and Lawrence Kenny, Q former member of the board and president of the East End Community Club.
 Some sources predict the reap. pointment of Commissioner James A. Phelan, or the appointment in his stead of his son, John B. Phelan..
 A virtually clean sweep on the board Is expected, though efforts have been made for the reappoint- ment of Senator Joseph Lawlor, Democrat. and Commissioner Albert Loeffler, Republican. g
 The Board of Works is one of the most important bodies in the city government. It has Jurisdiction over streets, sewers, water supply, bridges, and the city hall building.
 The board has the power to ap- point the superintendent of Streets and Water, the Superintendent of the City Hall, the Superintendent of Garbage Removal, the City Hall Electrician and the City Hall Mes senger.
 Under the boards control are the Street, Sewer and Water Depart ment, the Bureau of Engineering and the ctiy hall maintenance staff. It has Jurisdiction over more ern- ployes than any city board with the exception of the Board of Educa- ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
STOCKHOLDERS IN
 TRACKS NAMED
2S6 Hold Shares in 3 Mass. Organizations Alp.
 plying for Licenses

Boston, Jan. 10-The State Racing Commission today released to the press complete lists of the 286 stock holders in the three organizations which have applied for horse or dog racing licenses for lo4O in Massa- chusetts. t
 The lists were released under a ruling from Attorney General Paul A. Dever that the commission legal ly could publish the names. The commission acted under orders from Governor Leverett Saltonstall to "see to 1t" thst racing is conducted only by reputable citizens"
 The. lists showed that as of July l, there were PAP stockholders in the Eastern Racing Association, Inc, which operates Suffolk Downs horse racetrack and that as of Nov. there were @ total of A stockholders i,l the two organizations which run dog races at Wonderland Park, Re- were.
 These groups are the Bay state Greyhound Association, Inc, and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
SEC HOLDS UP
 STOCK DIVIDENDS
Associated Gas, Electric
 Corp. Prevented From Making Payments

Washington, January 10. - (UP) The Securities and Exchange Commission today forbad the Asso- slated Gas and Electric Corporation to pay dividends on It's capital stock or to pay interest on Q five per cent cumulative income note.
 The commission said 1t acted in order to protect the financial in- tegrity" of companies in the Asso- ciated Gas and Electric Holding Company Systems; to safeguard the working capital of companies In the system; and to prevent payment of dividends out of capital or unearned surplus.
 Counsel for the commission at hearings on the issues contcnded that payment of dividends on It's capital stock must be barred be- cause:
 l. The corporation presently has an earned surplus deficit which would necessitate payment of the proposed dividends out of capital surplus.
 ?. Payment of the dividends would impair the financial integrity of the corporation and the cornpan- les within the system.
 8. And would impair the working capital of the various companies in the system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
NEW FIGHT ON
 GUAM STARTED
Chairman VinsOn Insists His Committee Must Ap-
 prove Improvements

washington; 0anuary 10-(Up) = A new storm about Guam, tiny Pa- cific atoll, blew up in Congress to- day when Chairman Carl Vinsofi of the House naval affairs committee insisted that any naval improve inents at the island must be author ized by his committee before ape propriations are provided for them.
 Vinson announced that he was prepared to make e point of order against a $4,000,000 fund for Guam improvements which the Navy has asked in, the 1941 budget unless the Navy first obtains specific authorl- zation to spend the money.
 He said he would take that action because of last years Congressional dispute over Guam. During the reg ular 1889 session Congress struck Guam from Q list of bases for which the Navy sought authoriza- tion.
 In view of the fact that the naval base authorization was considered by his committee last year, Vinson said he did not believe the House appropriations committee should vote any funds for Guam until the subject had again been considered by the naval affairs committee.
 "This committee is jealous of its prerogatives," VinSon said.
 Rep. Ralph E. Church, R., Ill., questioned Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations at the committee meeting on why Guam had been placed in the l4th naval district, with headquarters at Hawaii, since last years fight. The proposed $4,000,000 fund was car- ried in the 18th naval district ap- propriation. Stark said this was Just q matter of administration.
 Had we not put Guam in the 14th district" Stark said, i've would still ask for the $4,000,000 in the same manner"
 Vinson complimented Stark for his frank and candid" statement.
 He made repeated efforts to shut of questioning on Guam.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
NEW PROBE OF STRIKE ORDERED

Boston, Jan. 10.-(UP) Governor Levegett saltonstall entered the fish-handling controversy today when he ordered State Conservation Department Biologist Ernest w. Barnes to investigate "every phase" Of the work.
 After e 24-hour dispute that vir- 'tualiy had crippled New Englands yl8,000.O00 fishing industry, 200 AFL union handlers returned to work at the Boston fish pier yesterday.
 In place of the three-tined forks, banned by Q Boston health depart, nent ruling, handlers used single- tined ,pews to unload 1.248.00 pounds of fish. General opinion of the handlers was that the new method has slowed operations from 20 to 70 per cent &s
 Dealers predicted that this would be reflected In higher prices to con- sumers. w
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
I TRUSTEE NOT
 IN AGREEMENT

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 10.--(UP).-- pr. Edward J. Brophy, physician member of the Norwich State hos. pital board of trustees, refused to sign the boards report on condi- tions at the institution because l do not approve of It." he disclosed today. .s.
 The report, released yesterday by Gov. Raymond D. Baldwin, was signed by II of the i2 trustees.
 T do not agree with It." pr. Brophy described his stand on con- tents of the trustees report, which was in res ly to Q report by the Barker commission alleging ineffi- cheney at the Institution. N
 Dr. Brophy did not elaborate on his statement but indicated. there were several definite points" in the boards statement to which he could not agree. R. wv
 The trustees statement denied in- efiicier y charges, planes the Gen. erai Assembly for not appropriating enough money to operate the hose pital, and rFaised pr. Chester Wa EerEnRii superintendent, who was accused by the Barker commission of being unqualified.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
BIG AIR FIGHT
 IS BELIEVED ON Reported Near Danish BOr- der-German Bases
 May Be Attacked

Toender. Denmark, Jan. 10-(UP) Extremely heavy aerial fighting was heard from the Danish border today. Numerous planes and heavy cannonading were heard toward the southwest in the direction of the German North Sea bases of Sylt and Helgoland.
 The fighting, which apparently was g continuation of three earlier British raids on the German bases, resumed at 2 p. m. when three ex- ploSions were heard from Danish territory. It was not clear whether the explosions were bombs or anti aircraft guns. Some observers be- lieved that one explosion resulted from the fall of bomb ir shallow water and another may have hit a causeway connecting Sylt with the mainland.
 | A German plane at 4:15 p. m. made a forced landing on Danish territory near the town of Ballum on the west coast of Jutland. The plane flew in from the sea and had very little altitude.
 This afternoon two foreign planes, flying low, passed the Danish Island of Romoe. They were headed south.
 The noise of planes, motors and guns during the current engage inents was considerably heavier than on Dec. IS when the largest aerial battle of the war was fought when British planes raided Sylt and Hel- ogland.
 At the time the sound of heavy cannonading was coming from the south.
 It was reported without confirma- ton that 6 German plane had been disabled in dog fight with what was believed to have been British plane when its fuel tank was dam aged. A German Messerschmidt pursuit plane with machine gun, which was forced down near Bal- lum, was ordered held by Danish authorities One man aboard was arrested.
 Danish military authorities pros ceeded to Ballurn to investigate the landing. -'''-'-"''''''' '''''
 Earlier advices from observers near the scene of the combat said that British planes had raided Sylt and Helgoland last night and that the raids had been resumed this morning. Telephonic adviceS from the Island of Romoe said 1t was be- lieved that the raiding planes were from the British Royal Air Force.
 Sheriff I. o. Knudsen, of Romoe
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
FISHING VESSEL
 RAMS LOG, SINKS
Crew Rows IS Miles to Shore in Auxiliary
 Boats

Brant Rock, Mass, Jan. 10-(UP) -The s0-ton Gloucester fishing ves- sci, Hoop-La, struck submerged log and sank in Cape Cod Bay early today but her l3-man crew rowea IS miles to shore in TWO auxiliary boats.
 Cap'n Joseph Cottone, AZ, and his dozen crew members landed @ half mile from the Grant Rock coast guard station at $40 &. n., frost- nipped but otherwise rome the worse for their adventure. Taking turns at the oars, they had rowed for 4 l-2 hours in freezing weather.
 The Hoop-La left Newport, R. l., last midnight on a fishing trip.
 we were l6 miles off the Gurnet coast guard station (Plymouth) when we struck 6 log" Capn Cot tone said. "The water started com ing in and we started pumping and pumping. This was about 3 Q. m.
 We tried for about half hour but couldn't do anything. Then we jumped into the mackerel seininS boat--that's 42 feet long-and e dory we had In tow, and started for shore I was In the seiner with 10 others The other two were in the dory.
 ITO keep warm we kept swapping about at the oars every 20 minutes There are four oars in the seiner We were dressed in cilskins and everything we could got on to kecr warm."
 When they landed, the captain said, the men were pretty near frozen" It took them half an houI to find the coast guard station where they were given hot coffee and breakfast.
 Cap'n Cottone, who owned the Hoop-La, valued the vessel at about s20,0O0. The 04-foot craft was built ct dreenport, N. Y, In l0iT.