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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Argentina on Alert
AtArmyPostsA After
Gen. Molina sArrest
War Minister Orders
Precautions Following
Lond-Buying Scandal
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 21.-Im-
mediate measures to protect all
army headquarters and barracks
against ANY attack on public or
der" were ordered today after g
conference of military leaders with
War Minister Carlos MARQUEE.
The special precautions were taken
after the arrest of Gen. Juan Bau-
tista Molina. long a rightist leader
of the Argentine Army. in connec-
ton with an army land-buying
scandal that has threatened a gov
ernmental crisis.
The crisis developed to such pro-
portions last night that bedridden
President Roberto NJ Ortiz, who re-
tired from active service July 3
because of illness. returned to the
helm and called a cabinet meeting
at his home early today in an
attempt to control developments
threatening his regime.
Immediately after the meeting
War Minister Marquee went to
the War Ministry and conferred
for half an hour with the in
spector-general of the army, Gen.
Guillermo Mohr, ordering precau-
tionary measures in Argentina's six
corps areas.
Police Officials Confer.
Meanwhile high police authorities
held a special meeting at police
headquarters, at which all police
were ordered to their barracks.
Special precautions were taken
throughout the capital.
The arrested Gen. Molina was
mentioned in recent reports of at
tempts to seize the government by
force of arms.
Gen. Marquee ordered that Gen.
Molina be placed under arrest for
60 days. 1t was the War Minister
answer to a letter Gen. Molina had
sent to the Senate yesterday charg-
ing that the War Minister had tried
to clear himself of responsibility in
the disputed land deal by ''ignoble"
means and by blaming other officers,
among them Gen. Molina himself
Gen. Molina is a former chief Of
the army's engineering division.
The crisis revolves about the sale
to the army of tract of land for
2,450 1903 pesos (about s612,50O). or
five times the actual value, according
(See ARGENTINA, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Luxembourg Mayor Named

BERLIN. Aug. 81 P).-Burgo-
master Richard Hengst of Koethen.
in the German Province of Anhalt,
was appointed Commissioner Mayor
of German-occupied Luxembourg
today. Municipal authorities OF
Luxembourg fled the grand duchy
when German troops marched in
last May.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Americas lifeline-the Panama Ca

Americas lifeline-the Panama Ca
nal
AS the first newspaper men to
cover the Western Caribbean since
the outbreak of the war, and as the
only newspaper men ever to have
visited certain of the outer Islands
including the Corn Islands, the
United States least known posses
slons-we can report that the Nazis.
benefting by the smoke screen of
publicity against their propaganda
and trade offensive in South Amer
lea, are actually preparing a naval
(See CARIBBEAN, Page A-4D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
B U II etin

The refugee laden Army trans
port American Legion was re-
ported to the State Department
at noon today to be 400 miles
west of the British Isles en- route
to New York, apparently we'll
clear of the war danger zone.
First official word of the where
abouts of the transport since she
sailed from Petsamo, Finland, on
Friday was given today by I'm
dersecretary of State Sumner
Welles at his press conference. -
Earlier Story on Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
By Il e Associated Press.


GIBRALTAR, Aug. 21.-Britain's
great fortress of Gibraltar was
raided by enemy planes twice today.
Bombs started a small fire which
was quickly brought under control
a communique said.
During the night enemy air
craft bombed Gibraltar twice the
communique declared. I'm the first
raid bombs dropped in the sea, but
an aircraft was brought down in
the sea off Europa Point.
In the second raid bombs
dropped on the Rock, causing a
small fire, which was quickly
brought under control. There was
slight damage and no casualties
Bombs have been dropped on
Gibraltar four times since the start
of the war a year ago. The last
raid was July 26. The plane shot
down today by anti-aircraft was
the first of the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
BY LEICESTER HEMINGWAY
AND ANTHONY JENKINSON.

NEW YORK, Aug. 21-Nazi re-
fueling depots for submarines and
armed raiders have been established
on remote islands in the Western
Caribbean. This is the discovery
made by the writer's on a snoop
cruise of this little known area in
their l2-ton schooner Blue Stream
These islands, untouched by
steamship lines and the United
States neutrality patrol, lie well
within the 300-mile safety zone and
menace the vital inner defenses of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Soviet Gold Rush
Opened to All Citizens
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Aug. ala Soviet
gold-rush open to all citizens was
encouraged today by the Peoples
Commissariat of Non Ferrous
Metallurgy
1t offered prizes of 5000 to 100000
rubles nominally $500 to 100000 for
the discovery of gold or platinum
fields and share in the exploitation
of mines.
Rich deposits already have been
found in Eastern and Southern
Siberia and in Southern Kazakstan,
it was announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
U. S. Oil Firm EmpIoye
Is Arrested in japan
BY tie Associated Press.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Aug. 21.-An American,
George Holland, jr., an employe of
the Standard Vacuum Co. of Yoko-
hama, has been arrested on
charge not Immediately made pub
lie, the United States consulate
here disclosed today.
1t was understood authoritatively
the charge did not involve espion-
age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
House Rules Group
Slated 10 Act Today
On Representation
Committee Will Meet
At z PM. to Study
Summers Request
BULLETIN.

The House Rules Committee
this afternoon voted, to 4,
to postpone action until the
next session of Congress on a
request for a rule to give the
Summers national representa-
ton resolution preferred
status on the House calendar.
The House Rules Committee, after
q weeks delay. is scheduled to take
action today on an application for
a rule to expedite House considera-
ton of the Summers resolution pro-
viding a constitutional amendment
empowering Congress to gran. ma
tional representation to the Dis
trict-proposed legislation that the
leaders have placed on the must
program.
The committee will meet in special
session at 2 pm. to consider the
request for a rule which was made
last Wednesday by Chairman Sum-
ners of the Judiciary Committee,
sponsor of the legislation.
Chairman SABBATH of the Rules
Committee appears to be conf
dent the rule will be granted. He
said to newspapermen:
I'm going to get that rule if it's
possible so to do"
Leaders Hold Conference.
The optimism of Representative
SABBATH was built on the result of a
brief conference late yesterday after
the House adjourned, with Speaker
Bankhead and Majority Leader Ray
burn.
Mr.. SABBATH was told that before
adjournment of Congress certain
legislation would have to be passed
on by the House. The Summers
national representation resolution
was included in the list. The other
legislation to be given a right of
way included the consumption bill
now before the House Military At
fairs Committee, an excess-profts
tax bill and a measure to increase
the authorization of funds for use
of the Federal Housing Authority.
The Summers resolution, however.
according to Majority Leader Ray
burn, will be given No position
.(See REPRESENTATION, Pg. AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Nozi RefueIing Depots Found
On Remote Caribbean Islands
Reporters on 'Snoop Cruise Discover
Bases Menocing Panama Canal

1.-THE ertent of the Naeis retueng
Caribbean their submarines raiders
here in the first series OF sir articles by adventurous
reporters UhO hare returned
the Chicago Daily NeWs editor
Country Home Mr. JenkinSon graduate Of Baiol College,
Oxford oho reported the China 1888 for the London
the Mediterranean for the London Daily ErpresSJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Planes Bomb Gibraltar Twice:
VoIcono-L Like Flames Reported
Fires Brought Quickly Under Control,
British Communique Declares

like volcano early today after
raiding war planes dropped bombs
on the fortress guarding the west
ern gate of the Mediterranean.
In the pre-dawn darkness flames
could be seen spreading down from
the top of the rock-where long
range batteries apparently had been
hit-toWard the town. where alarms
sounded to summon residents to
shelter.
The bombs apparently had set
fire to ammunition dumps near the
batteries.
From here and from Algeciras,
Spain, across the bay from Gibral-
tar, fire could be clearly seen racing
down the rock. The top of the rock
looked like volcano belching flame
The raid, the fourth since Tues
day morning. began shortly after
midnight. Searchlights on land and
on warships failed to pick out the
raiders and anti-aircraft guns fired
at random.
The population of Gibraltar, the
official Italian wireless said, spent
the entire night in AFRAID shelters.
The wireless said some of the bombs
hit the battleship Resolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Flames Like Volcano
Reported Seen on Rock

LA LINEA, Spain, Aug. 81 lP1.-
Britain's Rock of Gibraltar famed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Maj Raiders Blanket Britain
With Solo Attacks in Letup
Of Costly Mass Air Assaults
Eight German Planes
Reported Downed
By Late Afternoon
BULLETIN.

LONDON (P>.-British author
ities said at least IL German war
planes were brought down over
England today. One DOrnier fell
in flames at southeast village
and its crew of three, which
landed by parachute, was cap
tured. Two gave themselves up
to farm workers and the third
was taken by farmers wife and
her son. IA. who carried his
fathers home guard rifle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Summary of Todoy's Star

Foreign
Widespread damage claimed by Nazis
in night raids. Page Al
Argentina on alert at army posts
after Molina arrest. Page Al
Nazis blanket England with chit
run" raids. Page Al
Nazi fuel bases found in Carib-
bean. Page Al
French fear axis may extend occu-
pied zone. Page AS
Greece cancels all leave for army
men. Page A
Trotsky near death after pickax at
tack. Page Al
Britain reported seeking U. S. mill
tary alliance. Page Al
Probe of U. S. transports route urged
as Reich gives views. Page Az
Oklahoma charges II Of plotting
against U. s. Page Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Weather Forecast

Fair, continued cool tonight; tomorrow
fair; not so cool; gentle north winds.
Temperatures today-Highest, IA, at
pm; lowest, So, at 3:35 am.
From the United States Weather bureau report.
Full details Page Az.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
Time To Crawl Out To
Count Many Blessings
BY IRVING T, BUSH
President, Bus Terminal Co.

President, Bus Terminal Co. !
Just now it may be difficult to
be an optimist, but it should be
even harder for an American to be
a pessimist.
It is true we have an unbalanced
budget, but We are beginning to
bring into balance something even
more vital to our future-it is the
balance Of Dur national judgment.
We are beginning to realize that
we cannot lift ourselves out of the
slough Of despond by u boot
straps. If we bring our common
sense into balance, we can carry
on, and there are definite signs
that freak ideas r not so popular
as they were. Meanwhile, business
is improving and, until election is
owe Washington will be anxious
to have the improvement continue.
We have great national wealth, are
three thousand miles from Europe,
and while the national debt has
gone up, the interest rate has
gone down. In Europe, Hitler and
Stain have climbed into bed to-
gether, and Stain has most Of the
bed clothes. It is time for us to
crawl out from under our bed, and
count our blessings. We will be
happier If we do.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11

Fred Willetts, director of the
North Carolina B. and L. league,
left Thursday for a ten day tour
OF the South on which he will study
home financing and real estate de.
velopment as carried out in other
parts Of Dixie.
Before leaving for his tour, Will
let's looked back over 1899 and
looked ahead into 1910 and anne
forth with this observation:
II believe 1910 will shatter all
records for all times here as far as
B. and L. activity and real estate
development is concerned.
Il base this on. a number of
things. I believe the current war
will have something to do with it.
I believe construction will continue
on the upgrade this year and the
only discouraging sign I car see is
a possible increase in labor and
building materials cost which would,
Of course, hamper the rise in
building. But that should not de-
velop for at least six months.
BRIGHT FUTURE
cit is my firm belief that we are
now in for two or three years of
real business . profitable bust
ness"
He pointed out that the Building
and Loan associations in the United
States last year made one-third of
all the home mortgage loans made
and said "all indications point to
further increaDes SO they will do
more than one-third in 1940."
He pointed to the great growth
Of the Federal Home Loan bank,
which was brought into existence
primarily by a North Carolina
group, saying that today it is Sec
ond in size only to the federal re-
serve system. The Federal Home
Loan bank is to the B. and L. as
sociations and the insurance COM
panies what the federal reserve
system is to the banks, he explain
ed, and predicted the time will come
when it will equal in size O. sur
pass the federal reserve system.
He pointed to another important
factor in the growth Of B. and l..
associations in the nation. Out of the
depression they have come building
great reserves against possible fu-
ture losses. Not only did they not
do this before but prior to the de-
preston it was illegal for them to
do so.
In Wilmington he pointed to the
solidarity the Building and Loan as
sociations have gained through con-
centration of effort. About ten
years ago, he said, there were is
B. and L. associations here with
assets of only $4,000, 900. Now
there are only five associations but
their assets total between $4,000, 900
and $4,000, 000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
Indications Show City
Has Good Year In '39

A few facts and figures on the
year 1899 in Wilmington:
During the year there were Z.
lis licensed automobiles and 2,010
licensed trucks in New Hanover
county, compared with $685. licens-
ed automobiles and 1915 licensed
trucks in 1898, figures of the state
department of revenue show.
At the end of 1888 there were
1878 people in New Hanover county
registered as unemployed with the
North Carolina State Employment
Service as compared with only 2,545
at the end Of 1889.
Postal receipts for 1899 were
S2O4,364.27 as compared with $685.
&7.64. in 1898.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
BUSINESS PROFITS
SHOW HUGE GAINS
Extra Dividends Cheer
Stock Holders At
End Of Year

Warming to the heart was the
flood Of extra dividends which
blessed the end Of 1893.
More warming will be annual re-
ports from the majority Of indust-
ries in the early months Of 1910.
Most comforting feature Of the re-
turn Of profits to industry is the
fact that it was accomplished with
a minimum Of price increases; bene-
fits Of the current recovery have
been spread over the widest possible
group Of people.
Beyond adjustments Of prices to
levels which permit a moderate pro-
fit, most businesses have been con-
tent to rely on more intensive use
of man-power and machinery to in
creas the stockholders share. For
business now realizes that prices
must be held down to keep labor
reasonably satisfied with the pres
ent scale of wages.
INDEX AT '29 HIGH
The Federal Reserve ind. of in
dustrial production is now practical.
ly at the 1929 high. Plants have not
expanded very much since 1929, and
it is even likely hat depreciation
and obsolescence have resulted in
a net reduction Of plant value. New
%ertheless, boom psychology is as yet
lacking. The unemployed certainly
have not disappeared, but is felt
that If sufficient trained skilled Ia
Dor were available, production could
be stepped up well above present
levels.
In spite Of the relative equanimi-
ty with which this country accept
ed the new war, it is estimated that
1899 profits Of 399 Industrial and
mercantile companies showed a Il
per cent increase in net profits in
the first nine months of 1899. At
least nine industrial groups report
ed third-quarter profits double those
of the same period of 1898; especial
ly satisfying was a large increase in
the durable industries.
The picture was not rosy for
every industry, however, as petro.
leum, bakery products, shipping,
drugs and cosmetics have been ad-
versely affected by the develop
ments of the past year. Where the
cost of wheat is a dominant factor,
Is among the bread bakers, dollar
wheat is an embarrassing problem,
requiring price increases which
make the industry unpopular with
the public. Dollar wheat would now
look cheap. The petroleum industry
has had to deal with a troublesome
surplus somewhat alleviated by the
action Of state governments in call
ing for temporary shutdown of
wells.
AS in 1897, profits are tied in
closely with commodity prices. If
speculation and inordinate rises can
be avoided, present production le-
vels and profits can be continued
for an extended period. Price NAL
adjustments, however, are the rocks
on which many another boom found.
cred, and everything possible will
be done to avoid them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
GIEN ARDEN Sees
BUSY YEAR IN 40
Now Development Promises
plpnty Of Work For Labor
,rs During Year

n,,e year 1889 was a busy one
,,r the willetts Realty company
I,;ch is engaged -. and has been
WIN in developing modern, attrac-
49, RESIDENTIAL sections around Will
nl N.Y. wear was marked by two big
wv for the company: Practical
thl ns1etion of Chestnut Heights and
counting pning Of work in Glen Arden,
DS sew development located east Of
saadcrest. north Of Oleander and
WIZ WIZ Of Forest Hills and the old
svrightsville turnpike:
wall al there were 20 homes con-
noted in Chestnut Heights. and
h,,ilding Of homes plus the i'm
liz of the properties resulted in
ln0 addition Of approximately $780,
.ne IN taxable values to the books
wv Now Hanover county.
NJ MORE HOMES PLANNED
~ is anticipated there will be ad-
,a;on.l homes built in the section
al'. tha early spring. But as far as
III. III company is concerned, the de-
1 u.sonn,ent is practically complete,
ssr nractically all Of the lots have
W. so1d to people who either have
pss ;,t homes there or have made
Dun to build in the not too dis
'ar n,+ Glen Arden is the highlight
tho wear for the company for it
VI more to the future. APP
%psov;nately 1000 feet Of streets
p.ra been cut through the section,
ra.ting all parts Of it easily &C
asssible to automobiles, by boule-
s.rds which are 70 feet wide.
Crews with tractors and other
,oninment have been busy there
tor some time in getting the streets
ro,dv and are now laying drain
.ine and installing water mains.
owing has been commenced and
everything is taking on the aspect
q new cOIllll uIi1Iy A@oA5
the tall and stately pines.
Indications are construction OF
homes in the new section will be
hpg,n in the early spring.
The new development is to be an
exclusive section, with rigid build
ing restrictions and will tie up
with such developments as Oleand-
or Forest Hills and Woodcrest.
In all it contains about rs acres
anil has ample room for a number
of beautiful homes. It has all the
convenjences of the city -. lights,
water, gas and close proximity to
bus and street a lines and
still has the quietude and spacious
ness of a suburban Development.
Glen Arden provides the company
with a complete program for the
home builder. 1t he wishes to build
a modest home of $4,000 to $4,000,
there is Chestnut Heights available
for him. If he wishes to build a
more expensive home in a more ex-
elusive section there is Glen
Arden.
The opening of Glen Arden bids
well for the city's business during
1910. for it opens a new avenue
for building and. promises construc-
ton work of some magnitude to be
carried out with local labor forces
during the year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
WHEN is A U
not A DRUNK?

CONVICTION, Ky R Newly
elected Police Judge Eugene Ben
Finger has declared persons adj
Judged guilty of drunken driving will
be dealt with ~"severely," but at the
same time, he warned police Off
Gals evidence against such persons
must be conclusive.
He directed police to take sus-
pected DRINKS to a physician for ex-
animation and present the physi-
clans certificate in court.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11

Christopher Columbus named the
virgin islands, not after Queen
Illzaoeth of England, but after the
legendary British St. Ursula, who,
WIN 1000 companions, was mar.
tyred at Cologne.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11

Tourists visiting Jasper Park, in
the Canadian Rockies, saw two bear
CUBS Who had learned how to run
on the sprinklers on a golf course
giving them a shower bath when
ever they felt the need for one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11
SCIENTIFIC STUDY ARRANGED

A Observation-Disclosures program of
scientific study which will eliminate
in the payment of $4,000 00 in awards
was announced today by the James
F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-11

The moon has neither water nor
air.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-08-30
ILL FARES THE LAND
By Franklyn E. Wolfe

National officialdom is worrying
about what to do with vast quantity
of farm products. All the master
minds that tackle the problem do not
seem to have thought of simple ex-
pedient that might solve the problem
and bring happiness to millions of
people.
There is something like 100000
bales Of cotton on hand Then there
is something like 81 100000 bushels of
corn. The government has made loans
on 460,000,000 bushels of corn this
year and if the price does not go up
it may have the whole amount on
hand. What to do with it puzzles the
experts.
May one who is not an expert make
a suggestion? Why not take that
food and fibre and provide for millions
of underfed and poorly clothed Ameri-
cans of the class that produced those
necessities of life? Of with
holding food from the hungry and
clothing from the needy is holding to
the old tradition of not letting the
workers, who produce all, get any ben
eft from surplus production.
Why not put the mighty brains of
the experts to work on the task of
working out way of distributing the
surplus of foodstuffs and clothing to
the people of this country who need
them and stop looking for some way
to export cotton and corn in way to
add to profits for someone? Or is
this too much to expect from system
where "wealth accumulates and men
decay?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-08-30

Endorsed by the Middletown Trades
and Labor Council of Middletown, O..
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-08-30
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