davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1940-07-31
Jupon's Embassy Denies
Peace Terms Offered
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclated Press.
The Japanese Embassy said last
night that it "categorically denies
the truth" Of press dispatch from
Hong Kong Monday that the
Chungking government of General
1ssimo Chang Kai-shek had re-
jected Japanese peace overtures.
THE japanese Embassy wishes to
make it clear" it's statement said,
that there has been no offer of
peace, either on the terms reported
in the aforementioned Hong Kong
dispatch or on any other terms"
Evening star., 1940-07-31
Air Corps Serqeunt Killed

FORT WORTH. Tex, July 81 CP.
Robert N. Proudfoot, "a, technical
sergeant for the Army Air Corps at
Hicks Field, was killed last night as
his automobile overturned on the
highway. Efforts were being made
to locate his relatives at Lansing,
Mich.
Evening star., 1940-07-31
Flat Foot Four Thrills 300
With Barber Shop Melody

ton of old-fashioned and swing YER
sion of Annie Laurie"
One of the outstanding features
of the entertainment was the dis
covery that A. K. Shipe, well known
Washington attorney, was an exact
double" of Mr.. Stegael. 1t was
learned later that Mr.. Shipe is sec
ond tenor in the Congressional
Country Club quartet.
Most interested bystander was
Bob" Davidson, leader of the Ma
tional Press Club Choral Society.
Evening star., 1940-10-28

miles from Athens, were bombed, and
Is Italian planes in three waves
bombed the port city of Patras, dam
aging port facilities, public buildings
and residences, with a toll of
killed and II injured.
Greece hurled her manpower and
resources into the struggle, fatty
rejecting demands which Premier
Metaxas said constituted "a declara-
ton of war"
Full mobilization was ordered i'm
mediatley for the army and then
political mobilization" was decreed,
placing all business and industry
under government control.
King Calls for Fight.
Not even the air raid alarms kept
crowds out of the Athens streets
where demonstrators cheered, waved
Greek. British and Turkish flags,
and shouted Down with Italy"
King George II called on his ma
tiop to fight for its hearths to final
victory" and declared I'VE have
been compelled to go to war against
an Italy coveting Greece's inde-
pendence"
The Kings message came only a
few minutes after Premier MetaxaS
rejected the demands of the three
hour Italian ultimatum expiring at
6 am. An hour later Athens had
ifs first air raid alarm
The city's anti-aircraft batteries
began firing from their positions
atop Lycabettus Hill when planes
were sighted for the first time at 10
am. No bombs were dropped. In
the earlier raid alarm no planes
were seen over the city.
King, Premier Cheered.
The King and Premier MetaXas
were cheered by crowds as they
drove through the streets.
A Greek communique said italian
forces have been attacking since $50
this morning our advanced posts
along the Greek-Albanian border.
Our forces are defending their ma
tional soil"
Almost as soon as the italian ulti-
matum was handed to Metaxas full
Evening star., 1940-10-28
Clearing Up Europe,
Berlin Sources Say

BERLIN, Oct. % (P.-Informed
circles today classified the Italian
Greek conflict as another step in
the axis program "to clear up Eu-
rope" and attempt to put Italy and
Germany in the drivers seat.
Official comment, however, was
lacking. Official sources asserted
they had no official word from
either Rome or Greece.
One authorized spokesman, new
ertheless, said significantly that
Greece and Turkey were two coun-
tries on the continent which had
not greeted the axis scheme of life
with enthusiasm.
Little information was available
here concerning the meeting at
Florence of Adolf Hitler and Benito
Mussolini, but it was said the con-
ference was not primarily concerned
with 1taly'S action against Greece.
Unofhcially it was suggested that
the desire Of the axis to bring
all Europe under its protection" was
a theme.
Telephone communications be-
tween Berlin and Athens were "tem-
porarily suspended" early this
morning, telephone operators re-
ported, and had not been restored
by 9 a m.
Communications between Buda-
pest and Athens were reported SINH
larly suspended"
German sources said they lacked
official confirmation of Italian
Greek fighting and Greek Legation
officials in Berlin expressed surprise
when told of hostilities.
Evening star., 1940-10-28

Greek disorders along the frontier,
of mistreatment of Albanians in
Greece, of inciting Albanians to re-
volt, and of any responsibility for
the beheading of the Albanian
patriot" Daut Hoggia, last August.
Message From King.
King Georges message to his peo-
pie said:
"The Prime Minister just an
nounced to you under what terms
we have been compelled to go to
war against an Italy coveting
Greece's independence.
"At this great moment I feel sure
every Greek man and woman will
do their duty to the end and show
themselves worthy of our glorious
history.
with faith in God and in our
destinies, the nation as body and
disciplined as a man will fight for
its hearths to final victory"
Premier Metaxas said he consid-
cred the Italian demand land the
method in which it was made" as
a declaration of war by Italy on
Greece"
The moment has arrived" he
said, "for Greece to fight for her
independence and hoAor.
Though We have kept the strict
est neutrality toward all, Italy, not
recognizing ourselves as free Greeks,
demanded of me at 3 o'clock this
morning to surrender sections of
national territory and that for their
occupation her armies would start
moving at am"
The premier said he told the
italian Minister he considered the
demand a declaration of war by
Italy, and added:
Greeks, We shall now prove
whether we are worthy of our an
cestors and of the Liberty which our
forefathers secured for us.
Fight for the fatherland, your
wives, your children and sacred
traditions.
Nov, above all, the fight"
Evening star., 1940-10-28
Comrades Class to Hold
Anniversary Banquet

The goth anniversary banquet of
the Comrades Glass of Keller Me-
mortal Lutheran Church will be held
at $50 pm. tomorrow at $500 Six
teenth street NV. The principal
address will be given by DR.. Samuel
T. Nicholas of Philadelphia, pastor
emeritus.
The banquet is in charge of COM
mittee with Miss Ethel Martin,
chairman; Mrs. Mabel Karol Howard
Miss Grace English, Miss Helen Nc
Alister, and the hostesses, Misses
Florence Christman, Louise Bowdler
and Ivy Eberly. Mrs. Harriet Riley
Dutton. the president, will be the
toastmistress. The Rev. j. Harold
Mumper, pastor, will give the invo-
cation and Mrs. Mumper will bring
greetings from the women of the
church.
Evening star., 1940-10-28

mobilization of Greek manpower
was ordered.
Her army already was estimated
as upward of 100000 because class
after class has been called to the
colors in the past several months
as axis threats have increased and
war clouds have darkened over the
Balkans.
The Greek Premier was with his
cabinet in emergency session for
two and a half hours before the
ultimatum expired and officials said
at that time that disposition of
the army for Greek defense already
had been made.
Troops in Metaxas Line.
Where the blow would come
seemed obvious because of steadily
increasing tension along the Greek
Albanian frontier and recurrent re-
ports of heavy Italian troop con-
centrations on the Albanian side of
the border.
Greek guns and soldiers were in
place in the Metaxas line-the de-
fense system Greece's strong man
had built along the northwestern
frontier after Italy first took over
little Albania.
There was no immediate disclosure
here of the exact terms in the re-
jected ultimatum.
Earlier Italy had been represented
as wanting "for Albania" slices of
Greek territory along the Albanian
frontier.
The italian ultimatum was de-
livered little more than "a hours
after new series of incidents"
along the Albanian frontier was
charged by Italy-an outbreak of
shooting which Italians blamed on
Greeks said to have penetrated
Albanian territory Friday night and
Saturday morning.
Two Greek communiques officially
denied any Greek connection with
the shooting and suggested that
rowing Albanian bands were to
blame.
Greece has denied equally firmly
Italian backed Albanian charges of
Evening star., 1940-10-28

so-called Albanian patriot, Daut
Hoggia, whose headless body was
found some four months ago, proves
this is an offensive plan by the
Greek government against the Al
banian people inside and outside
the borders"
Albanian Premier Shefket Verlaci,
accompanied by his black -shi. ed
cabinet, called on Italian 1t. Gen.
Count Francesca Jacomoni at tt
rama, II Messaggero said, and ad-
vised him Of the Albanian govern
ment's resolve that the overbearing
attitude OF the Greek government,
slave of the enemy, be energetically
suppressed and punished"
Evening star., 1940-10-28
PROPOSALS..

WAR DEPARTMENT. OFFICE OF THE
80 Fort Myer, Virginia, october 25,
i94o.Esealed proposals will h. received at
this Office until 1890 AM. e, s T.. No.
for the Construction and COMPLETION OF
Runweys 1-5, -. 3-s and As at Boiling
Fie d. D c. Plans and SPECIFIC tiors viii
be furnished upon dero=it cf ccrt fl c' ck
in the amount OF $500 made payable to
TIE Treasurer of the United States. In
forr1o ton at the above address.
oc2S 40 lol
Evening star., 1940-10-28
Creeks Facing War With Small Land Sea and Air Forces
Nozi Flyers Diving
At Each Other Fail
To Fool British
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 28.-Nazi air
raiders tried out a new trick on
the British yesterday to avoid
r. A. F. attacks and failed, the
AirMinistry reported last night
Over South England, the
ministry said, British Hurricane
pilots saw German planes at
10000 feet taking dive attacks
on one another in an apparent
effort to convince British planes
in the distance that other
British planes were already
fighting them.
But the British said they
weren't fooled.
Evening star., 1940-10-28
Beverly Hills Dance

The North Ridge Citizens Asso-
citation of Beverly Hills. Alexandria,
Va, will hold its annual fall dance
at 8 pm. Friday at the George Ma
son Hotel in Alexandria. John H.
Dillon is chairman of the Dance
Committee
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
DEFENSE BACKLOG
OF ORDERS GROWS

NEW YORK Aug. 10.-R-An
estimated. So, 900, 900, 900 in untitled
British war and U. S. defense or
ders provided industry today with
a big backlog to support It's up
swing to the highest summer level
since 1929.
Business analysts counted on fur
Their gains in various lines OF Man.
ufacturing as army and navy con-
tractors got to work on recent
awards for ships, tanks, guns and
other military supplies.
Additional contracts announced
his week brought the total cleared
by the national defense advisory
commission, as announced in
Washington, to above $500, 000.-
900 and So, 500, 600, 600, spokesman
for the British purchasing COM
mission announced.
Indicating that the bulk of these
orders remain untitled, the spokes-
man disclosed that only about a.
900 of 1000 warplanes ordered
has been delivered.
Financial quarters were remind
ed of the accumulation of orders
in the armament field when the
Curtiss- Wright corp, a leading air
plane engine and fighting craft
maker, reported a backlog of near
ly $249, $1,000, 900. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11

mington on his contemplated trip
to North Carolina next month.
An official invitation on behalf
of the City of Wilmington was ex-
tended yesterday to the President
after Mayor Cooper had received a
suggestion to do SO in a letter from
Louis T. Moore, manager of the
chamber of commerce.
The President plans to dedicate
the Smoky Mountains national park
about September IA, spend the next
day in Asheville, then visit Fort
Bragg, and probably make a swing
to one of the coastal cities to in
spect harbor improvements. His
contemplated trip includes a visit to
Columbia, S. c., to look over the
new eighth division Of the army,
which is being modified.
Moore write Mayor Cooper in part
as follows: eff President Roosevelt
can be induced to visit this city,
there IS no doubt that our many
advantages and assets for some
type of national defense activity
will be probably recognized and
emphasized. If the President could
be prevailed on to include Whining
ton, the U. S. coast guard ship,
Modoc, or possibly a destroyer,
could be utilized for him to inspect
our port, the Cape Fear river, and
our sister city of Southport"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
C0NVlCT'S GIRL
KILLED In CHASE
Continued From Page One)

\SOltlUuCu IO1Il axe O1CJ
lace, "a, escaped Nebraska convict
were captured west Of clifton last
night by state patrolmen after a
running gun fight.
II didn't kill her. Hall mutter-
ed from a hospital bed. "She was
the only thing I ever loved.
"They killed her. They shot the
gun out of my hand and I reached
down to get it under the steering
wheel. When I raised back up she
was shot"
Hall referred to a blazing shot
gun pistol duel at close range in
which he and Police Chief Ben D.
Clark of clifton were wounded cri.
tically.
The body Of the red-haired wom-
an was found in an clifton street
not long after the gun fight. Dep
uty Sheril. Bill Miller of Pottawa-
tonne county said she had been
identified as Jeanne Coffy, 80, widow
of Virgil Coffy, an ex-convict slain
by police three years ago.
In the same hospital room with
Hall was Bill Gimp. a farmer liv-
ing near Drumright who had been
seized as a hostage by the gun.
men and was shot in the leg when
patrolmen mistook him for n OF
the d~esperadoes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
F. R. IS INVITED
TO VISIT CITY
Mayor Cooper Also Asks Sen
ators To Second Invita-
ton To President

Mayor Thomas E. Cooper yester-
day extended an official invitation
to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
to visit Wilmington in connection
with his proposed trip to North
Carolina the middle of next month.
The invitation follows: TT is with
great deal of pleasure that I have
Learned through the press that you
will visit North Carolina during the
middle of September in connection
with the dedication of the Smoky
Mountains National Park. I note
that you plan to visit Fort Bragg
and one of our coastal cities.
North Cardinals major developed
deep water port extends a cordial
invitation to visit us while you are
in North Carolina. Wilmington is
approximately 100 miles southeast of
Fort Bragg and a destroyer could
meet you here for the return trip to
Washington.
LAS you no doubt know Whining
ton was the last port of the Con-
federacy to fall in the War Between
the States, its closing as a port of
supply being brought about by the
fall of Fort Fisher at the mouth of
the Cape Fear river.
wilmington has played an i'm
portant part in the history of these
United States, including open resist
ance to the Stamp Act-eight years
prior to the famed Boston Tea Par
ty-down through the Revolutionary
War, the War Between the States,
and the World War. Incidentally
William Hooper, one of the Signers
of the Declaration of independence,
was a resident of Wilmington.
cat the present time Wilmington
holds an important position in the
commercial life of the United States
in that as the major deep water port
in North Carolina it provides a vital
distribution point for the state. II
goes without saying that we would
be especially honored to have the
President as a guest in our city"
Mayor Cooper yesterday sent tele-
grams to U. S. Senators Robert r
Reynolds and Josiah w. Bailey anc
Congressman j. Bayard Clark ask
ing them personally to urge the
Chief Executive to include Will.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
MIND YOUR MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the
following questions, then check
ing against the authoritative
answers below:
l. Is it good manners to make dis
paraging remarks about a profession
when you are not sure that there is
no member of that profession pres
emit?
2. Should you say You're lucky"
to the person who tells you he has
received a raise or an advancement?
8. Is it good manners to say II
don't like it at all' when
compliments you on one of your pos
sessions?
4. Is it better manners to carry on
a conversation with your companion
or stand quietly in an elevator?
5. Should a woma smile and say
thank you" to a stranger who picks
up something she has dropped?
What would you do if
Someone is rude to YOU
(a) Take the you can't talk like
that to me" attitude and tell the
person what you think of him?
(b) Meet discourtesy with cour.
tesy?
Answers
l.. Nc. It's a bad idea, anyhow, for
it is easy to stir up resentment by
broad criticisms.
2. No. 1t is much more tactful to
say you deserved it."
3. No. That questions his good
taste.
4. Better to remain silent, as con-
versation on an elevator Is usually
overheard.
s.. Certainly.
Best what Would You Do" So
Iution-b(.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
IApAN'S ROTARY
CLUBS FOLD UP
Now Nationalistic Govern
r ment Is Increasing Pres
sure On Group

vo Ane. II (Sunday).-CP-
PRESSURE on Rotary clubs in
has resulted in dissolution of
'@ .,u club at Tokushima and de-
N' II the Osaka club to secede
.sr, Rotary international in order
oraanize in conformity with the
1onanese national structure, Do
7onanese new agency, reported
.oday.
The agency said that the Chosen
,ro,oa, anti-Brtiish league was de-
M 5;,o dissolution of four Korean
Rotary clubs.
r,o newspaper Hochi reported
+.aav that 81 members of the
!ar, Climb at Shizuoka had decided
f'' dissolution because the club has
IN nublicly suspected of espionage.
MIA naper quoted the general Sec
Of the Rotary club in Tokyo
!'' saving that the Al clubs in ia
u and Nanchoukuo would be re-
p"4 Of a forthcoming convention
that dissolution would not be
necessary
tpotarv in Japan at present COM
Drises japanese and foreign business
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
ED SNEAD

Funeral services for Ed Snead,
about go, who died Friday morning
at his home at Hope Mills, will be
held at 3 o'clock this afternoon
fro m the late residence.
Mr.. Snead is the father of E.. c.
Snead, assistant collector of Gus
toms, Wilmington headquarters
port for the U. S. customs service
in the North Carolina district.
Mr.. Snead, who had served as a
rural mail carrier for a number Of
years, was found dead in bed at
his home friday morning.
His son, E. C. Snead, left the city
Friday morning to attend the fune-
raj services this afternoon. Fune-
raj services will be conducted from
the Hope Mills Methodist church
and burial will follow in the church
cemetery.
In addition to his wife and one
son in Wilmington, Mr.. Snead is
survived by several children. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
LACEY T. COOK

Funeral services for Lacey T.
Cook, 40, rural policeman of Spray,
N. c., who died of a stroke, were
held Thursday from the late resi-
dence. Interment was in the Spray
cemetery.
Mr.. Cook had been connected
with the sherif's office of Rock
ingham county for a number OF
years and was we'll known in Will
mington where he formerly resid-
ed. He was stricken Tuesday aft
ernoon and died late that night.
He is survived by his two sons:
Glenn, of Spray, and Talmadge, OF
Atlanta; and the following broth
ers, Carl, Martin, Grover and Tip,
Of Wilmington: Grady of Clinton,
and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Timmons
of Durham.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
F. D. R. INSPECTS
TWO NAVY YARDS
Continued From Page One)

Nevsmen wanted to know wheth-
or tbe President had seen a state
mpnt BY the republican nominee in
morning papers to the effect that
certain persons h a d approached
wi,lkie TO suggest an agreement
ho rpached between the two candi-
dates on international policy.
~ haven't seer any papers since
Yesterday morning." Mr.. Roose-
welt responded.
Noisy but relatively skinny
crowds turned out as the President
drove about the Boston area. But
his route from the navy yard to
the arsenal lay along the scenic
charles river and touched a mere
corner of Boston proper. At Ports
mouth. people by the thousands
had damned every street.
If was in New England that the
biggest crowds of the 1886 cam
paign showed up.
Mr.. Roosevelt's tone was some
what resentful when some o n e
popped a question pertaining to
The New Hampshire gubernatorial
race.
MY lord" he retorted, why
can't YOU cut out politics and talk
something else?'
To an inquiry whether operating
defense establishments at full pre-
duction meant three shifts, tn e
President responded that it would
depend on the article produced.
Three shifts would be cheaper in
some instances and not in others,
he said.
The navy yards are using a third
shift, he said, primarily to eliml-
nate bottle necks in production Of
specific items.
Secretary Knox was in the car
beside him and reporters thought
1t would be a good time, while they
were together, to ask about a Sc
cret mission on which the secre-
tary sent Col. William Donovan,
World war commander of the fight
ing sixty-ninth regiment, to Europe
last month.
He went over to be my eyes
and ears Knox explained.
Can you tell us what he found?"
a newsman asked.
No. the President declared,
because it's his mouth"
A radio report that Secretary
hopkins would resign to superin-
,ela the Roosevelt library at Hyde
Park, N. Y, was dismissed by the
PRESIDENT as one of those Wash
lngton rumors. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
PREMIUM ON IDLENESS

BERNIE, Switzerland n The
Swiss Minister of Transportation
has told citizens that one way of
doing your part" is to 60 on a
Swiss vacation as quickly as pos
sible and to stay as long as posi-
BILE.
Hotels and holiday resorts form
one of Switzerland's biggest indus,
tries and the stream of foreign
tourists has been reduced to a
mere trickle since war began. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
MARRY

CLINTON, Conn.,, Aug. TO-
up - Natalie Hall, opera and
Broadway musical comedy star,
and Edward C. Rowe, New York
attorney, were married here to-
day at the Congregational church
by the Rev. Stephen E. Ayers.
Only members of the families
we're present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
MRS. FLORA p. OHNsON

MRS. FLORA P. JOHNSON
Funeral services for Mrs. Flora
Pearl Johnson, wife of j. A. John
son, who died August 6 at the
James Walker Memorial hospital,
were held last week from the late
residence.
The Rev. j. L. Davis, pastor of
the Blake's Chapel Advent Chris
tan church, conducted the serv-
ces. Burial followed in the Pros
pect cemetery.
Mrs. johnson was a life long
member of the Middle Sound Ad-
vent Christian church.
She is survived by her husband,
five children, two boys and three
girls, c. V. Johnson, c. R. Johnson,
Doris JEANETTE Johnson, and two
infant twins, Lula Jane johnson
and Flora Pearl Johnson; her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Shep-
ard; and two sisters, Mrs. j. V.
Durham and Mrs. J. w. Thomp-
SON. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
"DRESSED"

BOSTON,, Aug. 10. - up -
Three foreign vessels dressed
ship and dipped flags in salute
to President Roosevelt today as
the presidential yacht Potomac
came up Boston harbor to the
navy yard. Crews lined up
smartly i'll uniform as the CHIEF
executive went Dy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
ATTACK

BERLIN, Aug. 10. - GAP Via
Radio) - Japanese warships at
tackled Haimen, IL miles south
of Swallow on the South China
coast, and landed troops early to-
day for al attack on the Chinese
garrison there, the German radio
said in a Tokyo dispatch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
CUDAHY

LISBON, Aug. 10.-R John
Cudahy, U. S. ambassador to
Belgium who drew censure from
the State department in WASH
ingtOn for his remarks on c0ndi-
tions on Nazi-held Belgium, ar.
rived here tonight from London.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
ON LEAVE

Clarence A. Ganey, son of
is at home on a 15-day leave
from the Marines barracks at
Paris Island, S. c., where he
is stationed with the fourth de-
Tense battalion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
REVIVAL

A revival in progress for two
weeks in the Sixth Street Ad-
vent Christian church may con-
time for another week, the
Rev. James Lee, the pastor
announced last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
LOTTERY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-R
The Federal Trade commits.
sion has issued a complaint
charging the Queen City Candy
Co., Charlotte, with using lottery
methods in the sale of its prod
ucts to ultimate customers.