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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-24

We wonder what ever became Of
the real sea-going haireutsf The
ones sported by the deep-water
shellhacks not too many years ago
hair worn THAT long. bobbed
off square at the collar Haven't
sighted one since Santa Claus was
an ordinary seaman. They were
as much a part Of the proper
sailorman as Western ocean
roll.
Scores
We predicted II wouldn't breeze
up for the T. Y. c. sail race Thurs
day. No sailor can look US in the
eye and say those bidding puffs
were more than a fraction Of q
breeze o. wind.
But II was enough. II was
enough. Eight starters were out
there at 10 a. M and there were
tlkuA 4htA-tlttEs II iiEt aahAN Ntas
year everybody came home.
What with puffy wind, Gains.
dampish samples Of rain squalls. ct
cetera ad nauseum. II was definite
ly not q spectators show. But the
lads engaged therein found II as
good a way as any To spend a holi-
day.
Particularly the LADY LUCK
(el skippered by Russ Post. which
came in for a win on corrected
time.
Next was MYTH "a, Herb Nun
son, followed in order by MANANA
(e), Jack Teitge: RosAL n3). Al
Faithful: MARJUNE az. Martin
stockwell: NICHEvo (s), Bill
Nelson; wHITEcAP ts). Russ An
derson: MIJoY % Chuck Ogden.
The numbers are the total
points OF each boat toward the
Irvinetta Rowland perpetual
trophy.
On each race day, competing
shippers get together for q mice
little illegal lottery" Plumber this
time was a swellegant waterproof
jacket donated by Rhodes Bros.
and captured by Stockwell. (other
prizes this year have been a case
of beer, canned butter, a trolling
outfit. NOW stay home, you rock
ing chair sailors.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-24
Delrey Is Entered
In N. J. Prinlarv

NEW YoRk--Dlstrict Attorney
Thomas u. Dewey has entered tho
New Jersey Republican presiden-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-24
OPERATIONS BUILDING
FOR UAL Is STARTED

PORTLAND Ground was bro
ken Thursday for United Air Lines
new 5000. 1000 operations building
at the New Columbia airport.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-24

II you're not using II. sell II with
a Fast Action Times Want Ad.
Phone Main 3fs1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
SECRECY COVERS VISIT
Italian And German Sour.
ces Say Parleys Devoid Of
Any New Agreements
BY RICHARD G. MAssOCK

ROME, March 11.-R-Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
of Germany. today completed con-
versations with Premier Mussolini
and Pope Plus XII without evil
dence of having gained tangible
aid from Italy or comfort from the
Vatican.
Official secrecy obscured the pur'
pose and accomplishments, if any
Of the two-day visit, but both Ital'
ian and German sources said it was
devoid of any new agreements,
leaving Italy's acknowledgement stat
us unaffected.
Long Call
Won Ribbentrop was with II
Duce nearly an hour and a half,
longer than his call yesterday.
With them were Foreign Minis
ter Count Galeazzo Ciano and Ger
man Ambassador Won Mackensen
for conversations described by q
communique as Cordial"
The announcement said the talks
chad as their object an examina
ton of the International situation
and took place within the spirit
and framework of the treaty Of al
lance and agreements existing be
tween Italy and Germany"
Authoritative Italians insisted the
German foreign minister came te
Rome only to inform himself Of
Mussolini's viewpoint on new Is
sues, the foremost being whether
Finland and Russia will make
peace.
If the Firms reject Russian peace
terms Italians think it possible Brit
ain and France might send troops
to Finland, thus creating a new
front in Scandinavia since both
Germany and Russia would oppose
such a step.
WatchfuI Waiting
Italian policy appeared to be one
Of watchful waiting without fur
Their commitments until new situa
lions arise.
Won Ribbentrop left Rome by
train for Berlin at 1885 p. M, and
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
KELLY AYERS U.S..
MUST AVOID WAR
Commander OF American
Legion Speaks At Rocky
Mount Meeting

ROCKY MOUNT, March 11.-F
RAYMOND J.. Kelly Of Detroit, ma
tional commander Of the American
Legion, said here tonight that 1--WE
must be firm in our determination
that this (European) war is not
now. and must not become In the
future, the concern Of the west
ern hemisphere.
He spoke at the closing session
of the North Carolina department
post officers convention.
Kelly said he knew that the Le-
gion would be accused Of follow.
ing a policy of short-sighted self
ishness" in its advocacy Of a
strict neutrality, but added that,
I'VE are and should continue to be
selfish in cur efforts to stay out
of war"
1--WE Of the Legion" he contin-
ued, "know it to be a practical
and unitarian world in which we
CONTINUED on Page Seven; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
Won Ribbentrop Finishes
Talks With Il Duce, Pope
The European
War Situation
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
LONDON - Chamberlain dis.
. cleses that Britain and France
have offered Finland "all avail
able resources" refuses to say
whether Britain plans to send
troops; Pathfinder Welles sees
King George vi, Chamberlain,
Foreign Minister Halifax.
HELSINKI - Firms Acknow.
ledge Russian gains at both ends
of Mannerheim line; Russian
planes again bomb Finnish areas
outside of war zone.
MOSCOW - Russian troops
close ring around Viipuri, occupy
northern and eastern parts of
city, Red army communique
says.
Observation-Disclosures agency
reports Finnish and Russian
negotiators conferred again at
Moscow, no agreement reached;
peace optimism prevails in Scan
dinavia
ROME-German Foreign Min
lister Won Ribbentrop completes
conversations with Mussolini,
has audiences with King Vittorio
Emanuele and Pope Plus XII.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
NORRIS ASSAILS
METHODS OF FBI
Accuses Agents OF Dis
graceful And Indefensible
Third Degree Conduct

WASHINGTON, March 11-R -
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
was accused by Senator Norris (Ind.
Neb) today of using ~"disgraceful and
indefensible third degree methods"
in arresting a group of Detroit citi-
zens charged with recruiting for the
Spanish loyalist army.
"These Detroit cases are only ex
amples," Norris wrote Attorney Gen
eral jackson. "They are only illu-
STATIONS that seen to me to bear
out the fact that the FBI needs a
strong, restraining hand to keep il
in bounds"
While expressing confidence in
Jackson and lauding his dismissal of
charges against the defendants, ar
rested during the administration of
Attorney General Murphy, Norris
nevertheless requested ar Impartial
investigation"
Saying he had talked with one of
the defendants and their attorney
and had obtained statements from II
others, including one woman, Nor
ris charged they were routed from
their beds between 4 and 5 a. m,
and he added:
THE one woman 80. was arrested
while she was in bed, compelled to
dress practically in the presence of
four or five FBI men. She feared
(COntinI1ed on Page Seven. Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
PROBE OF CLARK
Staying STARTED
Inquest Into Death OF Negro
Will Be Resumed Here
This Morning

An inquest into the death OF
Richard clark, negro, who was snot
to death from ambush SUNDAY
night, was opened yesterday after
noon and will be resumed today at
10 o'clock in the courthouse Coro
ner Asa w. Allen said.
Only one witness was examined
yesterday by the members Of the
coroner's jury. DR.. A. H. Ell'ot'
city-county health officer, VINO e
amined the body, related his find
ings.
Police arrested Thomas Lucas,
negro, and he is being held IN jan
without bond. Lucas is a resioen
of 400 Swami street, at winch ao-
dress the negro was shot.
Officers who investigated Inc XIII.
ing said Lucas was seen to run ou'
of a house and down an alley I'M
mediately following the shoo'ihe
He was arrested a short time latei'
Officers said two or three peisonl
had seen Lucas with a gun prior "
the shooting. &c..
Members of the coroner's JURY
are: I. ". Cooper, foreman -. l..
Hancock, r. c. Branch oeoi =
Dukes, S. F. Garrison ana D.
Applewhite
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
Baptist WOmen's Meeting
ToBeO penedT1ereT Today
Weues Meets King,
Chamberlain, Halifax

LONDON, March 11.-@-
United States Undersecretary Of
State Sumner Welles moved
%austerely through a day of So
cial and diplomatic activity to-
day in which he met King
George, Prime Minister Cham
berlain and other personages in
his quest for information on
the European situation.
At 6 o'clock, after luncheon
with the Duke and Duchess Of
Kent, and tea with the king
and Queen Elizabeth, President
RoOsevelt's fact.finder went to
No. 10 Downing street to talk
with the prime minister and
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax
before dining with them and
other cabinet ministers.
The first of Welles' formal
talks with Lord Halifax took
place this afternoon. He receiv-
ed a hearty handcIasp from the
freign secretary but no one
but President Roosevelt may
know what else.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
SPEAKS In COMMONS
He Refuses To Say Wheth-
er Britain Preparing To
Send Troops, However
mo WAR WITH RUSSIA
Prime Minister Unable To
| Give Information On Pos
sible Red Finn Peace
By DREW

LONDON, March 11.-R-Great
Britain disclosed today, at a criti-
cal hour in Finland's peace negoti-
atoms with Russia, that she and
France have offered "all available
resources to bolster the tired and
hard-pressed columns of the Fin
nish army.
The Allies, Prime Minister Cham
berlain told the house of commons,
are prepared ito proceed immedi-
ately and jointly to the help of
Finland if the Finnish govern
ment should appeal to them for
further aid.
No War With Reds
Chamberlain said that Britain
had mot arrived yet" at war with
Russia, and he refused to tell the
house whether Britain was pro-
posing to send troops to Finland
and whether she was prepared to
violate the neutrality Of Norway
and Sweden in doing so,
Some diplomatic sources said they
Thought that the prime minister's
pledge Of aid by Britain and France
in the form of "all available re-
sources at their disposal" indicated
that the government was consid-
ering a combined naval and mill
tary expedition, with France sup
plying troops and Britain ships and
planes.
Chamberlain's statement was
made after official disclosure that
the Russian ambassador, Ivan
Maisky, had approached the Brit
ish government as long ago as
Feb. % with peace terms of an
onerous nature which Britain re-
fused to pass on to Finland. These
terms, presumably, were those
which Sweden later acted upon as
mediator and last week became the
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
SENATE REFUSES TO SHUNT HATCH BILL
ASIDE TO VOTE FARM APPROPRIATIONS
By RICHARD l.. TURNER

BY RICHARD L. TURNER
WASHINGTON, March H.
R-With advocates of the
Hatch "anti- politics. bill in
clear command, the senate e
fused today to shunt that
measure aside-even for the
ever popular purpose of vot-
ing farm appropriations.
It's action left the bill, for.
bidding political activity to a
large group of state employees,
the pending business of the
senate, but also left it fac
ing what was openly denounc-
ed in the chamber as a fill
buster.
The senate's decision came
on a motion by Senator Rus
sell (D.Ga) to take up the
1928, 100000 agricultural appro-
priation bill, containing some
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
BOYS S%URRENDERS
FOLLOWING ESCAPE
Accused Sex-Slayer Gives
Himself Up To Officers
After Jail Break

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind. March
11-R-Thomas Allen Boys, %, OF
Attica, held in the sex Staying of a
12.year-old girl, surrendered here to-
night less than four and a half
hours after his escape from Mont
gomery county Jail.
Boys had been awaiting trial on
a first-degree murder charge in the
Of Elizabeth DeBruicker,
pretty 12.year.old All club girl OF
near kttica, beaten and strangled to
death last July Fl on a golf course
where he was a greenskeeper.
He went to the house Of Louis
Stanford, after hiding in the back
yard while officers hunted him near
by and told Stanford to call police.
Three policemen took him into Gus
tody.
State Police Lieutenant Walter
Mentzer said that in Boys pocket
(Continuc1 IN PAGE Seven: Col. IL
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
OPENS At 3 O'CLOCK
Approximately 1000 Ex-
pected To Attend Ses-
sions Al First Church

Approximately 800 women from
every section of North Carolina are
expected to arrive here today for
the opening Of the 50th annual
convention Of the Baptist Woman
Missionary union, opening at 3
o'clock this afternoon and continu-
ing through Thursday afternoon at
the First Baptist church.
The delegates are to e accomo-
dated in the homes of Baptist
women in the city.
The session will open this after
noon as a conference Of members
Of the executive committee, asso-
ciational superintendent, divisional
leaders and young peoples leaders
is held.
Young Peoples Hour
Tonight at 7:30 o'clock a young
peoples hour will be held with
Miss Mary Currin, young peoples
secretary, presiding.
The convention proper will be or
ganized at a meeting to begin to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock and q
special service will be held Wednes'
day night at 1870 o'clock.
Officers in the union are: Mrs. J.
Clyde Turner, of Greensboro, presi-
dent; Mrs. Wesley N. Jones, Of Ra
leigh, president emeritus; Mrs. J. S
Farmer, of Raleigh, vice-presidenti
Mrs. Earl c. James, of Elkin, vice.
president; Mrs. W. D. Briggs, execu'
tive-secretary; and Miss Ora Afford,
Of Raleigh, treasurer.
Local committee chairmen are
Mrs. G. B. Phillips, general chair
man; Mrs. H. A. Handy, welcome
address; Mrs. J. D. Freeman, hos
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
Group Of 80
70 Commence
Work April z.
LET Of Counters Announc-
d By Area Supervisor
J. H. Darlington
10 LAST TWO WEEKS
Work On Business Census
ToBe Completed Latter
Part OF This Week

another step toward placing in
.,orion the machinery for enumerat'
inc he population in New Hanover
r.s taken last night when J. H.
p.rrington. of Lumberton, area
.srsus supervisor, announced the
,,sons selected to take the census
] i, New Hanover county.
Nirty.nine men and women will
hired to take part in the work.
mount will start on April 2 and
k stduled to be completed with
ITO weeks.
Vrk on the business census,
which has been under way for the
-mt several weeks with two emu
mrstors in charge, is scheduled to
be- completed by the latter part Of
this week and preparations are be-
ing pushed for the population
count.
The List
The persons who are to take the
population census are as follow:
Cape Fear township: Clement
Marley Ward, Miss Louise Murray
Wilkins and Miss Annis Miller.
Federal Point township: William
Love Farmer, Carolina Beach. and
David S. Orrell, outside of Carolina
Beach.
Harnett township: A. L. Free
man, Wrightsville Beach; Sallie D.
Johnson, hester L. Wallace, Mrs.
Janet E, High, Winter Park; Paul
Montford and Malcolm N. Woody.
Masonboro township: Mrs. Thorn
Is L. Clifton.
Wilmington township, ward one:
Glenn James McLelland, James s.
Craig, Miss Annie Mae Eagles, Miss
Nell Batson, Frank Garrison, Rob-
.t c. Plat.
Ward two: Harold Jeter, Harry
T. Glove.
Ward three: Mrs. Charles T.
Nesbitt, Mrs. Mary King Tremain,
WOntnued on Page Two; Col, 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
CHAMBERLAIN CLAIMS
COUNTRIES PREPARED
TO GIVE QUICK HELP
Soviet Finn Peace Moves
Rated At Critical Stage

STOCKHOLM, March IL -
Scam
dinavians rated dragging Fin.
nish-Russian peace negotiations
at a critical stage today as hour
after hour passed without word
of a decision that will decide the
issue of peace in Finland Or con-
tinued war with its threatening
implications for the rest Of
northern Europe.
Observers said the neg0tiators
were in a race with the weather,
already turning warm in Fin
land and threatening to bog
down military operations even if
a peace does not stop them.
The Finnish delegates were be-
lieved here still to be in Moscow
with negotiations continuing yet
today over new disputed points
which had arisen in the confer
ences with Foreign Commissar
Vyacheslaff Molotoff and Joseph
Stain, and in which United
States Ambassador Laurence
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
DR.. EUGENE CLARK
IS KILLED BY CAR
Prominent Clarkton Physi.
clan Struck By Auto OPP
Grated By Sam Brown

eLARKToN. March 11.-Dr. Eu.
.~' D. Clark, 81, prominent Clark
WI physician, was instantly killed
.slisat at S:15 o'clock when he was
,nusk by an automobile. State
a!sa@ay Patrolman W. E. Ebert
@u 'ne car was driven by Sam
c~larkton. ~ A'so -
c,. Inc accident occurred just as DR..
yak stepped cut of his automobile
w. sa started across the street toward
0larkton school, where a musical
''Dw was being held.
,n nsuwh Is being held pending the
,rs .oine of an inquest into the death
"rsouled tomorrow morning at 10
w. Clark was a member Of the
sr m.'k IN Clarkton, Coroner r. E.
''ued on Page Seven; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12

$500, 100000 more than the fig.
ure approved by the house, and
involving a spectacular contest
over governmental economy.
Voting down the Russell mo.
ton AZ to SO. the Hatch bill
proponents lost a few of those
who have supported them on
previous ballots but who, on
this particular test, were more
interested in the farm bill.
However, the republican MEM
bership stuck with them to a
man, and from an early point
in the roll call the outcome
was never in doubt.
The senate's day was other
wise filled with spirited oratory
and frankly worded exchanges
between the friends and foes
of the measure.
Charging that the opposition
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
GERMAN WARPLANE
FLIES OVER PARIS
Anti-Aircraft Guns Fire On
Scouting Craft But No
Alarm Sounded

PARIS, March 11.-LR-A Ger
man scouting plane was outlined
against the dark sky tonight by
searchlights of the Paris area while
the rumble of anti-aircraft fire
shook the city.
The thudding of the guns was
distinctly d%iscernible in the city.
Bright flashes Of shells exploding
in the air followed.
After circling owe the north
ern section Of the city the Ger
man warplane headed east and
disappeared.
Air raid alarms were given in
western France from $40 to 1850
p. m. (340 to 4:50 p. m. EST).
AS usual, private and state ra-
dio stations shut down to prevent
the broadcasts from acting as
beams to guide hostile warplanes
to the city.
A news broadcast was delayed
an hour but no air raid alarm
was sounded.
A French radio commentator
came on the air at 1890 p. m.
(4:3O p. m. EST) with the terse
announcement that IAN important
event beyond our control" had
caused a postponement Of the
broadcast for one hour.
The sounds of firing continued
at length.
Shortly before that, the night
communicate of the general staff
told of activity Of infantry and
artillery on the western front.
The official report featured q
fairly sharp" engagement be-
tween French and German troops
southeast of the Med river
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12

political contributions by state
employees who are paid in
whole or part by federal funds.
1t would broaden the existing
Hatch act, which applies to
federal workers.
Clark charged that in some
states public employees are re-
quired to pay two per cent of
their wages back to the po-
litical machine which appoint
ed them.
Senator MintOn (D-Ind) q
leading opponent of the meas
ure, Embossed a bitter attack
upon the republican member
ship which has voted solidly.
or nearly so, with the adyo.
Gates of the bill. The republic
cans, he said, were trying to
Continued on Page Three; Col. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12

Steinhardt was reported to have
taken an important role.
Swedish observers lost some of
the optimism, which yesterday
started stock exchange quota
tions Oh the rise. as the negotia-
tions dragged along, and some
circles said the result of the
negotiations might not come as
soon as they had supposed.
Considerable political activity
was noted in HeIsinki, how
ever, where meetings of men,
bers of the parliament and the
cabinet were held.
According to one version of Am
bassador Steinhardt's activities,
the cOnferees met at the Amer
lean embassy in Moscow until
the negotiations were moved to
the kremlin where Stain took
part.
In this connection it was sug-
gested that Steinhardt's recent
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12

was conducting a %filibuster,
Senator Clark D-Mo) noted
that some opponents had con-
tended that an issue of states
rights was involved. He re-
minded them that some of
their number had voted for
such measures as the NRA, and
pointedly asserted:
"Only in this hour when
this measure is brought in
here is the cry of states
rights raised"
He had been "moved to
tears" he said sarcastically,
by pleas for "the inalienable
right of charwOmen to be
mulcteG Of two per cent OF
their pay"
The measure would forbid
political activities, including
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
Firms Battle
AS Ryti Heads
Toward Home.
Prime Minister Is Believed
Carrying Secret Peace
Terms To Helsinki
SOVIET GAINS
Assertion That Britain And
France Ready To Aid Re-
ceiyed With Interest
BY LYNN

ID A14N4N
HELSINKI, March 11.-R-Em-
battled Finland fought on grimly
tonight for her independence while
her prime minister, Risto Ryt1, was
believed here to be homeward
bound from Moscow with peace
proposals still secret.
The Finnish high command &C
knowledged Russian territorial
gains on both ends of the Manner
helm line across the Karelian 18th
mus.
The assertion of British Prime
Minister Chamberlain that the
British.French Allies are ready to
aid the distressed northern republic
was received with great interest but
there was no immediate official
comment and it was the impression
here that the offer would be
wrecked on the rock of Swedish
neutrality and refusal to permit
passage Of troops if a formal re-
quest for troops were made.
No Action Taken
1t was said officially that the
foreign affairs committee of the diet
(parliament) had not taken any a C
ton on Soviet Russian peace pro-
posals.
Certainly there was no peace In
the air here at He1sinki.
Residents scurried to bomb shell
tiers five times during the day. Rus
sian planes were sighted on the out
skirts of the city but no bombs
were dropped in the capital area.
Telephone communication to the
outside world was extremely re-
stricted during the day, however,
and it was believed extensive bomb
ing had occurred in southern Fin.
land.
An official c~ommunique reported
widespread Russian air raids today
outside the war zone, with at least
two civilians killed.
Among the places bombed were
Kuovala, Kausala in the Kymijoki
valley, several villages south of
Lahti and some villages east of Ri
himaki. In western Finland Kar-
jala, Koski and Lohja were bombed,
and a church was damaged at Tai
valkoski.
The hard-pressed Firms gained
some comfort after a d~isagreeable
day from an army communicate
Y hich said the Russians had been
repulsed in many sectors and at
Kollaan river, north Of Lake La
doga, had lost a thousand men.
Russian gains scored at both ends
of the Mannerheim line were re-
garded as minor successes by the
Films.
Russian troops were active along
almost all Finnish fronts.
At Kollaan river. where the
Films declared they had killed more
than 5000 Russian soldiers in the
past four days, an all-day battle
ragged. Six tanks were reported de-
stroyed in the Karelian Isthmus
fighting Sunday.
CLOSE RING
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
Tell II To A
Want AID Taker
And She'll Tell ..

what you have to rent
or sell to the $4,000
readers of the Star and
News. Among the great
mass of people who read
the Want Ads every day
it's easy to find some
one who will buy or rent
whatever you have to
offer.
Call $500 To
Start Your Want Ad
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-12
WEATHER
FORECAST

Sednemsa Carolina: Rain Tuesday and
s' slightly colder Tuesday.
'adin I,SS S,s6 data for the "a hours
y, IN. Yesterday.
b. S. a., IN! IN; as; 7:3O a. m. "A. lao n.
aininp,nm, ;$ % p. m. As; maximum nov a. !:
mean so; normal 81.
b. q; = 7::s q, 81; 1870 a. m. 70; 100 D.
Sasae; to 1tf "A hours ending 7:3o n. M.
'@ inches since first of the month,
h., Tides For Today
Wilmington High Low
'''r0 Inlet s:37a a a:ssp
lie s'1 s:iss; ' aso;.s sunset ' s:i7p; a s;ste
.%tt tsRs Fear ,s river stag. ,t r.v.
'''''"osd on Page Three; Col. ,,