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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02

WASHINGTON, June 1-R-
Amid mounting opposition in con-
gress to President Roosevelt's re-
guest for authority to call the Ma
tional Guard to active duty, the
army high command conteded to-
day that the possibility of dan
gerous developments in this hem
isphere made it essential that the
request be granted.
General George c. Marshall, the
army chief of staff, issued a for.
NAL statement supporting the pres
ident's proposal after opposition
among senators had reached for.
midable proportions.
Mr.. Roosevelt already had auth.
GRITTY to call the guard into service,
General Marshall said, but under
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
JIMMIE C0PPEDCE
WINS GARDEN CUP
Three Prizes Awarded AT
Each School In Star
News Contest

Jimmie Coppedge, of 1910 Castle
street, student at I S a Bear
school, was yesterday awarded the
first prize trophy after his garden
was selected as best in the 1910
Star-News school garden contest.
The trophy was presented by
John E. Hope, editorial writer OF
the Star-NeWs, during chapel ex-
ercises at the school yesterday
morning. Hope was introduced by
Mrs. Carl Render.
In presenting the cup to Jimmie,
Hope said this was the fifth time
he had won a prize and the second
time he had won first prize. The
young gardener then presented the
cup to Miss Annie Herring, princi-
pal of the school, who accepted it
with thanks and congratulations 10
Jimmie.
The public has been invited to
visit Jimmie's garden.
Prizes of S., So, and 81 were pre-
Continued on Page Two; Col. u
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NAILS TO WORK
CAPTURED PLANTS
Germans Entrench Them
selves In Industrial
Areas OF North
BY LOUIS P.

WITH THE GERMAN ARMY AT
THE FRONT, June l. Up Ger
many is e~ntrenching herself in the
vast industrial area of northern
France taken in the battle of Flan-
ders.
Her plan apparently is to make
the blitzkrieg pay for itself through
out. Stores of munitions and sup
plies captured in Poland, Norway,
Belgium and now France were wind
falls.
And Germany Immediately puts
industries in occupied countries to
work again insofar as the state Of
destruction permits.
Military experts consider that the
German capture of Abbeville, on the
Somme, in reality decided the Fran
co-German issue.
(The French said today they were
holding the Abbeville bridgehead, and
the sector in general, but had not
claimed the town itself.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Patrolman Badly Hurt
AS Prisoner Slugs Him
]. R. WILSON WOUNDED
Young White Men Rescue
Officer And Capture
His Assailant

J. r. Wilson, state highway pa
trolman stationed here, narrowly
escaped death last night, officers
said, when Louis Davis, a negro
who had just been arrested on the
Masonboro Loop road for a liquor
violation, seized the officers black
lack and struck him on the mead.
After the negro had stunned Will
son with the blow and had removed
his pistol FROM its holster, two
young white men, Richard tarroW
and +. Whitman, both of n Ma
sonboro section, saw the attack, dis
armed the negro, handcuffed MIN
and brought both to the hospital.
satisfactory"
Wilson was reported in a seem
ingly satisfactory" condition last
night at James Walker Memorial
Continued on Page TWO; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
RICHARD W. LECHE
IS FOUND GUILTY
Former Louisiana Governor
Faces Is Years In Pen
In Fraud Case

ALEXANDRIA, La, June 1-lR-
Richard w. Leche, Louisiana's
Governor from 1886 until he re-
signed under fire last June rs, was
convicted today of using the mails
to defraud the state of $31, 600 and
faced a maximum sentence of 10
years in prison.
The government charged ne
pocketed the money through a deal
involving the purchase of highway
trucks.
Sentence was deferred until June
Continued on Page Two; Col. u
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IT, S. Army Chief Sees
Dangerous Developments

that call it would be impossible to
send any units Of the National
Guard to assist a regular division
in any one of the possible stu.
atoms which might arise in this
hemisphere"
ut is necessary that more troops
be made available, trained, and
seasoned, to enable missions to De
carried out without denudlng tnls
country of ground troops in a. a state state
~ sufficient preparation to meet
unexpected eventualities in some
''; The chief Of staff did not say say,
velopments' in this hemisphere
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
3 DIVISIONS REMAIN
20 German Planes Downed
In Two Days During
Dunkerque Battle
ONLY SIXTEEN LOST
(Bv The Associated Press

By The Associated Press)
LONDON, June brit
aims veterans of the north
men who helped hold the
fields of Flanders until the
last and then withdrew in the
most spectacular retreat OF
modern history-still were
coming home tonight to an
exultant welcome from a
rarely emotional people.
The success of the with
drawal-one made across the
English channel in a gale OF
fire from every weapon at
the Nazis' command-was il
Illustrated by estimates from
various sources that OF the
original British expedition
airy force of $4,000 men,
from 1905 900 to 100000 had
been brought safely back.
All Save One
Too, it was stated unofficlally that
every division, or it's remnant, save
one. had beer d~isembarked.
This British division, and two
French divisions remained to hole
off the attacking Germans.
Beneath the cheering, tear drench'
cd reception ran the somber under
%current of preparations to evacuate
school children and spread Eng
lands population outside packed
cities. For Britain awaits n mex
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. INVASION, ano
hell from the heavens by Nazi dive
bombers.
Today Britain's own air force re
ported downing Sc German planes
over Dunkerque yesterday and Il
more today, with a loss of only II
British fighters.
One British naval plane claimed
a direct hit, wrecking a torpedo
boat of the Nazi mosquito fleet Of
the Belgian coast.
On the entertainments and bridges
along the route Of the troop trains
to London civilians stood to cheer
and listen with mouths agape while
the returned Tommies told of the
bloody business in Flanders.
Many were soaked and one de
tachment flew their pants like en-
signs from the windows of thell
train. Ten carloads of men shouted
with laughter when the breeze
caught one pair and sent it tumb
ling into a backyard.
AT a station a shower of post
cards flew from the windows. The
spectators scrambled for them, an(
found that they carried messages
to the families Of wounded men.
A hard-faced Scotch private
pounded a smiling French poilu OF
the back and swore at length
These little so and sos" he roar
ed. 'They get in a position and yol
can't get them out. This lad here
would be there yet if we hadn'r
given him orders.
nNnntipuod mn paro T,ro, fol ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
u. s. LINER WILL
SAIL FOR Home
10 Passengers Are Left
On Galway Wharf For
Lack OF Space
BY J. NORMAN LODGE

GALWAY, IRELAND, June -H
The United States repatrlatlon
liner President Roosevelt, with o24
Americans fleeing the dangers OF
war aboard her, stood anchored a
mile offshore tonight, ready for an
early Sunday sailing.
A hundred and ten passengers
who had booked standing room
we're told at the last moment that I
riders from Washington specified
no such passengers would be per-
mitted to sail
Many Of those left were without out
funds to domicile themselves out
the Galway hotels took them IN
fro,+inued on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Mussolini
Calls Out
Reservists
Americans, On Way Out,
Report Troops Moving
Toward Frontier
PRESS DRIVE BITTER
Editors Charge Italians
We're Defrauded After
World War |

ROME. June 1.-LP-A new eS'
,,on,o of messages between Presi-
don't Roosevelt and Premier Musso'
I'M was reported tonight while
ltslys warlike motions multiplied
e~sraciallv near the French border.
The messages, reported by a
smnce usually competent, We're de-
scrihpd as courteous although their
exact nature was not divulged.
Not Retarded
The impression prevaliHd in dlplo-
matte circles. however, that the re-
mrted exchange had not retarded
Italian war measures.
The fascist party's national cum.
ell tonight adopted a resolution
asking MussoIini to break 1.-THE
foreign stranglehold' on Italy's COM
merce and give her freedom OF the
seas
The resolution declared that the
Italian people we're "defrauded" by
the sacrifice Of 500, 900 men in the
World war, made the object of mi
qltious sanctions when they wished
10 win a place in the sun" and now
are ready for any test"
britain led the movement for
sanctions against Italy during the
Italian conquest of Ethiopia).
Some diplomats, surprised at the
delay in action if Italy really means
10 20 TO war, wondered whether the
intensified preparations were bluff to
Keep l,ScO, 900 French and British
Vontlnued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
DIE IN CRASH
OF TEST PLANE
Treat New Douglas Trans
port Falls, Explodes;
Built For Navy

LOS ANGELES, June L tY -
D[SsA OF a great new Douglas
40 air transport while on a test
tt5sAt Tor the navy killed four en-
pDyeS Of the aircraft firm today
saa sent Investigators scurrying
VI evidence of possible sabotage
douglas officials said. however,
lucy found no such indications in
'Nelr first checks.
Ali hllled in the crash and explosion
T,avG followed Immediately were
S seS' riot Bug Bogen, William Ben.
va.' lnSht engineer; W. II. Mul.
e 4~es' crew chief, and James Jew.
eft t, Inspector.
VIM; ME plane, a twin-engined, high.
"S type with capacity for II
"'A'lNued On Page Three; Col. G.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Naziis Bomb
Dunkerque
Heavily
By Tne Associated Press

by The Associated Press
BERLIN, June 1-P-ReIays
of German planes, pouring
bombs upon the retreating
French and English near Dun
kerque, were declared officially
tonight to have sunk three Al
lied warships and eight trans
ports and to have brought down
40 Allied aircraft.
A high command comlnuiiiaue
added that i'll addition German
dive-bombers made hits Oh TOUR
other warships and IA CONNER
ciaI vessels. which presumably
were serving as transports. 1t
stated many of these ships were
set afire.
Pride Of Fleet
These claims of new successes il
the last hours of the Flanders cam
paign followed an carrier ASSERTION
by a spokesman that the battleshll
Nalson, the pride of the Brltlsl
home fleet, had been destroyed. In
high command, however, did no
claim the Nelson.
Off Dunkerque, strong UNITS 0
three flying corps roa1ed oVerhea
necessarily in an effort to detea
the efforts of Allied remnants t
ferry themselves in smaller poat
to the warships and transports lylnI
off the harbor.
The Berlin press acknowledge
that "throngs'' of British an
French might have escaped unde
D.ua TI,rnn. Enl I
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
PROTEST

BUENOS AIRES, June 1.-LR
The Argentine government
protested to Germany tonight
the sinking of the Argentine
freighter Uruguay, 3,425-tons, by
a Nazi submarine in the Atlantic
off the coast of Spain last We'd
nesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
MISSING

NEW YORK, June 1.-R-
Sir Launcelot Oliphant, veter-
an British diplomat who was am.
bassador to Belgium, is missing,
the British radio reported in a
broadcast picked up here tonight
by CHS,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
Nj

IIFITINIOAN
WASHINGTON, JJune 1.-P
The army and navy Journal
said today that long-standing
differences between Secretary of
War Woodring and Assistant
Secretary Louis johnson had
been "oblite1ated' by the ill
creased responsibilities Of the
current expansion of national
defenseS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
LETTER

PARIS, June l.-(R-United
States Ambassador William c.
Bullitt said today he had re-
ceived a hand-written letter
signed by Lloyd r. Stark of
Mystic, Conn.,, stating that
Stark was seriously wounded
and a friend was killed when his
house at Malo-Les-Bains, near
DuEkerque, was destroyed by
German bombs May "a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
FIFTH COLUMN

LONDON, June 1.-P)-Fifth
c0lumnists i'm France are armed
with machine and are more
numerous than generally realiZ-
ed, an Exchange Telegraph Brit
ish) news agency correspondent
with the French armies report
ed tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
PURCHASES

NEW YORK, June 1.-R-
Fifteen privately-OWned air.
planes used for sport and COM
mercial purposes were on the
line at Roosevelt field today des-
tined for the Allied armies,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
NAzS uni ASSKk 533MbERS ON SOUTHERN FRANCE
bR|A M Is JUb|LAU OVER RESCUE OF TROOPS
K, Duce Exchange Messages
WORLD
BULLETINS
BOYCOTT

BOYCOTT
NEW YORK, June 1.-R-A
nationwide Listeners boycott"
against three major network
broadcasts tomorrow of the COM
munist party's national cOnven-
ton proceedings a urged to-
day as more than a score of in
dividual radio stations declined
to carry the broadcasts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
FREEDOM

REEDU
BERLIN, June 1.-LP-AdoIf
Hitler today decreed freedom
for Dutch prisoners of war TAX
ell in the German army's five
day sweep across the Neither
lands.
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Served by Leased Wire of the
ASSOCIATED PRESS
With Complete Coverage of
State and National News
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-16
Will The South Make The Bid?

IN A RECORD editorial our morning contemporary
with bold editorial relative the Negro That paper
along with others, cited the impact of the colored vote and
pazed the fact that the coored its friends
and the administration that had meant much to it.
For many have been discussing the primary system
iE the southern We pouted the aace the sub err
ugc with their pobtive methods which had made elections
burning shames and the suicide section following
annhlating its voting strength.
With the great influx Of the coored population such
Pennsylvania Illinois, New Jersey and New York. those pot
quick seize upon their voting strength In large
numbers people piled the eligible list and with their
ta rights denied them in the South they entered actively the
field of politics. The first Illinois District represented Con
gress by exizen of the of Alabama In other
in the north and the coored figure quito e
fecivey in elections
The South beginning learn the lesson if late that poiti
cal from the intensity of the voting strength For
years has fields neglected. farm depopulated
and people moving into other sections of the country Georgia
he's lost from her fall off in population, due d
cty the leaving of these people who allowed say
the people who make demands and goes without saying
1t dangerous situation to have people among who have
voice whatever in the affairs of government.
Maybe with the coming of orders of things the South is
realizing that 1t cannot level OF equal bidding before
tie nation with half of its population dsranchised.
All through the South Mr.. Roosevelt has many friends
for his party There thousands who heretofore have been
aligned with the Republican party going down the road with
the leadership of President Roosevelt.
If the southern would their faacv the
wng away the nefarious primary laws section
of the terrible angehod that has down the roads of po
tcal suicide neglect depopuaon and starvation always attend
the consent of the majority of those governed.
Atlanta (Ga.) Daily World
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-16
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN
By JAMES L. BARBOUR

In the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt third term
President of the United States of America American
people have preserved rather than destroyed the haowed
constitutes the very backbone of American Democracy
All discussions and with 1egards.t
divided interest presidential choice obviously
end with the casting and counting of Tuesday,
yember 5th
1t behoovos Democratic philosophy lay aside personal
opinions and minority beliefs evidence of individual
acrcng contribution to the strengthening and preservation
Of the Amercan spirit for is a
Together stand divided fall
Each will conform without reluctance the expressed
WILL Of the majority. Thus: today There is but PARTY
The Party Of the American People One Governmentthe Gov
of the people for the reoplo and bv the people
In the epocfmaing decision of the 1910 election have
made choice The weight Of that choice is and def
mite expression of solemn Faith in the of LEADER
SHIP Franklin Deano Roosevelt and which have
accepted this time to be symbolic Of the American Ideal
May God grant him the strength and wisdom to
level obstacle which arise to ohstruct
tariv simne Democratic Way imrtde
ii the full realization Of reharno FREE AMERICA.
cessarv according tradition but according the Demo
cratic NEED
In Practical Unity, the American people,
ntarohno triumDhantlv forward increase NATIONAL.
STRENGTH and PROSPERITY Tcr'ord ultimate achieve
of cherished Goal DEMOCRATIC Peace and
Happiness in Every American Home - -
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-16
Seeing and Saying BY William 4. Fosp%ke'

IN the South, the Republicans
polled a good deal Of voters, but
not enough to dent the Democratic
solidness of the area. Thousands of
Negroes in the South voted. Many
hundreds of these votes went to
President Roosevelt and incidently
for the perpetuation and entrench-
ment of Democratic Party which
does not allow their votes in its
primaries and does not recognize
those votes in the national elec-
tionS. Hundreds of others voted for
the COP, many stating they would
never vote for the once acknowl-
edged pro-slavery party of ''tra-
ditional South There were not
enough who exercised the franchise
to affect the majority vote in any
state of the South, however.
1t seems here that should re-
iterate the admonishment for
which this column is well known
by now. Negroes should oegin now
and work with all their might in
order that the next primaries and
national election will not catch
them with too few votes, as has
been in the case in the past. The
philosophy of Cast your votes
where you are" should spread
like wildfire and stick in the minds
of our underprivileged people. What
has been said over and over again
is truer now than ever in our de-
mocracy: The ballot is our most ef-
fective weapon against discrimi-
nations, insults and other high
crimes of racialism. Probably the
most permanent weapon against
these crimes would be highly ef-
fective and adequate self-improve
ment program launched by the
group to eradicate our many prlmi-
tive qualities.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-16

Often reference Is made here to
the faults and failures Of so-called
Negro leaders. Well, much could
be said about certain nationally ad-
vertiSed Harlem Negro leaders and
their faults and failures - espec-
tally their great distance from the
hue and cry of the vast throng of
the masses. However, attention is
called to the fact that they are
making the well-nigh universal
mistake of educated Negroes who
would lead their less fortunate
brethren. That is they are running
away from the problem, many Of
them actually denying its reality.
A young Negro economist tpld
the writer several days ago that
no economist could afford to
sponsor Roosevelt and furthermore
that relief and WPA have made
Negroes lazy. Here, however, as
elsewhere, white leaders of politics
and labor are developing a strong
leadership among the masses OF
Negroes because they understand
their problems, show concrete in
terest in them, recognize these m-
derprivileged Negroes, give them
status and speak their language
1t would not be a bad guess to say
that Mayor La Guardia has more
power among Harlem Negroes than
the combined strength of six ma
tlonally advertised Negro Harlem
leaders would show.
Regardless OF the outcome of the
election, the underprivileged Ne
groes of Harlem are not Demo
Gratis, they are pro La Guardia and
pro-Roosevelt because a true lead
er of them, their Mayor, is pro-
Roosevelt. Would that as much
could be said for the nationally
advertised brands" of Negro Har-
lem leaders.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-16
WALTER CHIVERS SAYS

velt and La Guardia. They look
upon the Mayor as father and
he certainly gives them fatherly
advice in language they can and
do understand.
He boasts that he has never
led them wrong in twenty-one
years and almost to a man they
said that he was telling the truth
This crowd was and is with La
Guardia because he goes to the
lat for them with coat off and
sleeves rolled up. They can see
and feel what ne has done for
them.
1t is predicted that Harlem will
vote to for Roosevelt and that
is probably the ratio of the Have
Nots' to those who seem to have"
and those who have" in Harlem.
An excellent indication OF how
strongly knitted together and SEN
sitive the "Have-notS' have become
is the resentment against Joe Louis
for campaigning for Willkie. Joe
has defini ely lost prestige in Har-
lem. Several Negro children, OBJ
viously of the underprivlleged
group, were heard to remark, on
yesterday, that Joe Louis didn't
care because he is rich.
This morning, On the way to the
University, notice was taken OF the
large pro- Willki5 sign prominently
displayed in front of the Negro
Board of Trade. Looked much like
sign of approval by those Ne
groes in Harlem who have" or at
least would like for the public to
believe they have. The Negro
electioneers in that vicinity hand
ing out Republican party htera-
ture were far better dressed and
better fed than those at last nights
rally in Colonial Park. They dis
played a patronizing air that /;
foreign to the residents of middle
Harlem.
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raent OUT of business ana giving
initiative to private enterprise and
Dit millions tc real work. They
contended many other things some
this column thinks just some un-
just.
1t would be advisable, think,
that they come together with the
Democrats, whom the people have
given the mandate, and spend
lavishly and wisely in making
ours a real democracy-the aim of
the nations fathers. This is no
time to quibble in face of the ma
jority will. Hitler and his Axis as
sociates are to be reckoned with,
seriously.
THE RACE VOTE
In the large plurality vote for
the President, the minority Negro
vote in the Northern states must
have played an enviable part. In
pivotal states like New York,
PENNSYLVANIA, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and others, the Negro vote
must have definitely decided the
issue and swung the electoral vote.
They say OUT people are impul-
sive and that one last minute
move can swing them. If this is
true. then that prediction night
radio program featuring the
Worlds Greatest Tap Dancer
Bill (Boiangles) Robinson; the
Greatest Living Singer" Miss
Merriam Anderson, and the great
Count Basic playing with the
inimitable Benny Goodman, must
have gone long way with Swaying
our portion of the populace. 1t was
good to hear them all on pro-
gram, where, given due praise for
their talent and accomplishment
they praised the name of Roosevelt
that his victory of the following
day might be clinched.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-16
Great Exhibition Of Democracy

Der of electoral votes for presi-
dent as has Connecticut, but while
Connecticut was casting 800 thou
sand votes, South Carolina was
casting 80-odd thousands. Democ-
racy is made a byword in South
Carolina.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is our
president, even though only a
small margin of popular votes put
him ahead. With the rotten bor-
ough situation i'll Dixie, he could
actually have been elected by a
few million LESS popular votes
than Willkie received.-T'hat too,
is threat against democracy.
Will a Democratic congress ara
a democratic administration move
to remedy this evil thing? We shall
see.
The Phoenix index., 1940-11-16

necticut cast nearly 100000 votes,
but Connecticut has only votes
for president, while Alabama, cast
ing only 100000 votes, has IL votes
for president.
That is NOT democracy. That is
disgrace to democracy. That is
cheating plain and simple.
OTHER PROBLEMS
Alabama is a poll tax state, a
device to prevent democracy. What
will the overwhelming democratic
congress do about this? There are
other problems with which the
coming congress will have to deal,
but none more vital to the eS-
sence of democracy in America
than is this problem.
There is blessed South Carolina,
for example, with the same num-