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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31

son of a prominent legislator and
barrister. young Sutton is contri-
buting what he can to the pre-.
paredness program of his coun-
try. If he makes good in the train
ing course, and odds are that he
will make good in a big way, he
will be given a commission in the
Naval Reserve, and if called to
active duty will rank with Anna
polls boys. Other enrollees for the
four months course included three
year college men and junior col
lege graduates. Tine was when
police courts sentenced convicted
defendants to service in the army
or navy. Now a man cannot enlist
in the regular navy as an appren-
tice seaman if he has ever been
convicted of any crime or INSIDE
meanor. Lt.-Commander John
Yarnall, in charge of this reserve
enlisting at the Raleigh recruiting
station, points out that Uncle Sam
is now taking this defense business
seriously.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
AMERICAN GRAIN .
HARVEST LARGER

CHICAGO, July 30.-R-Ths
North American granary promises
to be overlooking soon, with mer-
chandisers facing the task of find'
ing sufficient storage space for
huge SURPRISES of bread grain and
feed.
In sharp contrast, Europe's grain
crops are sub-normal. the war.torn
continent faces an acute shortage
in animal feed, and some localities
may feel the pinch of inadequate
food supplies unless available sup.
plies are proportionately distributed.
This, grain trade experts pointed
out today, offers a striking illus.
tration of world economic malad-
justment due to the war-a malad.
justment likely to continue as long
as hostilities or even longer if nor.
NAL international trade can not be
restored.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
F. r. Spends Day Around Norfolk
Touring Chesapeake Bay efenses

terday with a hand flung up in
almost continuous greeting to crowds
lining the streets. Persons who had
accompanied him on his 1886 travels
were reminded of inspections of
drought and flood areas which the
White House called "non-political."
Yesterdays itinerary took Mr..
Roosevelt on a circuit of the Nor
folk Navy yard, on which $50, 900, 900
has been spent for improvements
since September to accelerate econ
ditioning of old and construction of
new war vessels;
The big fleet operating base and
naval air and training stations at
Norfolk;
Fort Monroe, where batteries of
%seacoast artillery overlook Chesa-
peake Bay and anti-aircraft guns
popped away at targets towed by
planes;
The army air base at Langley
Field, where 101 bombers and pur-
suit ships staged an aerial review
in formation;
The Newport News Shipbuilding
and Drydock company, which is
building a battleship and an aircraft
carrier and is going ahead with
plans to construct seven more car
riers and four light cruisers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
Paul Green Writing Play Based
On Negro Novel, Native Son.

it on their desk and asked 'em it
I could home, and they said l
could, and I came home"
For several years-since his
Johnny Johnson" was produced
on Broadway-Green's major writ
ing task has been a presentation
of the three chapters in the story
of democracy in America.
He began with THE Lost Col
ony'', which is being presented on
Roanoke Island, in Dare county,
this year for its fourth season. 1t
tells the story of the first attempt
to colonize the new world-an a.
tempt which, Green said, express
ed 1.-The dream of a new nation.
Now he is writing a pageant for
Williamsburg, Va, where, he said,
there was expressed the first ''act-
ual statement of the new philoso-
ply of the new nation. It may be
presented next June, at the ami
versary of the Virginia bill OF
rights, which a short time after its
adoption became the basis of the
Declaration of Independence.
The third chapter, the actual
fight for freedom, has already been
written and presented in THE
Highland Call" laid in the Cape
Fear country of North Carolina.
Green when asked about the
possible connection between Ma
tive Son" and his historical pa.
geants, replied that the forthcom-
ing play would have no connection
with them.
However, the question did
prompt comment which, in a way,
links Native Son" with the three
historical plays.
I'm the American democratic
theory" Green said, we have a
method of stimulating first, by the
theory of equality, and then we
have tokens which Illustrate. Every
year we stimulate college boys and
tell them to go forth, and there's
nowhere to CO..
That's not altogether confined tc
one race. We have 16, 600, 900 PEG.
pie who mainly because of thei1
color don't have the opportunities
we have. In a democracy every tut
should stand on its own bottom
everybody ought to have a chance
to develop his full talents. In Ma
tive Som, Bigger Thomas coulc
have got a job shining shoes, but
he didn't want that and, perhaps,
his ability was far above that. But
he was frustrated and he commit,
ted a horrible crime, as the only
way he could express himself.
so we've never written the
fourth chapter of democracy, anc
that chapter would be 'coopera.
tion".
Il think it's time to write thai
fourth chapter"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
Fifth Column Drive
Secrecy Is Defended

% N N, July 30.-(F)-Prime
Minister Churchill cut short a COM
mons questioner's attempt today to
bring out information concerning a
secret committee headed by Lord
Swinton connected with secret SER
vice operations against the fifth
column"
The prime minister declared it was
not in the public interest to discuss
that committee, or others like it. u
Asked whether he approved a ban
on newspaper mention of the Swim
ton committee without special per-
mission, Churchill replied tartly:
Eyes, sir! and I am rather surpris-
ed that he Ia laborite questioner) per-
sisted in asking this. The govern
have stated with all their respon-
sibility they do not think it is in the
public interest that this should be
discussed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
By DOUGLAS b. CORNELL

WASHINGTON, July 80. -CR-
President Roosevelt cruised up the
Potomac river toward the capital
today, convinced by a study of de-
Tense operations around Norfolk,
Va, that Washington could feel a
whole lot safer a year from now.
At the moment the chief execu-
tive informed newspaper men, he
feels that the success of an attempt
to invade the capital, as the British
did in the War Of 1872, would de
pend entirely on when it came and
who it was' making the attack.
Mr.. Roosevelt put in seven hours
under a scorching sun yesterday
looking over defense installations at
the mouth Of Chesapeake Bay, the
water route to Washington. He said
similar inspections of additional ma
w yards. army forts and air bases
might be expected.
That statement emphasized a be-
lief of many politicians that he
would try to impress the public with
unstinting attention to defense and
world problems and try primarily
by indirect methods to get ballots
for a third term.
The President rode through a half
a dozen Virginia communities yes
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
TRAFFIC DEATHS
MOUNT SHARPLY
Wartime Jitters' Said To
Be Partly Responsible
For More Crashes

CHICAGO, July 3O.-(F-"War'
time jitters''-the wars psychology
cal effects on American motorists
were held partly responsible today
for a sharp increase in the nations
traffic deaths.
Reporting an eight per cent IN
crease in traffic deaths for the first
half of 1910 compared with the same
period last year, the National Safety
Council attributed the rise to great
travel and wartime filters"
There were 14,740 persons killed
in motor accidents during the first
six months of 1910, or 1,040 more
than in the like 1889 period.
The June death toll of $3.50 was
Is per cent greater than that of
June, 1889 and the largest for any
month since March, 1887.
The council found that traffic
deaths began to increase almost
simultaneously with the outbreak of
war and that the rise reached q
peak in June when France surren-
dered.
Motor vehicle mileage was about
7 per cent greater this year than in
the 1899 period, making the mile
age death rate" for both periods vir-
tually the same, the council added.
Accidents in rural sections were
responsible for most of the June in
crease, the council reported. Among
cities, those in. the SO, 900 to 100, 900
population class showed the poorest
record in June-A 80 per cent in
over June, 1889.
A total Of 729 cities reported no
traffic deaths in June. Among them
were Kansas City, Rochester, N. Y,
Providence, r.. l., and Toledo, Ohio.
There were 10 reporting cities
without a traffic death in 1910, the
largest being Lakewood, Ohio, popu-
lation 75,400, and Atlantic City, N.
j., $500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
F. R. LOAN PLAN
BILL QUESTIONED
Jones Is Asked To Explain
Bill To Extend Credit
To South America

WASHINGTON, July 29.-B-
President Roosevelt's request for a
$500, 0O0, 900 fund to assist Western
Hemisphere countries in meeting
trade problems caused by war ran
into critical questions today from
members of the senate banking com
mittee.
Their questions, on whether legis-
lation to carry out the White House
request to increase the capital of
the export-import bank from. $780,
900 to $500, 900, 900 might dan
gerously loosen restrictions on for
eign credit, were directed at Jesse
H. Jones, federal lending administra,
tor.
Senators Clark O-Idaho), Adams
D-Colo.), Taft R-Ohio) and Townsend
(R-Del.), all brought up the point,
by asking whether the measure
would remove present restrictions of
the Johnson act and neutrality act.
The johnson act prohibits credits
to any nations that have defaulted
on World war debts to the United
States and the neutrality act bars
loans to belligerents.
The senators referred to a clause
in the export : import legislation
which stated that these loans might
be made Notwithstanding any 9th.
er provisions of law insofar as they
may restrict or prohibit loans or
other extensions of credit to, or 9th
err transactions with, the govern
ments of the countries of the West
ern Hemisphere or their agencies OF
nationals"
Finally Chairman Wagner D-N.Y.,
asked Jones whether the legislation
was intended to s%upercede the John
son and neutrality acts.
mo" Jones replied after consult
ing a staff of lawyers and assistants
Senator Wagner suggested thai
definite limitations could be writer
into the legislation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
FRENCH PROTEST p
BRITISH ACTION
Two Admirals Interned,
Two Tankers Detained
AT Alexandria

VICHY, France, July 30.-R-
The French government announced
today that it had protested "ener-
getically'' to the British govern
ment over internment of Admirals
Cayol and Villaine, commanders of
French ships which were in Eng
fish ports when the French-Ger-
man armistice was signed | t
month.
The government also disclosed
that it had demanded without sue
cess the release of two French oil
tankers which, it said, were being
detained at Alexandria,.
The protest against the intern
ment of the Frenc-l admirals was
conveyed to the British govern.
ment in a formal note, a COM
munique said. 1t asserted the Off
GERS had been taken into custody
after their ships were taken over
by British naval authorities.
Both men e said to be in an
lnternment camp at Oxford, and
to have been denied permission to
communicate with French authori-
ties.
German authorities, meanwhile,
were reported to have relaxed re-
strlctions on railway passengers
traffic between the occupied and
moccupied zones in France to per-
NIT the passage of one train daily.
This train, however, will be allow
ed to carry only members of gov
eminent services and their fami-
lies returning to Paris, it was said.
Refugees Yer allowed to travel
by highway between the two zones,
however, with the stipulation the
gasoline tanks of their automobiles
must be full when they cross the
line of demarcation.
The newspaper LIE Figaro report
ed Marshal Philippe Petain, chief
of state in the new government,
would receive members of different
professions and representatives OF
various regions daily in order to
contact" the French people.
The news paper said Petain would
receive Rhone valley peasant far.
mers tomorrow afternoon. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
N. T.. Job Placements
Show Sharp Decrease

RALEIGH, July 30.-P)-The.
State Employment Service reported
today that placements in jobs during
the first six months of the year
dropped 1889 under those in the
same period of 1889 while new reg
istrations for jobs dropped by only
1896 under last year.
"This drop in placements was en-
tirely in those on public works,
largely PWA projects, while private
placements remained about the same
for the two periods" commented R..
Mayne Albright, director of the en-
ployment service, which is a division
of the unemployment compensation
commission.
There were 63,039 new registra-
lions for jobs the first half of this
year, compared with 67,475 last year
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
BLOCKADE
ITALY, AT SUEZ.
Alright Control OF Canal
Seriously Hindering
Duce's Efforts
BY r ALLEN

SUEZ, Egypt, July 30.-P-Brit-
ain is holding alright control of
this vital gateway of world COM
merce, thus Tightening the moose
about Italy's African colonies and
strangling her attempts to transport
badly needed war materials and re-
Inducements to Eritera, Italian Som
aliland and Ethiopia.
The British contraband operations
are like a three-edged blade. The
Italians are prevented from getting
help via the Suez canal, shipments
Italy-bound from the Far East are
blocked, and far south along the
African coastline ships trying to
edge their way up to Eritera and
British warships. :.
Since Italy's entrance into the war
none Of her ships have passed
through the canal.
Naval authorities disclosed today
that the Italian steamer Verbania,
6 1000 tons, carrying a cargo valued
at $500, 900, is held at Port Said.
Loaded with foodstuffs intended for
the Italian forces in Ethiopia, it
was seized en- route from the Suez
soon after the Italian declaration of
war. The crew of 40 has been in
termed.
British say their control of the
canal and waters south of it has
been so successful that serious diff.
culties have arisen in the Italian
colonies, where lack of supplies
hampers Italian operations and the
guerilla warfare of Ethiopian tribes
men is making matters worse with
destructive raids on military supply
depots.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
BRITAIN REPORTS
SHIPPING LOSSES
Total Of 1851 Tons Is
Relow Weekly Average,
London Says

noN July 3O.-P-British
marine losses for the week
.u July Il were 1857 tons,
odr7iralty announced today.
u" mad losses of 2,Oss tons and
losses of 1912 tons were
..+od for the same period, bring
fep' .ho aggregate losses to 49,S57
'on% admiralty said the total was
,..htlv below the weekly average
jill the 4s weeks of the war and
~" than fourth of the highest
"1 rloren British ships, one Allied
and six neutrnls we're in
,,,,ded among the losses listed for
Wv week ending July FL.
'i Tno admiralty announced that
rn,an losses up to July % amount
to approximately 100000 tons,
eud italian losses to 254,ooo tons,
Grand total of about l'lbz'ooo
If enemy shipping sunk since
tbo start of the war.
II edition some $4,000 tons of
formerly neutral vessels now under
w., control have been DESTROYED,
the admiralty SAID
1ts statistics also showed:
ro+o1 British wartime losses to
7,,,v q1-2sS ships totalling 1,19S,-
All tons.
ro,al Allies losses-66 ships of
s1O,176 tons.
To+o, neutral losses-226 totalling'
e9S.49S tons.
The German high command re-
norted July y that ~4,329,213 tons
Of enemy merchant shipping space
~ thinning space disable by the en-
ANY,, had been sunk by German air
md naval action up to then, in ad-
dition TO more than 800 ships put
o,+ of commission by air attack
Tn April, 1917, when Germany's
World war submarine campaign was
Of ifs peak. 43S ships totalling $751;
nm toms were sunk, of which 1856,
totalljng 545, 800 tons were British.
In that month one out of every
four ships leaving Britain was sent
to the bottom.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
Canada Plans Military
Training OF 100000

OTTAWA, July 30-LP- Con-
sjdering the possibility of creating
a Canadian army of 1000, 900 War
Services Minister James G. Gar
diner between the ages Of 81 and
As might be compelled to undergo
80 days military training.
There is no reason he said,
why Canada should not train an
army of 1000, 900 men under this
system and still operate her in
dustry and primary production to
meet demands upon it."
National registratio mis- to be
conducted August 1921. Canada's
243 electoral districts will be the
basis for the registration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
Two Men Die As Fire
Sweeps Argonne Hotel

SAN FRANCISCO, July 30-RH
Two men lost their lives and five
were injured in a fire which swept
through upper stories of the Ar
come hotel at dawn today.
Acting-Chief Albert j. Sullivan
estimated damage at $685. 600. The
dead were not Immediately identi-
fed.
Sullivan said fire escapes and
balconies were choked with guests
when equipment arrived. They
were helped or carried down.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
Jerry Todd Is Slain
In Attempt To Escape

ALBERMARLE, July 30 Up -
Jerry Todd, 80, of Tabor City, was
shot by a guard and killed when
he attempted to escape from a
prison camp squad near here yes
terday. A coroner's jury ruled that
the guard, Rector McSwain, acted
in discharge of his duty in firing.
Todd had just begun a 10-year SEN
tence on charges of breaking, en-
tering and larceny.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
Child, 2, Is Killed
By Gun Brother Held

LAKE CITY. S. c., July 30-R
-TWo-year-old Jimmie Owens was
killed yesterday when a gun in the
hands Of his seven-year-old broth
er, Buford, was discharged while
they were playing at the home of
their father, ]. D. Owens.
Jimmie Vas in his fathers arms
When the charge struck him. The
lather was wounded in the Shout
der.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
RALEIGH
BRIEFS
BY LYNN NISBET

RALEIGH, July 3O-1n the cal
endar of doings in North Carolina
shown in this correspondence the
other day, one event of some local
Importance was omitted. Upper
Moore county, with the town of
Hemp as the community center.
stages each year a horse and mule
show with especial attention to
home grown colts. The big day
for 1910 will be on August II. The
show has attracted wide attention
in other years for the excellence
of the young farm animals shown
and the interest stimulated in
horse and mule propagation.
The next North Carolina senate
is apt to go a'Larkins or be very
Gay before it gets down to the
serious business in hand. John
Larkins of Jones and Archie Gay
o. Northampton r currently the
leading candidates for president
protein of that august body. That
play on names reminds again of
the Rocky Mount funeral homes.
One is operated by Mr.. Gay and
the other by MI. Peasants. Even
worse than a Larkin or a Gay time
in the legislature, is a Gay or a
Pleasant funeral.
Commissioner Kerr Scott stop.
ped at a table in local restau-
rant to chide a group of fellows
eating breakfast about $3.50 the
other morning. He made some re.
mark about them being mighty
sorry prospects for farmers. "A!
least we know which side to milk
a COW FROM" said one of the slick
ers by way of showing off his
knowledge of farm life. That isn't
important" wise-cracked the COM
missioner. THE COW would soon
give you that information"
Note on hot weather: Last
weeks issue of a North Carolina
weekly edited by a Baptist preach
err, heads the leading front page
story: "It's Too R!!?-** hotel"
All this talk about mountain cool
ness and Canadian premiums on
money, and general vacationing,
reminds that the regular conductor
of this bureau is also vacationing
somewhere. He left Saturday p.
M, for points unknown. Meantime
some of the rest of US r trying
to carry on. And that recalls the
story of the guy on the %construc-
ton job whose wife wouldn't put
up a lunch for him that day. When
When the noon whistle sounded he
said: Dinner time for some folks,
but just twelve o'clock for me-"
So it's vacation time for some
folks, but just two weeks work for
me.
Among enrollees for the four
months training course in the Ma
val Reserve is Frederick Isler
Sutton, Jr., of Kinston, who enlist
ed at the Raleigh station last Fri
day. Twenty-three years old, grad
uate of the University law school,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31

Trichogramma, a species OF
wasp which preys on injurious in
sects, have been sold in California
at $40 a million
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31

Bamboo seeds are eaten by the
poorer classes in some parts Of
India.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN HOTEL

A Vacation Paradise
Located on highest point OF Lookout
Mountain, overlooking Chattanooga
and v mountain ranges. Cool
nights-pleasant days. All sports.
including outdoor swimming pool,
golf, riding, tennis. Rates moderate.
Address
S. JOHN LITTLEGREEN,
Manager. Lookout Mountain Hotel
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-31

Among enrollees for the four
months training course in the Ma
val Reserve is Frederick Isler
Sutton, Jr., of Kinston, who enlist
ed at the Raleigh station last Fri
day. Twenty-three years old, grad
uate of the University law school.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
NOXACORN
FOR coRNS

Removes cornS stops paint
No dangerous rasors or clumsy
corn pads needed. Contains six
INGREDIENTS. in
cludins castor oil. - -
iodine. and . sub
stance related to - -
aspirin,
Evening star., 1940-07-21
FRENCHS
Bird Seed

Air-washed to remove dust
and dirt and chaff. Con-
tains Bird Biscuit which
supplies health-giving Vi
tamins.
Evening star., 1940-07-21

FOR INFANTS! Choice
of fruits, soups, vege-
tables and cereal. Good.
and good for baby! u
Evening star., 1940-07-21

M-m-m! Is it good! Luscious, fresh, sun
ripened peaches, blended into Melvern's
smooth, tasty ice cream. Nothing like it any
where for real goodness Ask for the Jiffy-
PAX, which keeps Ice cream hard for "a hour.
Evening star., 1940-07-21

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Evening star., 1940-07-21
cLAPPS CHOPPED Fo(

FOR OLDER BABIES!
Choice Of vegetables, soups,
fruits, or, Junior Dinners
with meat and vegetables.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-06

propagandists would attempt to
use it as evidence of waning Brit
lsh war morale was to be expected
also. he went on, adding:
But I believe it will show our
strength"
1t did on the vote. 1t also CON
firmed previous indications t h a t
British political spokesman believe
the war, as a result Of develop
ments in Greece and Albania, has
turned a vital corner in Britain's
favor.
That faint echo of the dead-and-
gone appeasement policy in Brit
ain sounded oddly in a chamber
still echoing with demands for a
Knockout blow at Italy to crack
the German-Italian axis. 1t can be
assessed definitely by tn e vote
yardstick, however, as meaning
that Britons in the mass believe
they have already achieved VIC
tory in a fight for mere survival
and r visioning ultimate com
plete victory. -.
Even advocates of the peace GEES
ture based their plea on the con-
tention that Britain had proved her
ability to survive. That was their
springboard for demanding a state
ment of British war aims as a
means of starting peace negoti-
atoms.
AS the house thumbed down the
peace gesture proposal in London,
the Greeks were charging their
victories in Albania. The last Ital-
ian operating bases in southern
Albania were topping if not al
ready in Greek hands.
Authorized British leaders have
stated that they have made "a
clean breast to Washington of
Brltaln's present situation, mill
tary and economic, in connection
with requests for more American
aid. 1t is doubtful that included any
definite revelation of British hopes
of launching soon a major often
sive against Italy. There have
been many limitations, however,
that it is primarily to set-up prep
arations to take the offensive in
the East and not for defensive pur-
poses in Englasd that pressure is
being exerted on Washington to
speed up war deliveries.
The British have now revealed
to neutral s observers that
they are rapidly converting the
mountainous Greek island of Crete
into another Mediterranean Gibral-
tar. Its greatest value, however,
would be as a base of offensive
operations against Italian forces in
or against Italy direct. l