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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15

In effect it is an economic
blitzkrieg to meet the piled-up
Nazi war stores and men pres
sing ever deeper into France
and of Offset, as best it can,
the loss of IS to 80 per cent
Of Frances steel producing
plants, now in German-Occupl-
ed territory.
-. Most French ammunition
plants, however, are in the
south and thus still in Allied
hands.
The government now is more
concerned with obtaining war
materials already fabricated in
the United States rather than in
pressing for new manufactures.
Obsolete though they may be,
the United States left-overs
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
MARKERS UNVEILED
IN BLADEN COUNTY
John Bright Hill Speaks Al
General Thomas Brown
Tablet Ceremonies

ELIZABETHTOWN, June IA
marker erected by the Daughters
of the American Revolution III
memory of General Thomas
Brown, on the highway near OAK
land. his old home place, was un-
yelled near here today with a his
torical address by John Bright Hill,
of Wilmington, a descendant OF
General Brown.
Another marker to the memory
of Col. James Richardson was un'
yelled near Harmony Hall.
Mr.. Hill gave a review OF the
history of Bladen county, pralslne
its part in the Revolutionary wal
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. o.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15

Advocated At
Meeting Here
c,ovd Of Nearly 1000
Persons Hears Thurman,
Hoeue And Freed
RESOLUTION ADOPTED
c,l Is Made For Drastic
Measures In Developing
Nations Defenses

Three speakers-each preaching
,,,-rine of preparedness against
.,,..ts from abroad-presented the
j., FIR the Americas in stirring
,.,ion Of a meeting called by the
Committee for American Prepared
Of the courthouse last night.
Nearly 1000 people were present
Tho sneakers and their prepared
ness platforms:
Pabbi Mordecai NJ. Thurman. OF
,o Temple of Israel: we have
had enough cogitation. 1t is time
nav for some agitation. Let us sc
n,pnsre the defenses of the United
States that no nation will harbo1
Tho thought of transplanting here
an alien i~deology.'
Calls For Training
Cyrus D. Hogue, local attorney
and past state commander OF the
American Legion: eff this country
i to meet any threats, we must
lave universal military training
md we must for the present subor-
dnate some of the principles we
hold dear
The Rev. Walter B. Freed, pas
tor of St. Paul's Lutheran church
We have heard much of tota
war. l now call on you as United
States citizens for total prepared
ness. We must prepare ourselves
in our defenses, we must prepare
Intellectually, and we must pre-
pare agriculturally."
Alan A. Marshall acted as chair
man of the meeting.
Resolution Adopted
A resolution, calling for drastic
measures in the direction Of de.
NlOping the nations defenses, wa
adopted, 1t was prepared and pre-
sented by the steering COMMITTEE
Continued on Page Three, Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
Cause OF ALLIES
CHEERED BY TURKS
Grand Council Makes 1t
Plain 1t Does Not Plan To
Enter War, However

lsTANBUL, June IA R The
grand council of the republican
peoples party-virtually the gov
sfAlng body Of Turkey-cheered
ne Allied cause today but the gov
eminent continued to make it clear
Il does not plan to enter the war
Rf this Time.
An ovation on behalf of the Brit,
MI and French came after debate
Ill Which Premier Refik Saydam
sau foreign minister Sukru Sara
sevslu told the grand council thai
turkey was answering in h e
"Ielgn policy.
y was learned that during the
rsetng stress was laid on tn G
ttssuOn of Turkeys mutual assis'
S snse pact with the Allies which
w. n's Turkey is required to take
HI, deton which might lead he1
-" conflict with Soviet Russia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
Won Spiegel Says Nazis
S.Acts
HE PREDICTS VICTORY
Nation Will Not
Forget That America As
sisted Her Enemies

NEW ORLEANS, June IA
German consul general,
predicting early German victory
over France, today said his gov
eminent will not forget that when
she was fighting bitterly for her
very life, the United States gave
every material aid to her enc
mics"
The statement was made by Ba-
ron Edgar Won Spiegel, consul Tor
8 southern states and Puerto Rico
and the Virgin islands, in an in
terview with a New Orleans States
reporter. He later said he had not
meant to talk for publication.
Named 1t Hearings
Won Spiegel's name figured in
he Dies committee hearings In
Washington last Aug. % when
president John H.. Sherman Of
Tampa (Fla.) university said the
German had attempted to give the
school free German language
books on Germany and questioned
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
ARMED MERCHANT
CRUISER IS SUNK
Men Man Guns Until Last
Minute And Believe They
Destroyed Submarine

LONDON, June IA Up The
armed merchant cruiser Scotstoun.
MORALLY wounded by a torpedo.
sank today, but guns manned by
men waist deep in water We're be-
lieved to have taken revenge
against her submarine attacker.
Even when shells had to be car
ried over their heads to keep them
dry, the British navy men aboard
the former Anchor liner Caledonia
served her guns, and they were
not silenced except by waves which
sent clouds of steam up from their
heated barrels.
Two officers and four seamen
were not saved, but their rescued
comrades believed they "got" the
submarine while their own craft
was settling slowly.
The 1%7,O46-ton vessel formerly
Continued on Page Three; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
SPANISH TROOPS
OCCUPY TANCIER
Demonstrating Youths And
Spokesmen Refer To Zone
AS Forever Spanish

MADRID, June 14.-LP-Demon.
strating Spanish youths sang songs
of empire today and falangist
(fascist) party spokesman referred
to Tangier, Morocco, as forever
Spanish as Spain's forces took up
stations in the ~neutralized 1nterna-
tional zone at Africa's northwest
ern tip. They marched in without
a fight.
Two divisions of troops and a
destroyer. moved into the 275-
square mile Tangier zone this
morning. A foreign ministry spokes-
man here said the action was tax
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
F. r. Sc0ffs~~A At
Pledge Against Invasion
British Children May
Be- Sent To America

LONDON, June n up The
Daily Mail says a plan to send
100, 900 British school children to
the United States for the dura-
ton of the war is under con-
sideration by an unofficial COM
mittee of three members OF
parliament.
These members were named as
Major A. N. Braithwaite, }. e.
Wedgwood, and j. r. Robinson.
Braithwaite was quoted as say
ing Robinson had flown to the
United States to discuss the pro-
posal with such organizations as
the American Red Cross and the
American Refugees Fund.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
Italy Plans To Harass
Allies At Many Points
Bill To Hike Power Of
Canadian Government
Given Fist Reading

OTTAWA, June 14-(R-Virtual-
ly unlimited powers to mobilize
Canadian trade and industry for
war purposes would be conferred
upon the government ir a bill CIV
en- first reading in the House of
Commons today.
c. D. Howe, minister of NUM-
tons and supply, said the measure
would give to him "all the powers
1 could think Of" to place Cana
dian industry at the maximum of
efficiency and capacity" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15

needed home defenses, the
British coupled all their stOr-
ed-up economic resources with
manpower, stalking everything
on a fight in France far below
the abandoned city of Paris.
The British decision is a sud-
den turn from the long war
plan aimed at star ing out
Germany - as was done in
1917 - and it comes in the
face of Nazi claims that the
British blockade of the seas
has been broken by the Allied
setbacks in Scandinavia, the
low countries and Flanders.
Government sources disclos-
ed that war funds allocated
for years now are released for
spending in weeks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
BRITAIN OPENS WAR CHEST AND PLANS
TO BUY ALL ARMS AVAILABLE IN y. S.

from the World war are sought
urgently to replace the arms
lost wholesale to the Nazis IN
the historic flight from the
Flanders pocket.
Speed of delivery is the shib-
bOleth of the new campaign,
with the decision of war meas
ured in weeks instead Of years.
The British idea outlined to-
day echoes the plea made late
last night by French remier
aul Reynaud for "clouds OF
warplanes" m m e diately
swarming over the Atlantic,
presumably flying with their
own power rather than. snail
ing across in surface ships.
Continued on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
WEATHER

yo,, FORECAST
terpd ,Nafollna - Partly cloudy, scat
the% o,nnhdershowers Sunday and in
Matuntalns Saturday.
tnlinvsF eef0iogical data for the "a hours
'"o p. IN. Yesterday.
La Temperature
h. q a., IN; %; 1870 a. m. IS; 1870 p.
hinimnin ~ 81 p. m. so; maximum 30;
u, mean 81; normal N.
1sM Humidity
b. s. q I'm m, "a; 7:3O a. m. 30; 1:3O D.
"' ';5O p. m. n.
TOta, Precipitation
Inches. tof y hours ending 7:3O O.OO
VA incb total since first of the month
from Tides For Today
;. Coast aIde Tables published by U.
'S' and Geodetic Survey.
High Low
Nllminptor 5:25a 70: 27s
\, ---- 6:1Op - :48I
nasOnboro ,-, 3:14a 9:34a
%Sunrise : .innniet --- 4:04p 10 :1SL
'V5p; moon nooa' sunset 7:25p: moonrist
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15

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Evening star., 1940-05-28
Mats Forced to Rely on Weak
HurIers for DoubIe-Heoders;
Chase Good, Despite Loss

famed. Both Rick Ferrell and
Pinch-hitter Jack Early flied to Left
Fielder George Selkirk, however, to
end the mild scoring gesture.
1t was the fourth successive game
in which Chase has, hurled credit
ably. He dropped a AZ decision to
Philadelphia on nine hits and
whipped Cleveland and st. Louis
with seven hits each in previous
starts. He has allowed only nine
earned runs in the last 80 innings
he has pitched.
Washington still was very much
in the game until Jacobs, relieved
Chase for the chucking chores
starting the eighth. He disposed OF
Babe Dahlgren and Chandler, but
walked Frankie Crosetti and issued
a single to Knickerbocker to set the
stage for Keller's second homer in
two days, a tremendous drive deep
into the Washington bull pen in
right field.
The Mats, in being blanked the
third time this season. also suffered
at the turnstiles, only 2,269 paying
patrons witnessed the game. Secre-
tary Edward B. Eynon, jr., of the
Mats labeled it probably the smallest
crowd he has seen in Yankee Sta
dium in 20 years.
Evening star., 1940-05-28
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff Correspondent.

NEW YORK, May 28.-Not too
gay over the whole idea, Manager
Bucky Harris of the Mats today was
being forced to explore the potential
tiles of his second-string pitchers in
starting assignments. With five
games in three days facing his club,
he is dattering, in frantic despera-
ton, the lesser lights of his slab staff.
The double header with the Yankees
here today necessitated employing
Joe Haynes and Rene Monteagudo
in starting roles, although their ap-
pearances in relief situations hardly
warrant the compliment. Bucky's
supply Of starters simply became
exhausted when he worked Dutch
Leonard on Saturday. Willis Hudlin
on Sunday and Ken Chase yesterday.
So Yankee Stadium, hardly a spot
for experimental maneuvers at the
moment, became some sort OF a
proving grounds for the younger
members of the Mats pitching bri-
gade. 1t will retain that status
tomorrow, when Sid Hudson is slated
to start for Washington in the finale
OF the four-game series here.
Harris plans to work Leonard and
bespectacled Walter Masterson in
the twin bill at Philadelphia on
Thursday, leaving the veteran Hud-
lin to open against Detroit Saturday
at Griffith Stadium.
What happens if Washington
pitchers fail to survive tests is a
ticklish topic, for available for relief
will be only the inept Joe Krakaus-
kas and Bucky Jacobs, who toiled
one inning here yesterday. In that
brief period Jacobs issued a terrific
home run to Charley Keller which
produced three runs in the Yankees
SO triumph.
Krakauskas has failed to recover
his fast ball, regarded as his lone
asset, since recent armache. If,
in some miraculous manner, the zip
returns to his left arm overnight,
Harris may use him in the last game
with the Yankees, against whom Joe
has enjoyed sporadic success.
Bucky, though, is inclined to allow
Haynes, Monteagudo, Hudson and
Masterson to linger on the mound
even. If hit hard, for the bull pen
dwellers will be scarce With such q
situation staring the Mats in the
optics, anything pleasant materializ-
ing on the mound in the next few
days will be on the surprising side.
Despite Chase's loss in the series
opener, the loose-jointed southpaw
only momentarily devlated from the
steady course he has maintained in
recent weeks. Ken allowed only two
hits in the seven innings he labored,
suffered spell of w,ldness in the
third inning to walk four successive
Yankees and force across a run.
Joe Di Maggio's home run, leading
of in the second inning, and Bill
Knickerbocker's double, launching
the sixth, were the Only hits regis
tered against Ken, but in the mean
time the Mats were humping into
difficulty with Spurgeon Chandler.
Chandler checked the Mats with
four hits. all singles, and was threat
ened only once. In the eighth Zeke
Bonura led OF with single to left
and pinch -hitter Sammy West
walked After jimmy Bloodworth
Evening star., 1940-05-28
Champions Trail
Despite Their
Double Win
Brooks Grab Fourth
In Row.; Idle Bosox
Gain on Tribe
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

National League fans, who have
endured enough hair-raising races
in recent years that they can feel
blase about the child's play now
going on in the American League,
never have had anything closer than
the Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn
Dodgers are today.
They are tighter than a tie, II
such situation is possible.
The Dodgers are on top in per-
centage ia to ITO, but they are
half game behind in won-lost
calculations. Cincinnati has won two
games more (22) than the Dodgers,
who have lost one less 90 than the
Reds.
The Reds did all that was in their
power to capture the lead in stopping
the Pittsburgh Pirates, 81 and 7-3,
yesterday. In the first game Whitley
Moore and Joe Beggs combined to
hold Pittsburgh to four hits and won
the game on two runs donated them
in the first inning. Helped by two
3-run frames, Jim Turner went the
route in the nightcap, scattering
nine hits.
Dodgers in Streak.
But Cincinnati's best just wasn't
good enough to erase that percentage
margin as long as the Dodgers con-
tinued to win-and they chalked up
their fourth straight victory with a
60 shutout Of the Philadelphia
Phillies.
Whitlow Wyatt kept four hits
nicely spaced while his mates ganged
up on Clyde Smoll and Frank
Hoerst for an even dozen. Five Of
the blows came in succession in the
fifth inning for three runs.
Pitching keynoted most Of the
days games. Bill Posedel held the
New York Giants to four safeties
while the Boston Bees pounded out
IL triumph with 13 hits of three
pitchers. 1t was Posedel's third
win-exactly one-third Of all Bos-
toms nine triumphs. Tony Cuccinello
| Joined in the party with two
doubles and two singles for a perfect
day.
The Chicago Cubs kept the Ma
tional League design four r-cornered
by betting the st. Louis Cardinals,
I'll, and closing the gap between
them and second place to a game
and half. Claude Passeau limited
the st. Louis sluggers to seven hits
and held them scoreless after the
first inning.
Newsom Stops Indians.
The Cleveland Indians slipped half
a notch in their efforts to overtake
the Boston Red Sox in the American
League by losing night game to
the Detroit Tigers, 6-1. Buck Newsom
simply took charge, holding Cleve-
land to six hits, striking out nine
and retiring the last II batters in
order for his fifth victory against
one defeat. The Red Sox were rained
out at Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1940-05-28
French Drivers
May Go Out Of
Auto Grind
SIowest to Qualify,
Tests Today Likely
To Eliminate Them
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. May 28.-Driv-
ers not vet qualified for the 500
mile Indianapolis motor speedway
race Thursday have seven hours
today to earn positions in the start
ing field of 80 cars-and it takes a
10-mile sprint at better than 117218
miles per hour to qualify.
The field was filled yesterday with
the qualification of IA cars, but the
slower racers may be eliminated in
favor of speedsters qualifying today
at greater speeds.
French Soldiers Trail.
Most likely to be eliminated were
two French soldiers who obtained
leaves of absence for the race-Rene
Dreyfus and Rene Lebegue-and
Louis Durant Of Harrington. Kans.
Lebegue qualified yesterday at
118.981 miles an hour, Dreyfus at
1881 and Durant at l17218. Those
three times were the slowest of the
80 qualifiers.
Fastest of the cars scheduled to
attempt qualification today are
driven by Lloyd Davis of Springfield,
Ill; Billy Devore of st. Johns, Kans.,
and Tony Whitman of Milwaukee.
All three are capable of 120 miles
an hour for the four qualification
laps around the two and one half
mile track.
Bob Swanson of Los Angeles quail
ifled his 16-cylinder mount yester-
day at 124619, best time of the day.
Finishing Tests Today.
Today's final qualification period
ran from 10 am. to pm. The
track will be closed Wednesday for
a final cleaning.
Qualifiers yesterday and their
speeds:
Swanson. .124619: Ralph Hepburn
of Los Angeles. 123J860: Emil Andres
of Chicago, 122963; George Robe
son of Los Angeles. 122562. Raul Ri
ganti of Argentina, 1882; Duke
Nalon of Chicago. 121 100; Joe Chit
wood of Topeka, Kans., 121.757; Chet
Miller of Detroit, 121 1872; AL Put
nam of Los Angeles, 120.81S; Paul
Russo of Kenosha, Wis, 10000; AL
Miller of Detroit, 120228; Lebegue,
1891. Dreyfus, 1881. and Du-
rant, 117218.
Evening star., 1940-05-28
Vet 1auscher FIashy
As Mi||ers Defeat
Leading Blues
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Cagey Tom Sheehan found out
last night that old Walter Tauscher
still is handy man to have around
when the chips are down.
Sheehan, Minneapolis manager
planned to use Harry Smythe
against the Kansas City Blues, but
changed his mind and tossed the
36-year-old Tauscher against the
American Association leaders. The
veteran hurled a five-hitter and
wound up with 4-to-3 victory in
10 innings.
The triumph moved the Millers
up within three games of the cham
pions, with two games to go in the
current series.
Evening star., 1940-05-28
49th Middle States
Regatta Assigned
To Philadelphia
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, May %. The
49th annual Middle States Regatta
will return to the Schuylkill waters
here September l, after an absence
Of five years, the Middle States
Association voted last night.
Charles v. Doyle was unanimously
reelected association president.
Also reelected were w. Robertson
Richardson, Richmond, Va, vice
president, and Latrobe Cogswell,
Baltimore, secretary-treasurer.
The 19-race regatta will be held
over a one-mile course. Entries
will close August "a. Two races of
the 1899 program - the 145-pound
senior singles and the 145-pound
senior quadruple sculls-were elm
mated. Senior eights were added.
Evening star., 1940-05-28
Tea and Toast All Jones Could Take

Washingon Mcleod and
Hougton denes the They couldn't qualify and
isn't going to be by veteran with casual
like Snead
enough
enough and lucky enough.
Open picnic and still
sedav the their heads
Bobby the competitors wasn't
couldn't for three days before
Open gourmet it. Strong tea and
the best he could stomach.
those who qualified from this section at
doesn't
George Gibson the Bai-
possible contender at least for
Of the shots and he's young
hungry giant sprngboard sudden
that which Cox
calls the working be who has
been working physical
Evening star., 1940-05-28
Ump Saves Bonuru
S. for TuIkino

NEW YORK, May 28.-"TT
hunch down here" said the Mats
Zeke Bonura to a friend as he
kneeled behind a strip Of steel
bordering the Washington dugout
at Yankee Stadium before yester-
days game. "Ya see, if an UNI
pire catches me talking to a spec.
tator it'll cost me five bucks
You better scram then" eau
toned soft voice not 3 feet from
Zeke. Seated next to the person
with whom Bonura was attempt
ing to snatch bit of conversa-
ton was Umpire Bill MCGOWAN,
detailed to guard against such in
discretions. Zeke hushed, blushed
and rushed.
Evening star., 1940-05-28
Working Pro, Says Cox, Hos No Chunce

stories Of fellows all night drank
championships? asked another
instance and of the others?
less certain amount Of
admitted but that doesn't hold When Hagen
winning training different He winning with
today Nowadays kid in shape will
at Worham and One shot 66 and
the other a 65.
golfers showed still their
night didn't all Of these big
the biggest it is
hard training stretch Now
q a decision make. He has two choices
"And the choicest" prompted one Of the gallery
answered "a who lessons
of club can't the other
think SaraZen Hagen bothered
Armour? think Snead Nelson
fellows do it? They do not.
training tournament
give lessons oucassed nowadays Per-
sona willing forget about the National Open I've been
times what is It's three
O hell, counting payoffs"
Evening star., 1940-05-28
Heurich, Cumeo Teams
Clash for Top Spot

First place in the Industrial Base
ball League and temporary recogni-
ton Of supremacy will go to the
winner Of today's Heurich Brewer
Cameo Furniture game on the West
Ellipse at o'clock.
Each team has won five and lost
one and split even in two games
with each other,
Evening star., 1940-05-28
Big League Stors Yesterday

Ted Lyons, White Sox-Kept nine
hits scattered and made three on his
own behalf in beating Browns. 7-6.
Whitley Moore, Joe Beggs and Jim
Turner. Reds-Moore and Beggs COM
bined In four-hit pitching job that
stopped Pirates. I'll, in first game Of
double-header, while Turner went route
with nine spaced hits to take nishtcap.
Buck Newsom. Tigers Subdued In
diAns on six hits, striking out nine.
- III victory over Cardinals % SevSn-
hit p1tching.
Evening star., 1940-05-28

Runs-Crosetti, Knickerbocker, Keller.
d Maggio Chandler. Runs batted in-Di
Magic, Keller a.. Two-base hit-Knick-
erbocker. Home runs-Di Masgio, Keller.
Gordon to Dahlsren, Pofahl to Bloodworth
to Bonura. Lewis to Bloodworth to Bonura.
Pofahl to Lewis, Chandler to Gordon to
Washington, 8. First base on balls-O6
Chase, 3; OF Chandler, l.; OF Jacobs, /.
Struck out-By Chase, B.; BY Chandler. /;
BY Jacobs z: HitsIo1 Chase. in 7 2
pitcher-Chase. Umpires-Messrs. Kolls,
Ormsby and MCGOWAN. Time-l:40. At
tendance-4,269.
Evening star., 1940-05-28
Houqhton's LEGS Cove Way on Him

sitting taking elimination lightly
heavier walked into the
fully chair Legs grunted Houghton spping calf when
beginning
competitive golf the old getting rubery
oomph shots"
nodded
held National What happens"
golfers all the running
holes the Open championship"
thought then said:
potato
but of Mon it's hell that's
Freddy his
through
qualifying pushing
Evening star., 1940-05-28
National League 7psy 7uy With Leading Dodgers Half Game Behind Reds
Win, Lose or Draw
After the Smoke Had Cleared at Manor
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

1t was almost dark when the last shot fired the District
Maryland and Virginia qualifying round for the National
Manor had been marked generally
view of the heavness in the air and the way and
within the
old dark horse named Woham
from Langley Field named Jack
From sentimental Side wasn't successful
started by roofing for the old Freddy
National Open champion in 1908 for Witty Cox the
Brooklyn AL Houhton the gyhared
Early the 36ho oay Mcleod fell by the wayde Houghon foue
himself starting continued
himself with close fifth
q playof.
Mcleod and Houghton seemed
Of their the top of the list Instead
Larkin leading all
Evening star., 1940-05-28
~ the Associated Press.

~ Cne ASSOCIAVtU FIcSS.
Charley Keller and Spud Chandler,
Yankees-Former hit home run and
batted in four of teams five tallies Is
latter shut out Senators on four hits.
Bill Posedel and Tony Cuccinello,
1ees-Former pitched four-hit ball and
later had perfect day at bat with two
doubles and two SINGLES for TEL triumph
ever Giants.
Whitlow wyatt. Dodgers-Chalked up
1ourth victory and second shutout OF
Aessen With feur.hit hurling asainst
Shillio1.