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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
Lave Units Behind To
rle,n Out Italians In Well
Defended City
RIG BATTLE RAGING
creeks Claim brilliant
Successes In Tepelini-
K~lisuratepeleni Area
Py MAX H~ARRELSON

,ruFVs Dec. %. Up Greek
.ns were reported today to have
.ti-+ed the well-defended Adriatic
,.,s-sI civ of Chimara in Albania,
,,rinc other units behind to clean
,- Italian opposition there.
The advance units pressed onward
award the strategic port of Valona
,bon+ 20 miles farther north, and in
4aroa hand-to-hand fighting were
said tc have captured several hun
,ra1 Italians on important heights
ordering the sea.
Controlled By Guns
government spokesman eclared
rAimara was under the absolute
m7o's of Greek artillery and that
The Greek army along the Albanian
-rort was advancing steadily and
securely
Choice Italian troops fighting in
f4 Klisuratepeleni region resisted
strongly but unable to check the
Greeks ana suffered heavy losses, the
spokesman added.
Frontier dispatches said a very
large scale battle was raging }
miles northeast Of Chimara in the
Tepelini-K lisuratepeleni area in one
Of the major conflicts of the ltalo-
Greek war.
Brilliant successes were claim /
by the Greeks in that area Where
units struggled northwestward TO Ell
trt a junction with the Greek coastal
units and to secure the collapse OF
all fascist resistance in southern AL
ANA.
Regiment Decimated -.
One report said an entire Italian
regiment had been decimated just
Inside Tepelini in one Of the great
1t victories since Greek troops rout-
Continued OH Page Two, Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
Stocking Is Far
Below Last Years Fund

Santa Claus and these requests call
for gifts for approximately 5000
youngsters.
Unless there are more contribu-
lions today, indications are that
many of these children'will not be
remembered when Santa makes his
rounds tomorrow night.
Make your contribution today and
have the pleasure of knowing that
you have made some child happy
on Christmas. Your contribution
may be made through j. Henry
Gerdes treasurer of the fund, at the
Peoples Savings Bank and Trust
company, or at the Star-News Of
fees.
Parents who have requested aid
Continued on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
BY ERIC BIGIO

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 22.-R-Al-
though there still were no signs
that Marshal Rodolfo GRAHAM was
sending help to his beleaguered
Italian garrison in Bardia, British
troops continued today to m a s S
around the Libyan seaport which
has been under siege now for SIX
days.
Today, however, brought little
other change in the situation, mill
tary sources indicated. British bat
teries, placed along the 17-mlle
perimeter of the town, continued
to pound the Italian defenses and
the Fascists replied.
A general headquarters com
munique said merely: Reinforce
ments are steadily reaching our
troops in the Bardia area. A
further seven guns have been col
lected from the enemy frontier
posts which we recently occupied
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
WARMLY RECEIVED
Administration Circles Are
Pleased Over Appoint
ment OF Falifax
IMPORTANT POST
Stands For Vigorous
Prosecution OF The War
Against Germany

WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.-R-
The appointment of Viscount Hall
fax, British foreign minister, as
the new ambassador to the United
States was warmly received in ad'
m~inistration circles tonight.
Authorized spokesman said that
Lord Halifax was eminently salts
factory as successo~ to the late
Marques of Lothian. Secretary
Hull and other high officials were
represented as having the highest
regard for Lord Halifax.
His appointment was looked
upon here as a sign that the Brit
ish government considered the
Washington post of equal import
ance with a cabinet portfolio.
Although Lord Halifax was close
ly associated with the late Prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain dur
ing the so called "appeasement''
era of British foreign policy, those
familiar with his more recent
views were said to be entirely sat.
isfied that he stands for vigorous
prosecution of the war.
AS foreign minister during the
most critical pre-war period and
also throughout the war so far,
Lord Halifax was considered in
diplomtic circles here to be high
ly qualified to interpret British
policy to the United States govern
ment.
Familiar With Details
He was said also to be probably
more familiar than any other Brit
ish ojcial with the full details O.
the informal conversations of Lore
Lothian and Hull.
The tall, austere and forma.
Lord Halifax is a contrast in per.
sonality to Lord Lothian, whose
popularity in the United States was
ascribed in large measure to his
informal, easy manner. Also I'm.
Continued on Page Two, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
WEATHER

FORECASTS
North Carolina: Increasing cloud
ness Monday and Tuesday, followed by
rain Monday night and Tuesday; not
much chnage in temperature.
(By q. s. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "A hours
ending 1870 p. m. yesterday
Temperature
1870 a. m. "A; 1880 a. m. 40: 1:3O p. m
"a: 1900. m. "a; maximum TT; mini
MIN 80: mean 50; normal As.
1 40 a. m. 81; 7:30 a. m. 81; 30 p. m.
43: 80 D. m. 81.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 1880 p. m
600 inches. Total since first OF the
month O.93 inches.
Tides For Today
(From Tide Table published by u. 3
Coast and Geodetic Survey.)
Wilmington ------------ ;54a ll:ooa
Masonboro Inlet ------- 2:2sa S:44a
Sunrise Elsa; sunset 5:0Sp; moon
rise 1 :26a moonset 1:12p.
River stage at Fayetteville, n. o.,
at 8 a. M, Dec. IS, LIS feet.
Continued on Page, Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
British Troops Continue
TOGatherA dBardia

Gin London, an air ministry news
service report on North African
air operations told of attacks on
the Libyan bases of Bengasi and
Berka. At Bengasi, it said, explo-
sions were touched off on the jetty
and two fires were seen near war
ships there; at Berka, grounded
Italian aircraft were machine-gun-
ned from a height of 500 feet.)
The British have cut all lines in
to Bardia which. has been sur
rounded completely - by land
forces on the desert and British
warships at sea-for three days.
The Italians are said to have
plentiful food and ammunition and,
it is believed, probably can hold
out for some days if the British
do not attack.
An actual assault on the towns
defenses, military sources say, is
Continued on Page Six, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
Many Sightseers Visit Holly Ridge;
Action On Recreation Center Slated
Arms Project Workers
To Go On 48-Hour Week

MORGANTOWN, w. Va,
Dec. o. up Construction
workers on a new Sis, 1000, 900
defense project here will be
placed on a 48-hour work week
. basis with allowance for over
time effective tomorrow, j. H.
Grady, resident construction
engineer, said tonight.
Grady said the decision to
increase the work week was
reached Saturday at a confer
ence of officials of the war de-
partment and the E. 1. dupont
De. Nemours and company,
which is building the anhy-
drous ammonia plant.
"Although the men will work
4S hours EIGHT more than the
maximum prescribed by the
wage hour law they will be
paid at the rate Of 81 hours, or
time and one-half for over
time" Grady. explained.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
NORTHWEST COAST
SWEPT BY STORM
Dozen Persons Injured And
Several Buildings And
Boats Wrecked

SEATTLE, Dec. 22.-R-A
storm howled up the Oregon and
Washington coasts last night and
early today injuring a dozen per-
sons, wrecking building and boats
and shattering communication
lines.
Six cities we're completely black
ed out by power failures; dozens
of roads were blocked by fallen
trees and poles; the majority of
outdoor Christmas decorations
were ruined; hundreds of windows
and roofs damaged.
The breakdown in communica-
tons prevented accurate check of
the damage.
The storm struck first on the
Central Oregon coast, roaring in
Continued on Page Two, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
BAILEY THEATRE
WILL OPEN TODAY
Formal Dedication Cere.
monies OF New House
Scheduled For 9 P. M.

The new Bailey theatre, named
in honor of the late George w.
Bailey, premier Wilmington thea.
tire man, will open here today, with
the formal dedication exercises
scheduled for tonight at 9 o'clock.
Preceding the opening at
o'clock this afternoon, a parade,
led by the New Hanover High
school ROTC band, and composed
of local and visiting dignitaries
riding in automobiles, will be
staged down Front street.
The parade will form at Third
and Red Cross streets and proceed
to Front, going down Front to the
theatre at 1890 o'clock, where
Mayor Thomas E. Cooper will Of
%ficiate at the opening of the boz
office while the band plays.
The formal dedication will b.
held from the stage; with Frederick
Willetts acting a. master of cere
monies. A. w. Grist, manager o.
the Bailey, will then present the
theatre to the City of Wilmington,
with Mayor Cooper accepting.
The ROTC band will play dur
ing the ceremony.
In honor of the late MI. Bailey
and the opening of the new thea
tire, Mayor Cooper has officially
proclaimed today as Bailey Day
Little Nellie Kelly" featuring
Judy Garland, will be the first
presentation at the new theatre.
Continued on Page Two, Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
Defeats Blamed
L OfArmOredC Cars

velopments in the titantic fight" in
Libya in which the British "have
concentrated the best troops of four
continents"
GRAHAM said the British attack
was not a surprise to the Italians.
The marshal declared that from
the beginning of October Italian
scouting planes had reported a con.
Continued on Page Six, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23

win Christmas just around the
'Nef and with thousands of re-
''S To be filled by tomorrow
".' the Star-News Empty Stock
> 'uhd Jagged far behind yester.
NJ only n contribution being
nv uafln9 the day.
r, iohd, now entering the home
f.. ,'l' totals S1,219.S2-an amount
'eloW that donated last year.
b,ta .OVeeds from the football game
~. zen negro teams from Brooklyn
II DFy Pond yesterday will go
lund. Final report on the
10 Is expected to be made today,
sum as all tickets and receipts
~ peen checked.
oD. 'uy parents have sent in re-
SyS That their children be remem-
christmas by a visit from
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
BEN SAWYER, 50,
IS ASPHYXIATED
thief Of S. c. Highway
Commission Dies In Of
flee OF %Chiropractor

COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. 22-CR-
Gen M, Sawyer, so, chief of the
sla'e highway commission, and
sofm center of South Carolina po-
l4cS Tor many years, was asphyxl-
'tea' along with a negro nurse.
Sllle undergoing treatment IN a
~tfopractor's Office here today.
coroner j. A. Sergeant, said IL
~llllnatng gas escaped from a hot
saler heater in an adjacent room
sau overcome Sawyer and the
.ulSe, whom he identified as Lu-
VIZ Hagood. The bodies were
'Ouaa about 6 p. m.
sawyer, the coroner said, had
ven taking Treatment for two or
~ee months and went to the Of
continued on Page Two, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
ITALIANS EXECUTE
CONVICTED SPIES
Discovery OF Network o.
Informers' Revealed By
Action Near Rome

ROME, Dec. 22.-R-Discovery
of a network of informers" was
revealed today when Aurelio Co
cozza, described as a fake travel
ing salesman of laramie, anc
francesca Ghezzi, a navy officer,
were executed as spies at Fort
Bravetta, near Rome.
The executions were carried Out
at dawn with the military dispatch
and secrecy customary among ma.
tons at war, and the firing squad
CONTINUED on Page Six, Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
LOSS OF BRITISH
SUB IS ANNOUNCED
Swordfish, Which Sank
German Torpedo Boat
Last October, Missing

LONDON, Dec. 22.-R-The
loss of the British submarine
Swordfish was announced tonight
by the admiralty, which said she
was long overdue.
The Swordfish, for which a 60
ton class of British submarines is
named, credited with having tor
pedoed and sunk a German torpe-
do boat off the French coast last
October.
Submarines of her, type usually
carry a complement of 40 men
Continued on Page Six, Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23

War

BY EDWARD E. BOMAR

From blunt-sroken, Danish-born
big Bill" Knudsen has m e
what sounds like a reply to the
Berlin warning that peaceable re-
lations between the United States
and Germany will be endangered
if Great Britain gets Axis ships
now in refuge in American har-
bors.
Speaking of the world situation.
Knudsen said ''the contest which
produced this crisis is irreconcili-
able in character" 1t was his first
Continued on Page Six, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-23
OPPOSES

FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec. %
R-Bishop James E. Cassidy of the
Fall River Catholic Diocese indicated
TODAY that he was against compul-
sorry military training as a perman-
emf thing.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-02
By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN
u. p. Hollywood Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, May 2. (UP)-
Cecil B. DeMille planted mountain
smack dab in the center of Holly
wood today-at a cost of $250,000-
and by judicious angling of his
color cameras barely managed to
keep out of the picture the R-K-O
water tank next door.
Upon Paramount's back lot he
built for his North West Mounted
Police" what was said to be the big
gest set ever used inside a picture
studio.
Having erected his mountain of
lumber, papier mache and genuine
grass, DeMille planted 1,l53 trees,
ranging in height from 40 to 10
feet. The bill for saving down the
trees from nearby hilltops, truck
ing them here and sticking them
in the ground was $4,000. Mostly
they were so big a lotion truck
could carry only two at time.
Experts figure DeMille's forest of
overgroWn Christmas trees won't
wilt for II days, barring extra hot
WedllleT' lie Olu lilaoIci ID iiuli yiiiS
his shooting on the set, in hope he
won't have to replant it with an
other $4,000 worth of fresh trees.
When we arrived DeMille was clad
in a suit as green as his trees, Sit
ting on a saddle atop giant cam
era boom, from where he could su-
pervise the activities of the loWliest
Indian, and baWl him out over the
public address system. if necessary
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-02
Chamber Finishes
Plans For Annual
Director Election

Preparation for the annual cleo
ton of Ell Centro Chamber of Com
merce directors was completed
Wednesday when the nominating
committee selected candidates.
From the list of l6 candidates
chamber members on May 10 will
elect eight new directors to serve
with nine hold-over directors on the
board for the coming year.
Those nominated were Arno C.
Yaeckel, Herbert r. Anderson. Har-
ry r. Sones, H. X. BUD Barker.
Gordon R. Scriven, Warren Currer,
Ed w. Schiller, John w. Donohue,
Louis B. McManus, Hazel Gallagher,
Edgar Mason. Dunbar G.. Carey.
George r. Kennedy, Harold w.
Hunt Walton B. Johnson and Ches-
ter A. IRVING.
The hold-OVer directors include
Charles l.. Childers, M. o. King,
James H. Marshall John r. Robert
son, P. E. Ryerson, w. A. Scheni-
man, w. A. Tondro, Jasper l.. Ira
vers, and John w. Tyler. Members
of the nominating committee were
W. H. Tyler, jr, chairman; Paul A.
Jenkins, Charles Bramkamp. Her.
bert w. FaWcett. and Leo Hetzel.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-02
Sea Hawk Premier
Most 0utIandish
Hollywood Venture

HOLLYWOOD, May 2 CUP)-
Even before the furore of their
Virginia City" preview had SUBJ
sided, Warner Brothers today were
planning the most extravagant Of
all world premiers. THE Sea Hawk
1t won't be merely a streamlined
train which will go to New York
5or the big opening. The producers
are going to sail the Sea Hawk"
to New York, too.
A crew of GO carpenters went to
work on the boat to make it as
comfortable as a Hollywood hotel,
and Diesel motor will be in
stalled. Donald Crisp and Alan
Hale, members of the cast, will
head the expedition.
The "Sea Hawk" will accommodate
SO persons, besides all the props"
used in filming the picture. Ac-
cording to plans, it will sail June
els, stopping day in principal
ports along the Panama canal route
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-02
Canada Regrets
Rapid Enlistment
Of Air Fiqhters

OTTAWA, May 2 CUP)-Vice-
Marshal G. M. Croill, of the Royal
Canadian air force today viewed
with regret the number of young
men who had given up their jobs
to enlist in the air force.
He cautioned other youths who
contemplated joining the air force
TO bide their time and wait until
we call for YOU"
although the country will need
these fine men in due course" he
declared, they should bide their
time. In the meantime they can
submit their applications, be ex-
amined medically and take all the
required preliminary steps toward
enlistment"
Croil lashed out at employers
who have given notice to men dis
covered making application for the
air force. He said that he did not
believe these employers realized
the men were fighting for their
protection as well as the preSer-
vation of democracy.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-02
DeMiIIe Builds Mountain;
Plants $4,000 Forest,
To Film Indion Uprising

In front of him were 476 Holly
wood savages of all sizes, shapes
and ages, mostly half naked, mostly
Smeared with yellow paint, and
mostly doing war dance, before
moving down a contingent of the
red coated police.
OF the whooping mGlans, IT'S were
the genuine article. The rest were
movie extras, judiciously painted
and Wigged. The papooses on their
mothers backs were plaster dolls
because the -that-be frown
on real babies in bearskin sacks.
The nalf grown Indian children
which wandered through the moi
were midgets. They looked okay in
the long shots-and they didn't
have to take time off for school
work.
The Hollywood Indians didn't know
how to do indian dances, at least
not the way DeMille wanted them
so he had Dance Director Leroy
Prinz on hand showing them how
When Prinz danced like an Indian
he was a sight to see.
Then the Indians danced like
Prinz. tossing the coats of dead po-
licemen in the air, shooting blank
cartridges, and yelling like so many
ComancheS. After 10 minutes OF
this in the hot sun, they got sweaty
and their heads itched under their
wigs. So they scratched, and that
displaced the wigs of 476 Savages
DeMille had to call time out while
q corps of hair dreSsers went from
Indian to Indian, adjusting his wig
By then most of the Indians were
wearing sun glasses, smoking tailor
made cigarettes, and reading the
movie trade papers. They were the
oldest looking Indians we ever saw.
When DeMille yelled for action
they slowed their Goth century ap-
purtenances under their robes and
in a tWinkling turned into abort
gineS. There seemed to be some
little confusion among "a group OF
savages by the biggest teepee.
Romeo yelled DeMille, Romeo,
wherefore art thou?"
Romeo A. Farrell, the Indian
technical adviser loped to the scene
and Strengthened out the difficulty.
1t had to do with which Indian rode
what horse.
Most savage looking of all the
Indians was Chief Big Bear, who
nearly declared war on Great Bri-
tain before the Red Coats straight
ened him out The chief was being
played by gray-eyed Walter Hamp-
den, the distinguished Shakespeare
can actor, who had special contact
eye lenses built. with brown pupils,
so he could take the part. He said
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-02
School Loiterinu
Law InvaIidated

PHOENIX, May 2 (UP)-Ariz-
ona's 1889 vagrancy act, which pro-
hibited anyone lettering within 300
feet of public school, was held
unconstitutional in an opinion on
file in superior court here today
The opinion was handed down
by Superior Court Judge Arthur T.
La Prade in quashing a complaint
charging Leslie Combs, o. and
Leonard Starr, ID, with violating
the vagrancy act.
Under this act" Judge La Prade
said, "any preson who stopped
within 200 feet of a schoolground
to watch boys play baseball would
be guilty of an offense and termed
vagrant. subject to a fine and
imprisonment in the county Jail
for six months, or both"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-02
Ex.Convict Sent
Up for Robbery

PHOENIX, May 2 (UP)-Gerald
Hoff, % year old ex-convict from
Chicago, today faced a prison sem
tence for the $347.50 robbery of a
Phoenix drugstore.
Hoff entered a downtown drug
store here March 81. took the
money from two clerks and forced
them to accompany him outside
There he Communicated a car at
gunpoint but passerby noticed
the display and notified the police.
Hoff's Communicated car was
halted a few feet from the drug
store by police prowl car res
ponding to a radio call.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-02

his artificial Indian eyes were work.
ing fine.
AS We left the set the Indians
were still whooping it up. We had
rounded Paramounts private ocean,
now dry, when the loud speakers
waited DeMille's voice toward Mel
rose avenue:
when I said I wanted quiet, I
meant I wanted quiet. Any more of
this talk, talk, talk, and I'll clear
the set. And 7 mean you in the
red sweater. What have you got
that's SO important to say?"
We never heard the reply of the
individual in the red sweater. He
probably gulped and looked apollo
getic.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-02
Yuma Roundup
Nets Gopi,ers

YUMA, May Q (UP)-The Yuma
County Water Users associations
annual gopher drive netted 32S69
OF the animals during the past
season, it was announced today
with final tabulation of figures.
The title of greatest gopher
catcher of them all" went to Tom
Watson, Somerton school student,
who was accredited with 5,484 cap
lures. Jim Vomocil of GadSen was
second with 1886 and Tom Welch
of Somerton was third with 2,407.
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Held For
Examination
With So Others

Walter Norwood, one OF the
Witnesses who testified against
some OF the defendants in the grand
jury numbers racket case. invol-
wing Mayor Richard W. Reading.
Prosecutor Duncan c. McCrea, and
high police officials. pleaded not
guilty wheE arraigned before Re-
corder's Judge Christopher r. Stein
Monday morning on a charge OF
operating a policy game
Norwood and IS others. including
his 22-year-old daughter char
loite, were named in warrants Sc
cured following a raid on the Nor
wood hotel. $50 r. Adams The raid
was based or information furnish
ed by Norwood's daughter
Others who we're arraigned Mon
day were Harold Hardiman, ~,
$50 r. Adams; Oneida Oates, p.
ga Josephine: Fedora Pappas. As,
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81. coz Woodrow; William Har-
per. Jack Slate. Stewart Parker.
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Jolius Western. Sarah Gilmore
James Marshall, Harold Woodway.
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Lionel Grffey ard Buster Frye.
Miss Norwood had been arreSte