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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17
Planes
Again Bomb
Scapa Flow
British Admiralty Silent On
Berlin Claims Heard
Here Over Radio
TWO u BOATS SUNK
Western Front Activity
Picks Up Following
Quiet Week

NEW YORK, March 16.-R-
The Columbia Broadcasting System
tonight reported picking up a short
wave broadcast from Berlin which
asserted that German warplanes had
bombed British warships and air.
fields.
CHS engineers said the Berlin
station, DUB, declared that a gen.
eral headquarters communique stat
ed: Powerful detachments of the
German airforce proceeded to the
northwest and attacked units Of the
British fleet stationed at Scapa
Flow in the evening of March 16.
Severely Damaged"
"a number of heavy ~battleships
and cruisers e. hit by the bombs
and were severely damaged. In ad-
dition, a number of airports were
bombed.
I'm spite OF powerful resistance
put up by British chasers and anti
aircraft artillery, the German fight
ing machines were capable of car
rying through their orders success
fully and returned to their home
bases without any losses whatso-
ever"
LONDON, March 12.-(Sundaye
P)-The admiralty declined to COM
ment early today on a short wave
broadcast picked up in New York
purportedly from Berlin to the ef-
feet that German filters last night
raided Scapa Flow naval base north
of Scotland and bombed a number
of British warships.
First Lord of the Admiralty Win
ston Churchill told the house of
commons Feb. 81 that the British
navy had not had the use of Scapa
Flow since the battleship Royal Oak
was sunk there by a German sub
marine Oct. 10 with a loss of SO
lives.)
PARIS, March TO- R1 French
scouts reported today that Germany
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17

Weather. hhGloN, March 16. - up -
1e and 1areau records of tempera-
ag rainfall for the "a hours end
NDNiDpr w., IN the principal cotton
sationns areas and elsewhere.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17
WEATHER

FORECAST
IYISLl carolina; Fair and continued
~ Sor sunday, Monday generally fair.
as |u.l carolina: Fair. warmer along
"' coast Sunday, Monday fair.
tdin oe9[9ioglca data for the "A hours
aug 49, p. m. Yesterday.
rn Temperature
b. a. d, m; ~; 7:30 a. IN. 40; 1:3O D..
at1imnn ''39 p. m. Sc; maximum IS;
~uA' IL; mean SO: normal SO.
lm Humidity
NJ. l 4, m. 81; 7:5o a. m. 81; 100 p.
ro,,, Precipitation
ao1pa' t1r y hours ending 7:50 p. m,
los incE bo.a' since first of the month.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-17

PARIS, March 16.- R1 French
scouts reported today that Germany
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
BRITAIN EXPECTED
TO RESUME u. S.
WEED PURCHASES
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teal to continue such a restrictive
policy if the result will mean a
huge loss Of income through taxa
ton of imports from the United
States. Import duties on tobacco
have been rising steadily for a
number of years, and the annual
intake of the British government
from this source constitutes a very
important part Of total yearly in
come. AS the war progresses and
the government has to look more
closely to finances, the ban of i'm.
ports from the United States, which
have always made up a major part
Of British tobacco stocks, will be
lifted, according to prevailing be-
lief in British circles"
1t added that in 1901 only 1.O1
per cent Of empire leaf tobacco was
used by British manufacturers,
while in June, 1889, the latest pc
riod for which figures are avail
able, the empire varieties consti.
tuted 25.40 per cent of manufac.
lures.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
TWO REPUBLICAN
| RALLIES PLANNED
G. O. P. Will Invite Senator
Vandenberg And Dewey
To Speak In State

GREENSBORO, Feb. II. UP -
The executive committee of the
North Carolina Young Republicans
tonight decided to hold two state
wide rallies and invite Senator Ar
thur H. Vandenberg, R., of Michl-
gan, and Thomas E. Dewey, R., of
New York, to attend as principal
speakers. The time and place Of the
two meetings this spring will be de.
cided later by the organizations
presidents advisory committee aft
err it has conferred with the sena'
tor and district attorney.
It was indicated that one Of the
rallies will be held in the eastern
part Of the state and the other in
the west since the annual conven
ton was held in Greensboro.
President Edwin M. Stanley, Of
Greensboro, presided at the meeting
tonight which was attended by over
200 persons. Members of the execu
tive committee from rs of the 81
districts in the state were present
Jake F. Newell, Charlotte, chair
man Of the state republican execu-
tive committee, was present and
praised the work of the Young Re
publican organization and endorsed
the plan to have Vandenberg and
Dewey appear in the state. Dewey
has formally announced his candi
dacy for the republican presidential
nomination and Senator Vanden
berg is considered a potential can
didate for the post.
Charles A. Jones, Of Lincolntor
republican national committeeman
for North Carolina, also srok'
briefly, praising the Young Reput
licans for their work in the state
The executive committee laudet
the work Of President Stanley an
Worth D. Henderson, both. o
Greensboro, for their work whicl
has made the annual Lincoln Da.
dinner here the third largest in tn
nation.
During the session convention
committees were appointed by Pres
ident Stanley. They are:
Credential committee: John Wi
kerson, Of Washington, N. c., chair
man; Fate Beal, Of Asheboro, ant
Miss Margaret Dent, of Leaksville
Resolutions: James Bailey, Jr., c
Marshall. chairman; Carl W. Greer
of Asheville and Kyle Hayes, Q
North Wilkesboro.
Nominating: Hoke Henderson,, Q
Elkin, chairman; Virginia Aber
nathy, of Lincolnton, and Lesli
M. Murphy, Of Greensboro.
Constitution: J. Bennett Riddle
Jr., of M%organton, chairman; Cole,
Fulp and Mrs. Otis Reynolds, bot
of Elkin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
HUDS0N'S DEATH
INQUEST SLATED
u;11 BE Conducted In Pender
Courthouse Early Wednes-
day Afternoon

p17RGAW, Feb. 11.-An inquest
the death Of w. A. (Bill)
uudson, 6e-year-old Hampstead
.on who was shot to death near
=, home last Sunday morning,
Ill he held in the Pender county
..rrthouse here Wednesday after
MON at 2 o'clock.
George Mills, 32-year-old Hamp-
..ood white man, Saturday signed
Confession that he killed Hudson
e,d robbed his pockets of $11, Of
tcprs reported.
iury was impaneled last Tues
law afternoon by Coroner M. o.
pnoe to view the body, which was
tomd Tuesday in a clump OF
tusbes about 100 yards from Hud-
sons home.
The confession by Mills was
signed in the presence of Sheriff
1sck Brown, J. A. Sanders, Bur-
aar constable, and two investi-
asrors of the state bureau of in
Tostigation, Jal-es F. Bradshaw
" and Howard L. Pierce, who
nod been called into the case
earlier in the week.
Mills has been held in the Bur-
raw Jail since Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
WILL TAKE UP WEED

G. B. Stafford, supervisor of sales
on the Fairmont tobacco market
last season, said last night that he
had heard reports from tobacco
officials that British interests would
start taking up the weed, secured
on option last fall, in the near flu.
ture.
Most of the tobacco bought BY
the government last fall and held
for British agents is now being
stored in the Imperial Tobacco
company warehouses in Norfolk"
he said.
A majority of the tobacco farm.
ers in the Fairmont section feel
confident that the matter will be
adjusted by the time the 1910 crop
is housed, he said.
Stafford expressed the belief that
the short crop, coupled with the
resumption of buying by British
companies, would mean greatly in
creased prices on the golden weed
for 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Is FINN FORTS ARE
TAKEN BY RUSSIANS
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nerheim defense line failed to make
Roadway, a Finnish communicate
announced today.
Two Soviet planes we're reported
shot down and five tanks destroyed.
Soviet tactics were shifted in Sat-
urday's fighting, the Firms said, in.
stead of concentrating on frontal
assaults in the Summa sector, the
Russians hurled their heaviest at
tacks against points east and west
of Summa.
Try Flank Movement
The Russians APPARENTLY were try
ing to flank the concrete and steel
defense works which form Fin
lands line across the Karelian
Isthmus.
But all attacks were repulsed
the c~ommunique said.
On the front northeast Of Lake
Ladoga "a column of 70 horse
sledges was destroyed" among the
Pitkaeranta Islands.
(Russian newspapers reprinted a
E.umanian magazine article declar
ing Finland's Notifications had been
constructed in the past four years
by the German army in cooperation
| with Britain and Franco.
Officers returning from the front
lines reported very few of the new
est type Soviet warplanes are being
used now against Finland and that
older planes are employed as raid
ers.
Speculation was raised whether
the Red army was concentrating its
better equipment in some other re
gion. possibly along the Soviet I'M
ions southwestern frontier opposite
Rumania.
Foreigners believed this might ex
plain why Soviet raids behind thu
battle lines have slackened. Vii
puri, coastal city near the Kareliar
Isthmus war zone, was the only
city raided yesterday. Two civil
ians killed and numerous fire.
started by the raids.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
ECONOMY SENTIMENT
TEST IS SCHEDULED
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by the opposition. He, Senator
George (D-Ga) and others have
opposed it Oh the ground that
a loan to Finland, fighting an
undeclared war with Russia,
might be the first step toward
involving the United States in
EurOpe's controversies.
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) expected
to offer an amendment to the
measure which would cut the
bank capital. increase to $780,
100000 but even the support
ers of this proposal held scant
hopes that it would be ac-
cepted by the senate.
Friends of the bill found
support in public comment by
President Roosevelt yesterday.
Speaking before the American
Youth Congress, the chief ex-
ecutive asserted that it was
''axiomatic" that American
sympathy was with the Firms
and that "America wants to
help them by lending or Civ
ing them money!" Then he
added:
THAT the Soviet Union
would, because of this, declare
war ON the United States is
about the silliest thought that
I ever heard advanced"
t Chairman Pittman (D-Nev)
said he would bring up in the
foreign relations committee
Wednesday two proposals to
give the President power to
restrict exports to Japan be-
cause of that c%ountry's alleged
violation of American rights in
China.
Most foreign relations COM
mittee members said they ex-
pected no immediate action on
the Japanese embargo proposals.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Mrs. George W. Manley
Dies At Daughters Home

prRGAW, Feb. 11.-Mrs. George
", Marley, "a. died at the home of
ber daughter, Mrs. R.. B. Souther-
land, in Mount Olive, this after
moon at 6 o'clock after a shors ILL
ness.
funeral services will be held from
the Burgaw Baptist church Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with the
Rev.. C, W. Newlin and DR.. c. r.
TAYLOR officiating. Interment will
follow in the Burgaw cemetery.
Mrs. Marley was the former Miss
Betty Oates, of Sampson county.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Switzerland. two sons, J. o.
Marley, of Staunton, Va, and J.
W. Marley, of Burgaw; and sew
eral grandchildren and great-grand-
children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Three Hundred Men And
FIVE Women Arrested
At Big Stag Party

BALTIMORE, Feb. IL Up -
Baltimore city and county police
raided a "stag'' show at a resort
near here tonight and arrested 300
men and five women performers.
Police Lieutenant William B. Dorsey
said all the men were employees Of
the Federal Social Security boards
Baltimore office.
Five city patrol wagons were bor-'
rowed by the county officers to
transport the prisoners to Essex,
Md, station-house. When that over
flowed, many were held in the base
ment of the Essex fire house. Dor
sey said most of the men were
charged with disorderly conduct.
Virtually all of the city police de-
~partment's vice squad participated
in the raid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
mo BABY KISSER"

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 11-09-
Asgood campaigner, Abraham
Lincoln was mo baby kisser,"
84-year-old Frank M. Sperry re-
called today.
Sperry said that at the age of
5 his mother took him to Spring
field, ILL.,, where the great en-
ancipator" was campaigning.
Speery added.
He was no baby kisser, but
he was a good politician. He was
terribly large and ugly, and 1
was scared until he spoke. He
asked me if he might have one
of my curls, and l told hem he
could take them ALL"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
COOPER PROPOSES
JOINT DEBATE
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should be understood that his pro
posals would be valid only if they
were agreed to by all Of the candi-
dates.
Specifically, his suggestions were:
1. That the six aspirants discuss
campaign issues from the same plat
form in joint meetings, and that The
six agree to make no political
speeches except at such joint meet
ings.
2. That the high nan in the demo-
cratic first primary of May rs be
unopposed in the second primary.
Cooper gave the candidates until
March 16 to reply in writing to his
suggestions. At about that time he
is expected to take a leave Of alb.
sence from his duties as mayor and
commissioner Of public safety of
Wilmington.
His letter follows:
II am writing all of you gentle
ment with reference to a statement
I made when I announced by can
didacy for the office of governor. I
stated at that time I would invite
each candidate running for the Of
flee of governor to agree to joint
meetings for a discussion Of cam
paign issues and that each candidate
agree not to make any speech or
speeches in the interest of his NOM
ings.
Pursuant to that statement I now
made this proposal to each of you
who has announced he will run for
the office of governor. If the pro-
posal is accepted, I suggest that we
agree upon some responsible person
to arrange for such joint meetings
and that as far as possible arrange
ments be made for speeches in each
county in the state.
Il am personally persuaded that
it is much more desirable for all the
candidates to engage in a joint
pe>hlIS DIS
herein.
Opposes Second Primary
IT further propose that all candi-
dates agree in writing that the
candidate receiving the highest
number Of votes in the primary on
May, 1910, be declared the nominee
or be allowed to become the nominee
O. the democratic party for the Of
flee of governor and that no second
primary be demanded by any candi-
date. I think the latter proposal is
quite desirable and in the interest
Of party harmony and economy.
IT am addressing this to all of you
candidates for the office of governor
and I am willing to wait to md I'M
til the 18th of March, 1910, for a
written acceptance. You understand
that the proposals are made with
the understanding that they will be
accepted by each and every n who
has already entered the ace and
and any other candidate entering
the race not later than March 16,
1910.
IT hope the foregoing meets with
your approval and that I may have
your early agreement and accep.
tance."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
FAITHFUL

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. H.
R-Faithful to the end, a
mongrel shepherd kept a long
vigil today besides the body of
his playmate, a collie pup, kill
ed by a hit-run driver.
For more than IL hours the
shepherd stood guard over the
body of the collie lying in a
gutter. He permitted no one to
come near. The S. p. C. A.
solved the problem by putting
both in the society's ambulance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
TO HIKE
SIZE OF FORCES
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depends for essential materials for
her European war.
A Turkish-British-F French drive on
rich Russian oil fields has been cited
as another possibility for expanding
Europe's a
The Bucharest government admits
it has 800, 900 men on duty now but
foreign military observers place the
total It closer to 1,400, 900. The call
ing up of 200, 900 reservists, thus. by
their estimates, would give the Ia.
ton 1,60O,O 900 men ready to face any
spring danger.
Officials reported that among the
many factors leading to uncertainty
over the future, and therefore aus.
ing the Rumanians to take the extra
precaution, was a non-committat
reply from Germany to a Bucharest
government request for nazi guar
antees of Rumanian territory.
Such a request had been threaten.
ed by Bucharest when Rumania's
Balkan entente partners - Yugo.
slavia, Turkey and Greece-failed to
agree at their recent Belgrade con-
ference on an ironclad military al.
liance-Rumania's proposal to pre-.
serve Balkan neutrality.
Elsewhere in the Balkans, a sur
vey has shown that defense mea-
sures repeating the military cor.
centrations" of last year are ready
to be in force; that the little neu.
trails conscript armies will be on q
war footing by mid-March.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
FERTILIZER PROBE
WILL OPEN TODAY
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tNU1ItIl1uSu Aoh o
which would require the district at
torney to show cause wherefore a
subpoena, which called for the books
and records of the international
Agriculture corporation, should not
be vacated.
The defendant company h a 6
claimed that to produce the records
in court, as commanded under the
write, would NEAR that the company
virtually would have to suspend
operating. 1t has filed a motion to
quash the subpoena, a move that
has been made by many concerns
which have been served with a
similar writ.
Department of Justice agents have
taken all available space in the fed
eral building and have transferred
there what appeared to be limitless
quantities of records to be readily
available at the term.
A panel of IS from Forsyth and
surrounding counties of the middle
North Carolina district has been
summoned for jury duty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
HORTON OPPOSES
FUNDS DIVERSION
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gram is not complete. But the
people Of this state are striving
earnestly to eliminate it's imper-
fections and improve and advance
its program. I also know Of it's
very fine record of public SERVICE"
Horton made no direct reference
to liquor, but said his record as a
member Of the general assembly
showed he had voted for "every
moral question proposed" A news
release accompanying the platform
said the candidate had a record of
%"unfailing and uninterrupted oppo-
sition to the liquor traffic."
"My PLATFORM" he said, sis the
platform Of the democratic party.
I will stand firmly and squarely
upon the platform that is adopted
by the democratic party of North
Carolina in it's 1910 convention
A summary of the more impor-
tant plans in the Horton platform
follows:
Economy-Every effort should be
exerted to obtain a maximum serv-
ice at a minimum cost.
Taxes-They should be fair and
just. Taxes now imposed on those
least able to pay should be re-
duced when it can be done con-
sistent with our present program
of public service"
Schools-Teachers' salaries should
be raised as rapidly as
will permit. There should be an
evaluation to determine whether
the state is receiving maximum
returns from it's annual investment
Of approximately s25, DOC, 900 for
public schools. Serious consideration
should be given to a retirement
plan for teachers-"I believe in the
principles of a retirement system"
More emphasis should be placed on
health instruction, vocational edu-
cation and things relating to North
Carolina.
Libraries-They should be en-
larged.
Public Health-Facilities at state
institutions for the unfortunate are
grossly inadequate" and must be
improved and enlarged. The public
health system should be expanded.
MISUNDERSTANDING roads must
be adequately maintained. The en-
tire highway system must be ex-
banded and improved as revenues
will permit. Il am opposed to the
diversion of highway funds, and
so voted in the general assembly
of 1885,
Farming - Farming conditions
should be improved.
Conservation-Wild life and for
ests should be protected. Money
collected from the sale of licenses
for hunting and fishing should be
used solely for the propagation of
wild life. CAT present, some of
this money is spent to combat for
est fires. Hunters have protested
against this, claiming it is a form
Of "diversion.")
Labor-"I am definitely commit
ted to a policy of just and fair
treatment to both labor and CAPT.
tall"
Horton said his legislative rec
ord showed that he introduced
laws which increased the pensions
of Confederate veterans and their
widows; provided compensation for
children hurt in school bus acct
dents; and created the state COM
mission for the blind. He added
that he actively supported the
states social security measures.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
WANT TO FIGHT?
Feb.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IL -
R-So you want to fight, EN-?
Well, hold your punches. 1t
may be all OH account of ultra
violet radiation, says l.. nj.
Levitt, young Franklin institute
astronomer.
He told the Rittenhouse AstrO-
nomicaI society that the sun con-
startly is radiating ultraviolet
light. When the sun breaks out
in a rash of sunspots, the ultra
violet radiation becomes more
intense.
That, he said stimulates peo-
pies glands to %secrete more
hOrmones, which in turn causes
an outburst of energetic activity
and pugnaciOusness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12

Theodore Roosevelt was the first
President of the United States to
leave the legal boundaries of his
country while in office, to visit an
other country. In 1906 he sailed to
the Panama Canal Zone and visited
the city of Panama.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
SERVICES

Funeral services for Mansfield
Ready, Of $40 Queen street, will be
held Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the First Congregational church
at Seventh and Nun streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
HOUSING
PROJECT RENT
SCALE DRAFTED
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it's housing projects by moving
families in, due to projects in other
cities in the state being held up
due to rain and snow for the past
several weeks, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12

The French Official History of the
Great War contains SO volumes, but
still. is very far from complete.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12

Gregor Mendel discovered the laws
of heredity in the human race by
crossing varieties of garden peas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12

HOLSTERS are real "bluebloods."
Their blood pigment is not haemog-
lobin, but haemocyanin, a blue cop.
per compound.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12

Fairy terms lay only one egg,
which may be placed either in a
knothole or in the crotch Of a tree.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12

Radium is worth about S25, 900 a
gram, and the entire worlds avail
able stock amounts to 700 grams, or
about "a ounces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12

In 1887, Chicago, the Windy City.
had two days with 32-mile-per-hour
winds; Buffalo had 105; New York
city SO, and Cleveland 81 such days.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 622

4NO. OAA
 In the Probate Court in and for the Cape Nome Precinct, Sec ond Division: Territory of Alaska In the matter of the estate of PATRICK H. SWEENEY, Deceas ed.
 Notice is hereby given that by order of the Probate Court in and for the Cape Nome Precinct, Alaska, the undersigned has been appointed Executor of the estate of Patrick H. Sweeney, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate shall present them with proper vouchers attached, within six months from the date of the notice to the undersigned at Nome, Alaska.
 Dated at Nome Alaska, August 8, 1940.
 Thomas Sweeney, Executor Publish Aug. l2, 19, 26. Sept. 2