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GREEK SHIPS STAY
In PORT FOLLOWING
SINKING OF WARBOAT
Continued from Page One)

sition, which for days had been
precarious because of her reported
rejection of German and Italian
demands that she end her friend
ship with Britain.
That friendship had been based
on a British pledge to support
Greek independence and territory
in case of attack.
The government issued an order
tonight forbidding all Greek ships
to leave port.
The Helle, small as it was, was
substantially half of this small pro-
British Kingdoms first line
navy. 1t was n of Greece's two
vessels which were above the de-
stroyer category, the other being
the 9,450-ton cruiser Averoff.
The vessel went down as she lay
at anchor about half a mile out
side the quay at Tinos island har-
Dor, in the Cyclades group in the
Aegean about 100 miles southeast
of Athens. A Greek communique
declared that three torpedoes were
fired at the Helle, one landing
amidships and the others explod-
ing on the quay.
1.-The submarine" it said never
appeared on the surface"
One petty officer was killed:
20 crewmen were injured, a n d
several" civilians on the quay
were injured. =. l
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MARGARET e. RANKIN SAILING
The defendant above named will take
notice that an action entitled as above
has been commenced in the Superior
Court OF New Hanover County, State OF
North Carolina, to obtain an absolute
divorce against the defendant ON the
grounds of two years separation; and
that the defendant will further take
notice that she is required to appear
before the Clerk of the Superior Court
Of New Hanover County. North Caro-
lima, at his office in the City of Will
mington, in the above State, on or be-
fore the 18th day of September, 1910,
in said action of the plaintiff now on
file in the office of the said Clerk OF
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SWOLLEN MOUNTAIN
RIV ERS RECEDE,
LEAVE 26 DEAD


in landslides and by drowning in
the communities of New G a p,
Deep Gap, Banner Elk, and Stony
Fork.
Paul Weston, a Boone photogra-
pher, came to Winston-Salem to.
day and reported that Is persons
had been killed or were missing
in the mountain sections surround
ing Boone. There were 10 flood
injured in the Boone hospital.
Plants Damaged
Unestimated a was
wrought to industries, t%ransporta-
ton and communication facilities.
Fourteen industrial plants we're
damaged at North Wilkesboro. N.
&C., by an overflow of the Yadkin
river. Property damage in North
Wilkesboro alone was estimated
at ST. 900, 900. Extensive damage
was also reported in the vicinity
of Elizabethton and Kingsport,
Tenn, from the rampaging Watau-
Cd anu l1OlStOQ TlVeTS
A threatened loss of water sup
ply in Asheville, a resort center OF
some 1000 population, was pre-
vented when repairs were made
today to main pipe lines feeding
two of the city's big reservoirs.
The pipe lines had been washed
out by heavy rain.
Electric power was restored to.
day to North Wilkesboro, mountain
industrial town Of 1000 population,
which perhaps was the worst hit
of all. Repairs to highways and
communication systems was begun
today.
Families in low-lying sections Of
Knoxville, Tenn, began evacuat-
ing their homes as the Tennessee
river rose there. In Berkeley
county, South Carolina, c e W S
worked 24-hours bagging a levee
on the Cooper river to bolster it
against floods.
Some railroad trains had to be
re-routed because of landslides in
western North Carolina. More than
a dozen highways in South Caro-
lima were closed by floods. A pow
er dam on the New river near
Boone was swept away.
Dozens of small bridges were
swept away.
Throughout the central and east
ern parts of North Carolina and
South Carolina there were flood
warnings, but no widespread dam
age was reported as yet. The
floods were expected to crest in
these areas within the next few
days. Tonight all the streams were
rising ranid1v'
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DIVORCE

LONG BEACH, Calf, Aug. Is.
-R-Mrs. Marjories L. Terry Bal
lard, young wife of Donald E. Bal
lard, head of the Il Am" move
ment, a granted n divorce today.
Ballard and a score of others are
under federal indictment on mail
fraud charges in connection with
the affairs of the cult, said to have
5000, 900 members throughout the
United States. 2
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columns is for reputable and reli'
able concerns, so far as we Tan as
certain from a careful investigation.
It is u intention, however. to
see that every firm that uses these
columns is required to live up to
their obligations. Therefore, should
YOU reply to any advertisement on
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LOSSES

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-R-
Greek merchant shipping losses
rose to 46 vessels Of 1911, 389 gross
tons today with the disclosure Of
10 previously unreported sinkings
by a Greek official here who said
developments in his homeland in.
Dictated I'VE will be fighting Italy
Capt. Nicholas Kourbalis, Greek
consul of mercantile marine, made
this comment when informed Of
his country's ordering Greek ships
to remain in home ports. y
He said he had received no or
der hating Greek shipping in
American waters. About 20 YES
sells were in U. S. ports, including
six at New York and six distribu-
ted among Baltimore, Philadelphia
and Nofolk.. l
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STEAMER z

ATHENS, Aug. 15.- Up Greek
shipping sources said tonight tina
the Greek steamer Appeti, with
400 passengers aboard including
many American citizens of Balkan
origin, had been halted by an Ital.
ian warship and taken to Palmero,
Sicily.
The Appeti, these sources said,
sent a radio message three days
ago that she was proceeding to
Palmero to be searched under Ital-
ian orders, and the ship has not
been heard from here since then.
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BEACH GETS MEET
OF COUNTY BOARDS
Continued from Page One)

l. 0AS o44N
board, attended the convention
from Wilmington. John A. Orrell
county auditor, was unable to at
tend-the first time he has missed
since the formation Of the associ
alton.
Orrell has been president of the
accountants since the group was
organized.
Approximately 300 delegates are
expected to attend the convention
next year.
r. L. Bernhart, of Rowan coun'
ty,, was elected president to sue
coed C.. c. Ward, of Nash county
N. H. Balfour, of Hoke county
was made vice-president and j,
L. Skinner, of Warren, was re:
elected secretary-treasurer at the
Asheville session. go.
The oceans of the earth occupy
a space of about 800, 600, 900 cubic
miles,
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WEATHER
Continued from Page One)

WASHINGTON, August Is. - () -
Weather bureau records of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending :
p. M, in the principal cotton-growing
areas and elsewhere:
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Between US and the sun 1850
earths the size Of our own could
be placed easily.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16

1-1937 Ford 1857 2 door Sc,
dan. Black, ardio, $4,000 miles.
Looks and runs like new.
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Shipping News
ARRIVED

Modoc, 1920 tons, U. s. coast guard
cutter, in command of Captain II. G,
Belford, from routine cruise off the
coast.
steamer
(Est.) Signe from Jacksonville with
cargo of sugar, Heide and company,
agents.
Tankers
Naeco from Houston with cargo OF
gasoline and petroleum products fol
the Shell Oil company.
Nevada from Gulf ports with car.
go of gasoline and petroleum products
for the Texas Oil company.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16

1887 Ford 2 door deluxe
1857. Blue, only 10000 miles. A
real bargain.
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CLASSIFIED DISPLAY.
GOOD BUY
USED CARS
PRICES RIGHT

1-1938 Ford 1857 2 door sedan
Dark blue, looks good. Mechan,
ically good.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16

1-1936 ~ ton Chevrolet long
Wheelbase. Motor in excellent
condition. A good buy.
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AND SAILED

Steamers
Dakotan for Norfolk after discharg-
ing part general cargo, Cape Fear
Shipping company, agents.
Aust, $3.50 tons, light for Norfolk
after dlscharging cargo of nitrate OF
soda, Pryde Forwarding company
agents.
Nor.) Nidareit coastwise after load.
ing cargo of fertilizer, Heide and com.
pany, agents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16

"a AND is PRINCESS ST, LARGE
two story brick building. with al
ley in rear. New give away price
5 $500 Il. q. F. Wilder, phone 1882.
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IN PORT
Motor Steamer
Italian) Villarperosa, 1921 tons, with
part cargo scrap iron.
Yachts
Ruth King, so tons, at Maffitt's pie1
at Wrlghtsville Beach, under command
of Capt. Brooks.
Drifter, 50 tons, locked at Wrights-
vile Beach.
Barges
Barnegat and Allegheny loading car
goes of lumber at the j. Herbert Bate
Lumber company.
Tanker
Munger T.. Ball, 3,202 tons, ~discharg-
ing cargo of gasoline for Cape Fear
Terminal company.
Tug And Barge
Tug Cadmus and barge Durwent dis
charging cargo of phosphate r o C k,
Helde and company, agents.
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FOR sALE-FOREsT HILLS LOT.
s1,165.O0 if sold this week. w. M.
Hewlett, realtor. 214 Princess st.
Dial 7138.
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ALES.RENrALS-
Moore Fonvielle Realty Co.
We are equipped to serve you
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INWARD BOUND

INWARD BOUND
Steamers
Emilia, 2,91S tons, from West Indies
with general cargo. C. d. Maffitt ana
company, agents.
Tankers
ESQ Providence, 5,665 tons, from Bay
town, with cargo gasoline for Standard
Oil company.
Barge
Nantlcote from Norfolk to load cargo
OF lumber at j. Herbert Bate Lumber
company.
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1-1936 Ford IS reconditioned
motor. Tires almost new. Origi-
nal paint. Car in perfect condi-
lion generally.
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Legal

the Superior Court of New Hanover
County. North Carolina, or the plaintiff
will apply to the Superior Court of
said County for the relief demanded in
said complaint.
This the Sth day of August, 1910.
A. L. MEYLAND,
Asst. Clerk OF the Superior
Court of New Hanover County.
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INVESTIGATE THE JOYS AND
advantages Of living in Oleandar.
the Suburb Beautiful" Il u g h
Mact{ae and Co.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16

1-1938 ~ ton GMC Truck,
long wheelbase. New motor from
factory. 750x20 dual tires. A
wonderful truck for any kind of
job.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-16

1-1936 Plymouth 2 door Sc.
dan. Good tires good ar.
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IsT YOUR RENTAL AND SALES
with us. Al Service.
| Frank 6. Harriss. 120 Princess st.
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1-1937 Plymouth 4 door Sc.
dan. New paint, motor recon
ditioned. Car in exceptionally
good condition. A real buy.
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ynnlHER IT'S OLD OR NEW
tro nome can be modern at
~. comfortable quiet
Smi.l n Insulation Material.
351s builders Supply, Inc, Dial
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0 Help Wanted. Female

EXPERIENCED BOOKKEE P e r
for general office work. Must be
capable of accurately and speedily
handling considerable detail work.
Employees of u organization
know this position is open. Answer
by letter. State age, experience
and employers. No consideration
will be given to inexperienced ap-
plicants. All applications will be
held in confidence. NV, CO Star
News.
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$50 Real Estate

7os CENTRAL BOULEVARD SUN
set Park. 6 room modern home.
Eas, terms. Marshall Realty Co..
Dial 5092,
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announcements

SUBJECT = MATTRESS RENOvA.
ton. Why? To increase nightly
comfort. Cost? s2.95. What else?
Can convert into innersprings
New Way Mattress Co.. Dial CTS.
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USED ICE BOXES IN GOOD CON.
dition. Priced $3.50 up. F..
VESSEL. 305 No. Front St.. Dial
728E.
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'l " REFRIGERATION! PAINT
nome with Perfection. / to
~ lars II to pay. North Smith Coal
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OVERsTUFFED LIVING ROOM
suites, $500 up, used. Also stu.
dio couch, bargain. Bost Furni-
ture Co., 20 So. Front St.
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IS PER HOUR OR MORE IN
spare time showing lovely FASH
ION FROCKS to friends. No ex-
perience. No investment. Give age
and dress size. "A H o N
FROCKS, Dept. N-4223, Cincinnati,
Ohio. <
WANTED-EXPERIENCED COOK.
Must have references. P h o n e
Wrightsville 1877.
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suites, only 1895. Home Furni-
ture Co. % Market st. -
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sHACKI.EFORD's RADIO SERV.
ice. ANY make any model. Bird
and Grace Dial 1917. CONNER
cial Frigidaire Dealer).
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ENTITY PASSES
In SCOTTSBORO
CASE BY EDICT

MONTGOMERY, Ala Ala
bama's Scottsboro case has passed
another milestone in It's nine-year
history despite the fact that its five
remaining principals still arc behind
prison bars.
The states new board Of pardons
and parole has scratched it from the
records as the Scottsboro case, SIM
ultaneously denying parole applica-
tions to the FIVE: Clarence Norris,
Charlie Wcems, Haywood Patterson.
Andy Wright and Ocie Powell.
Hereafter, any reference to these
prisoners as the Scottsboro defend
ants will be Inaccurate the board
ruled.
t'They will be dealt with as indi-
! yiduals, each one being considered
on his own merits.
"A day for reconsideration II
each case will be set in accordance
with our judgement as 10 the ne
sponse Of he individual 10 institu
tional treatment be hoard decision
added.
!, C4tef reason FOR denial of paras
! (Cansinued on page %,
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never forget for it's freedom and
ssacious people. Paris WIS 50 full
of happy experiences that she al
most finds difficulty in describing
them.
In Paris she went to che beauty
shop Of Antoine, the famous creator
hair styles. He andhis assistants
gave her a Partisan haiido with many
3 lIsgle.s for seven dollars. She nevoi
went hack, though she liked An.
tones service.
Miss Lyles. an honor graduate q
Howard university Where she stuo
led Isnglish and French, Was II
Paris to study ut the soGbonne @
the University Of Paris, but the ex
cursions TO various parts f Franc
and visits to museums, theatre, am
opera stand out most prominently
She and the girls had to sacri
flee in spending in order to rea'iz
their ambition to step on african
soil. They spent a few days il
(Continusd ON page two)
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MT. GILEAD, O.-Friends and
political colleagues paid last tribute
today to Earl Griffith, 52-year-old
Ohio secretary Of state and Mt.
Gilead newspaper publisher who
died of a heart attack Saturday.
The funeral was conducted at
2:30 pm. in the Methodist church
here. The Rev. Hawks, Episcopal
rector of Mt. Vernon delivered the
funeral sermon and burial was IN
the Rivercliff cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers were Gov.
John w. Bricker, Lieut.. Gov. Paul
M. Herbert, State Treasurer Don
II. Ebright, Attorney General Thom
as j. Herbert, State Republican
Chairman Ed d. Schorr, Mayor
james P. Bennett, of Mt. Gilead
DIR. John NJ. Thomas, Of Columbus
who had been chairman Of Griffith
(Continued ON page ID
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GREENVILLE, sc. lANP)
The one white man in this
area who had championed the
cause OF the Negro in the re-
cent fight against XII Klux
Klan terrorism beginning last
summer, and in so doing be-
came virtually ostracized by
members of his own race, took
his own life Friday.
This man was Joseph Augustus
Tolbert, 4S, prominent Republican
and y. $. Attorney i 4 the western
district of this state, and nephew OF
the famous aTieless joe Tolbart
nationally known in COP politics.
He was found dead in his garage
around tbs am. with an old 80
calibre revolver BY his side.
Members of his family said ne
spent a restless night and appeared
worried Instead Of rising at his
customary hour of am, ne g9t
up at Z O'Clock, donncd his trousers
but left off his shirt and went tf
the garage. .Sh Is were heard few
moments later and Tolbcrt was
found dead.
1t il believed here that the attl
tude of other whites toward hon
because of his pro-Negro activlt.
caused the dependency resulting i
suicide.
Racial strife began last summe
when the NAACP launched a cam
paign to register Negro voters 10
the city elections. Immediately tn
Klan became active, raising the or
of threats to white supremacy
and wave Of intimidation, beat
ings and general terror was launch
ed.
Tolbert alone went to the defens
of Negroes. representing them ]
curt and fighting with all his leg
skill in their behalf. He was tf
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in THE NEWS
COMMENTS
OPINIONS
sNkNNNNXSkNA NANtxGXN%%%
Government Grown
Too Great

"The people Of the United States
will begin their real recovery from
the depression when they demand
that curb be placed upon govern
ment grown too great" said Wen
dell L. Willkie recently. ''In the
past ten years there was onlySone
major ACTIVITY IN the country which
showed any real expansion: the
United States Government Gov
ernment employment has increased
nearly 100 per cent; government
expenditures have increased nearly
200 per cent, now amounting to over
$4,000, 900 900; government borrow
ing has increased over $50 per cent
1t has enormously added to its
powers over our lives, and it has
largely delegated those powers to
Federal commissioners who are not
responsible to the people nor to the
| Congress.
Elsewhere in his talk, Mr.. Willkie
observed that years ago q great
economic and social battle was di
rected against unscrupulous men and
business wealth, and against the
| concentration Of economic and mo
nopolistic power in few private
hands. Today far more danger
ous situation has arisen with the
deliberate concentration Of power
in the hands of those who run the
government. Political as well as
economic democracy is in danger,
Every liberty, every right, which
the people relinquish makes the au-
thority of offieialism greater and
more strongly intrenched. The Civ
ing Of sweeping new powers to gov
) ernment Is invariably the road to
: dictatorship, and it is a road that
once traveraed to any great extent
is seldom retraced short OF revolu-
: tion.
Never did government SO donin.
ate our lives We have created
commissions by the score and vest
! ed them with an unprecedented conn
bimaticn Of legislative, executive
. and judicial authority. We hays
e permitted the creation and sexten
: sion Of gigantic bureaucracy which
I is a direct menace to the perpetua
n tion Of democratic, Representative
government. Here Is the primar.
g issue the nation faces today am
ii never faced more vital one
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WHEREFORE CONFERENCE
TO DISCUSS UNEMPLOYMENT

Roberts, Member Of the Board of
Review, Ohio State Bureau Of Un-
employment Compensation, Mr.. j..
Harvey Kerns, Secretary, Division
Of Negro Welfare, Community
Chest, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mr.. Thorn
as Starks Of the United Mine Work
ers Of America: Mr.. Fred G. Ben
nett, Personnel Director, Buckeye
Steel Company, Akron, Ohio; and
DR.. Dean S. Yarbor ugh Of the De-
partment Of Sociology, Wilberforce
University.
The conference will be opened
Thursday evening, April II at Z 80
o'clock. The most intensive part oi
the meeting will take place on Fri
day, April 12, eliminating in pane
discussion tat two o'clock) on "Out
standing Causes and Possible Re
Negroes"
medies for Unemployment anon:
! Concurrently with the confer
encc, the Executive committee y
the Ohio Conference on Socia
i Work among Negroes will conven
at Wilberforce.
The general public is invited an
urged 70 attend all sessions Of til
conference. For further ifforrna
Continued ON page sevsas
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Financial Statement
OF Langston
| Hughes Meeting

COLUMBUS--In accordance with
a recently adopted policy, that OF
making a financial statement TO the
pubic after each undertaking IN
which it has been asked to con-
tribute. Miss Helen Napper, secre-
tary of the Columbus NAACP has
released the following information
concerning the Langston Hughes
meeting. Gross receipts were S51.
M admission was charged for the
! meeting. The receipts is total OF
/ the free will offering and the
amounts contributed BY those VINO
were asked to be patrons.
| The next project will be the pre-
sentation OF Walter White, national
/ secretary Of the association, during
!; the latter part of April or the tlrss
part Of May, according to Mrs. $50
bel Chisholm Gray, the Chairman o.
| the program committee.
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Greenville Lawyer Who
Befriended Negroes
Against KIan Kills Self

first to call attention of state and
federal authorities to Klan VIOLA
tions, resulting in a probe by both
the governor and y. S. agencies.
Several times in recent months
he was assaulted by white hoodlums
who resented his championship OF
fairplay for Negroes. But because
he was large man, standing over
six feet and weighing m re than
200 pounds, he was always able to
protect himself.
Tolbert was recognized as a de-
vout Christian and was never knoWf
to utter j word Of profanity. Fol
is years he was federal district at
torney, being first appointed undel
Coolidge