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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-09-20

Nope y0"e wrong! This not arrest but Officer Michael John
of the University of Maryland,
driving to Miss Anna Mudd from Georges
County, Maryland Safe driving O be
ions at the III Club
farm, Home, and Highway Safety"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
SCHOOL PROJECTS
APPROVED BY WPA
improvements Slated To Be
Made AT Wallace, Fair
mont, Whiteville

Funds totaling $62,1S9 for three
school projects in southeastern
North Carolina were ~allocated by the
WPA in Raleigh yesterday.
The three projects include:
An addition to the Wallace school,
s27 s83. a gymnasium at Fairmont'
s27. O94; and an industrial arts oullo'
ing at Whiteville for 1922.
l.. J. Jordan, WPA area supervisor
here, said last night that work on
the Fairmont gymnasium is scneo'
uled to be started on, March So'
Work on the industrial arts build
ing. which will be located at the
negro high school in Whiteville, VIII
be commenced on March "a, ne sala'
mall. the :WPA approved II prog,
ects Yesterday to cost $474 1893 and
provide work for 1906 persons. Ch1e!
among the new projects is a school
at Ruffin in Rockingham county ~
cost $145,445.
Others included Buncombe county,
$685. 46 for roads; Martin county
s2s, o4o for a colored school at al
mele, and $31,4s8 to improve streets
and sidewalks at Williamson; Dur
ham, $17,122 for a garage at ~
C. NJ; 1927 for a waterllne AZ Dig .
ward; Yancey county, $7z, ~ ~.
roads; Haywood county, $49'1as a ao
roads: and Watauga county, $0''Vz'
for roads.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
REQUIRES SIX WEEKS
Contractor McKoy Says He
Will Use Local Labor In
Erecting Building

Work of razing the old Purcell
building on North Front street to
make way for the construction of
a new theatre for Wilmington was
started yesterday morning, Henry
McKoy, general contractor, of
Greenville, Sc, announced.
Demolition work will require
about six weeks and work on the
new theare building will be started
Immediately thereafter, Mr.. McKoy
said.
The demolition contract has been
sub-let to J. q. S~ternberger.
The building housed Honnett's
Jewelry and Bakers Billiard Par
lor.
Mr.. McKoy said last night that he
will use all local labor, with the ex-
ception Of building superintendent,
and will purchase all materials for
the building in Wilmington.
A native of Wilmington, Mr.. Nc
Koy now lives and operates a con-
tracing business in Greenville.
In discussing plans for the new
theatre building, he said it will cost
approximately 500, 900 and will be
one of the finest in this section.
The theatre is being built by Will.
mington Theatres, Inc, George W.
Bailey, president, and is expected to
be opened early next September.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
SHAW CHOSEN FOR
0RAT0RICAL EVENT
High School Senior To Rep.
resent District In Legion
Conducted Contest

Bynum Shaw, a senior in the New
Hanover High school, has been
selected as the High school student
to represent the seventh district OF
North Carolina in the Third annual
National High School Oratorical
contest, now being held throughout
the United States, R. c. MacMahon,
commander Of Wilmington Post No.
10, American Legion, announced
yesterday.
A number of students were con-
sidered from the counties of New
Hanover, Bladen. Brunswick, Col
umbus and Pender, but Shaw wa
adjudged the most outstanding,
Commander MacMahon said.
The first competitive meeting OF
students selected from eastern
North Carolina will be held on Wed
nesday night, March II at Dunn
when Shaw will deliver his Grafton
on the Constitution of the United
States. The winner of that contest
will compete against the winner OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
INVOLVES GUARANTEES
Carol Indignant Over Sug-
gestion He Take Iron
Guardist Into Cabinet
GENERALIZATION
Plan Believed Doomed To
Flat Rejection Unless
Modified By Nazis
BY ROBERT S. JOHN

BUCHAREST, Rumania, March
15-(Saturday)-R-High Ruman-
ian government sources declared to-
day that the conditions of a German
security offer to Rumania, involv.
ing preferred long-term guarantees
from Russia and Hungary, were lin
tellerable and impossible Of accept.
ance."
King Carol, close associates said,
was particularly indignant v a re-
ported German suggestion that he
take a pro-Nazi iron guardist into his
cabinet as a condition for such "se.
curity."
Other Plans Opposed
Other Nazzi overtures in the
economic field, cited also by Ge".
many as conditions for hands-off
pledges by Russia and Hungary, ike.
wise encountered stiff opposition
here.
The king'sadvisers were represent
ed as feeling that any Rumanian at.
tempt to meet German demands for
a monopoly on Rumanian exports
as the prices o. guarantees would
wreck the ciuntry economically al.
most as much as war itself.
Still another Nazi proposal-Ru.
manian observation-disclosures opposed
by military quarters as likely to put
this country completely at the mercy
of foreign powers. no matter what
guara. tees were made on paper.
Authoritative sources said the
plan was doomed to flat rejection
unless Germany showed a disposition
to modify it greatly. AS things stand.
Rumania has an Allied pledge Of
assistance against aggression, made
p- o to the a
Guards In Germany
AS for the iron guardist matter:
Fugitive leaders of this o~rganizza.
ton who are in Germany are still
barred from their homeland, despite
current amnesty offers to repenten-
Continued On Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
Peace Treaty
By
Diet
Prime Minister Ryti Warns
Country Still In The
Greatest Danger
FINN ARMY RETREATS
Leader Explains Why Little
Country Agreed To Peace
AT Russia's Price

HELSINKI, March 15.-R-The
Finnish diet tonight put it's formal
seal on the Russo-Finnish peace
treaty, approving it's stringent
terms by 145 votes to 8.
"Our country, like the whole OF
Europe-indeed the whole of west.
ern civilization-still is in the great
est danger" Prime Minister Risto
Ryti told the diet in a calm recital
which preceded the vote. mo one
can say what tomorrow will bring
."In the same way as we waged
war alone; in the same way we
concluded peace alone. Only the
future can show whether we acted
rightly and wisely"
Nine Members Absent
The three negative votes were
cast by members Of Finland's Swed.
ish party. Nine other members,
who r in the army, were not
present to cast their votes.
Told by Prime Minister Risto
Ryti that "to make peace often
calls for more courage than
the resort to war;" the parliament
~deliberated for 2 IL hours, then
voted.
BY the time this happened the
heartsick and dog-tired armies of
Finland had tramped four miles,
pressing ahead Of them a hundred
thousand refugees, along a zig-zag,
226-mile front, leaving behind the
rich industrial and farm areas
which will, henceforth, lie under
the Soviet hammer and sickle.
The supreme soviet of the U.S..
SIR. is to meet on March 29 to
approve the treaty and, perhaps, to
set up a new Soviet socialist re-
public in the territories which Fin
land has coded to Russia-the Ka-
relian isthmus. parts Of northeast
ern Finland, an Arctic peninsula
and, by long lease, the Hanko area
at the mouth of the Gulf of Fin
land.
Explaining why Finland agreed
to peace at Russia's price, Ryti
CONTINUE On Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
RED, JAP TROOPS
CLASH ON BORDER
Soviets Reported To Have
Sustained Several Casual
ties In Engagement

TOYOHARA, Karafuto Island, ia.
pan, March 16.-(SaturdayeR-So-
Wet troops were reported to have
sustained more than a dozen casual
ties today in a clash between Russian
and japanese border patrols near the
Saghalien -Karafuto boundary.
Two Japanese were reported to
have been wounded.
The Japanese said the Soviet pa
troll opened fire without warning
when the two patrols met.
(The Island of Karafuto Tor Sagha.
iien) was occupied by Japanese forces
during the Russo-Japanese war in
August, 1905 and the acquisition by
Japan of that part of the island
south of the fiftieth parallel was con.
firmed by the treaty of Portsmouth.
concluded between Japan and Rus
STA in October of the same year.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
FRENCH CABINET
CHANGES SLATED
Daladier Backed By Clean
Vote OF Confidence Fol-
lowing Senate Quiz

PARIS, March is Up With
French war cabinet changes report
ed in the offing, Premier Daladier
emerged tonight from a two'day
secret senate quiz on his war poll
cies backed by a clean vote of con-
fidence, 240 to 0, that he would
wage war against Germany with
increasing energy"
The session, which began amidst
widespread calls for faction" on the
western front, ended with renewed
hints that Daladier would make
some changes in his war cabinet by
Easter. There were a number of
abstentions from the vote amongst
the 80 members Of the senate.
Parliamentary sources voiced be-
lief that the Allied Generalissimo.
Maurice Gustave Gamelin, would
take over the war portfolio now
held by Daladier, leaving a battle
SCARED veteran of many wars, Gen
eral Alphose Georges, Ga, in com
mand of the Allied land forces.
There has been criticism Of Dala.
der because he holds too many jobs
premier, minister of war, national
defense and foreign affairs.
The unanimous expression by the
senate today, however. gave Dala-
der an endorsement of the free
hand given his government by the
chamber of deputies after a similar
secret debate February 10.
Daladier had to defend his policies
before the senate against criticism
made sharper by the failure of the
Allies to act in time to aid Finland
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
TEMPORARY PORT
TIE-UP EFFECTED
Walkout Staged Here When
Longshoremen, Operators
Strike Snag AT Farley

A temporary tie-up of shipping
was affected in the port of Will
mington yesterday when longshore'
men of the city staged a walk-out
after negotiations on the annual
contract between the workers anc
the operators struck a snag at a
conference yesterday morning.
However, last night both union
representatives and shipping inter
ests alike stated that they expected
all longshoremen to return to work
today as no trouble is expected In
adopting the new contract at a
conference to be held this morning
at 9 o'clock.
"It's nothing serious" was the
way both Alex Hoffman, president
of Heide and company, n of the
leading shippers here, and V. o.
Townsend, vice-president Of the In
ternational Longshoremen's associ
alton, expressed the situation last
night.
In conversations last night Town
send said that the walkout is
''only a temporary tie-up due to a
misunderstanding" which he said
was not serious. "We'll get togeth
er tomorrow morning." he said.
Townsend said that the contract
proposed for the coming year is
only slightly different from the one
in effect here for the past two
years. The new contract calls fol-
a slight wage increase.
The last contract expired last
September 80 but had been extend
ed from time to time due to the
inability Of the parties to get to-
gether and set a date for drawing
up the new contract.
Townsend praised the local ship
pers as "a fine group of operators"
and declared that the misunder'
standing yesterday morning was nc
for alarm.
The Longshoremen's executive
last night also stated that the
shippers and longshoremen OF
southeastern United States ports
are contemplating setting up a per.
manent fact-finding committee that
fC--. a. NJ mi AN
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
Cape FEAR RIVER
FLOOD FORECAST
Expected ToReach 32-Foot
Stage At Fayetteville
Tonight o. Tomorrow

lhe Cape Fear river will reach
lVod stage at Fayetteville-from 80
u 50 f%eet-tonight or early tomor'
'S morning, the Raleigh weather
'uFeau informed local weathermen
it night,
Excessive rains in the watershed
sse given as the reasons for the
Using water.
mains came to a halt in Whining
WI Yesterday and the weatherman
muulSed fair and slightly warmer
~a'lef today. Some frost was FORE
@s, lor this morning, however.
h.. t's.efday was the first time since
, m, lall that day and might were
a1Nis Il hours long-the sun ris'
a. NV a, M, and setting at 500
',a ILL., Weathermen said that this
s m.sual early appearance will be
ron as up next fall when the real
1A'0S will be five days late. Tenn
S,s 'uIes Yesterday ranged from a
sts VI % to a low of 81 degrees
NJ, :'e mean five above the normal
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
OFFICIALS SAY
NEW PROPOSAL
IS IMPOSSIBLE
British Legislators
Make Plans To Urge
Strong Balkan Policy

LONDON, March Is. Up
British legislators today mapped
a bid for a bold diplomatic poll.
cy in the Balkans and the Near
East, backed by British and
French military might, as a
measure to thwart possible ex-
tension of war.
Informed sources disclosed
that a number of members OF
parliament planned to demand
such a vigorous policy when
Prime Minister Chamberlain
makes his next statement on the
progress of the war before the
lower house on Tuesday.
These members, it was said,
will contend that the need for
such a policy has become more
urgent with the end of the Rus
sian Finnish conflict and the
fear in some quarters of a posi-
BILE Russian or Russian German
drive into Rumania.
I'm contrast, an unofficial but
weII-qualitied source in Berlin
said on Thursday that Germany
had obtained a definite pledge
from Russia to spare Kumanla,
come what may in southeastern
Europe. The pledge, it was said,
might enable German diplomats
to steer Rumania away from the
allies and into a nOn-aggressiOn
pact with the Soviet UniOn.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
The European
War Situation
(By The Associated Press

HELSINKI - Finnish diet APP
proves Russian : Finnish peace
treaty, 145 to 8; Finnish troops
retreat four miles along 226.mile
front.
BUCHAREST - King Carol
balks at German scheme to
pledge Russia and Hungary to
guarantee Rumania's frontiers
in return for increased flow of
Rumanian raw materials; mon
arch doesn't want pro- Nazi iron
%guardist in cabinet.
PARlS-DaIadier wins 24O to
0 confidence vote from French
senate; war cabinet changes ru.
m0red, with Generalissimo Game.
lin reported slated for war minis
try.
ROME - Welles arrives for
final series of conferences. to
see Pope RUS All, Muss0lInI
and CianO before sailing Tues.
day.
London - British legislators
map plans for bold diplomatic
policy in Balkans and near east.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
BRIGGS SAYS EDUCATION IN DEMOCRACY
is ANSWER TO CHALLENGE OF FASCISM

sions, committee reports and
elections by branches of the
association.
The convention will end to-
morrow following election of Of
ficers. According to custom, S.
j. Hawfield, principal of the
Penderlea school in Fender
county, probably will be elevat-
ed from the vice-presidency to
the presidency, and he is unop-
posed for the post.
However, there are three can
didates for vice-president-R. w.
Carver of Hickory, X. G. Phil
lips of Winston-Salem, and M.
p. Young Of Princeton.
DIR. Clyde A.. Erwin, speaking
tonight, listed the following ten
Continued On Page Three; Col. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
COOPER, OTHERS
PAY FILING FEES
Number OF Candidates For
State Offices, Congress
Increased To 81

RALEIGH, March Is. - Up -
Eighteen men-eleven republicans
and seven democrats-paid filing
fees today to seek nominations in
the May 25th primary.
This sudden flood of filters raised
to 81 the number of candidates for
congressional and state offices, and
more are expected to pay their fees
before the state board of elections
closes it's books tomorrow at 6 pm,
the deadline for filing.
The board will meet tomorrow to
name the 100 county boards of
elections.
Mayor Thomas E. Cooper of Will
mington paid his sos today. to
seek the democratic gubernatorial
nomination, becoming the seventh
man to enter the race. Previously
no more than four have sought the
party's designation.
Two others, Bryant Thompson OF
Hamlet and Edwin P. Hale OF
Leaksville, have announced their
candidates. but have not filed.
Already filed were J. M. Brough.
ton of Raleigh, A. j. Maxwell OF
Raleigh, L. Lee Gravely of Rocky
Mount, W. P. Horton of Pittsboro
Paul D.. Grady of Kenly and Ar
thur Simmons of Burlington.
George M. Pritchard of Asheville
qualified to seek the republican
gubernatorial nomination agains1
two previous filers-Robert H. Nc
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16

RALEIGH, March 15.-(AP)
Education in the values and
processes of democracy is the
answer to the challenge of fas-
cism and communism, DR..
Thomas HI. Briggs, professor of
education at Teachers college,
Columbia university, told North
Carolina teachers tonight.
Speaking at the seth annual
meeting Of the North Carolina
Education association, DIR.
Briggs asserted that though no
armed force has landed on Amer
lean shores, the United States
already is in a war against the
ideologies opposed to democracy.
"And," he said, democracy is
on the defensive. Without a
consciousness Of danger. with.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16

out the mobilization of II forces
and without effective weapons,
we are enduring a continuous on
slaught more threatening because
it is not generally perceived go.
However much lack of TN.
derstanding of democracy, lack
of devotion to it and apathy ex-
list, 1 am convinced that there is
in the public at large a true de-
votion to the spirit of democra-
cy, and that when the schools
manifest a sincere and intelli.
gent effort. to apply it practical
ly to the problems of the nation,
the great majority of any COM
munity will not only applaud the
effort, but will also defend it
against the protest of any minori.
ty whose selfish interests make
it vocal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
Seven Others
Badly
Many Escape
Cutlery Building Envelop.
,dBy Smoke, Flames Be-
fore Fiiremen Arrive
LOSS TOTALS $4,000
Fireman Is Injured When
Woman Jumps From Win
dow. Strikes His Back

CHARLOTTE, March 15.-R-A
wittly.spreading fire in a down
town apartment house brought death
10 seven persons here early today
syen others were so badly hurt
thew required hospital treatment.
Dozens of other occupants of the
,mrtment, the Cutlery, situated on
North Tryon street just a block from
the business district, escaped by
fleeing in their night clothing into
DAMN, ~sub-freezing weather.
Smoke and flames enveloped the
rtyon street section of the block
tng building when firemen arrived
shortly after l a. M, to find that
many of it's residents had already
been injured, and some killed, by
jumping from the second and third
floors.
Ladders Erected
Firemen, assisted by city and
county policemen, hastily put up
ladders, all the time warning men
and women in the windows not to
leap, and began bringing occupants
to the ground.
Fireman W. P. Pittman was in.
jured when a woman jumped from
a third,story window and fell upon
bis back as he was carrying two
other women down a ladder.
The dead: Mrs. Hazelle E. Martin.
manager Of a gift shop, and her 81.
yearold son, Edward, a business
College student; H. Russell Eley, oil
company clerk, and his wife, Mrs.
Eta NJ. Eley, 80, a department store
employee; Miss Lucy Walton, 43, a
private nurse; Miss Rowena Dick
hpn, rs, Of Wilson, and Tommy
Continued On Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
GHOSTS protests can be defeat

GHOSTS protests can be defeat
ed by the simple expedient Of
showing that they emanate from
a selfishness that is contrary to
the general public good. But
what is far better in the long run
is that the schools have a pro-
gram of education for demOcra-
cy, that it be s0undly based on
the ideals that have general ac-
ceptance in the community and
that they make this program
widely known, not merely that
it may have a defense in time
of need, but also that it may
serve to draw the public into
that basic unity which is essen
tial for the preservation of the
democratic society"
DIR. Briggs spoke at the end
of a full day of group discus
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
AFL ASKS INCOME
BOOSTING ACTION
Calls For Expansion OF In.
dustrial Production To
Create More Jobs

WASHINGTON, March 15-CP-
The American Federation of Labor
suggested concerted action by bust
ness, labor and consumer groups to-
day to boost the national income ten
billion dollars in 1910 expanding in
dustrial production and creating 2,
700, 900 jobs for idle workers.
In it's monthly survey of business
t,-e Federation said that such an ex'
pansion might be brought about by
an agreement of the three groups
On a course of action.
"Such an agreement" the survey
added, would have to safeguard
Continued On PAGE Three: Col. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
Of Razing Building
For Theatre Is Started
Export Freight Gain
Is Reported By Rails

WASHINGTON. March 15.-
-R-The Association of Amerl-
can Railroads said today export
freight handled through Atlantic
and Gulf ports in February was
"appreciably greater than in the
same months last year.
Despite the increase that has
taken place in recent months in
export traffic, the association
said, the movement by rail to the
ports is being handled without
congestion or delay. 1t attribut-
ed this to the cooperation OF
steamship owners, port authori.
ties, shippers, and exporters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
WEATHER

Norb FORECAST
Fdr slOv Ilarol!ha and South Carolina :
Day; S unay rising temperature Satur.
Metaonaay fair and warmer
Adins 7.?N < data for the "a hours
"' p. m. Yesterday.
q a. 7! ~; %; 7:30 a. IN. 81: 30 D,
%Ahinum, 's 81 p. IN. As: maximum GA:
/. mean IS; normal SO.
D. ~ y. a /. n, %: 7 '"o ~ m . .so =
'N p. m. 81 d. Ill., ~ l:0o p
Total fo, Precipitation
nS incbes. q hours ending 7:3O n. m.
N'Ath l.M' iu ,obai since first of the
/, Rron NJ; Tides For Today
J. Coast anu ande Tables published by q.
N,. u%eodetic Survey.)
''lalngton High Low
H.. - 2:45a 10:Soa
N'''nboro Inlet S:1op 1o:25p
's l ll:ssas3 &c. Sa sunset t s a5ap n S;oSp
w. %seh flood river expected to
wight Or s,-se at Fayetteville
(r..., early tomorrow.
''''''''' o" Page Three; Col. 4,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-06-14
OUR FLAG
Continued From Page 1

Continued from rage
hundreds of thousands are crushed as mere in
sects are under our carriage WheelS.
An irresponsible enemy is violating all rules
of international warfare. Churches, hospitals,
libraries, won,en, children, the aged and infirn,,
defenseless villages all fall prey to those
uvEose actions seem to indicate a grim LoUe of
.uar and DEATH a characteristic inherited from a
race that, back in the 5th century oUerran Rome,
sacked it, defiled uUon,anhood, set fire to price
less treasures of art, architecture, and religion,
and today are again living in the persons of a
Gern1anic horde.
May our Flag rush to the rescue! There's a
mighty arm, that can raise it to its topnaost
heights We believe uvhat it stands for is an u1,-
conquerable theory and sUe believe that right
must prevail. This is a time .vhen patriotism,
must burn sDith its brightest flame. The sight
of our flag should thrill neUer before, and all
uuho can, should defend it eUen unto death.
True it is, as Shenstone once said: "The prop
or means of increasing the LoUe lUe bear our ma
tue country is to reside some time in foreign
one." And Martyr .Orote: '.My country claims
me all, claims eUery passion; her liberty hence
forth be all my thought; for her, my life, I'd wiA
ingly resign, and say With transport that the gai,
lvas n1ine." Honor the Flag and pray to Him
.vho is the God of battles that its folds may nev
err be stained by the muck and n,ire of barbaric
creatures, made in the image of men!