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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-23
Oldest Marriage
 Broken by Death

VANCOUVER, B. C., March B. The oldest marriage in British Columbia has been broken by the death of Mrs. Henry Cranswick, 98. She and her husband had been married nearly 73 years.
 Besides her husband Mrs. Crans- wick is survived by five children, IT grandchildren and ten great children
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-23
paraIYzed by
 MonoxideGas

SALIVA. Kans., March 23.-J. w, Blevins felt faint as he drove home
 He pulled over to the curb and turned off the ignition. Paralyzed by carbon monoxide gas, he sat for three hours, unable to signal pass ing motorists or to open the win dow
 Finally his son, alarmed when he did not come home, searched the streets and found him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-23
F0LTA TAXES OATH; LEAVING ON YUKON

George w. Folta today took his cath in the office of the Clerk of Court here as Counsel at Large in the Solicitors office of the Depart ment of the Interior.
 Folta will leave on the Yukon to confer in Washington as to his new position.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-23
NEW FRENCH PREMIER 10
 REMAIN ON
Government Will Slick If Out at Least Until
 April Z

PARIS, March 23.-Despite the fact that a vote of confidence, car ried by only a margin of one vote, new Premier Paul Reynaud has de- cided to keep his Cabinet of the new Government in office at least until April 2.
 The Chamber of Deputies has gone on a vacation until April Z.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-23
President
 Roosevelt
 Recovering

WASHINGTON, March 23-Pres- ident Roosevelt has practically re- covered from his cold and aides said he now has no fever
 On advice of the White House physician, Dr. Ross Mcintyre, the President is remaining in bed today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-23

Curacao is the largest of the islands possessed by Holland in the West Indies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-23

tContinued on Page Three,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
SEVEN WPA JOBS
APPROVED in N. E
Are Scheduled To Cost $751;.
1923 And Give Employ
ment To $50 Persons

RALEIGH, Oct. 25-R- Seven
projects costing $152, 1923 and giving
employment to $50 persons were
approved today by c. c. McGin-
mis-, state WPA administrator.
The projects were:
Raleigh, improvements of Rex
hospital grounds and facilities,
$18, 574 and A workers; Pilot Noun
tain, Surry county, to complete
construction of a gymnasium and
improve grounds at the local
school, $3.50 and 40 workers;
Pineville, Mecklenburg county,
sewage and water facilities, $24,-
831 and 70 workers; Surry county,
school building and grounds I'M
provements, 1881 and 26 work
ers; Harnett county, near Lilling-
ton, new school building, $51,8 1856
and Sc workers; Wilkes county, soil
conservation work in the Tri-
Creek soil conservation district,
$50, 1893 and 80 workers; and B1y-
son City, Swain county, to COM
plete construction Of a vocational
and physical education building at
the high school, 1928 and Al work
erS
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
BOILER INSPECTOR
IS INVITED HERE
Wade Asks Hartford Expert
To Discuss Effect Of Salt
Water On Boilers

R. P. Guy, chief inspector of the
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
and Insurance company of Balti-
more, Md, has been invited by
James E. l.. Wade, city commits
sioner Of public works, to address
industrial boiler users in Whining
ton early next week on the effect
of salt water on boilers.
The invitation was sent by tele-
gram yesterday and Commission
err Wade said last night that he
expected an early reply.
In connection with the damag-
ing effect of the salt in the city's
water supply on boilers and plumb
ing, the city department of public
works yesterday offered several
suggestions for the car of power
boilers and other equipment.
For power boilers it was sug-
gested that blow downs be used
at frequent intervals, possibly ev-
cry hour, with the blow downs to
last from 30 to 40 seconds. The
purpose of the blow downs is to
reduce the salt concentration reg
AS long as the present conditions
exist boilers should be opened
weekly to remove accumulation of
solid foreign material or scale. If
the concentration of salt can be
kept down, seam and tube leaks.
and scale will be eliminated.
The department warned that
boilers should be operated with
special car and light loads while
the salt condition exists.
Information on certain chemicals
which will counterfeit the effects
of salty water may be obtained
from insurance carriers and rec
ognized boiler feed water chem
lists.
Low pressure heating water
should be drawn in small quanti-
ties as often as necessary to main
tain a normal water level in low
pressure boilers. This condition
can also be improved by use of
certain chemicals.
In domestic lines water should
be drawn from hot water tanks
frequently to remove sediment and
other accommodations. Householders
are also advised to empty lines
from ground floor or yard spigots
frequently. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
CUT in TELEPHONE
RATES IS ORDERED
Are Designed To Save Rural
Residents Of State Sew
eral Thousand Dollars

RALEIGH, Oct. 25-R-Utilities
Commissioner Stanley Winborne
announced today a reduction had
been ordered in rural, or multi
party" telephone service of the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
graph company in North Carolina.
The commissioner said the new
rates, to take effect with Novem-
Der bills, would save rural resi-
dents several thousand dollars
yearly.
Rural line mileage charges now
are Is cents a month for each mile
or fraction of a mile for each main
station, beginning two miles from
the base rate boundary" of the
exchange from which service is OBJ
tanned, Winborne explained
Under the new schedule, he said.
service will be furnished at Is
cents for a distance up to four
miles beyond the base rates area,
at so cents for distance between
four and seven miles from the
area, and at rs cents beyond seven
miles.
The Southern Bell company has
been engaged in an intensive pro-
gram of extending its service
more generally into rural COM
munities, Winborne said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Lowden Opposes Third
Term For Roosevelt

OREGON, ILL.,, Oct. Us Up -
Frank o. Lowden, former 60. ernor
o illinois and dean of the states
republican party, spoke out to-
uight against a third term for
President Roosevelt, declaring it
carried with it a threat of dicator-
ship.
1t was the first address deliver
ed by Lowden in the presidential
campaign. The 70 year old Illinois
an spoke by radio from this small
community, a few niles from
"Sinissippi," his farm home.
IF the present practice of cen
t%ralization of power in the Presi-
dent should proceed for another
four years, 1 fear that it will be-
bureaucracy entrenched in Wash
ington," he said in his prepared
address. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Minor Charges Heard
In Recorders Court

Cases disposed of yesterday in
recorders court included:
Florine Brown, I'll South Ninth
street, operating a disorderly
house, fined $40 and the costs and
ordered to vacate her premises.
George Nixon, held on a similar
charge, was found not guilty.
Rollor Connor, 1912 Chestnut
street, charged with assault with
a deadly weapon on a female and
with robbery, was found not guilty
of larceny but guilty of assault
on a female and was sentenced to
90 days on the county farm.
Margaret Holmes and R o S e
Stanley, charged with assaulting
Annie Mae Randall with a chair,
were given go and 80 days on the
county farm respectively.
Eta Mae Williams, arrested in
the same fracas, was given 80
days on the county farm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
TWO WOMEN FACE
DEATH SENTENCES
Convicted Of Poison Deaths
Of Mates; Others Receive
Long Prison Terms

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25.-R
two women were sentenced to
death, a man was giver a Life
term and two other we-len sent to
prison for long terri today for
their parts in Philadelphia's no.
torious Observation-Disclosures ring.
To it police attributed so to LOO
deaths.
Mrs. Josephine Romualdo, Al,
mother of two, and Mrs. Grave
Giovanetti, SIS, were given the
death penalty by Judge Frank
Smith for conspiracy in the poison
deaths of their husbands. 1t was
the first time in the memory OF
the court that two women had
been condemned to death in one
day.
Caesar Valenti, SIS, convicted OF
the death of Charles Favata, stood
mute as he heard his life sentence.
The women sentenced t. prison
are:
Mrs. Christine Cerrone, who
pleaded guilty in the drowning OF
Raphael Caruso, a cripple-two to
20 years.
Mrs. Susie di MARITIME, AZ, who
admitted she killed her husband
three to 20 years.
OF the % defendants in the plots,
10 have been convicted, four &C.
quilted and one remains to be
tried. -i.
Dapper Herman Petrillo, called
the ring-leader in the conspiracy,
has been sentenced to die. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Rural Power Lines Are
Energized In Onslou

JACKSONVILLE, Oct. u.s.
Twelve miles of rural power lines
in the Beulavi1le secion of Duplin
county were energized this week
by the Jones-Onslow Electric
Membership cooperative, Horace
Cotton, REA superintendent, an
nounced today.
Forty-five subscribers are on the
12-mile addition, which makes a
total of approximately 300 miles
of lines in Jones, Onslow and Du-
pin counties receiving REA power
since July l.. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
u. S. Embassy Escapes
Destruction During Air
Attack Upon Chungking

CHUNGKING, Oct. 25-LP-The
United States embassy barely es-
capped complete destruction today
when 10 bombs were dropped by
three groups of Japanese planes
around the embassy compound and
it's vicinity.
One bomb 1oosed a huge boulder
which rolled down the Yangtze
river bank and smashed into the
U. S. gunboat Tutuila, anchored
along the south bank near the
embassy.
The gunboat, however, was bare
ly damaged, and the embassy es-
capped harm. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Day Planned
At Bluethenthal Field

Sunday will be thrill day at
Bluethenthal airport as Irwin
Davis and the Pennington broth
ers treat crowds to a delayed para
chute jump and plane stunning.
Davis, who had claimed t h e
world championship for parachute
jumping for the past three years,
will make a one-mile-delayed
chute jump to a designated spot
on the field Sunday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock.
He will be carried aloft by jim
my Pennington and after the jump
both Jimmy Pennington and his
brother Warren Pennington will
thrill the crowds with plane
stunts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Area Training Meeting
Slated For UCC Staff

An area training conference, a
part of the statewide nine-months
training program for the person
mel ct local offices of the employ
lnent service division of the state
unemployment compensation COM
mission, will be held here to-
night for workers in Whining
ton and New Bern Offices.
The conference will be held un-
der the direction of P. B. Pollock,
personnel and training supervisor
of the UCC for the state, and n.
A. Wadswortll, supervisor for the
eastern district,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
LAST CHANCE

H. G. Carney, chairman OF tne
New Hanover board Of elections'
Yesterday urged all qualified per-
sons not registered for the gen.
eral election on Tuesday, Novem-
Der S, to register today.
He pointed out that today,
from 9 a.. m. to sunset, the reg
istrars will for the last time be
nm hand at their respective poll
ing places to register voters, re-
cord transfers from one precinct
to another or to aid voters in
checking the books to determine
if they are properly registered.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26

pinwheel that flashes an array of
colors across the heavens as gases
of the two bodies unite.
Scientists have spent more than
81. 600, 900 trying to fathom tho
mystery. They have long agreed
that the star consists of two suns
revolving around each other in
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
UNABLE TO VOTE

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 25.-
R-J. Percy Priest, Nashville
newspaperman running as an indie
pendent in an effort to unseat the
democratic nominee, Joseph W.
Byrns, as Fifth District congress-
man, said today he had been so ac-
tive in his campaign that he had
failed to register and would be I'M
able to vote in the November
election.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
PLANES

SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 25-R
Informed sources said today the
Australian government had re-
ceived word that a number of
American-made dive bombers and
training planes originally shipped
to Thailand (Siam) but stopped at
were available for purchase
by Australia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
ROAD BLOCKED

RALEIGH, Oct. Is H TN
volved and serious obstacles" con.
corning ri%ght-of-way must be cleared
before the state highway and public
works commission can let the con-
tract for construction of a road from
the Blue Ridge Parkway to the sum-
nit of Mt. Mitchell, Frank L. Dun
lap, commission chairman, said to-
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
keMLa4au
COURT REPORTER

Decision in the Strange Case of
THE SQUEAKY VOICE"
Continued From Page Eight
"GUILTYp By this action,
the Criminal Court Of Appeals of
Oklahoma affirmed a lower court
decision.
David Combs was convicted of
the crime of riot" and his punish
ment was fixed at two years in the
state prison.
The case attracted much atten-
ton and offered the morbid public
a tangled drama of knight errantry,
romance, comedy and a near
tragedy.
Although convicted on circum-
stantial evidence, the decisions of
both courts were unanimous.
Combs voice, size, shape. and Klan
costume denoting the leader"
were damaging evidence against
him, but the case was actually put
in the bag" when this bit of evil
dence was introduced at the
eleventh hour. On the ride back to
Altus in Combs car, Bill Chicken
ing cut a small hole in the storm
curtain of the gar with a pen knife.
1t was then easy to trace the car
and its owner.
Combs defense claimed that
Chickering's hostile attitude in re-
fusing the Klan's aid was the cause
OF the whipping. To this the court
said: 1T is preposterous to claim
that these twelve or fifteen chival-
rous knights had 10 whip him in
their self-defense."
Finally, Bill Chickering was COM
pllmented by the court for seeking
redress through the orderly pro-
cesses Of the law.
This is taken from a true case.
Reference of citation may be had
by sending a stamped, self-ad-
dressed envelope to ''Bela Lanan
Court Reporter"
Starting Next Week
THE STRANGE CASE OF
THE BODY IN THE SNOW"
Don't Miss It-Follow 1t Daily In
This Newspaper.
TRADE Mark Registered; U. S. Patent Office.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Fl. JACKSON WILL
: TRAIN DRAFTEES
r
Gen. McNair Reveals Plan
' For Camp That May Get
: Wilmington Troops
By DAVID

= FORT JACKSON, s. c., Oct. 25-
A replacement center-an area
in which selective service draftees
will be segregated for a l3-Week
period of basic military training
will be established here soon, ac-
cording to a statement BY MAJOR
General L. ]. McNair, chief o!
staff of general headquarters.
In this area, those men from
Wilmington and other areas VINO
are assigned to Fort Jackson Tor
a years service will be instructed
ia the rudiments of military opera
ton before being assigned TO any
units.
In this manner, General McNalr
said, neither the new men nor 'ne
units to which they r ultimately
assigned will be penalized because
of lack of training. Each new SOL
dier, upon being attached to MS
company, battery, or othe- organl-
cation, will be sufficient. trained
to take up the work required OF
him without delay.
The generals statement dis
closed for the first time that Sc
lective service trainees will be
drilled in separate grours under
competent instructors before they
actually become member OF the
A ny of the United States.
The site for the center has mol
vet been selected, but it is prob
able a camp now used by the
eighth division Irregular army WILL
be taken over for the purpose.
The approaching expansion OF
tie army through the selectlve
service ac4 imposes upon the regu-
lar rmy and the nation"l guard a
major training task that is OF Ut
most importance to national de-
fense," the general said.
The C of the selectlve
service system as well as the effl-
cheney of the regular army and
guard will be rightly gagged by
the public according to the skill
with which these elements of the
army receive, train and amalga-
mate into their ranks the draft
ees."
In preparation for this segre-
gated training program, a division
school will instruct at least officer
and two non-commissioned officers
from each of its companies for
each of it's weapons. This person
mel will be trained as regimental
instructors, and through a contin-
uation of this sitting and elimlna-
ting process, the drafteeS will be
assured of instruction by the most
COMPETENT officers and non-coms
available.
Referring to the new men, the
general said: "Outstanding leader
ship training will be recognized
prom ,tly by promotion and In
creased responsibility"
And during this training period,
enlisted men of the regular army,
the national guard and the draft
ees will be given an opportunity
to attend schools for possible ap-
pointment as commissioned Off
cers.
A full system of specialization
will be maintained. Instruction will
be offered to radio operators,
switchboard operators, signalmen,
and other specialists in fields vital
to military operations.
g The army's reputation for tough
ness to the contrary, notwithstand-
ing, full consideration will be given
Soft muscles and stiff joints:
.Training must insure proper and
gradual conditioning Of the train
ees, avoiding undue physical de-
mands initially, but developing
eventually to endure prolonged and
severe physical exertion."
So, according to the program
being arranged for physical tough
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26

steady cycles and that ono
spectral lines comes fron. Sel OF
larger body. They never ne
have been able to explain tho 'e.oFe
set of lines which Dr.. strnr o'ner
scrlbes as a ''nebulous rin ue'
gas spiraling around the la $ Of
star. larger
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
AN APPEAL

The Associated Charities is
sued an appeal yesterday for bed
ding, home furnishings and
clothing for a mother and live
children.
The family was complete
ly burned out" and must be sup
piled anew with everything it
takes to make a home, Mrs. l..
O. Ellis, executive secretary said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Veil Of Mystery Around
Famous Star Is Lifted

CLEVELAND, Oct. Is Up "A
Chicago astronomer tonight lifted
the veil from Beta Lyrae, double
star that has baffled scientists for
centuries.
DR.. Otto Strive, director of
Yerkes observatory, said the twin
star generates a 100, 600, 000-mile
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26

ening of the men drafted for serv-
ice, they will come out mentally
awakened, physically toughened,
and with a CLINT of experience in
their eye" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26

ARE you willing to make a simple
IA experiment to prove that work
goes faster, easier, in a aforementioned
kitchen?. Then get a l50.watt Silvered
Bowl lamp for the ceiling and see how
much fine, careless, indirect light it
gives. Several inexpensive lighting fix
lures especially designed for Silvered
Bowl lamps are now available.
Evening star., 1940-03-03

potatoes sold 1.50a1.65 per 100
pounds. Best sweet potatoes brought
50a60 bushel, with a few little high
er, and ungraded stock sold 35a50.
Purple-top turnips continued l5a25
half bushel, and yellow turnlps
were unchanged at 1.0Oa1.25 per
100 pounds.
Livestock Market.
Cattle, Is. Steers and she stock,
1925 lower; bulls steady; steers me-
dium and good shortfeds, COOL 300
pounds, 800a900; part load sized
lots, 9.10a1000; 926-pound yearlings
at latter price being top for week;
heifers scarce; few, 800 down: fat
COWS, 500a6 10; odd head heifer type,
$50; Gamers and cutters, 350a4.75;
sausage bulls, TOO down.
Calves, no receipts. Vealers steady,
Weeks bulk sales, good and choice
grades, l05Oal150; common and
medium, 800al0O0.
Hogs, so. Nominal, steady; 12O-
140-pound slaughter pigs. 10 lower
5.00a5 80. Good and choice, l7O-210
pounds, 585a6.l0; practical top,
$40; 220-240 pounds, 555a5 80: l4O-
160 pounds, 5.50a5.75; 25O-3OO
pounds, 5.l0a5.55. Packing sows,
4.10a4.6O.
Sheep, no receipts. Fed lambs.
1925 higher; weeks top, 1925, for
fed Westerns; market nominal. Fed
medium grade. $50; not enough
slaughter ewes on offer to test mar
ket.
Grain Market.
Opening prices were: Wheat, No.
2 red winter, garlicky, spot, do
mestic, 1.16. Settling prices were:
Wheat, No. 2 red winter, garlicky,
spot, domestic, 1.16. Closing prices
were: Wheat, No. 2 red winter, gar
licky, spot, domestic, 1.141a. Corn,
No. 2, yellow domestic, bushel, Tia
70. Western billing at a premium
over this price. Cob corn, barrel,
new, 3.30a3.50; country prices report
ed, 3.10a330. Oats, bushel, No. 2
white, domestic. 56a6l; Pacific Coast,
No. white, 72a74.
On all sales of oats to the local
trade, excepting those on track,
there is an additional charge of 1a
cents per bushel for storage and ele-
vation, which is paid by the buyer.
Rye, No. 2, bushel, 75a80N Barley,
No. 2, bushel, 60a65. Hay, ton, 1900
a16.00. Wheat straw. ton, 9.50a1 90.
Flour, barrel, winter, patent, 5.90a
$40; winter, straight, 4.80a5. .05;
spring, patent. 605a6.30 spring,
straight, 580a600; hard winter, pat
ent, 5.70a5 80; hard winter, straight,
5.50a5.75; rye flour, dark to white,
425a5.05.
Mill fed, ton, spring bran, 3200a
$500; standard, middling, 31.00a
$500.
Evening star., 1940-03-03
Bond Market Closes
Moderately Lower
In Light Trading
Small Losses Outnumber
Gains in industrial
And Rail Groups
~ the Associst ted Press.

~ the Associsted Press.
NEW YORK, March 2.-The bond
market closed shade lower in light
dealings today.
Transactions at $2,45 900, face
value, were the smallest since Janu-
ary 8, and compared with $3,110,70
the preceding Saturday.
Small losses outnumbered slight
gains in the rail and industrial Sec
tors. Among utilities plus and mi
nus signs were about evenly divided.
Advances of fractions to l or so
predominated in the foreign dollar
list.
United States Governments were
traded in minor volume with final
quotations 9/32nds of a point up to
. 1/32nd down.
Ahead at the close were Armour
As of IS at 101, Loews 3las at 1041s,
Remington Rand 4As at 1914. Com
monwealth Edison convertible 3las
at 1877. International Hydro Electric
IS at 70a and Santa Fe As of '95
at 104A.
Tilting backward were Bethlehem
Steel 31as at 107Ss. Consolidated Oil
convertible 31as at los, Goodrich
4As at 10412, National Dairy 3&s
at 1861, Detroit Edison 4l2s at
108s4, Delaware & Hudson refund
ing Is at Sta and Southern Pacific
4l2s of '68 at 45a,.
German 5ias of IS at 10A and
Norway IS of IA at 88h scored
small gains, while italian Is of 81
at 70 fell back shade.