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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22

BRIDGES OVER
DANUBE RIVER
Solons Asked to Probe
Subuersiue Activity in
u. S. Merchant Marine

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-R
Rear Admiral S. C. Hooper, rep
resenting the navy department,
told the house merchant marine
committee today it would be lad
visable" for congress to look
into the question of subversive
activities in the American mer-
chant marine.
A Communist or Bund member
at sea as a radio operator, he
commended, was in a position to
do much more than merely
harm the vessel or its radio
apparatus"
HE can shift his apparatus to
frequencies which other ships
won't hear and communicate
with the enemy" he continued.
"He can divulge the position OF
his ship or a convoy he may be
in.
"He can Ivulge the position
of the fleet. III might prove the
difference between victory and
defeat in war;"
An earlier witness, Fred M.
Howe, representing the AFL's
Radio Officers union, had charg-
ed that there were "at least $50
radio officers in the American
merchant marine today who are
definitely disloyal to the United
States"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
LITVINOFF. OUSTED
FROM RED GROUP
Former Foreign Commissar
And Others Accused Of
Failing in Duties

MOSCOW, Feb. 21.-R-A new
house-c1eaning by the Communist
party tonight swept Maxim Lit
vinoff, the former foreign COM
misar, off the party's central COM
mittee and removed Paulina K.
Zhemchuzhina, wife Of Vyaches-
laff Molotoff, present premier and
foreign commissar, as a candi-
date for the same group.
Litvinoff and three others were
accused of failing in their du-
ties" No explanation accompa-
MED the dropping Of Zhemchuzhi-
ma, as she is known in the U.S.S.R.
Litvinoff, ardent supporter of
the League of Nations and the
idea of collective security; vas re-
moved as foreign commissar on
May 8, 1889, and supplanted by
Molotoff, who in that year nego-
tiated the non-aggression pact with
Germany which preceded the pres
ent war.
Litvinoff dropped almost COM
pletely out of the public eye, al
though in December of 1889 he
was reported to be engaged in
preparing digests of foreign pol
icy for Molotoff and Joseph Stain.
Molotoff's wife in recent years
has been, successfully, head OF
the Soviet perfumery trust, vice
commissar for the food industry
and commissar for the fish indus
try, but she was removed from
the latter post late in 1889, and
very little has been heard of her
since.
In 1886 she visited the United
States and was a White House
guest.
Litvinoff himself came to IN e
United States in November of 1888
and negotiated with President
Roosevelt the resumption of Unit
ed States-Soviet diplomatic negoti-
atoms. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
MATSUOKA AIRS VIEWS
Asserts Continued Arms
Moves in South Pacific
Will Create Danger

TOKYO, Feb. 21.-R-The JAP
anese press accused the United
States and Tritain today of head
ing a four-power scheme intended
to "encircle" this country, a n d
Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuo-
ka declared that continued British
and American defense prepare
tons in the South Pacific would
create a situation ATTENDED by
considerable danger"
A commentator in the newspa-
Der Nichi Nichi asserted that 1.-The
Anglo-Saxons" we're cleverly try
ing to split Japan away from the
German-Italian axis, remarking:
"Should Fear Plots"
what we should fear is neither
warplanes, bombing planes n o I
parachute troops but the plots and
schemes under which Britain and
the United States attempt to col
lapse the tripartite alliance by util-
izing their first rate art of prop
aganda."
A similar attempt to break Italy
has thus far failed, the commen-
tator added, and so attention had
been turned to Tokyo.
"They (the Anglo-Saxons) say
that if Japan will sever relations
with the Axis, Japan will be lent
money and sent materials"
But, he wenk on, nothing could
disturb the pct.
More than one paper took up
the theme of an alleged British
American effort, supported by Aus.
tralia and the Dutch East Indies,
at economic and strategic encir-
clement of Japan.
Asahi displayed a New York dis
patch in which it was asserted that
the United States immediate con-
Germ is to check Japan's south
ward advance"
Outstanding instances of this
the dispatch added, "are the bill
for reinforcement of defense equip
ment, on the ISLANDS of Guam and
Samoa and other Pacific bases
(Continr1ed on Page Ten; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
GERMANS INDICATE
MAJOR SEA DRIVE
Mass Attack by Submarines
Against English Shipping
Expected Soon

BERLIN, Feb. 21.-R-Ominous
new illusions to the reich's we'll
advertised spring submarine cam
paign against England came from
several inspired quarters today.
The impression was created that
the undersea craft may be ex-
pected to attack en- masse-and
soon-but no zero hour was men
toned.
"a well-informed neutral naval
observer predicted in London early
this week that Germany W u Ia
loose 600 submarines, attacking in
schools, against Britain's sea com
merce in a grand spring U-boat
offensive.)
The latest hint today that Nazi
submarines are getting ready for
a concerted drive came from Ma
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
Plus Match, Plus
Kerosene qualFireH Here

After the can was filled out Of the
big can 1 tried to turn off the faucet,
but it wouldn't turn. Pretty SOON.
the kerosene was running all over
the floor, and on the sacks on the
floor (two burlap sacks placed UNI
der the faucet to absorb faucet drip
pings). 1 got a match to see What
made the handle stick. When I
struck it, the match broke, and,
boom! Everything was burning" =
The youngster escaped injury in
the fire. ~.
BY the time firemen arrived, the
blaze had Quilted the back porch and
kitchen of the residence, and had
spread to the basement and attic.
Fed by pressure-forced fuel from
the oil container, the fire proved a
test for firemen, who were forced to
use both water and chemicsh to
bring the blaze under control u {,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22

LONDON, Feb. 21.-H-Britain
is shifting air reinforcements to
the Far East, informed quarters
reported today, to counter report
ed Japanese: threats in the Pacific
where Australian Prime Minister
Robert Gordon Menzies warned
the government elements of dan
ger" exist.
Other Raj units are said to be
moving to Africa and Greece to
join those already there in meet
ing German aerial assistance to
Italy on the Mediterranean fronts.
This diversion of a portion OF
Britain's air strength was made
possible, it was explained, by the
arrival of new contingents OF pl-
lots from Empire training centers
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22

Investigation
Body Is Asked
Creation Of Special Senate
Committee to Probe Plans
Is Proposed to Senate
RESOLUTION PASSED
Body Would Study Types
And Terms of Contracts
And Other Matters

WASHINGTON. Feb. 81 Up
Creation of a special committee em-
powered to investigate all phases of
defense program was recommended
to the senate today.
After brief discussion, the senate
military affairs committee approved
a resolution by Senator Truman ID
MOI calling for a special committee
Of seven senators to make a full
and complete" investigation of all de-
tense procurement and %construc-
tion."
Directions to Committee
The resolution directs that the
committee study, among other
things, types and terms of con-
tracts" methods of making awards
and selecting contractors, utilization
of small business concerns" geo
graphic distribution Of contracts and
plant facilities, effects upon labor,
performance and accounting re-
quired, practices Of management or
labor which interfere" with the
program, and "such other matters as
the committee deems appropriate"
There was no immediate indica-
ton of the administrations attitude
toward the proposed inquiry. Before
it could be undertaken, the senate
committee on audit and control
would have to win approval Of a
majority of the senate.
In asking the investigation, Tru-
man asserted that national defense
contracts had been concentrated in
a every small area" in the east and
far west.
Various phases Ct the program
have drawn criticism from some leg
islators in recent weeks.
Only yesterday, Senator Vanden-
berg (R-Mich) told the senate he
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
Britain Shifting
Warplanes To Far East

and new reserves of bombers and
fighters fom the United States.
Menzies, who arrived yesterday
from an inspection of Australian
troops in Africa, served notice to-
day that no nation must think
Australia is unwilling or incap-
able of defending herself"
Japan, he asserted, now has lob
legations to those who are at pres
ent Jul enemies"
The prime minister added that
Australia herself had accepted
specific responsibilities for a share
in the defense of Singapore" and
added:
whether in relation to troops.
!(Continued on Page Ten; Col. Al. ;
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
COLONIAL
MANP0WER CALLED
Summoned to D efenseo of
African Empire Against
British Drive

ROME, Feb. 21.-lR-All avail
able native and Italian manpoWer
in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Italian
Somaliland is being called to the
defense of the East African en-
pire against the British.
The most threatening of Brit
aims thrusts is that into Eritrea
where a garrison of Italian and
natives still is reported holding
out in Cheren against mechanical
British forces.
British forces driving into Fri
trea were estimated at 100, 600 men
in an official Italian statement.
These include colonials and ma
tives amply supplied with motor
trucks, artillery and tanks"
In Ethiopia native manpower
was sought, dispatches from East
Africa said, with the backing of
(COntinued on Page Ten: Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22

Remain Open
For Workers
Number Of Checks Handled
Double That Of First Fri
day Night Opening
STORES ARE ALSO BUSY
Weekly Payroll Of Camp
Contractors Totals APP
p~roximately 100000

unfortunately s9S,000 worth OF
ramp Davis payroll checks were
cashed by Wilmington's four banks
last night as the city's financial in
s,itutions remained open for the Sec
ond consecutive Friday. night as an
accumulation 10 workmen and local
merchants.
A total of $40 checks were cash
ed from 7 to $50 o'clock.
This number, a spokesman for
the Wilmington Clearinghouse asso-
citation said, was approximately dou'
be the total cashed a week ago, the
first night the banks maintained
their special check-cashing service
exclusively for employees of the $10,-
900, 900 anti-aircraft center under con-
AUCTION at Holly Ridge.
Although no definite figures were
Immediately available, it was estl-
mated that the score or more down
town and outlying business district
which remained open last
night cashed between three and four
hundred camp payroll checks ap-
proXimating S10,0 00.
Yesterdays weekly payroll of the
camp contractors was slightly in ex-
cess of $500, 900, with more than TO-
600 checks issued, the auditing de-
partment Of the contractors said last
night.
Indicative of the fact that only a
portion Of the camp workers are
availing themselves of the banks
free check-cashing services W a S
forthcoming IN a declaration by the
president of one of the banks last
night who said that his bank last
week cleared more Camp Davis
checks than it had cashed on Friday
night.
Il take that indication as proof
that probably as many camp checks
are being cashed during the week
following payday as are presented
10 the banks each Friday night"
by the yardstick, it was computed
last night that approximately $780,,
oOV OF the weeks Camp Davis pay
rol would be cashed in Wilmington
during the coming week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22

The measures were introduced by
Representative MCGOWAN of Fender,
and were referred to the committee
by Speaker Null of Cleveland. One
bill calls for a statewide referendum
in November on the question of ban
ming all intoxicants, except those
sold for medicinal purposes. The
other would prevent the t~ransporta-
ton of liquor in dry territory.
If the referendum bill should pass,
and If the state then voted dry, al
coholic beverage control stores would
be closed in North Cardinals 26 wet
counties. Under the present liquor
setup, every county in the state has a
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
Nonllhued on Page Ten; Col. ~
Dry Forces WinO Opening
Skirmish In Legislature

RALEIGH, Feb. 21. Up Drv
An III the general assembly won
snt Gpening skirmish today when two
6no-tiquor bills, which were intro
IN '. e. simultaneously, were referred
sit; II mouse committee on propo-
IONS and grievances.
drv pl~esentative Quinn of Duplin, a
sn any, is chairman of that committee.
robih;se fVers were agreed that the
cb,a"on bills will have a better
erisuo before propositions and
hone, 'ices than before any other
"oust committee.
bs a'iic nearing on the bills will
b, ~ iu oy the committee at 2:3o
hona thursday, in the hall of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
MIDWEST S0L0NS
RAP BRITISH AID
Denounce Lease-Lend Bill
AS One That Will Likely
Lead to War

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.- Up -
Three middlewestern senators de-
nounced the Lease-Lend bill today
as likely to lead to war and one OF
them, Senator Bulow (D-SD), as
serted that the measures opponents
might be justified in conducting a
filihuster until the war abroad is
over.
AS the bill stands, he said, its
passage will lead this country to
war and disaster" and postponine
its enactment by ~prolonging the de-
bate might have the result of keep
ing the nation at peace. The tall,
gaunt South Dakotan was the third
speaker of a day of senate oratory
given over to the opposition.
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
Jap Press Accuses y. S.,
Britain OF ENFORCEMENT
Blockade Against laps
Is Proposed by Whyte

LONDON, Feb. H. up Sir
Frederick Whyte, former d.
rector of the American Division
of the British Ministry of In
formation, declared in a broad
cast tonight:
can Anglo-American economic
blockade might stop hesitant
Japan from plunging into war
in aid of a partnership which
already has been shown to have
at least one foot of clay" .
Sir Frederick once was poll
teal advisor to the Chinese gov
eminent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
War
Interpretive
By EDWARD E. BOMAR

Acceptance of the somewhat Gym
ical view that bluff is the princi-
pal ingredient of the Far Eastern
crisis in it's present stage may
tend to simplify the controversy
over General George c. Marshall's
testimony, the latest bland reas-
surances of Japanese Foreign Min
lister Matsuoka and some other re-
cent developments.
Recognition of the devious play
OF International diplomacy does not
imply for a moment the absence
Of deadly latent force and of peril
in the series of events that threat
en- to involve the United States and
the entire Pacific in a new world
struggle.
Players in Contest .
Just Is months ago on the eve
of the Nazi invasion of Poland,
Great Britain, France and Ger
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
ut just went BOOM"

1T just went boom!
Thus, a fi~veyear-old boy explain
ed last night what happened when
he struck a match to learn why the
faucet of a 50.gallon kerosene drum
wouldn't close, an incident Which
precipitated a fire that destroyed
the real of a residence at Ill South
Eighth street, and resulted in con-
siderable water damage to the re-
mainder of the house.
The five-year-old was the grand
o of W. F. Carroll, whose house
was greatly damaged by a blaze that
required a difficult .half-hour battle
for firemen from headquarters and
No. 2 stations.
To Fire Chief Ludie Groom, the
Carroll child told his story:
II went OF the back porch to get
a can Of kerosene for Grandma.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
BREACH
JUBA RIVER Line
Has Been Main Line
OF Resistance to New
African Offensive

CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 21.-R-
British forces invading a n
Somaliland now have preached It.
aly's Juba river front in tw o
places, general headquarters an
nounced today, n d Operations
from both these bridgeheads are
developing satisfactorily"
The point Of the new crossing of
this natural defense line was not
Continued on Page Ten; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
Elk liking ALFONSO
IS SLIPPING FAST
Queen Victoria Eugenia and
Three Children Return
To His Bedside

hoMh, Feb. 22.--(Saturday)-R-
I!iehos OF former King Alfonso XIII
VI SPAN despaired of his life early
'0'ay' and the ex-monarch's strength
vas said to be waning fast.
queen Victoria Eugenia and three
,Iiuren returned to his bedside as
Ai0lso was said to have suffered
NV" ieaft attacks. The children were
en'iy designated heir Don Juan,
aace jaime, and Princess Beatrice.
AHo'her daughter, Christina, has
VIII summoned from Turin where
W0ntinued nm Dor. TO-. ~. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Feb.
21.-R-With Nazi pontoons report
ed lacing the ice-free Danube in
preparation for a mass German
military march into Bulgaria, the
Turkish official radio broadcast to-
night that the British r holding
large forces in North Africa in
readiness for a swift sally into
the Balkans by way Of Greece.
Thus, said the broadcast, Brit
ain either is considering establish
ment of a general Balkan front
against the Germans OIL she in
tends to prevent Greece from be-
ing rushed into an untimely armi-
stice under the threat of Nazi in
vasion by way of Bulgaria.
Brood Threat
(Both Foreign Secretary Antho-
ny Eden and General Sir John
Dill, the chief of the British inn
perial general staff, are in Cairo,
and there are strong intimations
that they are concerned primarily
with the Geman threat to Greece
and Turkey, which in turn might
Continued on Page Two; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22

Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 p. m. yesterday.
(By U. s. Weather Bureau)
Wilmington. N. c., Feb %, 1911. d.
Temperature
1870 a. m. 81; 1870 a. m. 80; 80 p. m.
4S; 7:3O p. m. 43; maximum so; mini
mum 80; mean 40; normal 40.
Humidity
1:30 a. m. A; 1880 a. m. IS; 1870 pm.
81; 1870 p. m. 80.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours enG'ing 1880 DOC
inches; since first Of month 2.52 inches.
Tides for Today
(From Tide Tables published by U. s.
Coast and Geodetic survey
High Low
Wilmington ------ 6:53a 1:29a
7:12p 2:00p
Masonbore Inlet -------- 5:O1a II :0Sa
Sunrise 6:49a; sunset sop; moonrise
Aba: moonset scoop.
Cape Fear river stage at Fayetteville
on Feb. Fl, at 8 a. m. lilo feet.
(Coatinued OH Page Ten; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
REPORT UNCONFIRMED
Belgrade Considers Situa-
ton TO Be Very Serious
And Dangerous
BRITISH HOLD FORCES
Large Army in North Africa
Ready for Swift Sally In
to the Balkans

LONDON, Feb. 22.-R-(Satur-
day. LIZA Reuter-British-news
agency dispatch from Belgrade
says that according to one IN
confirmed report, German troops
have been crossing into Bulgaria,
across the Danube at the Bulgari-
an town of Ruse, since 4 pm,
Friday" ,
Ruse is opposite Giurgiu, Ru-
mania, where the Germans have
built p%ontoon bridges.
The Reuters dispatch continued:
1.-THE situation in any case is con-
sidered here to be very serious
and dangerous"
The Reuters agency added a
note to the dispatch saying it gave
the report with all reserve. No
confirmation has b e e received
from any quarter" l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
WEATHER
FORECAST

FORECAST
North Carolina, South Carolina n
Georgia: Fair to partly cloudy Satur-
day and Sunday, not much change in
temperature.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22

HUMIDITY
1:30 a. m. "A; 1880 a. m. IS; 1870 pm.
81 1880 p. m. 80.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22

Precipitation
Total for "a hours enGing 1880 0.0G
inches: since first Of month 2.52 inches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22

Tides for Today
(From Tide Tables published by U. 5.
Coast and Geodetic Survey
La gaceta., 1941-10-01
GimGsiO FGciG D MGSGje

GimGsiO FGcia D MGSGje
FL gimnasio facial debera
Complementary la cultura fisica
cuctidiana, pero debe practicar-
Sc dos wees al dia, en- lugar de
una sofia. Els precise hacer que
todos los mGsculos trabajen, to-
dos los del rostro, sin exceptuar
uno.
Una Vez terminate ell gimna-
siO facial, I'm descanso profuu-
do y perfecto debe sucederle,
precediendo al masaje.
Antes. de dar masaje al ros-
tro debe limpiarse muy bien.
Ademas, para facilitar Ell movi-
miento de los dedos es precise
utilizar, para las pieles grasas,
polve de talco o una crema es-
pecial; para las pieles secas una
crema cualquiera, pero de nues-
ira confianza. La session de ma
safe en- la cara debe durar de
20 a 80 minutes. Despues del
masaie Sc limpia cuidadosamen
te la cara Y sc usa una loci6n to
MICA para CUTS seco y un aStrin-
genie para ell graso. No debe
practicarse el masaje 81 padece
de eczema, forGnculos o cual-
quier otra enfermedad Suscepti-
BILE de regarse con ell masaje. Pa
"a los barros de acnee Y los pun
tos negros Ell masaje es de efec-
tos maravillosos.
Todas las bolsas de los ojos.
sin embargo, no desaparecen
con masajes. Hay hinohazones
provocadas por Ell NAL funciona-
miento de los rinones, album =
mas entire otros. que no pueden
desaparecer NADIA mas que 81 a
tacamos la causa que las ha he
cho nacer. Ash mismo existen a
veces verdaderaS hernias bajo
los ojOs, hernias grasoSas, y en-
este case solamente la cirugia
estetica puede remediarlaS. Tam
POGO ell masaje puede reparar
todas las imperfecciones que la
edad va trayendo a la cara.
La gaceta., 1941-10-01
LN,F Function de Hoy

La, Function de Hoy
Volvera al teatro del Circulo
Cubano, en- la noche de hoy, la
Compahia Guiana dirigida ha-
bilmente por ell primer actor 10
Sc Perez Arrechavaleta.
Subira a escena LEI BOdegue
70 que tenia ell alma blanda", o.
bra de gran hilaridad.
En- la segunda parte Sc pre-
sentara un extenso acto de va
riedades con ell j6ven tenor Ra-
miro Gomez Kemp, Velia Mar
tinez, Digna Zapata, ell "colOt
sal" negrito Codina y Jose Apa-
ricio.
Tocara la orquesta que dirige
ell professor Aristides Santirzo.
A las S:15 EN- punto dara CO.
mienzQ la funci6n. Terminara
a las IL 100 de la noche.
La gaceta., 1941-10-01
buena salud es Indispensable.

buena salud es indispensable.
Ademas Sc impoae I'm trata'
miento externo apropiado a Ia
estructura especial, y debe ser
totalmente Giferente seg1n sea
la calidad de la epidemic: SEGA
o grasa.
Els necesario aprender como ma
cen las arrugas, d6mO Sc las
bora y como Sc trata al CUTS
zen prcfundidad''.
Demasiado nurnerogae son
todavia las mujeres que no como
cen la calidad de su piel. Sin
embargo. un examen b~elstante
superficial permite diferen-
ciarlas. Ell aspecto de la piel Sc
ca sc parece al del papel arruga
do; eStoS cuts son generalmen-
te asperos y mates, Sc arrugan
faciimente, son muy frgiles y
requieren cuidados inteligentes
y constantes.
La piel grasa. por ell contra
rio, tiene aspecto brilloso, su
grano es grueso sus pores son
d~ilatados, Sc estigmatiza con
huellas profundas y ofrece a los
puntos negros un terreno favo-
rable.
lDespues de tratar cuidadosa-
mente cada epidermis. seg1n
su aspecto: cremas grasas a ba-
Sc de cold cream, huevo, al
mendras, etc., para los cults Sc
cos, astringentes, alcohol, la ma
ravillosa cascarilla de huevo, pa
ra los cults grasOs, debemos AGA
so Obedecer los preceptos del
poeta:
Detesto ell movimiento que
molesta a las lineas.
Y no lloro nunca, nj tampome
rio...?
Algunas mujeres Sc Obligan a
no sonreir nunca, a no llorar
nunca.