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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Rickenbacker Has Cheated Death
In Speedy And COlorful Career

ATLANTA, Feb. 27.- LP MANY
times IN long career with racing
automobiles and airplanes Eddie
Rlckenbacker has come close to
death. Always, like today, he has es-
capped.
In auto racing, World war combat
flying and peace-time aviation he
has been fearless and daring him
self. Yet he always has urged others
to take the safe way and dislikes
seeing anyone in danger Seeing a
window cleaner hanging by a belt
from a skyscraper window would
make him turn away and shudder.
To everyone who has known him
even for few hours, he is Eddie"
or Rick" He has that kind of a
personality.
One of Americas great World war
heroes. the 50-year-old flier downed
81 enemy planes and four balloons
to rank as the ace of American aces.
He was eight times awarded the Dis
tinsuished Service cross.
Once in his war career as he re-
called it, "I thought death was upon
me-
1t was during Il terrifying dive.
with two German planes pouring
bullets at his craft, and a crumpled
wing sending his ship into a tail
spin.
1.-The ground was coming up at me
With a rush, Rickenbacker recalled,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
PENSION TRUSTEES
MEASURE OFFERED
New Proposal Is Revision OF
Present City Employees
Pension Fund Act

. A bill to name trustees for the
Wilmington employees pension fund
was introduced in the ctate house
Of representative by Representa-
tives LeGrand and Morris yester-
day.
The measure is a revision OF the
present city employees pension fund
act, in which both the employees
and the city participate.
Other new house bills yesterday
included:
A bill by Representative Morris
and LeGrand TO change the limits
of the town of Carolina Beach.
A measure by the New Hanover
legislators to create civil service
commission for police and firemen
in Wilmington.
Bills offered by Rep. Ruark of
Brunswick included: To compen-
safe Walter M. Stanland for land
taken for the inland waterway; re-
lating to the Brunswick deputy
sheriff, to give additional powers
to the Southport Port commission;
and relating to the Brunswick COM
missioners' meetings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28

ter of justice DR.. Poe said, but
there is a moral obligation as well
since the classification amendment
has been put into effect for the rich
but not for the poor. when every.
one knows the classification amend
ment would never have been adopt
ed If it had not included this eXemp.
ton"
The classification amendment was
adopted in 1886; subsequently,
classification was applied to intan-
g1ble property lowering the ~
rate. Homestead exemptions were
rejected in 1887 and in 1893.
Skinner and the commissioners
argued that allowing the exemption
would bring an increase in the tax
rate on real property.
A split developed among bankers
when the house committee consider.
ed the escheats bill E. A. WAYNE,
secretary of North Carolina Bankers
association, and Leroy Martin of
Raleigh, chairman of it's legislative
committee, said the organization
was on record for the bill.
However w. H. Wood of Char.
lotte, and former State Treasurer
John P. Steadman of Lumberton. op.
posed the measure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
NAU PLANES HIT
MANY FREICHTERS
Sixteen Are Reported Sunk or
Damaged in Raid on Con-
voy West of Ireland

BERLIN, Feb. ~. -: Up - Long
range German planes, without the
aid of submarines or surface raiders,
were declared by the high command
today to have sunk or damaged 16
ships of a strongly protected convoy
in a daring attack 315 miles west
of Ireland.
Altogether in the communicate and
in reports of DNB, official news
agency, Germans summed up 125, 500
tons of England's shipping which
they said were sent to the bottom
or damaged in mid Atlantic, in Eng
lish seas or in the Mediterranean.
Of the total. 1o2, 500 tons were ac-
counted for in the single convoy raid.
Nine fully loaded England-bound
ships totaling $4,000 tons went down,
two of them with their boilers burst,
according to this account, while
three other freighters, totaling 23,-
500 TONS listed badly after direct hits.
Four others were said to have been
damaged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28

"and no trick l knew would right
the plane. Finally, in desperation, l
opened the throttle vide. 1t STRAIGHT
ened the ship out. I shot out of Ger,
man territory and back to NV own
base, landing at terrific speed but
safely"
He drove his first automobile race
in 1909-he was only Is then-and
soon made his name as a "front
runner constantly ahead of the
pack. He turned over or smashed
fences several times, but always
came back. flashing his undaunted
smile.
AS boss of the Indianapolis sneed.
way in later years. he felt resnonsi.
bility for the daredevils during tho
race so keenly that he could sit sin
hardly minute during the 5o0-mi,a
grind. Rain would send him ont m
the track to test the course for hin,
self; only last year he ordered tha
race slowed down because of rain A.
the finish. he was exhausted
For the past two years he hos
urged a 50,O0O-plane army for t,,a
United States forces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28

Pa-Hasnt the baby any diapers?
We have stove. and thew can be
boiled here.
Johnny-Oh, no. Pa, we don't do
things that way now
Pa-Very we'll, I'll call. How many
do you want?
Johnny-One hundred and forty.
Pa (horrified)-One hundred and
forty. Is there anything wrong with
him?
Johnny "a bit eXasperated-Cer
tainly not! He's perfectly normal.
He uses twenty a day-one hundred
and forty a week
Pal see. I'll call i'm the morning
But the President forgot his as
signment in the press of business,
Mrs. Boetliser wrote.
The following Tuesday night Mrs.
Roosevelt mentioned the baby
The President looked up. startled,
and said: a.,
"Oh, that reminds me, Johnny
telephoned Sunday night about dia
pers and I forget. Will YOU see to
them in the morning? He wants
11O,i'
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Miss Elliot to Speak
At S. {. School Meeting

COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. 27.-lR-
Miss Harriet Elliott, dean of Women
at the University of North Carolina
and the only woman member of
the national defense advisory com.
mission, will be one of the princi-
PAL speakers at the annual con-
ventlon of the South Carolina Edu-
cation association here next month,
Miss Elliott, who is in charge of
consumer research for the defense
commission, will be one of the
principal speakers at the annual
convention of the South Carolina
Education association here next
month.
Miss Elliott, who is in charge OF
consumer research for the defense
commission, will speak at a ban.
quet OF the association's vocational
department March 10. The con.
vention will open that day and
continue until March 81. s
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
| Seuen Men Are Missing
After Bomber Crashe!

BALBOA, Canal one, Feb. q.
-(P,-A U. S. Army Bib bomber
crashed into Panama bay and
burned late today, and an immedl-
ate search failed to disclose trace
of its 7-man crew.
Witnesses said two men leaped
with parachutes, but search par
ties using flares were unable 10
find any survivors tonight. The
bomber burst into flames when 1t
hit the water.
Army authorities said the plane,
with three officers and four ell
listed men aboard. was last re-
ported at $50 pm. 1t belon9ec
to the 99th squadron stationed At
Rio Hato.
Names of the missing men were
not promptly available.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
N. Farmers And County,
Officials Group Clash

RALEIGH. Feb. 81 LP Farm
leaders and the North Carolina AS
sociation of County Commissioners
tangled today at a hearing by the
joint legislative finance committee
on proposal to give partial effect
to the constitutional amendment
permitting tax exemption of up to
81 900 for homes and farms
No action was taken on the bill,
consideration of it being sandwiched
between hearings before the house
committee for two sanate-passed bills
one to add so cents to the cost of
automobile tags for the payment of
hospital bills of automobile accident
victims; and one to provide escheat
of dormant bank accounts to the
University of North Carolina.
John L. Skinner, secretary of the
association of County Commission
ers, and delegation of county COM
missioners from al parts of the
state spoke against the proposed ex.
emptlons of homesteads to the ex-
tent of $500. Among those appear
ing for it were DR.. Clarence Poe.
Raleigh farm editor. and Harry 3
Caldwell of Greensboro, master of
the State Grange.
Il am not only arguing as a mat
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
FARMERS REQUEST
PROSPERITY SLICE
Call for 'Price-Fixing Loans,
On Cotton, Wheat, Corn
And Tobacco

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81 R
Pointing to the billions of dolIar.
going to industry and labor fran,
national defense outlays. farm
leaders today demanded that con-.
gress give them a slice of thi,
prosperity by ''price-fxing loans"
on cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco and
rice
6 Edward ONeal, president of tho
American Farm Bureau Federa.
ton, told the senate agriculturs
committee that higher farm price,
could be obtained by revising the
existing federal program of acre.
age control, benefit payments and
loans.
Our little two or three hundred
million dollars we are asking for.
is just little popgun,' the veter.
an farm leader told senators after
recalling congress already had
voted more than SIS, 900, 900, 900 for
defense.
Senator Russell (D-Ga) and other
senators who listened to the farm
proposals described them as price.
fixing and Russell quickly announc.
ed he was willing to support govern.
ment fixing of minimum prices on
major farm products.
Senator Bankhead (D-Ala), author
Of pill on which hearings were held,
asserted that he favored a price-fN.
ing move.
The farm bureau president asked
congress to fix bottom under farm
prices by making government loans
at 50 per cent of parity, which is de.
fined as the fair exchange price
for farm products.
Government agencies said the
parity prices at the start of this
year were S113 for a bushel of Wheap
80 cents for a bushel of corn. Sl0.
for q bushel of rice, 1887 cents for
pound of cotton, and from Sc to vi
cents a pound of tobacco, depeldip:
on type and grade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
William Martin Plans
To Enter Army Soon

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-tR-Wil-
liam McChesney Martin, Jr., who
since the summer of 1888 has lived
success as president of the New
York stock exchange at $4,000 a
year, today was putting his affairs
in order to enter Uncle Sam S
military forces as a buck private.
The 34-year old executive was
notified by his draft board he had
been placed in elias Ia and prob
ably would be called for service
in May.
In a statement issued at the
stock exchange Martin said that
'as already indicated, 1 will re-
sign the presidency of the New
York stock exchange effective as
Of the time of my induction into
military service" 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Roosevelt Forgets Important
Assignment With Dy-Dee Firm

SEATTLE, Feb. 27.- Up Anna
Roosevelt Boettiger tells this story
on her President-father in her week.
ly column in the Post-Intelligencer
My youngest brother and his wife
were getting ready to leave on a
vacation and were following the
good old custom of leaving the baby
with the two nearest grandparents,
the President of the United States
and his wife.
Johnny, on a Sunday evening, tele-
phoned the White House, asked for
mother, was Informed that she was
making a speech in West Virginia
and would not be back until the
next day. and then asked to be con.
nected with his father.
And this is the telephone conver.
sation as mother wrote it to me:
Johnny 1 can't get May, she
never home. Will you take down
the arrangements about the baby?
Pa-Delighted.
Johnny - Please call the Dydee
company tomorrow morning.
| Pa-The what?
Johnny-The DyDee company.
Pa-Who is she?
Johnny-Oh, you are old-fashioned
The Diaper company. They have
to have several days notice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
OWEN T. STUCKEY

Owen T. Stuckey, 62-yeaf-oiu s',e ~"
penter of 1114 Roderick aVaear. t,ar
died at his home yesterday ator aert
noon at 6:1O O'Clock after S"'
illness. heId
Funeral services will be n' .',r.
from the Church of Christ o"aI ,,i,h
cav afternoon at 2:30 o'clocN' ,od "n
the Rev. G. L. Pridgen, aSS's" S,at.
by the Rev. R. B. farrell on .bs
ing. Interment will follow III
Oak Grove cemetery. Mrs
He is survived by his VIE o'',or W."
Viola stuckey; one son. OI Nv.
Stuckey, Jr.. three daughters W. W.
w. B. Boney, of Hickory 'te..
Mrs. w. E. Morris. of FaFr' ot
vile, and Miss Annie otucNe', ans
Wilmington; one brother D'
Stuckey, of Whining
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
EXCAVATION STOPPED

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 27.-tR-
Sign of damage to the Dome of ST..
Peters caused Vatican engineers
TO order excavation stopped in the
crypts of the basilica today. The
'cfypts contain the tombs of Pope
Plus XII and several other pontiffs,
anc are being enlarged. The engi-
neers believe the work may have
oeen responsible for cracks ap-
pearlng in the majestic Michel
angelo dome and towers more than
400 feet above the vaults. s
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Acute Food Shortage
/ Reported in LIE Haure

LIE HAVRE, France. delayed;
Vial Eerlin), Feb. 21-(R-The city
council has directed the mayor to
appeal to Chief of State Petain Of
The Wichy government to take steps
to relieve a 'persisting and acute
food shortage.
~ The council said the shortage.
especially iii meat and potatoes
waA creating situation which was
"a menace to public order"
II said the situation. was especial
ly Serious because most maritime
and industrial workers were un-
employed because LIE Havre still
was center of war activities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Henderson Is Injured
When Struck by Aut1

Dempsey Henderson, 9s-year-o'"
negro, of 1910 Brooklyn alley was
admitted to James Walker Memorldl
hospital last night for Treatment u
a compound fracture of the leit e7
received when he was struck o! d"
automobile driven by E. b. Nni'e
at Mort hFourth street ana uo'u'
STEMS alley.
Police said that their inVestlSa'loN
revealed that White was aFi'"-
north on North Fourth street an
Henderson walked out OF the amy
into the side of his car
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
BILLY B. HAMMONDS

WHITEVILLE, Feb. 27.-Funer-
al services for Billy B. Hammonds
SO, who died in a New York city
hospital Tuesday night after an
illness of three months, were held
from the Spring Branch Baptist
church this morning.
The Rev. w. A. Clyde. pastor,
was in charge, assisted by Rev.
E. NJ Johnson, of Fair Bluff. Burial
was in the Hammonds Cemetery
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Sallie Hammonds, four sons, Otto
Hammonds, of New Jersey, Elmo,
James and B. B. Hammonds Jr.,
of Fair Bluff, and the following
brothers and sisters: Alvie CraW-
ley, Emory, Arthur, Quincy and
Arch Hammonds of Fair Bluff and
Martin Hammonds of Loris. Mrs.
Martha Morgan, Mrs. Mary Soles,
Mrs. Carrie Powell and Mrs. Hamp
Buffkin all of Fair Bluff.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
CAMP COMPLETION
EXPECTED IN MAY
Continued From Page One)

and enlisted men, are scheduled
to arrive on April l. Then beginning
with May l at weekly intervals
new regiments are scheduled to
arrive at the post, with most OF
the draftees in their quarters by
the middle Of May.
However, even after the troops
arrive there will remain certain
amount of construction work to be
done. it was learned. This work
will be carried out after the troops
have been quartered.
A detailed cost-sheet of the Hol
ly Ride military plant, as com
piled from official War depart
ment records. was as follows:
Original contract price. So, 30o.
900: contractors fee to j. ]. Nc
Dewitt. Co., Charlotte: V. B. Hie
gins, Co.. Greensboro; F. N.
Thompson. Co.. Raleigh. and E
w. Gannis. Fayetteville, s257 $50
Engineering fee. w S. Lee. Co.
and William L. Piatt, s46,540;
architect fees to J. E. Shrine. Co..
Greenvilln. s22. $50: additional sum
requested for completion of work
81 22e 900 (as yet unappropriated
bv ronn~ess.l
A slight adjustment has been
made IN the fee for the associated
contra ctors on Camp Davis. it was
lefarned. due to an increase in the
sc"~e IF the work
The cost Of the project h a s
nothing to do with the fee received
h,- the contracto it was made
Plain Yesterday. For example if
more expensive material should be
substituted on some buildings. in
creasing the cost of the project
the contractors fee would
change But when the scope of the
work is changed. such as was done
recently when an $4,000 cold stor
age building was added to the
Camp Davis project, then an ad-
justment is made in the fee for
the contractors.
Contractor, architect and engi
neering fees on all Army defense
projects in North and South Caro-
lima are averaging about 3.5 per
cent. the Associated Press survey
of the defense building program
in the Carolinas revealed.
Biggest item was a $429, 338 fee
for T. A. Loving & Co., Goldsboro,
N. c.. for a s17,3O5,0 army con-
struction contract at Fort Bragg,
or 25 per cent of the cost.
Other army contractors fees in
cluded:
Camp Croft, S. c., Sc, 48o, 900
contract, fees totaling S219,888 to
j. A. Jones Construction Co., Char
lotte, N. c.; Fiske-Carter Construc-
ton Co., Spartanburg, S. c., and
Boyle Construction Co., Sumter.
S. C.
Stark General hospital. Char
lesion, S. c., $1.344,OoO contract,
fees tctaling $67.755 to John C.
Heslap, Columbia, S. c., and C.
Y. Thomason Co., Greenwood, S.
c.
Army architect fees included:
Fort Bragg. N. c., ]. N. Pease
and Co., Charlotte, $67.185: Camp
Croft, the Harwood Beebe Co..
Spartanburg, s39.S 800; Stark Gener-
al hospital. Lafaye, Lafaye and
Fair, Columbia. $15,39O.
Navy contractors fees included.
Storehouse. cafeteria and extern
sion of pipe facilities, Charleston
Navy Yard, $39o,oOo contract, fee
of SIS, $50 to Simmons Mayrant
Co.
Temporary construction, Paris
Island. S. c., Marine base. s2.394.,
300 contract. fee of $4,000 to
Charles w. Angle, Inc.
Barracks, Paris Island, 3,O69.
600, fee of $3.50 to Charles W..
Angle. Inc. and Potter and Shac-
kelford. Inc.
Naval ammunition depot. Char
lesion. $1,OO0O0O contract, fee of
S45, poo to C. M. Guest and Sons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Australia Breaks Off
Dealings With Rumania

MELBOURNE, Feb. 27.-(R-The
Commonwealth of Australia issued
an order today breaking off diplo-
matte relations with Rumania and
declaring Rumania to be enemy
territory in line with similar Or
oer issued recently by Great Brit
ain. :
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
TEMPLE SERVICES

'WhO is Man of Good WILL"
will be the subject of the sermon
by Rabbi NJ. NJ. Thurman at the
Temple of Israel tonight at 8
o'clock. The sermon is dedicated
to Brotherhood Week, which is
being observed throughout the
nation and is sponsored by the
National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews. The public is in
vited to attend. Saturday MORN
ing at IL O'Clock Rabbi Thurman
will continue the discussion of
the Book of Genesis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
ARRESTED

Police last night arrested Ran
som Barefoot and Willie Troy,
alias Flower Boy, OH technical
charges of vagrancy i'll connec-
tion with the robbery of a guam
tity of cigarettes, cigars and
other merchandise from an At
lantic Tobacco company truck
Wednesday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
ARRESTED

Police yesterday arrested Al
bert a. Hintz, negro, OH charges
of assault with deadly weapon
and inflictins serious injuries
with intent to kill after he al
lesedly cut Henry Green with a
knife.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Traffic Problems Talked
By Danube Riuer Group

VIENNA, Via Berlin)-Feb. 81
-F-Traffic problems of the Dan
ube river were discussed today at
the first meeting Of the new Dan
ube river commission. The next
meeting was set for June.
Meeting under the chairman
ship Of Germany. the commission
included representatives of Rus
sia, Hungary, Rumania, Yugo-
Slavia. Bulgaria and Slovakia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Obituaries
MRS. NJ. L. JONES

News was received here Wednes-
day of the death Tuesday night OF
Mrs. M. L. Jones, mother of Mrs.
Max B. Register, of Wilmington,
at her home in Bum Level.
Funeral services We're h e d
from the home yesterday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
w. A. ROURK

SHALLOTEE, Feb. 81 Funeral
services for w. A. Rourk, 70, form
er sheriff of Brunswick county and
until his retirement few years
ago a prominent Shallotte and
Wilmington businessman, who died
here Wednesday afternoon after =
short illness, will be held from the
late residence Friday afternoon at
3 O'Clock.
Interment will follow in the fam
lly cemetery at Little River s c.
Active nallbearers will be. u T.,
fourk, irwin Rourk. Chandler
pourk. LIVINGSTON prideers James
er'd'ers. L. F. BRYANT Henry
nlone. James Bryant. and Walter
7ryant. Honorary pallbearers will
ne: Willie Stone. Jim Stone R r
>'one Hubert Stone. T. W. Haves
ur. +. II. Chandler. Henry Mint
"a Iavlor. j. w. Rourk. J. Bero
oieVe Stone, Rudolph Mintz, Will
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
ANNOUNCE CANDIDACY

II. {. johnson has announced
his candidacy for the office OF
mayor of Wrishtsville Beach i'll
the election to be held March 3.
l.. Il. Hawkins has also annOunc-
ed his candidacy for the position
of alderman of the Town of
sNrightsvilIe Beach i'll the same
election.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
OIL, STOLEN

Miss Ruby Grant, 418 Queen
street, reported to police yester-
day that some time Wednesday
night someone stole about 10 or
Is gallons of fuel oil from tank
OH her back porch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
CARS COLLIDE

Police Car No. 16 was damaged
considerably yesterday afternoon
when it was involved in col
lision with a car driven by j. X.
Bell, of 2O6 Kenwood avanue, at
Ninth and Nixon streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
WILLIAM H. MARLBOROUGH

William Henry Yarborough, III,
young son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Henry Marlborough, Jr., of Raleigh,
and grandson of Mrs. Jean Boat
wright, of Wilmington. died Thurs
day morning in Raleigh. Burial will
be held in Louisburg today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
MOTHER DEAD

The sheriff's office here was
requested yesterday to contact
l.. F.. ShealIy, who is at work at
Camp Davis, and notify him that
his mother has died in Lake
City, Fla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28

If Italy loses the war. aslSs ~,
editorial. where can Mus 20
That's a prooiem, since all roads
we've heard, leads to-not from
Rome.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
City Briefs

PATIENT IN HOSPITAL
Mrs, Lille ID. Devine is a pa
tient at James Walker Memorial
hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
CHARLES N. BREWER

Funeral services for Charles n
Brewer. SO, of Is Hudson drive, for
mer city fire inspector who died al
James Walker Memorial hospita
Tuesday night at Sis o'clock after
an illness of three days, were
held from the Delgado Presbyterian
church yesterday afternoon at :
o'clock.
The Rev. C. C. Myers, the Rev
Woodrow Bullard and the Rev. ]
o. Walton conducted the services
Interment followed in Bellevue GENE
terry.
Active pallbearers, selected from
members of the fire department
were w. D. Walkup, R. S. Bell. FREQ
Futch, C. M. Rivenbark, F. A
Tatum, ]. S. Garfield, L. w. An
thony and r. X. Mills.
Honorary pallbearers were: w
A. Whitley, Hugh Turrentine, E. R.
Mayhan, DR.. j. B. Cranmer, Dr.
Robert Fales, Robert Smith, w. c.
Scoggins, Pat O'Neill. Bruce Sellers
r. Shackelford, John Sutton, J. A
McNorton, Clayton Holmes and P.
Dowdy.
Fire headquarters, where Mr.
Brewer was stationed at his retire
ment, was draped yesterday for sc
days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
DIVORCE SUIT

Suit for divorce on grounds
of two years separation was filed
in New Hanover superior court
yesterday by Lilly Mae Jones
against Willie Jones.