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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-09-26
Newport News
By Arthur Williams

BY Arthur Williams
The monthly fellowship meet
ing was held Sunday, Sept. 81, at
the Emory Chapel M. f. church.
Mr.. L. Smiley Of Santa Mont
ca, Calf, has returned to New
port after spending year in
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-09-26
BY Mrs. V. {. Love
s22 Laurel Street

Miss Ardealia Thomas, daueh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. K. T, Thorn
as, SIS LAUREL, became the bride
of o. l.. Walker of Little Rock,
Ark, in an impressive ceremony
at 4 o'clock Sunday aft arnoon at
the home of the brides parents.
The Rev. C. c, Hall of the Hall
Memorial church, College Hill Adj
dition, read the wedding services
in the presence Of nm assemblago
Of friends OF the bridal couple.
Out of town guests present
We're, Miss Clara Binns, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Green, Geo. II. McNorton,
all of Little Rock. Others present
were Benjamin Scott, Thomas
Scot, Mrs. N. l., Shannon, Miss
Lodell Brooks, Mr., and Mrs. Viii
lie Hunter, Mrs. Marvin Thomas,
Hope, Ark, Miss Marlyn M. Hall.
The bride and bride groom left
after the ceremony for a bridal
trip to an unannounced destina-
ton.
Mrs. Walker is a teacher in the
public school system of Nevada
County.
Prof. Walker is a graduate Of
Philander Smith College, Little
Rock, Ark, and principal of the
College Station Junior high school,
Pulaski County. May prosperity
and happiness he theirs is the
fond wish of their many friends,
Mrs. Myrtle Johnson left Sat
urday afternoon to spend few
days with her aunt, Mrs. James
Browner, who is i'll in Shreve-
port, La.
Robert T. Walden, a former stu
dent at Langston Universi Y, af-
ter brief visit with his mother,
Mrs. Bertha Carr, has returned to
Kansas City, Mo-, to spend the
winter with his aunt and uncle,
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Walden of
1S)7 Paseo.
John Otis Carr, son of Mrs. Lu-
ella Leaks of the College Hill Adj
dition, left for Chicago, H., few
days ago to make his home with
an uncle, Mr.. Otis Gross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Defranee had
as guest for a week Mrs. Del
Cooper of Tulsa, Okla.
Mr.. and Mrs. yMarvin Thomas
Of Hope, Ark. Spent Sunday in
Texarkana visiting friends.
DR.. and Mrs. G. u. Jamison
ST., have as guest their niece
Mrs. Bessie Montgomery of Buff
falo, New York.
Mrs. Myrtle Coleman has just
returned from Dallas, Texas,
where she has been visiting for
several weeks.
Mrs. Lucretia Stanlay left Sat
urday night for Kansas City, Mo ,
where she will make her home
with her son, John Watson.
Mrs. Mary F.. Holmes. Mr.. Cal
vim Stanley of Jonesboro, Ark,
Rev. and Mrs. A. ]. Jackson, Miss
Louise Greer, Mrs, frankie Dur
gan were dinner guests at the
home Of Mrs. Walter Durgan, 700
Ash St., Saturday evening at G
o'clock.
Mr.. M. S. Stuart, vica-prosi-
dent of the Universal Life ms,
Co., NJ amphis. Tenn, was in the
city during the week visiting the
Texarkana district office on bu-
siness.
Mr.. f. j. Nash, manager of the
Texarkana District of the Univer-
sal Life Ins. Co. and Mrs Z. j
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
CAROLINA BEATS
V.P.I., 60 TO IS
Glamack Sets Pace for White
Phantoms With 20 Points
In Southern Loop Tilt

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 81 Up -
Piling up a big early lead and coast
ing in the second half, the Un1ver-
sity of North Cardinals. basketball
team beat Virginia Tech here to-
night 6O-35 for their seventh con-
secutive conference victory.
George Glamack. who led the
scoring with 20 points, shot his
team into a 100 lead with three
hook shots and two follow-ups, but
lost the range and missed frequently
thereafter. Howard was next high
scorer with IA points.
Clicking like a well-oiled machine,
the Tar Heels ran up a 34-12 lead ut
the half while Tech missed numer-
u shots and passes.
In the second half, Cardinals
starting offense became ragged and
the subs were wild and the Vir-
ginians, hitting their stride for the
first time, played them almost on
even terms.
Henderson and Rubin, guards, and
Montgomery, sub forward, led the
Tech rally and shared scoring
honors with eight points eeach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
WILL SPEAK
AT KlWANlS CHR
Gathering of News Will =
Theme of Address of Pub.
lie Relations Official

The gathering of news will
the theme OF an address by G. y =
Ball, in charge of public rs,. ": T.
for the Standard Oil comnsau
North Carolina, at thu ans n
luncheon session of the Kiws A'
club at the Cape Fear ba..'
Wednesday, February S. "0's
Hooper johnson is chairm,.
the program committee. o.
A motion picture will be =,
to Illustrate how skilled nev r'Sa
porters work day and nipb. IT,
every strategic point to bring a. a.
world the latest news with srs u,
and accuracy. Among the er rs,'
pies to be shown is the bom Na,''
of the United States gunbos, NJ.
nay near Shanghai. 40
Prior to showing the film D.,
will speak briefly on how ra 1'
papers bring the news of the wo,''
quickly to readers and how -,
principal news gathering ageno;.
like the Associated Press. the Tr'
ed Press, the international Man.,
Service and other large news a.,
ering organizations perform tbs,
work in the news field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
OLIVER
LEAD GOLF MEET
Tar Heel Cards 66 to Set Pace
In Western Open; Heat
ner Fires Score of 20

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 31.-lR-
Two of COLTS young heavyweight
stars-big Johnny Bulla of Chicago
and rotund Ed (Porky) Oliver of
Hornell, N. Y.-s1ugged their way to
take first round honors in the $4,000
Western Open championship today.
Noted long-ball hitters, their power
off the tees on the Phoenix Country
club course paid them dividends
worth the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on
the scoreboard after a day of sub-par
blasting by a crack field. Bulla card
ed a five under par 66, with the
chunky Oliver turning in a 81.
These two big fellows collected 10
brides between them and through.
out their rounds consistently were in
position to clip par after long tee
shots. Bulla slipped yer regu-
lation figures and got his five brides
by combining accurate chip shots
with a fine putting touch. Oliver had
one DOGGY, catching the rough to go
over par at the sixth hole. Bulla's
mines were 1924 as against divers
1892.
Only slightly off the pace were
Byron Nelson, Toledo, O., the Profess
sional Golfers association champion;
Ben Hogan, White Plains, N. Y, the
leading money winner of 1910, and
Limerick Kocsis, Lake Orion, Mich,
all with SIS. Nelson was out in 80
and home in IS as against par of
36-35, with Hogan and Kocsis having
mines of 34-34.
In the 50 bracket, and in striking
position as the field awaited tomor-
rows second IS hole round were
Lloyd Mangrum, Chicago; Denny
Champagne, Grand Rapids, Mich;
John Geertsen, Salt Lake City, and
Red Francis, Altoona, Pa.
No fewer than 16 players were in
the 70 and par II divisions. Among
the 10 shooters were Don Schumaoh-
err, Dallas; Clayton Heather, Linville,
N. c., and Henry Picard, Hershey,
Pa.
The defending champion, Smiling
Jim" Demaret of Houston, was one
of nine players who equalled par.
Sam Snead, one of the pre-tourney
choices, and Ralph Guldahl, winner
of three consecutive western opens,
had 72's, as did the national open
champion, Lawson Little, of San
Francisco.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
State Gets $10,0O0,0OO
In Taxes During January

RALEIGH, Jan. 31.-GP-Soaring
state tax receipts, climbing at an ac-
CELEBRATED pace which indicated a con-
tinued upswing in business condi-
lions, netted North Carolina close
to SO, 000, 900 in January, the rev.
enue department disclosed tonight in
a monthly report.
Collections totaled 49, 65, 1858. 81,
compared with only 1929, 645.33 in
January, 1910.
Increases were shown in virtually
all items which generally are con.
sidered barometers of business. The
sales tax jumped from $1,S95.435.s 80 in
January, 1910, to $1,566, 1851. this
month; the franchise tax from
8 3S,343.7S to s74e,594.19; the auto
mobile license tax from $3,47S, 1874. SO
to 913,172.96; the gasoline tax
from 1881, $685. to s2,45S, 1928.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Colored Safe Driving
School Session Close

The sixth session of the color
safe driving school in Wilmington.
unit of the adult education progEal
of the WPA sponsored by the stat
highway safety division under t
direction of Ronald Hocutt, clos
last night with graduation eyercs
in the adult education school at q
Nixon street.
Those who received c%ertificat
were: Maggie McCrimmon, Fam
Pierce, Matte Wilson, William
Wilson, Willard Kelly, Oracle Jal
Nichols, Laura Maye Collins, Mat
Lee Bland, Joseph Campbell, and RI
berta Eakins.
The next class will begin Monia!
February 8, with registration fpI
4 until 8 o'clock. Applicants must
over 16 years of age.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01

only for appropriations to restore
our Navy, u planes, our arms.
John Bassett Moore, world IA
NOUS authority on international
and constitutional law, says:
"The pending bill assumes to
transfer the war making power
from the Congress, where the con-
%stitution lodges it, to the execu-
tive the tide of totalitarianism
l n government . has not only
reached our shores, but has gone
far to destroy constitutional bar
riers, which, once broken down,
are not likely to be restored
Remember, we cannot repeal
war-we cannot repeal bankrupt
cy-and we cannot repeal dictator
ship! Under this bill we surrender
u democratic way of life now,
for fear of a future threat to our
democratic way of life. The old
est and last constitutional democ-
racy surrenders it's freedom under
the pretext of avoiding war, with
the probable result that the newest
dictatorship will soon go to war"
Next, the republicans submitted
their own proposals:
Eve have offered in committee
they said, and will offer again
on the floor, the following con-
structive, democratic program to
aid Britain and to keep us out of
war:
40 A So, 900, ooo, 900 credit to
Britain, to be used in this country
for purchasing arms when her dol
lar balance for this purpose is ex-
hausted, requiring reasonable col
lateral security if available.
20 Permit the sale by our gov
eminent of arms to Britain only
when u highest Army and Navy
officers certify in writing S u h
arms are not necessary for our ma
tional defense.
'C3 A one-year time limit on
all extraordinary powers. Congress
meets again next year and can
easily extend the time limit if u
interests require it.
"a Provide that no vessels of
the United States Navy shall be
disposed of without the consent of
Congress.
"C5 Prohibit the use of our ports
Tor repair bases for belligerent
ships. We must not bring the war
to American ports.
"(6 Prohibit the use of Ameri-
can vessels to transfer exports to
belligerents.
"N Prohibit the conveying of
merchantmen by our Navy. One
sunken ship might plunge us into
war;
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Negro G;uen Life Term
For Staying of Three

HUGO. Okla, Jan. 31.-LP-J. D.
Lyons, 22-yeac-old negro, was given
a life sentence today for killing a
farm couple with a shotgun and set
ting fire to their house, burning to
death their fo~ur-year-old son..
A SAILS robbery was the motive.
Sentence was fixed by a district
court jury which convicted Lyons Of
numbering Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Rog-
ers and son, Dean, at their home
near Towson Dec. 81, 1889. -
Another son, Glen, nine, fled the
flaming home with his year-old sister
in his arms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
CHURCHILL TOURS
PORTSMOUTH BASE
Continued From Page One)

At one pause on his tour, Church
i'll sacrificed half of one of his
famous cigars to a dockyard work.
er who decided he'd like it as a
souvenir.
With Hopkins and Mrs. Church
i'll, the Prime Minister climbed
across the docks nd delved
through the bomb-hit areas of the
city. Everywhere, crowds greeted
him with shouts of good old Win
ME- and his invariable reply was
good luck to you all"
Earlier, Churchill visited South.
ampton. There, he asked a crowd
of civil defense workers: Are we
downhearted?"
mo- they Numbered.
Speaking to the city council and
Lord Mayor, Churchill declared
the events in Libya and Albania
had shown the rottenness and
weakness of the Nazi-Fascist re-
glme so far as Italy is concerned
the Fasclsts were forced to bring
in the Nazis to rescue and r11e
them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
HERMAN HAS EYE
] ON PILOTS JOB
Only Thing is Everybody Still
Thinks Babe is Screwy;
Once a Dodger

LOS ANGELES, Jan. s1.-R-
Gazing over 18 acres of fine farm
land and the gobbling heads of
hundreds of turkeys, lloyd Charles
(Babe) Herman came to a solemn
conclusion.
II guess being tabled as a
tscrewbalP in baseball paid good
dividends, but it has it's draw
backs at this stage of the game"
he commented.
Big Babe, once a leading man
in Brooklyn's dizziness cast and
always a dangerous hitter, had a
problem.
Sure, I made mistakes, and so
did some other guys, but they
usually made me the goat. l didn't
care. I guess it added color and
I never did care what the boys
wrote about ne. It probably
brought me more money, so !
haven't any squawk.
"But now it's different. 1 want
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
R. SAYS NATION
IS READY TO TAKE
OVER ANY FACTORY
Continued From Page One)

was considering inclusion of such
a requirement in all future con-
tracts, but that the matter was
"still in the making He said,
too, that the department was not
ready to recommend "coercive"
legislation to curb labor disputes
on defense projects.
Asked by Hillman
The labor clause was put into
the Ford contract, Patterson tes-
titled under questioning, at the re-
quest of Sidney Hillman, associate
director of the. office of produc-
ton management. IL
Harry H. Bennett, personnel di-
rector of the Ford company, said
Ford made this statement in ad-
vancing his offer:
There ought not to: be any .quib-
bling about bidding on defense con-
tracts. All companies ought to dc
what the government wants them
to do without making profit. No
OOoy ollOu1u 1IldhC oily plO11l vi
defense. production anyway. It's
profit in the manufacture of war
materials that causes war"
The War department announced
last night that it had awarded a
$40, 298, 1913 truck contract to the
Fargo Motor corporation of De.
troit rather than to Ford, whose
bid was $3.50, 900 lower. Officials
said this was done because the
Ford company had taken excep.
ton to a provision which had beer
included in all of the department.
invitations for bids since Novem.
Der II. That provision stated that
the bids must be subject to a cir.
cular signed by General George
c. Marshall, chief of, staff, saying
that all work executed under the
contract should comply with fed.
eral statutory provisions affecting
labor wherever such provisions are
applicable" /
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Time for Listing l94l
Taxes is Extended Hc

The time for listing of poll. 70,
and personal property for "a
taxes in Wilmington township h:
been extended for a short fin,
J. A. Orrell, county auditor, 81;
yesterday.
There are a great number
citizens in the City of Wilmingtr
who have not as yet listed and !
are requested to call promptly
the courthouse and make their r.
turns for 1884," Orrell said.
The time for listing in the com
try townships has not been e
tended, he said, but if anyone VIII
has failed to list, will 90 TO IN
tax listers at their homes imms
diately, their returns will be AZ
copied. Listers for the courtr
townships will not be at the cogt
house anymore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Inquest Into Edwards, .
r. Death IS Slated Today

An inquest into the death of Mary
Elizabeth Edwards, 1S.year-old ne
gress, who died Thursday from
burns suffered in a negro rooming
house last week, will be held in the
grand jury DOR at the court house
this morning at 10 o'clock.
Coroner Asa w. Allen said that
he would impanel a jury at Shaw's
funeral home this morning at $50
o'clock.
While the jury will be Investigate
ing the young woman's death,
Elliot Douglas, negro, is being held
without bail in Jail CT an arson
charge. Douglas was arrested by
city police a few 'lour~ after the
Edwards girl, her body and head
badly burned, was rescued from
her blazing bed by other roomers
of the house located at Sixth and
Campbell streets. Douglas, accord
ing to police reports, is. alleged to
have set fire to the room. 8.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
AMERICAN OFFICER.
HURT IN AIR RAID
Continued From Page One)

such raids were made on the East
Midlands, southern and southwest
England.
There we're many more attack
ers in the air today than. on the
two previous days of before-dark
assault. They followed one another
at short distances to form wave
attacks similar to the method IA
vored heretofore at night.
At times today bursts of machine
gun fire we're heard from low
flying planes apparently trying to
shoot down London's barrage bal
looms.
Of the three London hospitals
damaged, one received a direct
hit. The government acknowledged
damage to other buildings and a
small number of fires, but said
the number of dead and wounded
was mot large"
Other bombs fell in a London
square-further identification was
not permitted-and in surrounding
streets, wrecking two shops and
heavily damaging several others.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
SPORTS

to try my hand at managing a
club. The only thing is that a lot
of guys don't know anything about
me except that they've always
read I was a little screwy, and
have a hard time trying to con-
vince anyone that I do NOW some
thing about baseball. I certainly
ought to. I've been playing it long
enough"
A peep at Babes 800 fruit trees
and turkey flock-he sells some
q, 500 a year at fancy professionals
assurance that there was some
thing in the Herman head during
the years he was accused of all
manner of didoes on the diamond.
The top anecdote, of course, is
the embarrassing three men on
a base" episode at Brooklyn. Babe
it was funny, too, but added:
That story is told over and over,
but what happened in the play
never is repeated. That was that,
despite the fact three of us wound
up on third base, my hit drove in
the winning run and we won the
game. You never hear that part of
the story"
Herman, who will begin his third
season this year with the Holly
wood club, has turned down sew
eral minor openings, hoping to
land a good spot as a playing
manager.
If he does, he may prove that
he's one of the smartest screw
balls'' in baseball.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
COPPER FACTORY
STRIKE STARTED
&C 'ntinued From Page One,

bargaining election which the com.
pany, in turn, said would void =
current contract with an employees
association.
The union asserted that unless
there was a quick settlement. the
strike would spread to other
Phelps-Dodge plants at Yonkers
N. Y, Fort Wayne, Ind, and Los
Angeles. Wylie Brown, president
of Phelps-Dodge, said the plants
had $50, 900, 900 in army and navy
contracts, and that more than
5000, 600, 900 in defense orders were
dependent on the plants supplying
other manufacturers with mate.
|rials
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
APPROVED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-L9-
The senate appropriations commit
tee approved today a $3.50, 900, 900
emergency program for construction
of 200 steel cargo vessels.
The committee recommended en-
actment of house-approved legisla-
ton which would appropriate
1913, soc, 900 to be used with $50, $780,
900 available from other sources for
building the ships and constructing
new ship yards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Y. D. cGowan Quits As
Cemetery Superintends

V. D. MCGOWAN has resigned
superintendent of the Oakda
cemetery, F. H. Fechtig, presl1
of the cemetery association,
nounced last night.
MCGOWAN will be succeeded
B. j. Pollard, who has been SCI
ing as assistant superintende
during the past year, Fechtig sal
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
SITUATION
NEARS NEW CRISIS
Continued From Page One)

deplored the failure of Marshal
Petain to get together with Laval
more closely than was indicated
by their recent talk.)
So far Fernand de Brinon, the
Vichy governments envoy to the
occupying authorities, has not
come back from Paris, and it
still is unknown; when Adolf Hit
ler's expected note on the question
OF collaboration will be brought
to Vichy. s
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Joe Louis Likely to
Be Called in Draft

NEW YORK, Jan. 81. Up Joe
Louis, the heavyweight boxing cham
pion, revealed tonight that there's a
very good possibility. he may do his
fighting for Uncle Sans army in the
near future.
His draft number, he disclosed, is
37S, (which aih't very high, is it,"
II got my QUESTIONABLE and will
send it in IS soon as I get it filled
out" he explained.
He would not say what status he
would claim in submitting his reply.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
WAR INTERPRETIVE
Continued From Page One)

African and Albanian armies still
stand. 1t was obviously lack of
gasoline to keep his air force at
work that paved the way for the
series of staggering defeats sus-
tanned by Marshal GRAHAM in
Libya.
Underscore Conclusion
London's figures on British and
Axis plane losses in January un-
derscore that conclusion. They in
dictate an 11-to-1 ratio in Britain's
favor for the month. With the
tally from North Africa still in
complete, the summary said that
81 planes of the Axis powers were
wiped out during the month, as
against 80 British craft lost.
The figures on the Northern At
rican fighting alone make an even
worse showing for Italy. The Brit
ish claim destruction of ESQ Fascist
planes there in the period, against
only seven Raj machines downed.
And the important part of that
claim, as it tends to indicate Italy's
desperate lack of adequate oil re-
serves, is the assertion that 209
of those 256 Italian planes were
caught on the ground.
1t is hardly possible that could
have boppopod ,,p1aec 1,,I, ~
line, or urgent need for it to power
Italian transport units in the re-
treat from Egypt, had not ground
ed those 209 planes. They prob
ably did not take the air because
they could not.
Next Big Target
Benghasi, major Italian base in
eastern Libya, is the next big tar
get of the British westward drive.
If it is true that the greatly dwin-
died and disorganized remnant OF
the Italian Libyan army lacks mo.
torized equipment or gasoline, il
must make its final stand where
it is in the high ground of the
Libyan coastal hump east Of
Benghasi or at Benghasi. It could
not undertake a retreat further
westward beyond Benghasi with.
out risking being cut to pieces by
fast-moving British armored units
and air fleets.
1t is almost certain that British
mechanical forces are already
sweeping through or around the
Mekili crossroads flank of their
Zoe to cut the road west of Ben.
ghasi. A double reason for that
strategy can be seen on the nap
1t would not only bar what is left
of the Italian main. army from an
attempt to escape westward but
afford the Royal Air force new
bases In Africa for participation
IN the central Mediterranean figh1
with German-Italian air power.
There is still another intimatior
that Italian oil and gasoline short.
ages are IL Duce's gravest prob.
lem and that Germany can aid
MN only to a very limited exten,
without abandoning her own spring
war plans against England. The
JOINT Nazl-Fascist air offensive il
the mid-Mediterranean is tagging
still. Its scope appears Limited
strictly to the Sicilian channel
This also appears to be an at
tempt to conserve gasoline. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
DESTROYED

AURORA, ILL.,, Jan. 81 Up "A
water hazard on the Aurora Coun-
try club golf course played it's usual
jinx role today as fire destroyed the
$120, 900 clubhouse. With the near
est hydrant a half mile away, fire
men tried to pump water from the
water hazard, but were unable to
get sufficient pressure to check the
flames.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Sidney Hillman Recouers
From Attack of Grippe

BALTIMORE, Jan. 31.-R-Sid-
ney Hillman, associate director of
the defense office of production
management, has fully recovered
from an attack of grippe and has
been discharged from the Johns
Hopkins hospital, DR.. Samuel VOL
man said today.
Hillman entered the hospital Jan.
7, and was under ire; tment more
than three weeks. 3