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A WEEK IN THE MARKET MARKET

NEW YORK Sept 1.-THE following table shows the actiN
on the New York stock Exchange each day this week
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
fire EXTINCUISHED
AT OIL TERMINAL
Firemen Avert Catastro.
phe By Checking Blaze
In Pump House Here

Wilmington's fremen narrowly
averted a major catastrophe early
yesterday morning when they sue
cessfully combatted a fire, which
originated in the pump house, at
the Standard Oil company termin-
ais, located adjacent to the Sea-
board Air Line railway depot here.
Damage from the fire, confined
to the pump house and the adjoin-
ing boiler house, Was small due
to the quick work of the firemen
but, Chief j. Ludie Groom pointed
out, Il am afraid to think of what
have happened if that blaze
had gotten out of control"
The cause of the fire has not yet
been determined, he said. He
quoted the night Waterman as say
ing he heard an explosion just be-
fore he discovered the fire. The
chief said he could find no bursted
pipes or other signs of an explosion
and could find nothing broken ex-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
War

BY KIRKE l., SIMPSON

BY klRKE l.. GIMPSON
The fact that southern Ireland
has now been subjected to further
aerial harassment only deepens the
mystery surrounding the motives
for the unprovoked attacks.
Dublin quickly satisfied itself OF
German responsibility. It's amand
that Berlin make full Preparations
and give adequate guarantees OF
non-recurrence is an ultimatim in
effect if not in form. It brought
Ireland to the verge of belligeremy
and Irish west coast bases almost
within Britain's grasp.
Wants Irish Bases
Nothing short of an internal
blow-up in Germany against Hit
rule could give British vic
tory hopes a greater tonic than
acquisition of i S h bases.
They would promptly change the
odds heavily in British favor in the
war at sea. Why Nazidom should
risk that and the possible near
collapse that and the possible near
land at so critical a moment it is
very difficult to see.
Assuming that German a the
aggresser (and a Berlin denial OF
responsibility will not satisfy Dub
lin obviously it might be possible
that Berlin has decided to deal
Continued on Page Three; Col. -
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WILL MEET THURSDAY
Sheriff Jones And Others
Discuss Problems Expect
+. ed To Arise From Camp

HOLLY RIDGE, Jan. g.
Sheriffs and county commissioners
from New Hanover, Fender and
Onslow county will meet in Jack
sonville Thursday of next week to
take further steps to coordinate
the law enforcement agencies OF
the three counties most affected
by the establishment Of a $9,0OO,-
900 anti-aircraft firing center here,
it was learned today as the third
work week at the center drew near
a close.
Sheriffs C. David Jones, of New
Hanover, j. T. Brown, of Fender,
and B. F. Morton, of Onslow met
with the boards of commissioners
of the three counties this week to
discuss problems which may arise
from the construction of the camp.
Stevens Begins Work
Meanwhile DR.. H. w. Stevens,
director of the OnsloW-Pender
county district health office, ar
rived and began work this week
organizing his office personnel in
two counties. The office is to be
concerned primarily with proven
tive medicine.
The state highway patrol office
here, in charge of Corp. H. &:
johnson, has been completed and
Patrolmen C. L.. league and A.
R. Craig, formerly stationed at
Greenville and New Bern, in Troop
A, have arrived to take up their
duties. The two patrolmen from
Troop B who will be stationed here
have not been named yet.
More than a score new private
buildings are either under con-
struction or have been completed
between .Folkstone and Hamp-
stead.
Meanwhile, Billy Arthur, contact
man of the Onslow County De
tense Committee, called on c. M.
Thompson, chairman of the Pen
der county group, for assistance
in seeing that Onslow and Pender
laborers got preference for work
at the project.
It was Arthur's contention that
Onslow and Fender county's COM
Continued on Page Two; Col. II
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
TO BUILD 60 MILES
Equipment For Concrete
Plant Arriving And &C.
ment Expected Soon

HOLLY RIDGE, Jan. 3.-tR-The
task of raising roads out of a bog
went forward despite inclement
weather today, as the Army pushed
construction of a SO, 900, 900 Will
mington anti-aircraft firing center
which will be established here.
The roads, within the Army res
ervation will be used for trans
porting materials, many of which
will be extremely heavy. Col. A.
Montgomery, construction quarter
master, has authorized the use OF
500, 900 cubic yards OF sand-clay to
build foundations for the roads.
To Build 60 Miles
In all, 60 miles of roads will be
paved and curbed. For the task,
a concrete plant, capable of pro-
ducing the equivalent of 20 rail-
road cars of materials daily, and
an asphalt plant will be erected.
Equipment for the concrete plant
now is arriving here, and the &C.
ment is expected to arrive shortly.
The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
today was erecting a spur to move
the materials into the Army base.
Capt. V. A. Dash, retired, as
sistant construction superintendent
who today was appointed press re-
lations officer, announced that the
purpose of a meeting Of contractors
IN Wilmington last night was to CO.
ordinate the efforts of firms Whlch
viii do the constructing work.
Firms represented at the meet
my were E. w. Grannis of F'ayette-
vile, V. B. Higgins of Greensboro
and ]. ]. McDevitt and F.. M.
thompson of Charlotte.
Captain Dash said the construc-
ZION work is a four-company part
hership founded for the purpose
OF coordinating. The partners
nave subordinated their individual
efforts to a coordinated whole un-
ger c. P. Street, project man.
ager."
Water near the surface is a han
dlcap to road building at the Army
oaSe, he said, but the water is be-
ing removed by drainage bitches
winch now are being dug by seven
large machines, !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
PETAIN STUDYING
REGIME REFORMS
Confusing Statements Fol-
lowing Resignation Of
Baudouin From Group

VICHY, FRANCE, Jan. 3.-R-
Marshal Philippe Petain was said
authoritatively tonight to be still
studying a reorganization of his
government after a day of con-
fusing and contradictory state
ments and the resignation of Paul
Baudouin, a leading figure. of the
regime.
Authorized informants tonight
characterized as premature" an
apparently official announcement,
earlier in the day, that the cabinet
had been reorganized with sort OF
a directorate taking the place OF
the former one-man vice-regency
of Pierre Laval ousted V1ce-Pfe'
mier.
The earlier announcement had
indicated that two French hgaLlne
men and a political veteran would
have broad powers under Petal
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Will Produce
200 Standard
Cargo Vessels
Speed On $3.50, 100000
Job Is Expected To Rival
That OF World War Days
TO BE OWNED BY U. S.
President Indicates Craft
Will Be Built In New,
inexpensive Yards

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-R-A
gigantic shipbuilding program
aimed at producin~ 200 new ocean,
going cargo vessels with a speed
reminiscent of the feverish con-
struction of World war days was
announced today by President
Roosevelt.
The vessels, 1900, 900 tons Of
them, will cost $500, 900, 000 to $780,.
900, 900 and, Mr.. Rooseelt said,
some should be ready inside of a
year.
The chief executive said the Ear
go carriers were to be built be-
cause SO many vessels were going
to the bottom in the war that there
were prospects of a world shortage
of tonnage.
Diverts Questions
He diverted press conference
questions as to whethe' the pro-
gram would aid Britain in any
way or result in the release Of
American ships to the British to
replace some of tho, sunk by
enemy action.
But several factors in the pro-
gram, such as the apparel inten-
ton to sacrifice desirable features
of design in the interest of speed
of construction, Immediately en-
gendered speculation that the adj
ministration contemplated steps to
help Britain solve the critical prob
lem of getting bottoms to take war
equipment and food across the At
lantic.
The President said the ships
would be government-oWned and
that they would be Ct one, stand
ardized type, resembling oblong
tanks, more than craft in whose
lines a lover of ships, like himself:
could take pride. Each ship Will
displace approximately $500 tons,
and will cost 81, 500, 900 to $780,
900.
To Use New Yards
He indicated they would be built
in inexpensive, new yards, operat-
ing insofar as possible merely as
assembly plants to put together
pre-fabricated parts and steel
plates, and that special training Of
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
ENGLISH BATTLE
FIRES IN TOWNS
German Fire. Bombs Start
Great Flames In Midlands
And Southwest Cities

LONDON, Jan. 4.-(Saturday)-
Hundreds of firemen and volun-
teers fought desperately early to-
day against great German-set fire
in two British towns-one in the
western midlands and the other
in Southwest England.
The assaults by German airmen
hurting fire and explosive bombs
began last night and appeared to
have assumed the proportions
early today of previous Nazi at
tacks on London's 'city," Cardiff,
Birmingham, Coventry and Bris-
tot.
Four firemen and two soldiers
were killed in the southwestern
town in fighting the flames.
One hospital whose ground floor
was badly damaged by explosives
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Troops Break
Semi-Circular
Line Of Forts
Sudden Attack, Supported
By Planes And Guns, Is
Launched By British
EXPECTED SOON
Quarter Oh Garrison Is
Taken; Operations De-
veloping Successfully

CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 3 Up -
Australian troops storming the
Italian fortress of Bardia, Libya,
already have\ taken more than
5000 prisoners, a quarter of the
garrison, the British Command re-
ported tonight in a special COM
munique.
The communique said merely;
Operations are developing Sue
cessfully at Bardia. So far, more
than 5000 prisoners have been cap,
tured."
Earlier dispatches from the bat
tie zone declared that the sudden
attack, led by the fight-hungry Aus
tralians, had broken through the
half-ring of forts protecting the
Italian port and that the assault
was continuing, supported by
tanks.
Heavy Bombardment
The thrust was preceded anc
supported by the heaviest aerial
bombrdment yet conducted in the
African war, authoritative sources
reported.
All last night and this morning,
from dusk until dawn, the Royal
Air Force planes crossed and re-
crossed the perimeter of Bardia,
dropping tons of explosives and in
cendiaries on the beleaguered Ital-
ians and starting huge fires all
over the town, it vas reported.
Not a single plane was lost in
this extensive operation, Raj
headquarters said.
Then, at dawn, the Australians
launched their drive.
They reported a fairly deep pen
etration in the southwest sector OF
the semi-circular Bardia defenses
by noon today.
The British command conserva-
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
HOPKINS TO LEAVE
FOR LONDON SOON
Roosevelt Appoints Close
Friend And Adviser For
Special Mission

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 GP =
Harry Hopkins, longtime friend
and perhaps most intimate adviser
of President Roosevelt, prepared
tonight to leave for London on a
special mission believed to be for
the purpose of revealing the inner
most plans of the administration
to supply Britain with the sinews
of war.
President Roosevelt, in making
the announcement today, said Hop
kins would leave very soon and
stay in England perhaps two
weeks. He will have no title, Of
mcial status or authority, said the
President. The mission itself, the
President said, was not specific.
The President said he expected
next week to appoint a new am
bassador to Great Britain not
Hopkins - to succeed Joseph P.
Kennedy, who has submitted his
resignation.
IiCo1IWllllC, Cl1O " od1u,
Hopkins will go over as his repre-
sentative to maintain personal con-
tact between the chief executive
and the British government.
Hopkins, one of the original new
deal group which came to Wash
ington with President Roosevelt in
1888, has had no official position in
the government since he resigned
last August as secretary of COM
merce.
Before entering the cabinet in
1888, he was the new deals chief
relief spender as WPA admins
traitor.
He lives most of the time at the
White House with his young daugn-
ter, Diana, and is regarded as
the Presidents most trusted conf
dant. He was considered the Presi-
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04

The Rev. James Shera Montgom-
cry, house chaplain, prayed Tor
the survival of democracy an
Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas, IN a
short and simple speech after ne
had been reelected speaker, en-
phasized a need for national Unity.
President Roosevelt's plan Tor
lending war supplies to England,
to be returned or replaced later,
Immediately shaped up as n OF
tn biggest issues of the congress.
Senator Barley Of Kentucky, the
senate majority leader, made
known that legislation to nipple
ment it would be introduced soon'
and that it would probably contain
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Wilmington Camp Road Work Pushed;
Sheriffs Plan To Coordinate Agencies
Man Arrested For Tool
Theft At Holly Ridge

JACKSONVILLE, ] a n. 8
Conrad Seutter, 80, who said
that his home was in Whining
ton, was being held in the On
slow county Jail tonight on
charges of larceny.
According to Sheriff B. F.
Morton, it Seutter who al
legedly stole carpenters tools
belonging to three Southport
men at Holly Ridge Wednes-
day night.
The victims found the tools
Thursday cached in the woods
and later saw Seutter at the
scene, Sheriff Morton said.
They then called officers.
1t was the first trouble at
Holly Ridge since the Army
anti-aircraft firing unit was
started, Morton said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Protest
To Berlin On
Bomb Attack
Twenty Persons Injured
When Dublin Is Raided
By Single Plane
CABINET HOLDS MEET
Nazis Believed To Have
Given Up Hope That Ire
land Will Stay Neutral

DUBLIN, Jan. 3.-R-Dublin
was bombed before lawn today by
single plane whose one explosive
smashed two houses on Donore
avenue, injuring some 20 persons
and Prime Minister de Valera
sent a stiff protest to Germany
and met with his cabinet in urgent
secret session amid rumor that
any further attack would mean the
expulsion of the German minister
to Ireland.
The Irish department of external
affairs formally blamed the Nazis
for the bombing of three other
areas in neutral Ireland-such in
cidents have been occurring inter
mittently since Wednesday night
and announced IAN energetic pro
test to the German government
against the violation of Irish terri
tory by German aircraft and the
loss of life and destruction of prop
erty. 80"
To Ask Preparations
The Irish charge d'affaires in
Berlin, it was added, had been
further instructed to claim full
Preparations and insist that effec-
tive steps be taken to old a re-
currence of such happenings"
AS to the additional bomb that
fell only today, the department an
nounced, an investigation of its
origin was still in progress.
In London informed neutral
sources asserted that bombs
dropped on Ireland in the past two
days had come without question
from German planes and interpret
ed this as meaning that the Nazis
had given up any hope that Ireland
would remain neutral or wen be
an ally of the reich if the Germans
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
18th Congress Convenes For Session
Of Heavy Responsibilities, Decisions

no limitaio on the amount to be
expended for the purpose.
Meanwhile, it became clear that
the Roosevelt foreign policies
would face an organized challenge.
Senator Wheeler D.-Mont.) said
there was a rock bottom list of
Is senators. who would sp k
against administration methods
which they believe are tending to-
ward war, and that an effort
would be made to Organize the
country"
The senate met a little before
noon, with Vice President Garner
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
BREMEN ATTACKED
BY BRITISH PLANES
Raj Continues To Retail.
ate For Big Nazi Fire
Raid On London

LONDON, Jan. 3.-R-The big
German port of Bremen underwent
its second straight bath of bomb
and fire last night in a mighty,
all-night assault by the Raj in a
continuation of its retaliation for
the big Nazi ':fire" raid on the
heart of London, the air ministry
announced tonight.
While the British bombers were
adding new fires to those started
the night before in Bremen, wave
upon wave of German raiders in
an apparent retaliation-for-retalia-
ton attack gave the great coal
port of Cardiff in South Wales it's
worst drubbing of the war. Scenes
reminiscent of the World war;"
was the way the British Press as
ISOLATION described parts of pum-
melled Cardiff.
Recounting last nights raid on
Bremen, the air ministry n e W S
service reported the Raj attack
ers swarmed over the city from
shortly before 8 o'clock until al
most daybreak, setting off "enor-
nous" new fires in shipyards and
factories which produce Adolf Hit
warships and other war ma.
t~erials.
Besides the destruction of these
targets the British assault was de-
scribed as. for the purpose of pro
the inevitable disorganiza-
ton of the CITY," :.
The raid vas not on so grand a
scale as Wednesday nights when
20, 900 fire bombs were dropped,
the air ministry said, but it lasted
much longer. The Raj pilots
found the air clear over their tar
gets after bucking a fierce snow
storm to get there. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04

ATHENS, Jan. 4. Saturday
-4R-Greek troops broke through
Italian defenses in the central Sec
tor to pave the way for what was
authoritatively described early to-
day as IAN important development
in the war"
Scene of the preaching was not
located specifically, but was I'M
derstood to be north and east OF
the Klisura-Tepeleni area which a
government spokesman earlier had
declared was pierced by the
Greeks.
Gains northeast of Chimara on
the coast also were chalked by the
Greeks in the drive north toward
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
BY RICHARD L. TURNER

WASHINGTON, Ian. 3@R-In a
sVbdued mood, the 18th congress
convened today for a session OIL
Neavy responsibilities and history
making decisions.
Quickly and solemnly, each
mouse organized, elected officers,
disposed of routine business, and
then adjourned to meet again on
Monday and hear President Roose-
Welt detail his views on Americas
pace in a world at war, on Amerl-
can help to Great Britain and on
me American defense program.
References to the world situation
cropped out from the very start.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04

the important Fascis4 bases of Va
Iona on the coast, and inland Be-
rati and Elbasani.
An accelerated advance toward
those Fascist points row is indi-
Gated in the announced successes.
Earlier the spokesman had de-
clared that desperate" Italian
counter-attaGks failed to dislodge
the Greeks from newly-acquired
heights in the Klisur1 region, and
that Italian tanks had been put to
'headlong flight from that region
to the Adriatic sea.
The Greeks said the Italians suf-
fered heavy losses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
WEATHER

FORECAST
North .Carolina-Mostly cloudy Sat,
urday and Sunday preceded by light
rain on the coast Saturday morning
slightly colder east and central por-
tons Saturday and considerably colGer
Sunday.
(By q. s. Weather Bureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday
Temperature
1:3O a. m. SO; 7:30 a. m. So; 80 p.
m. So; 1880 p. m. IS; maximum 81; mini
mum IS; mean So; normal Al.
Humidity
1:3O a. M. 90; 7:30 a. m. SO; 1:3O p.
=, . g.; 7:30 p. m. SO.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 7:30 p m.
OFT inches; total since first OF the
month OF inches.
Tides for Today
(From Tide Tables published by q.
S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.)
High Low
Wilmington ----------- 2:20a 9:4Ua
Masonboro Inlet -. p GOA eliza
p :26p 6:43p
Sunrise Elsa; sunset 5:16p; moonrise
II :28a.
River stage at Fayetteville, N. u,
at 8 a. m., Jan. 1. 14.4 feet.
~ptinued on Page Three; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
POSTAL REVENUE
INCREASES HERE
%194O-Receipts Total $2l8,
O62. Gain OF Six Per Cent
Over Previous Year

Postal receipts for 1910 totaled
$218, O62. OF and we're about six per
cent or $13, 697.75 ahead of reve-
nue. of $2O4, 364.27 for 1889, the
postmaster reported yesterday.
Postal receipts for December
this year amounted I $27, 1898. rs,
a gain of about fov Ter cent or
81, 49, SO over the :'ecord of $26,
2l9. % for the corresponding month
in 1889.
Postoffice officials reported re-
ceipts during 1910 by quarters as
follows: first quarter, January,
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
Greek Troops Break Through Italian
Defenses In Central Part OF Albania

THE whole region of the Tepe-
leni-Klisura has beer brought un-
der control of Greek fire." adj
vices from the front said.
This was described as the out
standing feature of the o'erations"
on fronts from the coast to Lake
Ochrida.
It is via the road running from
Klisura through Tepeleni to the
West that Greek forces in Central
Albania aim to press on the port
of Valona simultaneously with the
southern wing advancing up the
coast from Chimara.
Continued on Page Two C9. Y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-04
BLIMP BASE FUNDS
MAY Be PROVIDED
Bonner Says Appropriation
Bill May Contain $780,
900 For The Station

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-R-Rep-
resentative Bonner ID. N. CO. said
it was possible the first de-
ficiency appropriation bill would
contain a S., 600, 900 item to estab-
lish a lighter-than-air craft patrol
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-25
+ MURDER MAkESA HERO
kE>xL 6y ELLIOTT
&fGSA- mm1ars Nd uxAaDE CENTRAL PRESS ASSOCIATION N1
~ ELLIOTT FILLlON

taken to prevent those papers from
coming to light, I believed it was
nothing small.
1 sighed heavily as I though
about it. Since my love life hac
become tangled up with Cary's,
couldn't look at the Essex mystery
as detachedly as before. Before
that, it had been but a play al
which I was privileged to have q
front seat. Now it was something
of vastly more importance. Any
thing which concerned Cary, ano
especially anything which troubled
him, concerned me, too. l had ex,
changed my freedom for a peck OF
worries without, SO far, any of the
compensations usually to be found
in such a case.
While I was thinking, I heard
voices. Here l was wasting my
time. I picked up my pencil and
went back to work.
Often while I was working, Cary
had callers, business or social, in
the library. Occasionally a word or
two would drift into the alcove, but
never enough of the conversation
to make me an involuntary caves
dropper. Usually I was typing;
suppose that notified his callers
that someone was within hearing
Today I had finished my tipping
and was making shorthand notes
of the references I would copy II
the morning. Suddenly a voice,
raised to higher pitch, impingec
upon my consciousness. It had q
saccharin quality which I knew /
had heard before.
But, Aunt Althea, Cary never
said So"
maybe he hasn't, but when the
time comes he'll do as I say"
ut doesn't look much like it, the
way he's defied you over hiring
that girl" The saccharin was turn
ing sour.
THAT doesn't mean a thing,
Irene"
Irene! Then it was Irene Rand
discussing Cary and me with Miss
Althea, not persons talking in the
library.
1 didn't want to listen to that
conversation. 1 replaced the book
I had been consulting, pulled down
the sliding door and rose to my