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Evening star., 1941-07-02

mum. Capt. Whitehurst tentatively
called a meeting of public repre-
sentatives for pm. Tuesday in the
boardroom of the District Building.
The tentative arrangements call
for a house-to-house canvass to
solicit onations, to be followed the
next day by trucks manned by VOL
unteer workers to collect the pots
and pans. The actual solicitation
and collection are expected to be
staged some time between July 81
and July IS.
Members of civic groups. profess
sional, business, veterans and Boy
Scout groups are to be asked to CO.
operate.
Capt. Whitehurst tentatively plans
to arrange for a huge bin on the
front lawn of the District Building
into which aluminium pots and pans
will be dumped. as a demonstrat ton
unit in the campaign.
Evening star., 1941-07-02
Consumers Are Urged
To Buy Their Coal Now

The District Department of
Weights and Measures announced
today receipt of information indi-
eating a general advance in the
price of coal and urged consumers
to lay in their winter supply early.
George M. Roberts, superintend-
ent of the department, said in
formation had been received that
retail prices here would be advanced
about Is cents per ton on July Is,
caused by lack of railroad trans
portation facilities due to the de-
fense program needs.
Prices probably will be advanced
further later in the season, Mr.. Rob-
erts added.
Evening star., 1941-07-02
D. G. Man Honored

Joseph B. McCann of S. Kann
Sons Co. was reelected president
of the International Association of
Display Men at the organization S
44th annual convention just ended
In Chicago. John L. King, also Of
the Kann Arm, was reelected man.
aging director Of the association.
Evening star., 1941-07-02
Generals Widow Dies

Mrs. Katherine Fountain, widow
of Brig. Gen. S. Warren Fountain,
who died at her home in Philadel-
phia Monday, will be buried at noon
tomorrow at Arlington National
Cemetery. She had been i'll a long
time.
Evening star., 1941-07-02
QUIET Please!

PUBLIC RASCAL NO. This is
Sylvia, the unconscious villainess,
who racks whole neighborhoods with
noise though she rarely honks her
own horn. Her favorite sin is turn
ing suddenly from the wrong lane
without signalling. forcing the
driver behind into a frenzied blare.
Reward: free trip to zoo for any
citizen who will take Sylvia along
and stuff her In lions cage.
Evening star., 1941-07-02
Wins Commission

Robert Ballou Brown of Silver
Spring, Md. has accepted an ap-
pointment as second lieutenant in
the Army Ordnance Reserve, 1t
Was announced yesterday by the
War Department.
Evening star., 1941-07-02
July l94l
Toll in Previous Months.

In July, Beware of:
/. The hours between $3.50
and $50 pm. All four Of the
persons killed in traffic in July,
1910, were fatally injured within
this three-hour period.
2. Crossing a street at point
other than a crosswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action in July last year.
The two other traffic victims
were fatally hurt while either
crossing street at an uncon-
trolled intersection or driving
an automobile.
Evening star., 1941-07-02
Board Figures
Droft Registration
By Centers Given

The number OF SelectiDe serp-
ice reqiStrants enrolled at each OF
the city's registration centers yes
terddU fOllOUS:
Evening star., 1941-07-02
0yerton 10 Retain
Two Senate Posts
On District Affairs
Regrets Giving Up
Choirmonship of
Appropriations Unit

Senator Overton. Democrat. of
Louisiana. will not lessen his inter
est in District legisla ton, even
though he will no longer be chair
man of the subcommittee in charge
of the District appropriation bill, he
made clear today.
In expressing regret that he felt
impelled TO respond to the request
that he take over chairmanship of
the subcommittee on the naval ap-
preparations bill, the Louisiana Sem
ator said he would continue to serve
as a member of the District subcom-
mittee. under Senator ONahoney
Democrat, of Wyoming, slated to be
the new chairman.
Senator Overton also will continue
10 be member of the District Com
mittee, under Chairman McCarran
1t was in that committee that Sen
stor Overton worked out and won
Senate approval of his formula for
settling the fiscal relations prob
lem. which the House rejected this
year.
Urges Definite Formula.
Senator Overton said he still be-
lieves the Federal payment. now on
a lump-sum basis, should be taken
out of the realm of controversy by
the adoption of some definite
formula for measuring the obliga-
ton.
i wish TO express my regret that
am giving up the chairmanship
of the Subcommittee on District
Appropriations" the Senator said.
but 1 feel it is my duty to respond
to the request that should take the
Craftsmanship of the subcommittee
handling the Navy.
1T is often said that the handling
of District appropriation bills is a
thankless task, but I have not found
it so. have not only had the splen-
did cooperation of the Senate. but
also of the Commissioners, heads of
different departments in the Dis
trict government, the civic organ
izations, and. especially. of the
newspapers of Washington. The
newspapers, both in their editorial
and news columns. have worked
hand in hand and effectively with
me toward the solution of the fiscal
problems of the District.
Urges Friendly Attitude.
whether or not one is success
full in handling the District appro-
priation BILL" Senator Overton con-
tinued, depends largely on the atti-
tude he assumes toward the District
of Columbia. If he approaches his
problems with sympathetic consid-
Grafton, he is apt to get results. II,
on the other hand. his position is
antagonistic to the District his way
is hard and his blunders many
THE District is without repre-
sentation, and the Congress is the
legislative body for the District, and
each Senator and Representative
should consider himself as much a
representative of the District of Co.
lumbia as re does of his State or
distric:.'
Senator Overton is being elevated
to the Naval Subcommittee as re-
suit of the appointment to the Su-
preme Court of Senator Byrnes of
South Carolina. who formerly
handled the naval bill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
BY FRANK B.

RALEIGH, Jan. 31.-R-Official
Raleigh was shocked - and then
.captivated-by the freckle faced
girl who wore pants to a formal
reception in her honor at the Gov
errors mansion.
The reception got underway at
10:45 o'clock last night, and for
mally dressed guests stood around
in polite little groups for three
quarters of an hour before the girl
in pants made her entrance.
The entrance broke the ice.
Katherine Hepburn, Tapping arti,
fetal eyelashes which protruded
like black canopies, stood there
%grinning and inhaled a cigarette
to the heels of her gum-sole shoes.
And the first thing you noticed
was the pants. They were ligh1
tan gaberdine, and might have hae
a military appearance if they
hadn't draped the underpinning O.
14lSo 11CPOO4A.
The w whispers were audible
throughout the mansion She!
wearing p~ants!"
Then official Raleigh flocket
about Miss Hepburn, who had jus
appeared in a one-night perform
nance here of 1.-The PHILADELPHIA:
Story" and she turned on tn
charm.
One whispered aside won Mrs
Broughton, wife of the Governor
A moment after n of the Brough
tons sons was introduced, Mis-
Hepburn said to his mother: He
the cutest thing l ever saw
FRUIT juice mon alcoholic) ant
J sandwiches were the refreshments
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Wheeler's Belief Of German
Domination Is Aired By F. r.

the safety of the United States lay
in taking over Canada, Mexico and
the five Central American coun-
tries.
rs it asserted here" a reporter
asked, that Senator Wheeler ad-
vocated Nazi domination of Eu-
rope?"
He (the senator) said it was in
evitable. the President -oplied.
The President was next asked
whether Wheeler favors such dom
ination, and answered with a ques-
ton of his own: What does one do
if he has made up his mind that
something is inevitable? He added
that inevitable was a r~etty com
prehensive word.
The Chief Executive said he die
not care to comment on the Incl
dent. He vas appearing, he said,
in the role of a corroborating wit.
ness, and would not answer q
question wheher he had reason
to believe Wheeler still holds the
view attributed to him. The ques.
ton he said was too iffy.
Senator Wheeler WIS out Of
Washington tonight and his office
staff said they did not know where
he could be reached for comment.
Wheeler, who has been suffering
with a cold, departed several days
ago for a brief rest, it was said,
and left no forwarding address,. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-R-
President Roosevelt said today he
had been informed that Senator
Wheeler (D-Mon.), a leading op-
ponent of his foreign policy and an
advocate of a negotiated peace in
Europe, had expressed the opinion
in 1884 or 1885 that Nazi domi-
nation of Europe was inevitable.
What, the President asked, after
making this assertion at a press
conference, does one do if he has
made up his mind that something
is inevitable?
For his authority, Mr.. Roosevelt
cited the late William Dodd, former
ambassador to Germany. Dodd, he
said, had told him directly that
he heard Wheeler make the state
ment in question.
The subject was raised by a re-
porter who told of having read
Dodd's diary in a magazine. He
said it spoke of a dinner at the
home of Rexford G.. Tugwell, for
mer presidential advisor, attended
by an unnamed senator who ad-
vocated Nazi domination of Eu.
rope.
The President said Dodd told
him that at the dinner in question
Wheeler made the statement that
Nazi domination of Europe was IN
evitable. He also quoted Dodd as
having said there was talk that
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Administration to Ask
For Inter- American Bank

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-RHAs
a further step in strengthening
Western hemisphere economy, the
administration is preparing to ask
Congress soon, it was learned to-
day, to hasten establishment of an
inter-American bank.
Eight other American republics
have signified their intention of
participating in the project which
may become the chief inter-gov-
ernmental medium for stabilizing
the economy and currency of Latin
American nations.
Organization of the bank awaits
senate ratification of the conven-
ton, and congressional authorize
ton of this governments financial
subscription in the institution
which is to have a minimum cap
ital of 500, 900, 900. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Application for Crop
Loans Now Available

Applications for emergency crop
and feed loans for Brunswick,
New Hanover, Fender, and Onslow
counties are now available, it was
announced yesterday.
Interested persons who need
loans to carry on farming oper-
atoms may now secure the neces-
sary forms at the following points
in this territory:
Mrs. Lydia Highsmith, receiving
agent, Fender county farm agents
office, Burgaw; Mrs. Mary Brown
receiving agent, agricultural build
ing, Jacksonville; Miss Ruth Hol-
den, receiving agent, Brunswick
county farm agents office, Supply;
and w. F. King, field supervisor,
room 223, postoffice building, Will
mington.
These loans, at an interest rate
of four per cent, r made avail
able particularly for the small
farmer to enable him to have i'm
mediate funds with which he nigh
pay cash for fertilizers in produc
ing crops. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Raleigh Shocked And
Then Captivated By Hepburn

and Governor Broughton and for
mer Governor Ehringhaus we're so
solicitous that Miss Hepburn drank
at least three glasses.
And there was a flip, yet gra-
cious, reply to all the questions
which started popping.
What did Miss Hepburn think OF
the South? We'll the beds are
fine. Making these one-day per-
formances, all I've had time to
see are Southern beds and audi
ences."
How about Southern audiences?
They're the best I ever saw
You mean they applaud at the
right time? Lord no. They laugh
at the right time"
Is there a reason for the fact
that Southern audiences are the
best? yeah" with a broad "a"
What is the reason? "Im moi
going to tell. It would be too I'm.
complimentary to the rest of the
country" /
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
PR0BE IS HELD
IN GREEN DEATH
Coroner's Jury Rules Negro
Died from, Hit-and-R Run In
juries by Unknown Party

A coroner's jury conducting an
inquest into the hit-and-run auto
mobile accident death of Melvin
Green, 52-year old negro, who died
Jan. %, ruled last night that he
came to his death from injuries
received when stuck by an automo-
bile driven by a party unknown to
the jury.
Coroner Asa w. Allen said the
jury spent all day invetigating the
death and that all possible clues
proved to be groundless when
examined.
Green, it developed during the
morning session of the jury with
testimony of Willie Owen, negro
friend of the slain man, was struck
almost instantly as he stepped out
Of Owens parked automobile. The
death car sped on without slacken-
ing its pace, Owens testified.
Green died of skull injuries the
following day.
Other witnesses during the early
portion of the investig alton were
DR.. E. w. Adair, who fixed the
cause of death, and Police Officer
Shelby Russ. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
AND FRANCE
SIGN ARMISTICE.
Four Months of Undeclared
Warfare Along the Jungle
Covered Border Ended
Rv FRANK L.. MARTIN, JR.

SAIGON, French Indo-China, Jan.
81 Up - Thailand (Slam) ana
French Indo-China ended four
months of undeclared warfare along
their 1,O0O-mile jungle-covered border
TODAY with an armistice drafted by
Japanese mediators and signed at 6
D. m. e a. M, E.S.T.) aboard the
japanese light cruiser Natori.
The agreement left Thai forces n
possession of several areas in Cam
bodia, southern Indo-China, n n
section in Laos, in the north. =: es-
tablished a neutral zone extending
ten kilometers (6.21 miles) on either
side of a line fixed as the front at
the official hour of cessation of hos
t%ilities, 10 a. ~, Jan. % (although
fighting actually continued some
hours longer.)
This is to be the demarcat1on line
pending signature of a peace treaty
Ito be negotiated at Tokyo with Japan
as mediator. The Thai forces had
pushed we'll into Cambodia at several
| DOlQCS dIO llllO LdO5 LII OAA
Thailand claims territory in both
provinces which she says the French
snatched from her half a century
ago.
AS the French and Thai delegates
signed, the Natori swung at anchor
in the Saigon river, near this CITY,
winter administrative seat of the col
ony.
Other Japanese warships have
been reported off Cap st. Jacques, so
miles south Of here.
Thailand's long-standing claims to
portions of Cambodia and Laos set
off the intermittent fighting late in
September. Hundreds of soldiers on
both sides have been reported killed,
many towns bombed from the air
and naval forces have clashed IN the
Gulf of Siam, with both sides claim
ing to have sunk n or more units
Of the others fleet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
SCOUTS PERFORM
CIVIC SERVICES
Turn in 1915 Hours of work
In Southeastern North
III Carolina in 1910

Boy Scouts Of the Cape Fear area
council performed 13,145 hours OF
civic service in communities through
ont Southeastern North Carolina dur-
ing 1910, David L. Lilies, scout execu-
tive, reported yesterday.
Scouts assisted the state highway
patrol. schools, churches, American
Red Cross, Wilmington police Depart
ment, Fayetteville Community Chesl'
and the selective service boards IN a
number of communities during n
past year, Lilies said.
Total membership increased from
1885 to 1850 and cub membership
from 60 to 80. Eleven leadership
training courses were conducted Tor
sco,1tmasters and commi t t e e m e n,
with 1853 certificates being AWARDED
to those participating.
During 1910 Scouts qualified for
27S second class, 1873 first class, ia
star, 63 life, 81 Eagle rank, 26 bronze
palms, II gold palms, n silver PALM
two combination Eagle palms, 2,l55
merit badges, 10 ordinary, and two
o11arternaster sea scout ranks.
In addition to canning. which was
engaged in by "a per cent OF n
membership, the council promoted a
scouting activity, program which in
cluded camporees, field meets, rallies,
first aid demonstrations, and mobill-
cations.
"The final picture Of u council
continues to improve. Our audit
statement shows that total eXpendl-
lures for the last fiscal year amount
ed to s7,245.75 with all current bills
paid in full and our indebtedness OF
some years past still further cur
tailed" Lilies said.
The Cape Fear area council Will
begin the observance of the S1st an
niversary Of the founding of the Boy
Scout movement at h monthly
court Of honor in Wilmington, Mon
day, February 3.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Report of Wage-H Hour
Commission Hits Snag

RALEIGH, Jan. 31.-R-A COM
mission studying the feasibility Of
state wage-hour legislation to COW
er interstate industry apparently
struck a snag today, and did not
make its expected report to the
Governor and general assembly.
Capus M. Waynick, a commits
sion member, had drafted a re-
port and proposed bill, which the
group considered today in a meet
ing behind closed doors in the Of
fee of Labor Commissioner For
rest H. Shuford. Shuford had an
nounced earlier that he expected
the report to be approved at the
session.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing, however, the labor commits
sioner said that the group had not
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
FARMERS CLUB WILL
MEET ON FEBRUARY 6
Discussion of Outlook for 1871 Crops
Scheduled at Monthly
Gathering

The next monthly supper meeting
Of the Farmers club will be held
at 7:30 o'clock Thursday night, Feb
ruary 6, at the community house in
Caste Haynes, the office of R. W.
'Galphin, county farm agent, reported
yesterday.
Program features will include a
discussion of the outlook for 1871
crops by a representative from the
department Of agriculture in Wash
ington and a film showing minor ele-
ment deficiencies on a wide range
of crops.
Club members and their guests
who plan to attend are asked to
make reservations in advance to the
county agents office i'm the custom
house not later than Wednesday,
February S.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
NOT FISHING

RALEIGH, Jan. 31.-R-"1'm
going fishing" Frank L. Dun
lap told reporters today when
asked how he intended to spend
his 80 day leave OF absence as
chairman of the state highway
and public works commission.
Dunlap's leave will start to-
morrow. He has been advised by
his physician to take a rest.
Dunlap has resigned as chair
man, along with all the members
of the commission, and most
sources here are agreed that he
will not be reappointed at the ex-
piration of his leave.
D. b. McCrary of Asheboro, a
member of the commission, will
serve as acting chairman in
Dunlap's absence, but has an
nounced that he would not &C
cept the position permanently.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
BELGIUM SUFFERS
SHORTAGE OF FOOD
Members of Hoover Commit
tee Say Shortage is Great
er Than in 1914

BRUSSELS, Via Berlin), Jan. 81
-RHBelgium's shortaC. of food
and medical supplies is in many
respects greater than it was after
the 1914 German occupation, mem
bers of the Hoover inquiry on Eu-
ropean human needs said today.
On the basis Of information it
said had come from many sources,
the committee listed Belgian needs
in order of urgency as:
Wheat, canned foods and especi-
ally milk, meat, oil, iodine, cod
liver oil and clothing.
The committee, healed by Fred.
eric Dorsey Stephens, departed for
Berlin after exhaustive studies in
which it was aided in Belgium anc
Holland by Belgian, Dutch anc
| German authorities.
The need for whe7t appeared
most pressing. Some 8 coming ir
from Russia, Germa ane
France, it was said, Tut it was es
timated by some that 300, 600 ad
ditional tons would be required be
fore the 1941 harvest to increase
rations to the point regarded a!
adequate for a scanty but suffi
cient nourishment.
The descriptions of ne situation
in Belgium, as given to the com
mittee, varied from a picture O.
~hopelessness to the opinion in SOM
quarters that with the cooperation
of all neighboring countries ane
possibly the United S tn
emergency might be met.
Stephens, in view of the diff
culties of transport and the ques
ton of British and German views
toward extending American aid tt
Belgium, made no prediction as t.
what the United States would be
able to do. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
Cooperative Training
Club Will Hold Meet

The Cooperative Training club will
hold it's monthly meeting at 8 O'Clock
Monday night, February 3, room
3O8, New Hanover High school build
ing, Marion Verzaal, president, an
nounced yesterday.
All employers and student-trainers
who are cooperating with the cooper
alive employment class at the school
are invited to attend the next meet
ing of the organization, which has
the following detectives:
To encourage efforts toward the
development Of leadership and schol-
arship, to encourage the undertaking
of worthy projects during the school
year, to foster the best possible spirit
of cooperation, and to promote the
growth and better understanding of
trade and industrial and distributive
education in the community.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
CAULLE URGES
FRENCH TO FIGHT
Calls on Armies in Africa to
Help Complete Conquest
Of Italian Libya'

LONDON, Jan. 31.-R-The
Free French" commander, Gen
eral Charles de Gaulle, called to-
day upon the unbeaten French
armies under General Maxine
Weygand in North and West Africa
to throw off their shameful in
ertia and help complete the con-
quest of Italian Libya."
Don't you e it is up to your
he asked, in a French language
broadcast over the British broad
casing company's facilities.
The British radio, quoting Radio
Algiers, said Weygand would broad
cast from that station Saturday
evening to all French Africa. This
was picked up in New York by
CHS. 1t appeared possibly Wey-
gand would answer de Gaulle).
1t was an appeal for the Wey-
gand forces, sizeable, Well-armed
but immobilized by cir loyalty
to Vichy and their recognition OF
the French-G German armistice, to
strike at Libya from Tunisia on
the west, just as the British and
Free French units are piercing
that desert colony from the east.
(There have been Axis indica-
tons that the Germans and Italians
might send warships and troops to
Bizerte, Tunisia, if the Weygand
armies made any such move as
that urged by de Gaulle.)
The game is not Finished" de
Gaulle declared. THE great battle
of the Mediterranean will suddenly
increase in scope like a powder
dump when set on fire" S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
18 HAVE N

NEW YORK, Jan. 31-GP- The
number of players who have sign
ed New York Yankee contracts
rose to 16 today with the receipt
of the proper papers from George
Washburn and John Lindell, right
handed pitchers, and first baseman
Johnny Sturm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
REFUGE

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 81 R =
North Carolina and South Carolina
game conservation officials will
meet here Sunday to consider de-
tails of a proposal to establish a
wild fowl refuge on the Catawba
river south of the Belmont bridge
on Highway No. "a. The confer
ence will be at the estate of Cur
tbs johnson on the river.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
SIIB LAUNCHED

NEW LONDON. Conn.,, Jan. 81.
submarine Grayback,
the U. S. Nays latest undersea
craft. slid swiftly down the ways
here today in a grim atmosphere
and with a minimum of fanfare.
The public was barred from the
launching for the first. time In
wears. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
IRISH PREPARE

DUBLIN, Jan. 31.-R-The Irish
government announced tonight that
it had provided for a system of
military court trials which would
become effective should the coun-
try be attacked by an Outside
power and would be comparable
to the declaration of a state of
siege or marital law. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
STILLS SPOTTED

GoLDsBoRo, Jan. 3l.-g-t
D. Mum, federal alcoholic
agent, said today two Illicit ssna
had been spotted in this yic 5ntla
this week by the use of airnian.
Officers on the ground We're na,i
fled by radio of the location q,
the stills. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-01
LINES COMPLETED

ROCKINGHAM, Jan, 3l-R-
Officials OF the Pee Dee Electric
Membership corporation an.
nounced today completion of Rick
mend county lines and plans f.,
energize the extensions within ,,ro
weeks. The corporation recentlv
energized lines in Arson county,