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Evening star., 1941-08-20
War Games Halted
To Allow Housewife
To Order Groceries
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PRESCOTT, Ark. Aug. 10
The famous Fighting 69th
paused today in its mimic war
fare long enough to help an
Arkansas farm wife order her
groceries.
Seeing a radio communication
car Of Company A Of the 6eth
NOW the 165th Infantry from
New York;. she rushed from
her farm house and asked If
the crew was in contact with
anybody in the nearby town of
Hope. The commander said an
operator was talking with 4
crew near the town.
I'D like to get in touch with
my husband there before he
comes home" she said. I'VE
have no telephone here"
The fighting Irish got busy
on the radio, directed the other
car to the husbands place Of
business In Hope and soon had
him on the hookup. His wife
gave him the message. Both
crews got thanks and cold
drinks for their assist.
Evening star., 1941-08-20
Gems Worth $1,730
Reported Stolen Here

Jewelry and other property val
ued at S1,730, including two diamond
rings. were reported yesterday by
Charles H. Bergazin, local attorney,
to have been stolen from his home
at 4S45 Linnean avenue NV.
Mr.. Bergazin told police the thieves
apparently entered through the
kitchen door by means of a dupli-
! cate key.
Evening star., 1941-08-20
EIkins Picks Queen
For Forest Festival
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va. Aug.
20.-Miss Margaret Ogden Stubble-
field, 10, of Charleston, w. Va, was
announced yesterday in Elkins as
Queen Silvia" for the 18th annual
Evening star., 1941-08-20

new emphasis at the affair this
year will be that giving prominence
to the Latin American nations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
HUNTINGTON TALKS
AT KIWANIS MEET
Y. NJ. C. A. Secretary Says W.
Do Not Give Much COnsid
Grafton to Our Health

J. B. Huntington, executive sec.
rotary of the Y.M.C.A, discussed
the general topic of health in g
session of the Wilmington Kiwanis
club yesterday at the Cape Fear
hotel.
Huntington spoke in place of j.
P. CARROT, the scheduled speaker,
who a unable to attend because
of illness, the Rev. Walter B.
Freed, secretary and treasurer,
reported.
I'VE pay a great deal of atten-
ton to u business and social
life, but do not give much con.
sideration to III general health.
We ought to keep ourselves physi-
cally fit at all times" Huntington
said.
j. W. Grise, president of the
club, presided. Kiwanian Harry
A. Cooper, of Albany, N. Y, was
introduced as a guest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
ITALY ABAND0NS
C0UNTER-ATTACK
Troops Building Defensive
Notifications Along the
Albanian Front

ATHENS, Feb. 12.-CP-A Greek
military spokesman said tonight that
the Italians in Albania have put a
stop to their long series of counter
attacks and now are building de.
fensive Notifications in the face OF
acute supply and transport diff
ficulties.
There has been no italian counter
attack for three days, he said.
The spokesman, denying Italian
claims of destructive raids on Greek
air bases, said the raids had been
directed against the civilian popula.
tons of unimportant towns.
The ministry of home security said
10 persons were killed and II wound
ed in Piraeus, the port of Athens,
when a bomb scored a direct hit
on a house in a crowded section of
the city last night.
The ministry also said seven wom-
en- and seven children were killed
by a bomb which exploded neal the
Municipal hospital at Larisa, Greece,
during an Italian raid.
From Bitolj, Yugoslavia, near the
Albanian border, it was reported
that the. Italians had suffered ex.
IRENE losses in their last 5-day
drive against the Greeks, presum.
ably ended Sunday. The Greeks
claimed local successes in the Tepe.
lini region.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
CYPSIES ORDERED
TO LEAVE COUNTY
Six Fortune Tellers Are Con
victed Here on Variety
Of Charges

Six gypsies, found guilty in re-
corder's court on a variety of
charges, yesterday we're ordered to
leave the county by 5 p. m. or serve
terms at the county farm.
The defendants included: George
Zero, Joe Johnson, Mary Adams, and
Bessie Adams, convicted OF vagrancy
Anna and Mack johnson, convicted
of violating city, county, and state
laws requiring the licensing of for
tune telling establishments.
Court officials said Anna johnson
was also convicted of charges of
vagrancy and larceny from person.
The gypsy fortune tellers assured
the recorders court that they would
be outside the county before the time
limit.
City police arrested them last week
after a Camp Davis laborer reported
the theft of SIS from his wallet while
he was visiting their establishment
on Dock street.
Another gypsy, Stephens Peters,
court officials said, was recognized
until February 10 to begin the serv-
ing of his sentence. This extension
of time was granted because of the
illness Of the defendants wife.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
BRITISH PREPARE
FOR ATTACK ON
BESIEGED CHEREN
Continued From Page One)

presumably from Malta, which
the Germans attacked Wednesday
afternoon.)
At least four planes were de-
st1cyed on the ground at Catania
and a hangar blasted to bits at
Comiso. The British said all their
aircraft returned safely.
Stressing previous Axis air loss
es in the African campaign, the
Raj previously had announced the
British had found So unserviceable
Italian and German planes at the
airport of Bengasi, Libyan city
captured last Friday.
Planes D0Wned
(In the attack on Malta Wednes-
day, the Germans said three Brit
ish planes were shot down..
Raj planes supported the oper-
atoms in the Cheren sector with
heavy bomb and machine-gun as
saults on Italian motor conveys
strung out from there to Asmara,
the British said, while the ground
troops themselves hammered away
at the Italian defenders with heavy
| artillery and tanks.
In dog fights over Asmara South
African planes were reported to
have downed two italian fighters.
| Other South African units raided
Adds Ababa, capital of Ethiopia,
and we're declared to have hit mill.
tary airdromes there. (The Italian
high command said nine natives
were killed.
One of the biggest raids yet car
ried out by the South African air
force was reported made on At
madu, in Italian Somaliland. (The
Italians-apparently with later in
formation-said Afmadu had beer
occupied by the British.)
Elgena was reported captured
virtually without resistance, some
200 prisoners being seized with full
equipment. l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
GERMANS INCREASE
FORCE IN RUMANIA|
Approximately 90 90
Troops Reported Ready
To Move Into Bulgaria
By The Associated Press

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Feb
12.-RHGerman troops we're re.
ported by military observers tc
stand nearly 600, 900 strong in Ru.
mania tonight-and the ice which
formed the last serious obstacle
to a Nazi crossing into Bulgaria
was fast vanishing from the Dan.
uoe under premature spring
warmth.
This enormous increase in the
accepted estimate of German
strength in Rumania was based
upon new information that, sup.
plementing the 200, 900 men sent
into the country by the end oil
December, the German commano
recently has dispatched Is fresh
divisions, requiring movement oil
an average of 40 trains a day
through Hungary.
From Ruse, the Bulgarian port
on the Danube facing Rumania, il
was reported that the river was
now wholly ice-free, and German
bridge pontoons were placed along
the Rumanian bank.
These were among the incidents
reported here, in diplomatic or
other advices:
Groups of German transport
planes, presumably those which
flew over Hungary yesterday, land,
ed at Bulgarian airports, the OF.
fetal Sofia explanation being tina,
they merely formed part of a con.
signment which Bulgaria had
bought and paid for.
The United States legation ir
Bucharest, which is looking out al.
so for certain British interests
since Britain broke off diploma.
tic relations with Rumania, posted
signs on British buildings, in Eng
fish, Rumania, German, Russian
and Bulgaria, which read:
This property is protected by
the United States government
Dispatches from Sofi;, published
in various pro-Axis Giles in the
Balkans, announced that Bulgaria
fears England is about to violate
her neutrality, thus dragging Bui
garia into the war" Concern was
expressed that British planes
might fly over Bulgaria to get al
the Rumanian oil fields.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
Nazi Control of u. S.
Arms Industries Barred

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-R-
Thurman Arnold, chief of the JUS
tice departments antitrust di-
vision, told the monopoly commit
tee today that a grand jury in
New. York was "constantly uncov-
ering startling instances of Ger
man control of defense industries
as well as illegal price fixing
among American concerns"
An investigation already has in
dictated, he said, that 1.-THE United
States government has been
charged excessive and unreason-
able prices for essential war ma
terials as a result of agreement
between domestic and foreign COM
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
Eight Are Arrested in
Queen City Theft Wave

CHARLOTTE, Feb. 12.-(R-
Police announced today the ar
rest of eight persons, most of
them Charlotte negroes, in OIL
nection with a wave Of larceny
that affected 80 car owners and
yielded a vast array of valu-
ables, including an ermine coat.
The majority of the detective
division was assigned the task
two weeks ago of finding out
who was to blame for countless
thefts from automobiles. They
turned to a list of old offenders
and working from that point,
went as far as Washington in
search of the stolen goods.
Detective Chief Frank Little
john said the thefts had been
traced to the Jailed group, which
numbers two blind men, and that
several hundred dollars worth OF
stolen property had been re-
covered,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
British Shipyards Build
20 Vessels in 20 Days

NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-LR-Brit
ish shipyards, operating despite air
bombings, completed or launched 20
vessels a~ggregating LOG, TAP gross tons
in 20 days at the end of 1910, a sup
plement to Lloyd's register of ship
ping showed today.
The supplement, covering the pc
Rod from Dec. 10 to Jan. 2, listed
10 new freighters and one tanker.
Two Of the vessels were built in far
away Hongkong,' British-owned is
land Of the China coast.
British and Allied shipping losses
have averaged about $4,000 tons per
week. Thus the supplement indicates
England is replacing slightly more
than SO per cent of her average week.
ly losses through new construction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
Plan Would Give Congress
Firmer Control Over Aid.
> To-Britain Program
BY RICHARD l.. TURNER

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-R-
Still seeking more votes for the
lease-lend bill, administration lead
ers IN the senate today offered
Its opponents a surprise conces-
l which, they said, would give
congress firmer financial control
over the aid-to-Britain program.
In essence their proposal, ap-
proved late in the day by a senate
Foreign Relations subcommittee,
would require that the President
obtain both ''authorizations'' and
appropriations from congress-.
Senator Barley of Kentucky. dem
ocratlc leader, explained that first
the President could ask for au-
thorlty to enter into contracts for
the manufacture of supplies and
their delivery to Britain. Later he
would have to ask specific ap-
preparations, listing the number
and kinds of equipment.
The modification, it's hackers
SAID, would remove any basis for
charges that the lease-lend bill it.
self was a blank check to the
President to spend unlimited
amounts in supplying defense items
to countries whose defense he
deems vital to the defense of the
United States.
Downtown, meanwhile, there was.
a sharp repercussion from Wen
dell l.. Wilkes proposal that five
or ten destroyers be transferred
to England each month. Secretary
Knox bluntly told reporters the
navy could spare no more de-
stroyers" and still maintain a
balanced fleet" AS secretary of
the navy, he said, his position
was against depicting our navy
further"
The Willkie suggestion was, new
ertheless, reported to be receiving
serious consideration in some ad-
ministration quarters, and there
was much speculation whether it
might not have been discussed at
last nights meeting between Will
kie and President Roosevelt.
In fact, Willkie told reporters in
a telephone message from New
York late today:
II was surprised to read Colonel
Knox's statement. Information CIV
en- to me by high authorities in
the government after my testi-
mony yesterday confirmed my
views that we are in a position,
without any injury to our navy or
national defense, to give Great
Britain immediate effective assist
ance by furnishing to her addi-
tional destroyers."
The senate foreign relations
committee met during the morn
ing, and with administration forces
in easy control, turned down a
number of opposition amendments
to the lease-lend bill. 1t prepared
to report the measure to the senate
tomorrow after rewriting one or
two sections.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
CAPE FEAR SCOUT
COUNCIL HON0RED
noco;ves 1910 Walter w. Head
Acorn Award for Outstand-
ing Achievements

The Cape Fear area council Boy
-,,+s of America, has received
-, 194o Walter W. Head Acorn
.o,d for having achieved objec'
.;,es in new scouts, cubs, troops,
.nd hacks. and completed the year
-.;+b . net gain, David L. Lies,
.,o,,t executive, yesterday was adj
,ised by James E. West, of New
YORK. chief scout executive
wes+ advised Lilies of the award
mart as follows: will you please
oopvev my best wishes to the mem
sors Of your organization and ex-
.sasion committee, your commits
.,oner staff, members of your ex-
anntive board, troop and pack lead.
" and others who contributed
tou;ard this fine record.
7, view of the increased respon-
.;b;litie and opportunities of scout
mo it is indeed essential that not
orjy every council, but even every
J,strict troop and pack reach a
b,gb point of effectiveness and re-
n,ain there. 1t is evident from
yo1,r record that the leadership in
yo,Tr council is alive to these re-
sponsibilities. -
AS you study the problems
yh;ch confront the Boy Scouts OF
America. and examine the role
which the Boy Scouts ought to as
sumo in your territory, I hope you
viii make detectives for next year
hat will be just as challenging,
n even more so, than those which
Vol successfully completed a S
vear. and l hope l will again have
he pleasure of recognizing a sat-
sfactory completion of a carefully
damned program" l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
CAMP DAVIS ROAD
FUNDS PROPOSED
Continued From Page One)

4. $12, 900, 900 for advance planning
of post-emergency improvements.
Carmody's report did not list a
breakdown of how the funds would
be distributed. 1t said, however, that
access highways at these posts had
been certified by the "a department
as of prior Importance:
Camp Lee, Va; Fort Belvoir, Va;
Arlington Cantonment, Va; Fort My
er, Va; Langley Field, Va; Fort
Monroe, Va; Fort Eustis, Va; Nan.
semond Ordnance Depot, Va; Vir-
GINA Beach National Guard Camp,
Va; Front Royal Quartermaster De.
pot, Va; Wilmington Anti Aircraft
Firing Center, Holly Ridge, N. c.;
Fort Bragg, N. c.; Fort Jackson, S.
c.; Fort Moultrie, S. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
ADVERTISEMENT
Why is this Laxative
a Leader?

Practically any drug-dealer in the
South will tell you this has been
one of his best-selling laxatives for
years and years!
BLACK-DRAUGHTS long record
of popularity has been won by the
gentle, satisfying way it usually re-
lieves constipation's headaches, bad
breath, biliousness, loginess, when
the simple directions are followed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
Revival Services Here
Continued BY Frazier!

The Rev. and Mrs. r. c. Frazier
last night continued a series Of re-
vival services at the Pentecostal
Holiness church, Second and Par
sley streets.
Mrs. Frazier spoke on the SUBJ
ect, peace for the T S S g
World" at the youths service. The
Rev. Mr.. Frazier, preaching on the
subject of Jesus" defined and
outlined in detail the true mean
ing OF the name Jesus and how He
saves from sin. The public is in
vited to attend. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13

panles, and collusive bidding on
Army and Navy contracts"
He asked the committee to rec
ommend to congress an immedi-
ate expansion of the governments
anti = trust activities aimed at
price-fixing, collusive bidding and
other monopolistic practices in de.
tense industries and added thai
lack of funds was holding up in
vestigation of at least 81 indus.
tries producing vital war materi
ais. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
BUTLER-LASSITER
BATTLE TO MARK
&C MEET TONIGHT
Continued From Page One)

also on tap for the leather singing
festival tonight.
Tonight's card will be as follows:
Juvenile
Donald Smith, so, VS.. Sam Daw-
kins. so.
Bobby Jones, 70, VS.. Billie Gaskill,
20.
James Benson, so, VS.. John odum,
Jr.. so.
7. C. Hunt, Sc, vs.. Linwood Rich,
Sc.
Victor James, rs, VS.. stedman
Shepard, 70.
Greasy Swami, 80, VS.. John Can
field, 90.
Novice
John Elmore, 1873, Wilmington, VS..
Sammy Edwards, 1876. Lumberton.
Bobby Mack, 126, of Lumbertan.
vs., Walter Brown, 131, of Roanoke
Rapids, (exhibition).
OPEN
J. D. Wells. Isl, of Roanoke Ra-
pids, VS.. Henry Lilies, $50, of Roa-
noke Rapids.
Jesse Butler. 173, of Lumberton,
vs.. Johnny Lassiter, 172, of Roanoke
Rapids.
Finals in the Golden Gloves tour
nament have been set for Friday
night when the semi-finalists in the
Novice and Open divisions will battle
it out for the Southeastern North
Carolina championships and the team
trophy.
Roanoke Rapids now has a lead
In the battling for the team cham
p%lonship, with Lumberton and Will
mington teams in runner-up posi-
lions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13

The principal reason for this is:
BLACK.DRAUGHT contains a tonic
laxative that helps to tone lazy in.
testinal muscles. 1t is easy to take,
and you get rs to 40 doses for only
Csc. So look for the familiar yellow
box and always get genuine BLACK
DRAUGHT!
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
SIGNED

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12.-tR-Out-
fielder Enos Slaughter, who batted
.306 for the st. Louis Cardinals
last year, has signed his 1941 con-
tract, the club announced today.
His signing, along with Terry
Moore yesterday, accounts for two
thirds of the only .300-hitting out
field in the National league. The
other member, Ernie Koy, has not
| come into the fold yet. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
WORKER INJURED

Dannie c. Rogers, %, Of 426
South Fourth street, was pain
fully burned yesterday in all i'll
dustrial accident at Camp Davis
when a pot of boiling roof tar
exploded, covering his left leg
from the knee down. He was adj
mitted to the Bullock hospital
for treatment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
LEWIS ILL

LEWIS ILL
Friends of Richard Lewis, OF
the WestbrOOk-Br0Wn Motor
company, will regret to learn
he is a patient at Bullock hos
pital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
BOARD TO MEET

The monthly meeting of the
consolidated board of health Will
be held at 8 o'clock this after
noon at the office of DR.. A. H.
Elliot, health officer, i'll the
courthouse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
OF Lease-Lend
Bill Offered Concession
City Briefs
SEEKS DIVORCE

Rose Orrell Jackson yester-
day filed suit for divorce
against John Person Jackson
in New Hanover superior court
on the grounds Of two years
separation, records at the Of
flee of T. A.. Henderson, clerk
of court, disclosed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
WILLIAM p, SMITH

CLOVER, S. C. Feb. 12.-R-
William Patrick Smith, IS, promi-
nent in banking and textile cir
cles OF this area, died last night al
his home here. He was a life
long resident of Glover.
He Was the youngest son Of the
late Captain William Beatty Smith,
pioneer textile industrialist of the
South.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
FINE RENTED

A. H. Sessions, of Whiteville,
pleaded guilty yesterday in re-
corder's court to speeding
charges preferred by the State
Highway patrol. A S25 fine was
RENTED in view of his past good
driving record.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
YOUTH MISSING

Police yesterday received a
request from Maggie Brown,
of Acme-D elco, for assistance
in locating a negro boy, with
the following description: IA
years old, light complexion,
weight about 125 pounds, five
feet tall, and wearing. a red
and white hood, overalls, leath-
er boots, and old suede jacket.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13

JOHN p. HORTON

The body of John P. Horton, an
electrician at Camp Davis, who
was accidentally killed early Tues
day morning by electrocution, was
shipped yesterday to Morganton
for burial, the Yopp Funeral home
reported last night.
Further details as to funeral ar
engagements and survivors for Her
ton were not available here last
night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
SEEK MAN

OEEh MAN
Police Chief JOSEPH C.
Rourk yesterday received a
request from Lillian Owens, of
Baltimore, for aid in locating
John E. Olaf, driving a 1886
model black Plymouth coach
with Maryland tags and believ-
ed to have been employed re-
Gently in the Wilmington Sec
ton. The man will be asked to
contact his home Immediately.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
VISITING HERE

G. r. Parker, regional dIrec-
tor of the social security board,
accompanied by w. L. Kilcoin,
regional representative of the
bureau of old age and survivors,
insurance, are visiting the Will
mington office of the social Sc
curity board. George w. Jeffrey,
manager, reported yesterday.
Both are from Washington. ID. Z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
JOHN r. JONES

UOIIAN W. VOANH0
Funeral services for John han-
som Jones, colored, of 7lS
Orange street, who died Tuesday
in a local hospital, will be held
at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
from St. Luke's A. Nj. E. Zion
church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
NAV TURN IN TICKETS

MAY TURN IN TICKETS
Persons who wish to turn Ill
money or tickets for the carnival
and dance to be held Saturday
at the Cape Fear Country club
may do so at IL o'clock Friday
morning at the club, Mrs. G.
David Jones, chairman of the
ticket committee, said yester-
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13

CLINTON, S. c., Feb. 12.-OR-
Paced by Center J. C. Coleman with
16 points, Presbytefian's quint put
on a late rally tonight and defeated
The Citadel, 53-48.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
BART HOWARD

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12.-R-Bart
Howard, SO, veteran editorial
writer of the Post-Dispatch, died
today of heart disease.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
LIQUOR DESTROYED

ABC agents yesterday de-
strOyed LOG gallons of non-tax-
paid liquor seized in a series
of raids during the past 80 DAYS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-13
CARRIERS MEET

The Star-News Carrier Boys
association held its monthly sup
per session last night at the
Trinity Methodist church.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-02
Army



"But I'm fssliAe swell, ssttins
In good condition, ana get along
fine with the othoe draftees.
They al trsst ~ very we'll"
Stewart had ~ flfst special
assignment yesterday - @ the
spokesman fox tho enlisted men
1t . meeting IA Lea Angeles Of
the unitsd servics organizations
for national ds6anee.
The khaki-clad, ply-tanned
Stewart declare0:
I'VE enlisted men have come
to love the service. Every one
of Us has turned his face from his
normal pursuits and his spirit
can not and win not b broken. !"
The service organizations
the Y. M. C. A., wv. c. "a, Sal
walton Army. and religious
groups-met to consider the
moral, spiritual, rGeroaticnal and
social problems involved In the
defense program.
Stewart spent the afternoon at
M-G-M studio and received =
hearty welcome from Clark
Gable, Jsannette Macdonald.
Wallace Beery and other friends.
Today he was back ct Moffett
Field, marching and issuing
hoarse commands.