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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-20
BIG FORCE DESTROYED

'In the northern sector" the
communique stated, 1.-The luft-
waite destroyed makeshift So
Wet Notifications"
German military authorities
claimed 100000 elite Russian
troops aleardy have been wiped
out in the titanic siX-day Ukraine
battle which eliminated in capture
of Kiev, the third largest Russian
city, and the seizure of Poltava.
Another 100000 Red army
troops we're declared 10 be fight
ing desperately in vain effort &c
break loose from a great Iron
ring cast of Klev.
NEAR 4 MILLION LOST
Tn the six days since this trap
was sprung on the Russians, a
military spokesman said. half OF
the Russian defense force OF some
100000 crack troops was annihl-
lated bringing Russian losses 10
date in the entire war 10 more
than 3,S00000.
The spokesman aScrihed the fall
of Kiev to the fatal Soviet con-
viction that the Dnieper River
would hold the Germans west of
KEY. with the Desna River a
formidable barrier northeast Of
Gemel
lie said this miScalculaiion en-
abled the Germans 10 set and shut
the trap.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-20

Charlottesville, Virginia
Aug. 81, l941.
Mr.. William Randolph Hearst,
San Simeon, California.
Dear Sir:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-20
Knox Reveals
Repair Of z
British Wdrships
Drops News Ban
to Bare Presence
in u. 6. Yards
International New. servie. wiz.


WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.-The
presence Of II British naval YES
sells in American ports. was an
nounced today by Secretary OF
Navy Frank Knox simultaneously
with modification OF restrictions
on the publication OF the presence
of such vessels in certain specific
instances.
The navy department disclosed
the II British warships, include a
battleship, two aircraft carriers
and five cruisers in United States
shipyards on both the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts undergoing re-
pairs from battle damage and for
other purposes.
They comprise formidable
fighting force in themselves.
CAPITAL SHIPS LISTED
The capital ships were listed AS
the battleship Warspite, flagship
of the Mediterranean fleet, the
aircraft carriers Illustrious and
Formidable; the cruisers Delhi,
Liverpool, Orion, Asturias and
Dido.
The ships are undergoing re-
pairs at United States shipyards
As follows: II. NJ. S. Delhi. cruiser,
Brooklyn: aircraft carrier Illustri-
Gus, Norfolk: cruiser Liverpool,
Mare Island; minesweeper Menes-
thesus, Bal timore; converted
cruiser AsturiaS. Newport News;
submarine Pandora. Portsmouth;
battleship Warspi,e, Bremerton;
cruiser Dido. Brooklyn. aircraft
carrier Formidable. Norfolk; cor
vettes Nasturtium and Primrose,
Charleston, and the cruiser Orion.
Mare Island.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-20

Hollywood, Calf, Sept. 13. 1871
Mr.. W. X. Hearst,
Care The Examiner,
Los Angeles, Calf.
Dear Sir:
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
MovieRevues
BAILEY THEATRE FILM
FEATURES MANY STARS

What is being hailed as the
brightest galaxy of stars ever
brought together for one motion
picture will be seen in Cecil B.
DeMlue's new and thrilling epic.
North West Mounted Police" pro.
duced in Technicolor and opening
today at the Bailey Theatre, with
Gary Cooper and Madeleine Car.
roll in the starred roles. and other
such starring players as Paulette
Goddard, Preston Foster, Robert
Preston, Akin Tamiroff, Lynne
Overman, George Bancroft, Lon
CLANCY, Jr. and Walter Hampden
rounding out the cast.
The impressive list of ten star
ring players, all of whom have
been seen in many memorable pro-
ductlons, head list of thousands
OF players appearing in the pic
ture. making North West Mount
ed Police" the biggest picture De-
Mile has ever made from point
of cast. Additionally, it is the first
picture he has ever made entirely
in technicolor, and the choice
comes as a fortuitous one since
the uniforms and backgrounds are
SO impressive.
The story of the picture, too has
been conceived on the same large
scale. In fact, it takes on import
ance because it has its Nasis in a
real rebellion against Canada, con-
Quoted by the Metis, a haf-breed
people, in 1885,
Climactic thrills of the picture
include an ambush of the Mounted
by thousands of Metis, led by Cor
beau with the death-spitting Cat
ling gun, and a brave march into
the camp of the Crees by eight
Mounties after they have been
routed in the battle. The develop
ment of the love stories and the
eventual quelling IF the rebellion
bring the picture to grand con-
clusion. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
1910 State Tax Receipts
Pass Last Years S Income

RALEIGH, Dec. 13.-LR)-North
Carolina ended the old year with
state tax receipts soaring far above
the figures of 1899, the state reve-
nue. department reported today.
Taxes during December totaled ST.
637, 1924, an increase of 1904 per
cent over the $6,675, 1882 collected
in December 1899. Collections for
the first half of the current fiscal
year, which will end June 80, were
$25,973, ,034.63, $50 per cent ahead of
the $33,125, ,160.35 collected during the
first half of 1939-40.
All major sources of revenue
which usually are considered a
barometer Of business were well
ahead of last year. For instance, the
income tax collected in December
was s469. .33614, compared with $194,-
4O1.6S; the sales tax was $1,276,-
1887, compared with $1,132, ,595.23;
the automobile license tax was $2,-
717,780.97, compared with $780,
2S3.O9; the gasoline tax was $2,409,
5000, compared with $3.50, 1887.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
Deferment Ruling Giuen
By State Draft Office

RALEIGH, Dec. 31.-R-If
skilled employe who holds key po'
sition in his company is liable to be
called under the draft, his employer
may apply for deferment until an
other person can be trained to as
sumo the employees duties, state Sc
lective service headquarters an
nounced today.
The headquarters implied that the
deferment would be granted, provid-
ing the employe was found to be
engaged in work necessary for the
health, safety, or interest of the
nation"
Claims on the part of the employer
for occupational deferment should
not be made, officials said, until the
employees draft QUESTIONABLE has
beea mailed out to him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
Shipping News
ARRIVED


ARRIVED
| Steamer
| Mallemak, 2,125 tons, from Port
Tampa, with cargo of phosphate
rock, Heide and company, agents.
Patrol Boat
U. S. Coast Guard patrol boat No.
22S from Elizabeth City, in command
of Captain Etheridge, to dock at GUS
tomhouse wharf.
IN PORT
TankerS
c. B. Watson, 1882 tons, discharg-
ing cargo of gasoline for the Cape
Fear Terminal company.
Gulfbreeze, 4,159 tons, discharging
cargo Of gasoline for the Gulf Re-
filming company.
Barges
Puroil, 1910 tons, awaiting tug,
Cape Fear Terminal company.
Sandborn, 423 tons, waiting. c. D.
Maffitt and company agents.
Harold, 466 tons, loading cargo OF
lumber at J. Herbert Bate Lumber
company.
Tugs and Barges
Tug Warbler, us tons, with
wrecking barge. Chapman. 40 tons.
working on steamer Severance. YES
sci to c. D. Maffitt and company.
agents.
Tug II. c. Cadimus and Barge
Waukeshau, 1927 tons, discharging
cargo of sulphur for Heide and com.
pany, agents.
Gtal) villarperosa, 1921 tons,
held in port account Of war.
Severance, 1858 tons, repairing,
C. D. Maffitt and company, agents.
INWARD BOUND
Tankers
Camor, 1,439 tons, from Puerto
Rico with cargo of molasses, South
eastern Shipping service, agents.
Pann-Delaware, 1920 tons, from
Texas City via Boston, with cargo of
gasoline for the Cape Fear Terminal
company.
Motor Tanker
(Nor.) MIR. Ferncliff, 2,494 tons,
from 1quique, Chile, via Charles
ton, with cargo of nitrate soda,
to Pryde Forwarding company,
agents.
Steamers
America, 1856 tons, from Pacific
coast ports via Puerto Rico and
South Atlantic ports with general
cargo, Cape Fear Shipping company,
agents.
Marsodak, 1923 tons, from Calves
ton via South Atlantic ports, with
cargo of sulphur, Heide and COM
pany, agents.
Delisle, 1904 tons, from Gulf with
cargo of fertilizer, c. D. Maffitt and
company, agents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
Guitar Moore Finds ABC Store
System HasR asReducedBootleqaina

sale OF liquor on a respectable bust
ness-like basis and to eliminate,
to as large an extent as possible,
the illicit handling of liquor. In
furtherance of this aim, each con-
troll county, under the terms Of the
1887 act, must spend not less than
five nor more than ten per cent
OF its net profits, arising from the
sale OF alcoholic beverages, for en-
forcement purposes. Each county
has its own enforcement officer or
officers, and, in addition, the state
board employs five full time in
vestigators, who concern them
selves primarily with making quiet
investigations of violations of h e
liquor laws in wet counties and
turning their findings and evidence
over to the county A.B.C. board
or the federal alcoholic tax unit.
We realize that bootlegging in
control counties has not been elimi-
mated in its entirety, but we GER
tainly feel that it has been reduced
to minimum.
The primary function Of the state
A.B.C. board is to regulate and
supervise hte activities of the vari
Gus county control boards and the
operation of liquor control stores
in the state. The law requires that
ali retail prices be uniform in each
county and that uniform auditing
system be used in the control coun.
ties, thereby enabling the tate
A.B.C. board to keep a complete
record of all purchases and sales
We have had fine cooperation from
all county A.B.C. boards, and or
account of their sincere and con
scientious work, there has been {
minimum Of unfavorable criticism
regarding the manner of operation
Of the liquor stores, although many
people in the wet counties are op
posed to the legalized sale of whis
key.
One vexing task imposed on the
state board is that Of fixing the
retail price on all legal liquors sole
in the wet counties. In this con
nection, it must be borne in minc
that the alcoholic beverage con
troll act was designed as contro
measure and not as a revenue pro
ducing measure. Therefore, we
realize that if the price of lega
liquor in North Carolina is too high
consumers will, if they can, pur
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
Return To Soft Life Results
In Illness For Many Soldiers

The ''rigors" of a soft and easy
holiday proved to be the undoing
of many Of Wilmington's civilian,
soldiers who returned to their
homes in the city for the Christ.
mas holidays.
After spending slightly more
than three months sleeping in cold
army tents at Forts Moultrie,
Screven and Jackson, spending
their days drilling and marching
in the cold outdoor air and sleep.
ing on small army cots, the men
were not equal to the task OF
spending the holidays in heated
houses and sleeping in comfortable
beds with plenty of cover. For
since they first arrived here on
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
Farm Agents And Others
Will Meet January IA

A district educational meeting OF
county farm agents, chief clerks, ana
county committeeman in Southeast
ern North Carolina will be held Jan
uary IA in Burgaw, E. Y. Floyd, OF
Raleigh, state executive officer Oh
the AAA, announced yesterday.
Farm office representatives are
planning to attend from the countles
of New Hanover, Brunswick, Blaoen'
Sampson, Duplin, and Pender.
G. T. Scott, state committeeman
c, NJ. Brickhouse, district agent; ana
j. NJ. Henley, field officer, will leao
discussions of plans for getting the
l941 farm program before every pro-
ducer and the part the farm pro-
gram will play in the national de-
fense setup.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
FIVE

chase cheaper illicit liquor from
bootleggers instead Of patronizing
the legal liquor store. On the other
hand. if the price of legal liquor is
too low, this would have a ten.
dency to encourage immoderation.
Gross sales in the A.B.C. stores
during the fiscal year ending June
30, 1910, were $7,972, 1886, fr o m
which the state deducted the SUBJ
stantial sum of $662, ,295.17 in the
form of an IL and 3 per cent
sales tax. The various control
counties as Of June 80, 1910, from
operation Of A.B.C. stores, h a s
turned over in cash to the county
general funds and the participating
municipalities a total Of $4,565,-
z31 13, in addition to the large con-
tribution made to the general fund
Of North Carolina. The net revenue
to the control counties for the fis.
cal year ending June 30, 1910, to.
tails $1,576,7l1, or 1878 per cent of
the gross revenue.
At the present time, SO liquor
control stores are operating in 26
counties. SO stores having b zen
opened in IS counties as a result
Of the election held under the Pas
GIotank act of 1885, and 80 others
haveing been opened in the addi-
tional counties having voted wet
in the act of 1887. Eight stores
were closed in Johnston county
this year as a result of the cleo.
ton held there June 20, 1910.
The sale of legalized liquor in
the rs control counties is a big
business and a profitable one. We
can, and do, submerge the profit
motive but we cannot overlook the
profits. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
SEYMOUR ARRIVES
TO ASSUME DUTIES
Succeeds Late S. E. COldiron
As Commercial Agent Of
N. & w. Railway

]. Carl Seymour, Of Columbia, S.
c.. Yesterday arrived in the city and
will assume his new duties today as
commercial agent, Norfolk and West
ern Railway. He succeeds the late
S. E. Coldiron.
Mrs. seymour and two daughters,
Louise. a sophomore at William and
Mary college, Williamsburg, Va.
and Carlyle a second year student
at Hand junior high school in Colum-
bia will Join him here about Jan.
uary Is.
Seymour, a native of Sumter, has
been a resident of Columbia since
1912. when he went there to enter
school
Upon finishing school he entered
the service of the Southern railway
as secretary to the master mechanic
and later transferred to the freight
traffic department of the Seaboard
Air Line in Columbia, where he
served as chief clerk to the division
lIeISut dSCllI dAAL1l IIlO 1dl1 u IO1 j,
at which time he volunteered for
service in the army.
After 10 months army service,
Seymour accepted position with
the Norfolk and Western Railway in
Columbia and for the past six years
has been travelling freight agent for
that line, with headquarters in Co.
lumbia.
In Columbia, Seymour was i'm
mediate past commander of Richland
post No. 6, American Legion, an Of
ficer in the 40 and s, member Of
the Civitan club, and a member Of
the board of deacons of the First
Baptist church.
r. NJ. Taliaferro, in charge of the
South Carolina territory, with head
quarters in Columbia, has said that
announcement of Seymour's success
sor will be made within the next few
days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
Tempe Is Favored In
Sun Bowl Game Toda,

Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 31.-LR-
Western Reserve U n versity of
Cleveland and Arizona State Teach
ers of Temple pu t the finishing
touches on the timing of their often
sive plays for tomorrow's sixth an
nual Sun Bowl football game.
The confident Arizonans, who were
held to a scoreless tie by Catholic
University in last years game, were
made slight favorites on most boards
here tonight. The Ohioans were re-
ported ''eager to get going" in the
New Years Day fray.
Generally fair, warm weather was
the forecast. Estimates of the at
tendance ranged up to $4,000, the
Sun Bowl officials said a se1l-out was
indicated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
BY CUTLAR MOORE
Chairman, State ARC Ro,rd

RALEIGH, Dec. 31.-lRA Alco
holic Beverage Control stores have
now been operated in North Caro-
lima for five years for the legalized
sale of whiskey, recognized as a
r. spectacle and profitable business
by more than one-fourth OF the one
hundred counties in the state.
Johnston county, one of the eight
counties which voted for control
stores in 1887, closed its stores
early this fall following a county.
wide referendum. Only this one
county out of the twenty-seven
counties that voted for whiskey
control has seen fit to reject the
control plan after trying it. This
fact speaks strongly for the con-
troll system.
The volume of sales in most of
the liquor stores has shown a de-
crease this fall in the face of SUBJ
stantial upward trends in practi-
cauy all business industries. Cash
receipts have been up somewhat,
but this was due to the increased
price necessitated by reason of the
national defense tax on spirituous
liquor, and not due to greater con.
sumption.
While I am not prepared to say
that consumption of whiskey has
either increased or decreased in
the control counties, am conf
dent that the manufacture and con.
sumption Of illicit liquor in thes,
counties is definitely decreasing.
The 1889 general assembly oil
North Carolina passed an act per
mitting the resale of federal tax
paid whiskey confiscated and cap
tured in the dry counties of thi.
state. -
Formerly tax-paid liquors seizee
by officers in dry counties were
destroyed, with the result of a ne
loss to all concerned. Today, how
ever, when officers in dry coun
ties seize and confiscate liquor, the
alcoholic control board, upon re
quest, arranges for this whiskey tt
be sold to the county A.B.C. stores
AS a result of this law of 1899
during the past year whe have sole
approximately $4,000 worth of con
fiscated liquors.
One of the primary aims. of the
amended alcoholic beverages con
troll act of 1887 was to place the
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
Senator Lee Declares Davis
Is Angel Of No War Gro,,n

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-R-
senator Lee (D.-Okla.) said in g
statement today that the ''angel''
Of the No Foreign War committet
headed by Verne Marshall, Ceda,
Rapids, Iowa, editor, 'is a rich
International oil merchant" with
great financial stake" in a
German victory.
Lee identified the man only as
this man Davis" who he said
tried Ito promote a phony peace
through the White House to pull
Germany's chestnuts out of the
fire. -.
Marshall told press conference
Yesterday that w. R. Davis, New
York oil operator, had brought q
German peace offer to Washing.
ton month after the war started
in September, 1889. The offer, Mar.
shall said, was pigeonholed at the
State department. The department,
in reply, said it had received no
feasible peace proposal.
To inquiries as to whether Davis
was giving financial support to the
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
$500 Enemy Planes Shot
Down Over Great Britain

LONDON, Dec. 81. -tR-More
than $500 enemy planes were shot
down over Britain, the surround
ing seas and the French coast in
1910, ''the year of the greatest air
fighting the world has ever known,
the British Air Ministry News
service announced tonight in a
year-end review.
In addition, the review said, "A
very considerable extra number ,
were so disabled or damaged
by effective gunfire as to have
been unable to reach home.'
In the same time, it said, Brit
ain lost 1,059 fighter planes, but
more than 400 of the pilots lived
to fight again. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
MELODY AND MOONLIGHT"
is OFFERED AT ROYAL

Curls and velvet suit kept John
ny Downs out of the movies, and
later, became the reason for his
successful seventeen year career
in pictures!
When he was lad Johnny re-
cited and played the violin on the
stage, and to keep him looking
like a child prodigy, his mother
refused to submit his golden curs
to the BARRIERS shears and
kept him flecklessly dressed in a
Lord Fauntleroy vintage suit.
While appearing at theatre in
San Diego, where his father was
stationed at Naval Base, his
mother decided to try her curly
headed youngster on Hollywood.
But his curls and velvet suit were
pooh-poohed by directors, and for
A year and a half no one would
give him try on the strength OF
is appearance. But when Bryan
Foy produced series of Winkler
Kid comedies, he needed someone
just like Jofsny - to play the
sissy part - he started his movie
career with a contract for fifteen
weeks work.
His talent for singing and danc-
ing have won him r-any parts in
musical pictures, his latest in the
starringsrole of Melody and Moon
light" opening at the Royal to-
day, is fine selection.
Royal varieties include a Donald
Duck Cartoon and a comedy nov.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
"DULCY' is FEATURED
AT CAROLINA THEATRE

That outstanding screen favoxite,
Ann Sothern, brings new laughs
to audiences in her latest comedy,
''Dulcy," which opened Yesterday
at the Carolina Theatre for an
engagement of two days.
'Dulcy' outlines the exploits of
a modern young woman who has
good ideas but whose faculty for
running other peoples Affairs get
them as well as herself into hilari-
Gus difficulties. Miss Sothern has
never turned in a more finished
performance. Her scenes in every
instance are perfectly timed. In
this drama she is given an
opportunity to wear a wardrobe of
smart, Adrian-designed clothes,
some trick hairdresses, and to
adopt a new type of wisecrack
which varies from the 'Maisie"
Characterization for which she has
become famous.
Young love is represented by
Dan Daley, Jr., and Lynne Car
yer. Quinn Williams does an ex-
cellent bit as reformed crook
turned butler, and many of the
laughs center about five-year-old
Donald HUE, Chinese boy who
makes h i s screen debut as
''Sneezy."
For added pleasure, the Caro-
lima program includes a new
Crime Series feature, Soak The
DID," a grand new color cartoon
novelty ANTS in the Plants" and
the latest News Events. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01

return to their stations due to ill
ness and were forced to
about December 81, many cases
of severe colds and other similar
ailments have arisen.
Some of the men, including com.
missioned officers. were unable to
remain in Wilmington until they
recovered.
Their troubles were probably due
to the sudden change in tempera.
ture and living conditions and in
some cases due to the change
from uniforms to civilian clothing.
So for many of Wilmington S
soldiers, the Christmas season was
a continuous swirl of cough medi-
cine, pills and mustard plasters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
WARNING

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. S1.-(R)
p. D. Houston, president of the
American Bankers association, warn.
ed today against the possibilities of
initiation. and government controlled
prices he said would arise from de.
creased production of peace-time
goods as a result of the national de-
fense program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
CONVICTION WINS

PINEHURsT, N. c., Dec. 81
P-Medalist Hub Covington OF
Woodberry Forest, Va, moved to-
day into the finals of the mid-win-
ter golf tournament here by de-
feating Martin w. Littleton Of Gar
oen City, L. l., 2 up.
IN the other match, Jack Ryer-
Son, of Cooperstown, N. Y, de-
feated ]. w. Roberts of Columbus,
O., two up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
Williston, East Arcadia
Cagers Play Here Frida,

The Williston Industrial school
basketball teams will open their
1941 season Friday night here with
doubleheader with the East
Arcadia cagers.
The opening game will start al
7:30 o'clock, with the boys game
following the girls contest.
Both teams have been practic-
ing for the past several days. The
Williston cagers this year are
about the same as in 1910. The
teams expect to play a 15-game
schedule.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-01
elty called "Dora's Dunking
Doughnuts. 5
"GUN CODE" FEATURED
AT THE -TJOTJ HOUSE

III 111G AVOO AOooA
Gun Code,'' starring Tim Nc
Coy, shows at the Bijou Theatre
today.
There's no denying his clever
knack of handling a Colt, knack
which was not developed in a shoot
ing gallery. A cowboy in his teens,
and later a soldier and commits
stoned officer in the United States
Army, Tim was up against many
a rough proposition where his life
just depended on beatin the other
fellow to the draw. He got away
with it, however, and the best evil
dence of how handy he is with a
gun can be found in the fact that
today he ranks as the fastest man
in America with a six-gun. Not
long ago in shooting test he drew
his weapon and, tanning the ham,
mer, fired five shots in seven
twelfths of a second.
The current chapter Of Dead
wood Dick" and a Harry Langdon
Comedy Gold Turkey are also
on the program. 5