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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
BULGARIA ANSWERS

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 1O.-(Mon-
day)-(R-Official Bulgarian quar-
ters declared early today in answer
to the speech Of British Prime Min
lister Winston Churchill that the only
German soldiers now in Bulgaria are
few officers and men who for a
long time have been training the Bull
garian army to use equipment sold
by the Reich.
Churchill in his broadcast from
London yesterday said Germany's ex-
pected southwark movement into or
through Bulgaria perhaps has al
ready begun and that airfields are
being occupied by German ground
personnel numbering thousands, so
far as to enable the German air force
to come into action from Bulgaria.D
Bulgarian forces are almost en-
tirely equipped with German mate
rial.
Usually reliable political quarters
said a special Soviet envoy arrived
at Sofia to discuss the question Of
passage of German troops through
Bulgaria
The envoy was reported to be
Arkady A. Soboleff, secretary gener-
al of the Russian foreign office, who
visited Sofia last November for con-
ferences with King Boris and Pre-.
mier Bogdan Philoff.
He was understood to be sounding
out the Bulgarian governments pc
sition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
Many Naval Vessels
Calling at Southport

SOUTHPORT, Feb. 9.-Travel-
ing the inland waterway or COM
ing in from sea, an average OF
ere naval vessel a day has been
stopping at Southport during the
past week. Most of the craft have
been making an overnight stop.
In the case of the Naval Reserve
ships from Charleston, they often
come in after dark and. depart
before daylight.
Hundred foot Coast Guard cut
ters, formerly used on Lake Michi-
gan, are also arriving here and
making over night stops. They are
proceeding up the coast to Annap-
oils, Md, and other points for use
of the Naval Reserve. Two such
craft spent Friday night here. Both
were fast boats, one had removed
its guns before leaving Green Bay,
Wisconsin. She will be newly out
fitted at Annapolis.
The increasing stops by these
smaller craft using the waterway
and running in from outside is
creating an urgent need for fuel
ing facilities in addition to gas
and the usual range of oil and
fuel OIL Many of the boats use
special types of oil and gas and
want it in rather large quantities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
MT. AIRY SWEPT
BY LARGE FIRES
Fifteen Business Firms and
Motor Freight Line Office
Are Destroyed

MT. AIRY, Feb. o. Up -Estl.
mates Of damage passed the 100000
mark today as property owners
counted the toll of two fires which
swept the granite city Friday night
and early Saturday.
One blaze started in the Planters
tobacco warehouse Saturday morn.
ing and swept through an -ntire
business block, destroying or damag-
ing Is business concerns. The dam.
age caused by this fire was put in
excess of $15O,0O0.
The. other fire broke out Friday
night. 1t destroyed the terminal
headquarters of the Hennis Motor
Freight Lines, four miles north Of
here. The damage was more than
$4,000.
Among the places destroyed by
the Saturday fire were the manufac.
turing plant Of the Simmons Tobacco
Spray company, a livestock business,
large poultry house, and several
small grocery stores and cafes.
The causes Of the fires were not
| determined.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
Plants Say Could Speed
Work on Defense Orders
By Extending Work Time

NEW YORK, Feb. g. Up The
National Association of Manufac.
turers said today IS per cent of more
than 100 national defense plants
questioned declared they could speed
deliveries of defense goods by in
creasing the working hours of their
employees. .D
Asked if defense deliveries could
be expedited by hiring additional em-
ployes, 63 per cent replied in the
negative; 81 per cent said deliveries
would not be aided by adding addi-
tional shifts.
The survey, which considered only
primary contractors, showed that S
per cent of the plants had not start
ed on their defense orders, all but 7
per cent expected to meet delivery
dates specified in contracts, and rs
per cent had been asked to deliver
goods earlier than the specified date.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
GEN. FRlNK VIEWS
CAMP DAVIS WORK
Lieut.. Alden E. Specs Says
Construction Work Con-
tinues at Normal Pace

General Frink, corps area quarter
master from the Atlanta office, paid
an official visit to Camp Davis, anti.
aircraft firing center, yesterday.
He inspected the construction
work now under way at the camp
yesterday morning and later con-
ferred with Col. James B. Crawford,
camp commander.
Gen. Frink was shown over the
site by officials in the quarterma ter
corps here.
Work continued at normal pace
at the camp yesterday. Lieut.. Alden
E. Specs, executive officer, said that
s'e drainage problem was still
existant but added 1--WE think we've
ABOUT got it beaten" .-. FL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
BRUNSWICK NEGRO
KILLED BY SHERIFF
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service station at the intersection
of highways II and "a Monday night
at 7;3O o'clock.
Brewington was allegedly driving
an automobile while intoxicated and
Sheriff Ganey. together with Dep
uties Trip and Douglas Cook,
chased the negro in an automobile
from Powell's service station at Le-
land for a distance of about 20 miles
when they finally overlook Brewing
ton in ~ 'thwest township, Coroner
Caison said.
When the car was stopped, Brew
ington got out of the automobile
with a wrench and advanced on the
officers. He struck Tripp on the
hand with the wrench and was shot
as he attempted to strike another
blow, the coroner stated.
The negro died while en- route to
James Walker Memorial hospital.
The shooting occurred about lis
o'clock.
Coroner Caison said that Brewing
ton had been arrested on January IL
on liquor law charges and was re-
ported to have made threats "as
10 what he would do should any
officer accost him again.
Members of the coroner's jury
are; E. NJ. Peterson, G.. D. Robin
son, W. L. Paden, George Hollis, r.
{. Holmes, Carl West.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
One OF Five Actresses Will
Get Motion Picture Award

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 9.-R)-One
Of five actresses, Bette Davis Joan
Fontaine, Katharine Hepburn, Gin
ger Rogers and Martha Scott will get
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences award for the best per-
Torrance by an actress in 1910.
President Walter Wanger tonight
announced nominations for all of the
awards, presented annually by the
academy.
Nominations for the best perform
ance by an actor, were Charles Chap
lin in THE Great Dictator" Henry
Fonda, Grapes of WRATH" Ray
mond Massey, ABE Lincoln in Hi
nois;" Laurence Olivier, "Rebecca :"
and James Stewart, "The Philadel-
phia Story"
A choice will be made from among
ten outstanding pictures:
"All This and Heaven Too," War
ner Brothers.
Foreign Correspondent" Walter
Wanger, United Artists.
"The Grapes of WRATH" goth Cen
tury-Fox.
"The Great Dictator" Charles
Chaplin, United Artists.
kitty Foyle,'" RKO.
"The Letter, q eWarner Brothers.
1.-The Long Voyage Home" Argosy,
Wanger, United Artists.
Our Town." Sol Lesser United
Artists.
"The Philadelphia Story" Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer.
"Rebecca," selznick International,
United Artists.
Miss Davis was nominated for her
work in "The Letter." Miss Fon-
taine, "Rebecca;" Miss Hepburn,
THE Philadelphia Story" Miss Ro-
gers, kitty Foyle," and Miss Scott,
Our Town"
Nominations for the best direction
were: John Ford, "The Grapes Of
WRATH" Sam Wood, Kitty Foyle; !"
William Wyler, THE Letter." George
Zukor, 1.-The Philadelphia Story" and
Alfred Hitchcock, "Rehecca."
Last year academy awards went to
Gone With the Wind" to Vivien
Leigh, its star, for the best perform
ance by an actress and to Victor
Fleming, it's director, for the best di-
rection. Robert Donat won the actor
award for "Goodbye, Mr.. Chips
Wanger said the screen actors, di-
rectors and writers guilds made the
new nominations in their respective
fields, while ballots for best produc-
tion honors were returned by men,
bers of all participating groups.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
TAFT PROPOSES
CHANGES in BILL
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outline his own list of amendments
Tuesday.
Several opposition senators reiter-
ated today that they were concen-
trating on defeating the bill, rather
than seeking to amend it. This group
included Senator Johnson (R-Calif)
ranking minority member of the for
eign relations committee, and Sena-
tor Wheeler (D-Mont).
while the administration made a
few concessions in the house, they
are meaningless" Wheeler declared.
THE fight will go on in the senate.
The senate has been the battle
ground before on such major issues
as the world court and the bill to
pack the supreme court"
Senator Nye (R-ND) declared that
sentiment against this bill is grow
ing every day. and added that "our
chances to defeat it are growing
brighter all the time"
An administration poll, on the 9TH
er hand, listed only % votes against
the measure in it's present form.
With the lease-lend bill passed on
to the senate, the house arranged to
act tomorrow on legislation to in.
crease the federal debt limit from
$40 900 100000 to se5,ooo, 100000 and
wipe out tax exemptions on future
federal security issues.
Later in the week, the house will
consider proposal to recreate the
Dies committee to investigate un-
American activities. Rep. Dies ID
Tex) has asked a $150,000 appropria-
tion.
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga of the
naval affairs committee said he
would start hearings this week on
his bill to curb strikes in naval de-
fense industries. The bill would pro-
vide for cooling off" period before
a strike could be called
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
BRITISH TAKE FIVE
GENERALS IN DRIVE
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trio Whiskers) Bergonzoli, veteran
of three italian wars and Black
Shirt corps commander who slip.
ped out of Bardia on the eve of its
capture by the British a month
ago. He was reported taken at
Bengasi.
Prisoners poured into Bengasi
today. To the 10000 reported cap
tured in previous battles of the
campaign, British sources regarded
it as conservative to estimate that
at least 10000 would be rounded
up in this latest action.
Capture of seven more generals
raises the total so far taken to l9
in addition to one Admiral.
Although the Italians fired some
stores before the British reached
Bengasi, the town was Understood
to have been little damaged and
the bulk of the native population
remained. A few ships were sunk
in the harbor, it was said, but
otherwise port facilities were de-
scribed as serviceable Immediately
In view of the length of communi-
cations with l,ases in Egypt, they
would be valuable either in COM
pleting Britian's hold on Cirenaica,
now totally in British hands except
for few isolated desert outposts,
or in driving further westward.
While acknowledging the diff
fnItla. nf Snvnccinr 40 fo
Tripoli, military sources indicated
that the campaign is by no means
| finished.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
M'CINNIS VIEWS
COUNTY AIRPORT
State WPA Head Also In.
spects Highway Work on
U. S. II Near Here

c. c. McGinnis, of Raleigh, North
Carolina WPA admins. --ator, yes
terday made an inspection of Blue
thenthal Airport and the work that
is being carried on there by his
organization while on a tour of
projects in this section.
While in Wilmington McGinnis
also made an inspection of the
work being carried forward on the
widening of highway II from the
city to the Pender county line.
He arrived here Saturday night
from Goldsboro, where he made
similar inspection. He left here
late yesterday afternoon for Wind
sor where he will attend dedica.
ton of new courthouse built. by
WPA forces.
McGinnis made no statement as
to the work being carried on by
the WPA here, his visit being in
the nature of a routine inspec
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
SOLUTION OF Gem
H0LDUP EXPECTED
Nam; Police Chief Forecasts
ror1v Recovery of $260,000
Worth of Jewels

u1AMI, Fla, Feb. 9-lR-Police
,.,.t 4, Leslie Quigg forecast to-
~, an early recovery of jewels
~. '..orted insured for $3.50, 600
u, which were taken from the wife of
wealthy turfman in a well-plan-
ned daylight holdup.
rhe two bandits, Quigg said,
...n't 'n very well dispose Of a
s.h1ace of 1856 matched pearls
nss 2O-carat diamond set in a
rl,tinun ring.
"Thev'u show up he declared,
,,;aa that an extraordinary
s'SoeS sau9 of officers is attempting to
ioivs ua,ve the big robbery which eli
.ved WV a wave of holdups since
~. winter tourist season gained
Momentum MN 10 days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Moore,
c. Of Sheridan, Wyo., with two
0omen 0an guests, were enroute yes
.sd.v s from the Hialeah horse
..sct .s. to their yacht tied up at a
Miami ,i Beach hotel when their
1;naousine was forced to a halt by
ro,,ngish bandits who drew along
side in a light car.
Apparently the men were thor
oughly familiar with the habits OF
the Moores. who own the Circle
M ranch and race a string OF
horses at Hiahleah.
One man, masked with handler
chief entered the rear seat with
,he three women and took the neck
lace and ring. but left the brace
lets of the guests.
The bandit car bore a Florida
license plate issued in Pinellas
COUNTY. (St. Petersburg).
An insurance adjuster, who ask
ed that his name not be used, said
the Jewels were insured for $780,
0OO He said he did not know
whether the SUI mrepresented all
or a fraction of their actual value.
Quigg said he doubted whether
the bandits had participated in
other recent holdups here al
though their descriptions fit those
Of the robbers who pulled couple
9f small jobs"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
Calendar Committee
Of Bar Meets Friday

The calendar committee Of the New
Hanover bar will meet in the office
of the clerk of superior court Friday
morning, Feb. IA, at 10:30 o'clock for
the purpose of setting the calendar
for the civil term of court beginning
Monday, March 3, Murray G. James,
chairman, announced yesterday.
All members Of the bar who desire
cases set for that term of court are
requested to deliver a list Of the
cases to the clerk of court on or be
fore Wednesday, Feb. IL, at 10:30 a.
m. Cases not in a list given the
clerk will not be considered in set
ting the calendar.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
NAzIS CLAIM TWO
'FREICHTERS SUNK
Three Others Damaged by
B0mbers in Raid Off the
Coast of Spain

BERLIN, Feb. 9-LR-Nazi long
range bombers which generally op-
crate from the coast of France
were reported by German sources
today to have sunk two ships in a
British convoy west of Spain and
to have hit three others so badly
that the crews took to ifeboats.
One of the ships was described
as a vessel of about 5000 tons;
the other was smaller.
This report followed a German
high command commulnicue which
said Individual fighting planes on
Saturday and Saturday night had
''successfully attacked militarily
important objectives in the Mid.
lands and Southeast England
while in the Mediterranean area
Nazi fliers made rolling attacks
against airports on Malta and Val
letta, its harbor.
Heavy calibre bombs crashed on
shelters and warehouses and ex-
tensive fires were started, the COM
munique said.
The high command said a few
British planes flew over Western
Germany last night and dropped
bombs on residential quarters at
three places
(The British air ministry said
small force of Raj bombers
attacked the industrial city OF
MannheimD
Two British planes were shot
down while trying to fly into Nor
way but third escaped, the COM
munique said. It acknowledged the
loss of two German planes. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
LABOR SOLUTION

NEW YORK, Feb. o. R -
Wendell l.. WiIlkie, who stopped
briefly in Africa on his return
flight from Britain, brought
home a saber and tom-tom made
by the natives of Portuguese
Guinea, presented to him by the
governor of the colony.
He told of meeting a native
chief, who proudly introduced 13
of his 26 wives.
"And where are the Others"
Willkie asked.
working in the fields" the
chief replied.
"HOw can you support so
many wives" Willkie asked
him.
'That's easy" explained the
chief. "every time get a new
wife 1 get a new field hand"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
Graham, Takes Leadership
Of Sharecroppers Week

NEW YORK, Feb. 9-LR- DIR.
Frank P. Graham, president Of
the University of North Carolina,
has accepted the craftsmanship Of
the sponsors committee for Nation
al Sharecroppers Week, March 2
9, it was announced today.
Members said the program, now
in its fourth year, was organized
ito bring to Americas attention
the tragic plight in which eight
million sharecroppers find them
selves and to formulate pro-
gram of action which will help
them. Proceeds will be sent to the
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
in Memphis, of which J. R. Butler
is president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
DREDGE CHEROKEE
ARRIVES FOR WORK
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he Charleston concern a few days
ago.
Inc dredge left Charleston Fri
oay afternoon at 5 o'clock and ar
rived last night. 1t made the trip
up the coast through the inland wa
.e ..efWay. The craft has crew OF
Su men, who will live aboard it
while NJ engaged in the project.
,- Today the crew will place the
lo,lnch pipelines and complete
prellmlnary work. Mr.. Merritt
SAD the dredging job is expected
W require about two and a halt
months on to complete.
me Cherokee is in command OF
SSaptaln Duane Merritt, who will
Nc IN charge of the work here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
GRAHAM EXPECTED
TO OPPOSE BRITISH
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acter in the southern Bengasi re-
gion."
This communique was issued a
lew hours before the British an
nounced that mechanized forces,
sweeping on toward Tripoi from
Bengasi, had taken Ell Agheila,
about 200 miles further along the
Bengasi-Tripoli coastal road
In East Africa, the Italian com.
munique said, renewed British at
tacks in the Cheren sector of Erit.
rea and along the Italian Somali.
land frontier were repulsed and
mat actions "of a local charac.
ter occurred on the battlefront
with Greece, in Albania.
The Italians told of widespread
activity by their planes in East
Africa and on the Greek front and
ol renewed German aerial attacks
last night on the British Mediter.
fanean base of Malta, marked, il
was said, by notable intensity and
efficiency"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
Bomber Leaves San Diego
For South Atlantic Coast

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Feb. 9.-IP)-
A Consolidated patrol bomber sea-
plane believed destined for England
took off from the coast guard sea
base tolay at 2:40 p. m. 1t was ex-
pected to make a nonstop flight to
the coast of a southern state, arriv.
ing probably tomorrow morning.
Details of the flights are military
secrets.
The ships are part Of an S0.plane
$12 100000 order. Some have al
ready been flown to England. The
first for Australian defense flew to
Hawaii January 25.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
BRITISH WARSHIPS
BLAST GENOA PORT
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down a sea and air barrage ''eve
more successful than at frs
thought"

down a sea and air barrage "even
more successful than at first
thought %
Other Ports Hit
Against wholesale damage which
it reported at Genoa and at the
ports of Pisa and Leghorn further
down the coast, it reported only
one British casualty, a Swordfish
torpedo plane missing.
The Ansaldo electric works and
Ansaldo boiler works were heavily
hit and large fires started" the
admiralty communique said, list
ing the damage.
'The main power station of the
port, which also supplies power
for railways, was severely dam
aged and set on fire.
MANY hits also were made on
drydocks and on warehouses and
on harbor works surrounding the
inner harbor. Here, too, consider
able fires broke out.
'The main oil fuel installations
and oil tanks were repeatedly hit
as were a number of supply ships
and main goods freighD yards of
the railway"
At Leghorn, it said, naval air.
craft dumped several tons of
bombs and a large number of in
eendiaries IN one of the
largest and most important oil
plants in Italy, the refinery OF
the A.N.I.C.
Bomb Railway Junction
British bombs also fell on the
railway junction at Pisa, the ad-
miralty said, where the main ltal-
ian west coast railroad from Genoa
to Rome intersects the line across
the peninsula from Leghorn to the
Adriatic ports of Bologna and Ven
ice. Two Italian Planes tried to
interfere, the communique added,
and "were shot down.
Twice today, air raid sirens sent
London's residents to cover but
there were no reports that bombs
had fallen. The second alarm
first after dark in five nights
ended just about as the prime
minister was finishing his broad
cast.
Raiders were reported also over
the Liverpool area, east Anglia and
southwest England during the
night.
Besides the overnight attack on
Mannheim, a shipping center with
important grain, coal, iron and
petroleum interests, the air minis
try said two Spitfres raided the
Calais area across the English
channel today.
Zone shot up an enemy anti
aircraft position in field and
machine gunned troes there and
the other raked ship" it said.
A German bomber, attempting
to attack a North Sea convoy, was
said to have been shot down by
anti-aircraft fire from an escort
warship. One British plane also
was reported lost in an attack Sat
urday on convoy of German
supply ships off the Southern coast
of Norway.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
FREIGHTER SINKS

GLACE BAY, N. S., Feb. 9-P)-
Caught in heavy drift ice, the 1,159'
ton Norwegian freighter Ciss sank
early today off Scaterie Island
while all 18 men aboard escaped in
lifeboats. The Ciss was believed to
have struck Point Nova Rock,
treacherous upthrust near the is
land, while being carried helpless
ly in the floes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10

been a more or less improvised
affair. An invasion now will be
supported by much more care
fully-prepared tackle d equip
ment We must be prepared
to meet gas attacks, parachute at
tacks, glider attacks, with con-
stancy, forethought and practiced
skill"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
TIRE I.IILED

TOKYO, Feb. 1O,-(Monday)-(R
Three persons were killed and Is
injured Sunday when the roof of a
large factory collapsed during a
short, sharp earthquake which was
felt throughout the Tokyo and Yoko-
hama districts. No other damage
was repOrted,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
ITALIANS SILENT

ROME, Feb. 9.-lRHItalian Off
cials declined tonight to confirm
or deny British reports that Genoa
had been shelled. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10

The peculiar war cry Of . queen
bee can be heard severa! yards
away from the hive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10

Overheating of an automobile en-
gine frequently is caused by a slip
ping fan belt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10

Nh, me United States CONSUMES ap-
e.pp1lmately one-half Of the total
''A'''' -''~ If Canada. 4-
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-10
WEATHER
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-B-weath-
er bureau records Of temperature and
rainfall for the "a hours ending p. M,
in the principal cotton growing areas
and elsewhere:
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