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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
WENDELL WILLKIE
REACHES ENGLAND
(Continued From Page One)

up in the plane and fell in the aisle
when it alighted at a western port.
Unhurt and just as full Of energy as
before he picked himself up and Wig
orously brushed his suit-the n he
was wearing when he left New York
by Clipper last Wednesday,.
He carried a helmet which a friend
had given him in New York. There
was a reception committee on hand
which included Commander c. R.
Thompson and Thomas Brand, rep
resenting the British government;
Herschel Johnson, U. S. charges
d'affaires in London, and General
Martin Scanlon and Commander N.
r. Hitchcock of the American en-
bassy.
Il am very glad to be in England
for whose cause I have the utmost
sympathy" Willkie said, and for
whom I am attempting to do ell I
can to unite the United States and
to give England all the aid that Is
possible in it's struggle for free men
all over the world"
He spent 20 minutes at the airport
before leaving On another plane for
London. In that time he talked. an
swering many questions but declin-
ing to make any further statement
regarding the imminence of the ar
rival of further aid for Britain from
the United States.
He said he expected to stay here
about two weeks and added he was
anxious to see as much as possible
in that time.
Reporters asked him about the let
ter President Roosevelt gave him to
Prime Minister Churchill. Willkie
only smiled.
He said he had enjoyed the entire
trip and never felt better in my
life"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
IN LONDON
RAIDS CONTINUES
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the Galvani suffered no damage
or casualties. Four members of
the crew, two of them injured,
were captured. The fifth escaped.
The disabled bomber came down
on the Norfolk coast.
1.-THE only attack on this country
today was by an enemy aircraft
which dropped a bomb on the
Northeast coast without causing
damage or casualties" a com
munique of the ministries of air
and home security said.
Many Londoners appeared wor-
rying over the meaning of the
absence of raids in the past week
and most have their own private
Explanations" for the lull-"The
phoney peace as some newspa-
pers call it.
Many observers attributed the
German silence to the bad con-
tinental weather, but it has been
noted that the Raj has been able
to fly and bomb the Nazi sub
marine base at Lorient, France,
Friday night.
Moreover, it is hard to believe
that even the worst weather coulo
ground the mass of the German
air fleet, especially when the per
manent Rhineland airdromes are
equipped for blind flying and are
only 400 miles from England.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
COUNT CSAKY, 49,,
dies IN HUNGARY
Served as Nations Foreign
Minister During Past Two
Critical Years

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. 81
~(Monday)-R-Count Istvan Csaky,
foreign minister of Hungary during
the past two critical years, died early
today after an illness of six weeks.
He was 46 years old.
Count Csaky, youngest foreign
minister in Hungary's history, had
been in a coma since late Saturday.
He had been ill since mid-December
but hope for his recovery was held
out until Saturday night when he
suffered a relapse.
Count Csaky was stricken while
aboard a train bringing him home
from Belgrade where he had just
signed a Hungarian friendship agree
ment between the Hungarian and
Yugoslav governments.
First diagnosed as influenza, his
illness later was identified as food
poisoning.
At his bedside when he died was
his young wife of eight months.
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ExpressiOn Oh War Aims
Sought By Wheeler, Nye
ITALIAN ATTACK
BEATEN BY GREEKS
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had Just reached Albania but al
ready had been destroyed.
Creek sources said the desperate
effort of General Ugo Cavallero to
ha1t the Greeks was indicated when
some captured Italian officers said
thew had been sent back to the front
from a hospital without obtaining
convalescence leave.
One report said the Greeks met
the Italians at first with intense
artillery fire and then with a bay
onet attack.
Other reports said the counter
attack was crushed within less than
an hour and the Greek infantry,
taking the initiative, captured many
prisoners by a quick thanking move
ment.
The Greek spokesman said the
Fascists suffered losses in men and
material
Among prisoners taken in the
days fighting were troops belonging
to an Italian Alpine division which
was appearing on the Albanian, thea
ter of war for the first time, he
said.
The high commands communique
merely reported. "restricted success
full operations and 1--WE took some
prisoners"
ut was announced Jan. 10 that
Premier M%ussolini had sent his chief
of staff, General Ugo CaVallero, to
Albania, replacing General Ubaldc
Soddu, in the third army shakeup
in two months.)
The government spokesman said
the morale counterattacks at vari-
Gus points of the front were sup
ported by artillery.
They were aimed, he said, at re-
capturing positions of strategic i'm.
p~ortance which the Italians lost last
week but failed completely"
I'm the cours of n of the at
tacks, the enemy quickly gave up
his int>ltion and abandoned a large
number of machine guns, automatic
rifles, and a number of prisoners"
the spokesman, said.
Despite these desperate efforts
of the Italians, Jul troops maintain
ed the initiative and occupied new
positions on the mountains. and other
fortified positions, plus some villages
from which the Italians were forced
to withdraw.
"One hundred prisoners, including
officers and a large quantity of ma
terials were captured"
italian planes flew against the
Greek forces but reports from the
front said many of their bombs fell
behind their own lines when the
Greek fighters attacked. 1t was in
this sector that the Greeks report
ed three Italian planes shot down
Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
MANY GERMANS
ENTERING ITALY
Main Purpose Is Believed tt
Support Fascist Regime,
Says Observer

LONDON, Jan. 26.-R-"Consld'
cradle numbers of Germans are
entering Italy, ostensibly as GROUND
staffs for Nazi air units but their
main purpose apparently is to sup
mort the Fascist regime, an IN
formed source asserted today.
1.-THE German air force in Italy
seems to require an unusual num-
Der of ground crew members TO
keen it in condition, this source
said. 1T is possible this is de-
signed 10 keep the Italians IN or
der"
The greatest German concen-
trations are reported in Sicily,
where dive bombers r based
and at Trieste. The source was
reluctant to speculate as to their
PRESENCE in Trieste which is In
Northeastern Italy, near the Yugo-
slav border.
AulQOT1LlSS nave Wot'
ever, that reports of extensive un-
rest in Italy should be treated
with reserve.
(From Belgrade, Yugoslavia,
last night Winston Burdett, CHS
correspondent, cabled a story Ia
ter broadcast in New York, stating
that diplomatic advices received
in Belgrade and three Italian gen
erals had been killed and several
hundred persons wounded in "a
hours of street rioting in Milan
an Turin and in smaller cities OF
the Pc valley.
.(Burdett said foreign official
sources in Belgrade were told that
the Italian officers were killed by
intervening German troops who
took the lead in fighting the riot
ers.
Authoritative Italian sources
said these reports of disorders
were "a ridiculous invention with
out the slightest basis. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
Want Senate to Ask Warning
Nations to proclaim Pub
licly' Their Goals

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26- R -
Senators Wheeler .(D-Mont.) and
Nye (R-ND) announced today that
they would seek a senate express
sion in favor of the United States
asking the warning nations to pro
claim publicly their wal aims.
To this end, they said they would
introduce a resolution tomorrow
declaring the sense of the senate
to be that the President request a
statement of war aims from the
Axis powers, and from England,
Greece, China and other "belliger-
ent governments of 1941."
In a joint statement, the SEN
ators said these aims should be
made clear before this nation
plunges from the bank into the
holocaust of war;"
"Most historians and students
agree" they added, that the
Treaty of Versailles provoked the
present war. Before the United
States goes any further along the
road of war we should have as
surances from our potential allies
that American boys will not be
ploughed under European soil
every twenty-five years."
Wheeler and Nye, both oppon-
ents of the administrators aid-to-
Britain bill, issued their statement
on the eve Of hearings by the sen
ate foreign relations committee on
the legislation. Both senators are
members of this committee.
The house foreign affairs COM
mittee wound up two weeks of
public hearings on the bill yester-
day, but will receive testimony to-
morrow behind closed doors from
Gen. George c. Marshall, army
chief of staff, and Admiral Harold
R. Stark, chief of naval operations.
Afterward, the committee will be-
gin consideration of amendments.
Chairman Bloom D-NY said the
measure probably would reach the
house floor the first of next week.
Secretary Hull is scheduled 10 be
the first witness when the. senate
committee takes up the bill to-
morrow. Chairman George ID
Ga.) said Hull would be heard first
in secret session, after which he
would testify publicly.
A number Of witnesses who out
lined their views before the house
committee are expected to be call
ed by the senate group. Besides
Hull, these may include Secretaries
Knox and Stimson, Norman Thorn
as, socialist party leader, and Col:
Charles A. Lindbergh. Other prob
able witnesses, George said, in
clude Robert E. Wood, of Sears
Roebuck and Co., and James w.
Gerard, former ambassador to
Germany.
The Wheeler-Nye statement said
that the United States learned at
tremendous cost the utter and COM
plete futility" of the last World
war, and added:
I'VE made cur sacrifices in blood,
in tears, and in dollars to make
the world safe for democracy and
to end all war; less than Is years
ago"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
BOULDER WRECKS
CALIFORNIA TRAIN
One Man Missing After Expo
sition Flyers Locomotive
And Car Derailed

OROVILLE, Calf, Jan. 26.-H9-
The luxurious Exposition Flyer OF
the Western Pacific Railroad plough
ed into a huge boulder blocking
tracks in the Feather River Canyon
today, derailing the locomotive and
baggage car, but injuring no pas
sengers.
A baggage man was missing, and
authorities expressed fear the uni
Identified man may have been trapped
in the baggage car, which nosed in
to the rain-swollen river after break
ing away from the rest of the train.
The locomotive plunged partially
down the canyon wall and came to
rest close by the water.
Engineer Fred Loucks of Ocoville
and his fireman, whose name was
not Immediately learned, saved their
lives by jumping as the huge noun
tain-type locomotive plunged from
the rails.
Back of the baggage car, the other
eight cars, filled with passengers,
jolted to a stop, but without injuring
anybody, it was announced by au-
thorities here and by railroad head
quarters in San Francisco, where the
fast train was due at 1890 o'clock
tonight.
Heavy rains which swept the
Feather River Canyon, through
which the railway t%raverses the Ser
ra Nevada. were blamed for a slide
which carried the huge boulder onto
the tracks along with other debris.
At first word of the derailment
about AIS p. N. (PsT) doctors,
nurses and ambulances sped out from
here, but we're intercepted later and
told to return when it was learned
there were no injuries.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
NORFOLK NAVAL BASE
OFFICES MAGED
BY $275,0OO FIRE
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houses the administrative offices of
Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig,
district commandant.
The east wing, occupied by the
naval training station administrative
office, escaped damage.
Flames Spread
The blaze was discovered at 9:15
a. M. and the flames quickly spread
through the barn-like auditorium.
Two women telephone operators on
duty at the outbreak of the fire
stood by their posts until finally
driven away by the flames.
All three fire companies at the
base were called out and hurry calls
were sent to the city of Norfolk for
equipment. Three city companies
were sen and the firemen, aided by
about 200 service men, succeeded in
getting the fire under control by
noon.
With the outbreak of the fire,
naval authorities quickly established
marine guards at all gates and
roads. Entry to the base was denied
to all except officers in uniform.
NeWspapermen and photographers
later were allowed to enter the res
ervation under restrictions.
Erected in 1906
The building was erected in 1906
for the jamestown Exposition but
the two wings had been added by
the navy after the old exposition site
was taken over during the World
war as a naval station.
The fire vas a half mile from the
office of the Virginia Engineering
company, contractors for the $15,-
600, 900 expansion project at the
naval air station. Other expansion
work was still farther from the
scene of the blaze. The air station
houses a large number of s-aplanes,
land planes, fighter ar bomber
planes for aircraft carriers.
The administration building is not
far from the numerous frame bar
racks housing most of the recruits
for the naval training station.
There are approximately 10000 en-
listed men stationed within the
naval operating base, including
those on the base proper, the train
ing station and the air station. Most
of the new barracks for the air sta
ton, which are of brick construc-
ton, are located a safe distance
from the burned building.
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BURN TO
DEATH IN CRASH
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were ablaze. Gasoline had leaked
from the tanker and had spread
along the highway. Grass by the
roadside for $50 yards each way was
burning and the flames spread into
a nearby field.
The Intensity of the flames pre-.
vented firemen from pulling the
trucks apart. 1t was two hours be-
fore the fire was controlled and the
firemen could get into the cabins of
the trucks to remove the charred
bodies.
The tanker was headed west and
the tractor truck east. Exactly how
the accident happened could not be
explained.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
N. EVANS

Funeral services for Charles N
Evans, formerly of Wilmington, who
died Saturday morning at his home
in Los Angeles, Calf, were held yes
terday at Forest Lawn Memorial
Park in Los Angeles.
Mr.. Evans was a resident of viii.
'mington for many years, coming
here from Charlotte to become
cashier and later president of the
Southern National bank.
Mr.. Evans is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mabel Gillespie Evans;
and the following children, Charles,
Jr.. Thomas, and Gillespie Evans,
and Mrs. Ada Benson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
HARRY F. FARROW

Funeral services for Harry F. Far
row, 81, of IA Wrightsville avenue,
superintendent of the Champion
Compress plant here, who died at
Ills o'clock Saturday night in a
local hospital following a two-month
illness, will be held at $50 o'clock
this afternoon from the Yopp Flu
neral home.
The Rev. J. Harry Whitmore, pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church of
the Covenant, will conduct the serv-
ices. Burial will follow in Oakdale
cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be: G.. H.
Woodville, D. A. Brown, C. J. Plas-
ire, D. M. Holmes, Rufus Parlier,
and ]. P. Wilson, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Alex
Sprunt, H. T. King, DR.. J.. E. Evans,
J.. c. Slocumb, j. @. LeGrand, John
Carter, l.. E. Hall, w. G. Farmer,
L. K. Anders, and r. N. Powell.
He is survived by his wife, two
daughters, Misses Dolores and Ev-
elyn Farrow; two sons. j. w. and
Harry F. Farrow, Jr., his mother,
Mrs. Augusta Farrow, and three
sisters, Mrs. John Johnston and
Mrs. D. D. Sellers, all of Whining
ton, and Mrs. E. w. Stone, of Nc.
Donald; and one ~grandchild.
He was a member of the Church
of the Covenant, the Sudan temple
of the Shrine, the Wilmington Con-
sistory of the Scottish Rite, the
Orient lodge of the Masons, the
Woodmen of the World and the
Eastern Star.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
Miss Mcdonald Delays
Asheuille Appearance

ASHEVILLE, N. c., Jan. 26.-R
appearance of jeanette Nc
Donald, soprano, in Asheville has
been postponed from Tuesday un-
til March 4, it was announced here
today by the sponsors of the con-
cert. Miss McDonald's manager,
Charles Wagner, telegraphed the
sponsors today from Roanoke, Va.
that the singer had been ordered
to postpone the engagement be-
cause Of a hoarseness following a
sore throat. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27

helped swing the 1910 G. O.
presidential nomination to Wende.
Willkie.
The blunt-speaking former na
tional committeeman, serving hi
first term in elective office, Sic
cumbed unexpectedly at his home
last night to a heart ailment whc
friends said had been brought Oh
by overWork in the last Campaign
In London Willkie said: pleas
say for me that I am greatly Dis
tressed. He was one of my dearea
friends and 1 admired him VERY
much"
Although a newcomer in con.
gress-he was elected from Man,
hattan's famous 18th "Bluestoca.
ing" district after the incumben.
Bruce Barton, decided to run 70.
the senate-Simpson lost no time
in getting into action.
He was regarded by some as
Willkie spokesman and had Intro
duced a substitute measure for
President Roosevelt's "lend-lease'
bill along lines suggested by Will
kie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
MELTON, LOCAL
MARINE, KILLED
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Chester D. Rule, %, corporal,
Chicago, III.
R. N. Cordova, q, whose home
town was not given.
Injured Marines were named as
Joab Cotton, %, chief cook, New
orleans, La; and R. R. Rains and
Walter w. Cotton, both of Los An
geles.
Walter W. Cotton was the driver
of the car, Deputy Coroner A. E..
Gallagher said.
Two couples, Mr.. and Mrs. NAL
colin VIM and Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Stockman, all of San Di-
ego, in the other car, suffered mi
nor burns and injuries.
E. L. Cartwright, FL Cajon police
chief, said that Garwin Hunter,
Stanley Nephew and Aaron Lewis,
all of Ell Cajon, used a canvas
shield in rescuing the Marines
from the flaming wreck. They es-
capped with minor burns. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
FUR STOLEN

The Rev. Walter b. Freed yes
terday reported to police some
one entered the choir room of
St. Paul's Lutheran church dur
ing the morning hour of WOr-
ship and took a silver fox fur
piece, valued at 500, the prop
erty Of Mrs. Louis Hanson, and
about Sc in currency.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
FLYING BOAT ARRIVES

HONOLULU, Jan. &c. R-A
two-motored Consolidated flying
boat arrived today from California
enroute for delivery to Australia.
long range patrol bomber
which unconfirmed reports S a d
PROBABLY would be used against
German raiders in the South Pa
CHIC, was under command of Capt.
+. G.. Taylor, of Australia. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
EX-KAISER NOTES
BIRTHDAY TO-DAY
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guards at the entrance to tbe d,
tate.
All the same, the birthday 4,
servance tomorrow probably vii
be the most modest in his I'm,
and eventful life-because Of 4,
war.
Besides the Kaiserin Hermir.
who shares his exile, only tbre.
near relatives were able to com,
over from Germany. They wen
his fourth son, Prince August WI
helm (knoWn as AuWi, his gram
son, Prince Franz Joseph (sop d
the kaiser's late fifth son, Joac,
i'm and Franz Joseph's newh
wed wife, P Princess Henrier,
daughter of Hermine), who call,
the aged ex-monarch "Vani," al;
never speaks of him as stepfathe
The only other out-of-town guez
was General Wilhelm vn
Dommes, for many years chit
administrator of HohenzoIler
properties in Berlin.
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PEARCE IS KILLED
WHEN HIT BY TRUCK
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side of the highway into the path
Of the truck and trailer driven
by Potter.
The front of the truck struck
Pearce, knocked him down, off
GERS said, and the tractor and
trailer wheels ran over his head.
Patrolmen said no charges had
been filed against Potter, who has
net been required to post a bond
for his appearance at the coroner's
inquest tonight in Burgaw.
Funeral arrangements for
Pearce were incomplete last night
pending the arrival of relatives
from out of town. The Yopp funeral
home is in charge of arrange
ments. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
MCDONALD ILL

ROANOKE, Va, Jan. 26. - Up -
Jeanette Macdonald, soprano sing
ing star suffering from a severe cold,
was ordered by a physician today to
postpone a concert appearance in
Asheville, N. c., Tuesday night and
go to Florida for several days. rest.
She was able to appear here last
night after postponing an engage
ment Thursday at Pittsburgh be.
cause of a sore throat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
BRITISH SOLDIERS
ADVANCING INTO
ITALIAN ERlTREA
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aliland in addition to driving the
Italians out of the northern part
of the province and thrusting into
Ethiopia.
Details were scarce but it was
said the frontier had been crossed
at a number of points, chiefly
around Ell WAX, a border town
which the Italians fled after a
smashing British land and air raid
a few weeks ago.
Besides the Eritrean action, the
Middle East commands communique
dismissed with one sentence re
porting progress the other spurs 10
Britain's African campaign, includ'
ing the advance in Libya.
Make Contact
In Libya, the communicate said,
British vanguards have made con-
tact with Italian forces at the Port
of Derna, ITS miles inside the from
tier from Egypt and IS miles west
of Tobruk, and "are being rein
forced"
1t also reported British pressure
in the Metemma area of ETHIOPIA and
vigorous patrol activity in "all Sec
tors" of italian Somaliland.
British sources said. there had
been clashes around Derna, which
British armored cars first reached
%ry> Io1y- orr Info pfrxy and p11nC
were said since to have arrived
from Tobruk and to be supporting
the action but details were lacking
here and authorities would say only
that operations were progressing
satisfactorily.
"a British East African head
quarters communicate issued at
Nairobi, Kenya Colony, reported
several small encounters with
Banda (native) patrols" on Italian
territory and said "a few prisoners
have been taken"
Swift Advance
Britain's reported penetration be-
yond Biscia in Eritrea marks a
swift advance of roughly 80 miles
from Kassala. Sudanese stronghold
retaken from the Italians, and a
push of about 60 miles from the
frontier.
There has been no report, however
of severe resistance, and the Ital-
ians, apparently, are making a DELHI
crate withdrawal on that front.
The situation indicates a reverse
Of the early phases of the cam
paign in North Africa where the
British fell back from the Egyptian
border without strenuous opposition
and the Italians occupied Sid Bar
rani without encountering the main
body of Britain's forces.
BY that plan, the British con-
tracted their line of supply only to
the end of the railroad from Alex
andria while the Italians stretched
theirs across the exposed, barren
wastes of the Libyan desert.
In East Africa now, the Italians
evidently are shortening their com
m%unications to Agordat, or the rail
road from Nassau, chief port o.
Eritrea, while the British line is be
ing extended across high, almost
roadless country.
Besides giving intensive supper
to the army in it's successful advance
east of Keru," in the Biscia area
the Raj communicate reported ex
tensive air operations in north ant
east Africa. 81
British bombers carried out at
tacks Saturday, it said, on Italian
air fields in Libya at Maraua, Bare
and Giarabub.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
BAXTER M'KEE

CHARLTON, Jan. rs. - Funeral
services for Baxter Mckee, 80, who
died Friday afternoon at his home
near Clarkton following a short ILL.,
ness of pneumonia, were held at 2
o'clock this afternoon from the late
residence. Burial followed at Mckee
cemetery.
Besides his wife, who was Miss
Corinna Shaw before marriage,
Mr.. Mckee is survived by one
Miss Frances Mckee,
and one son, D. B. Mckee. Jr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-27
Boone Reports Seasons
Second Furry of Snow

BOONE, Jan. 26.-R-Snow, the
second of the winter and the first
of the year, began falling here at
l pm. today and lasted about three
hours. About an inch covered the
ground. The mercury hit a low of
IS degrees. Boone's last snow was
on December %, 1910. l