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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
Mobilization Oh Women
For Home Defense Urged

WASHINGTON, Jan. l. Up -
Mrs. Florence Kerr, assistant WPA
commissioner, proposed tonight that
millions Of women join in a volun-
tary mobilization for home defense.
After submitting to President
Roosevelt a program to train women
for national defense, Mrs. Kerr said
Ii a statement that millions Of wom-
en- were ready to be "mobilized' in
their home towns for a program Of
action.
She proposed setting UP training
programs for women 80 broad that
every woman in every home town
IN the nation who wants to do so
can lind her place in Americas
m%oolllzation of women for home de-.
Tense"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
MARINES TO ASK
FORMAL APOLOGY
Demands Expected To Be
Made On Japs Because Of
Maltreatment Of Men

PEIPING, China, Jan. l. Up -
Col. Allen H. Turnage, commander
of United States marines here, was
understood today to be preparing
to demand a formal apology from
the Japanese for asserted maltreat.
ment of five marines after a caba.
ret fracas.
United States officials declared
that all five were held II hours anc
that four of them were injured by
Japanese gendarmes.
The American version was this:
The five were arrested in the
Aabaret shortly before midnight
Monday by gendarmes who threat.
ened all marines present with pts.
tolls and swords and refused ad.
mission to the cabaret to marine
military police who arrived during
the incident.
They were released only after
three demands by Colonel Turnage
The five marines declared they
were insulted and threatened ir
the cabaret by armed and drunk
en- Japanese civilians. One of the
marines was said by American
sources to have been foored ane
kicked in the face by the gen
darmes.
Peiping is under occupation by
the Japanese army. The United
States maintains a guard of twt
companies of marines here for its
embassy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
STARTS 1871 RIGHT

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan.
1-R-A gray-haired man, now
"a, surrendered at Kilby pris-
on today, voluntarily ending FL
years of freedom to "start the
new year right"
Because, his SON "talked me
into giving up and trying to
get out the honest way" the
man gave himslf up to Warden
Earl Wilson, who identified him
as Tom Hodge, who escaped
IN 1919 while serving a life
term for murder.
The aged man told the war
den II thought I'd start the
new year right-like son says"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
CIVILIANS TO AID
WORKERS AT CAMP
Saturday Afternoon Check
Cashing Service Is
Urged Here

y At it's weekly meeting Tuesday,
the Wilmington Civitan club under
took to promote a plan which Will
help the workmen at Wilmington's
anti-aircraft camp at Holly
Ridge and benefit the local mer'
: chants.
: The attention of the club was
directed to the fact that hundreds
? of workmen from Holly Ridge are
arriving in Wilmington each Satur-
day after the banks and other fl
nanciaI houses have closed for the
day and as a result the merchants
are unable to cash all checks and
the visitors are unable to make pur-
chases.
In the absence of President Alan
A. Marshall, Vice-President Addison
Hewlett, Jr., appointed a committee
composed of ]. K. Taylor, Jr., chair
man, J. A. Brown, Jr., and Everett
Higgins to call upon and present
the problem to R. B. Page, chairman
of Wilmington's Defense Council. 1t
is the desire of the Civitan club
that some clearing office be estab-
lished to care for these checks which
will arrive in the city each week
after banking hours. =
William Raney introduced Nathan
Cox, of Ciarkton, and a student at
the Harvard School of Business as
his guest.
Reports were received from the
chairman Of the groups which had
the preparation and distribution OF
the Christmas baskets in charge.
At the close of the business ses-
sion, Louie E. Woodbury., Jr., chair
man of the program committee, in
troduced J. R. Hollis, head of the
City-County Welfare department.
Hollis gave a synopsis of the work
done by his department, the second
largest in the ~city-county govern
ment, based upon his annual report
for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
Southern Bell Company
Adds 2,4OO New Workers
And Spends $4l o. 900

ATLANTA, Jan. l. R The
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
graph company announced today
2,400 new employees were added to
it's rolls in 1910 and $41, 900, 900
spent in expanding facilities.
An announcement by President
James E. Warren said more than
lis, 600 telephones were added
during the year, bringing the COM
total to 1850, 900 in the nine
state territory it serves
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
Fender Chamber Of Commerce
Backs F. R. On Aid To Britain

BURGAW, Jan. 1.-The Fender
county chamber of commerce met
in the courthouse here Monday
night and made further progress
in its plans to promote Fender
county by naming several COM
mittees, received several n e W
members and instructed Secretary
Belts to wire President Roosevelt
a commendatory telegram on his
speech of Sunday night.
The following committees were
named, the first person in each
instance being designated chair
man:
Publicity, T. ]. Belts, W. S. Car
roll, Miss Matte Bloodworth;
Health and Welfare, DR.. N. C.
Wolfe, DR.. w. I. Taylor, DR.. w. H.
Young, Miss Mary Cox; Housing,
D. o. Matthews, T. ]. Belts, Mrs.
Phillip Sasser; Roads, John T.
Wells, W. c. Myers, D. j. Far,
rior; Civic Improvements, Mrs. N.
c. Wolfe, Mrs. P. E. Lucas, Mrs.
John j. Best; Education, T. T.
Murphy, E. M. Thompson, H.
Men. Johnson; Recreation, j. R.
Lewis, Mrs. Jeanette Faison,
Hugh C. Walker; Hospitality, R.
F. Humphrey, Jack T. Brown, Viii.
lard Haynes; New Enterprises,
Roy Rowe, E. M. Thompson, E.
c. Highsmith; Transportation, w
R. Harrell, Jack Amster, j, l.
Harrell; Bylaws, C. L. Moore,
J. j. Best, L. H.. Corbett; Mem
bership, c. D. McGowen, Mrs. P
l.. S%asser, B. Simmons.
The following new members
were added to the roster: H. Men
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
Winthrop Rockefeller
Will Enlist In Army

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-(P-Win-
'hrop Rockefeller, %, grandson and
helr OF the late John D. Rockefeller.
confirmed today reports that he
would enlist in the Army.
He said he expected to wind I'D
MS affairs In the foreign depart
ment OF the Socony Vacuum Co..
by Jan. l5 and enlist shortly after.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
Haworth Named Chairman
Of u. S. Home Loan Bank

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. - Go -
Horace S. Haworth of High Point, N.
c., was named chairman today of
the Federal Home Loan Bank of
Wlnston-Salem, which serves the
southeastern area from Maryland
south through Florida.
Richard p Dietznan of Louisville,
KY, was designated chairman Of the
Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincin-
natl, which serves Ohio, Kentucky
and Tennessee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
OF CLINTON
STORE INVESTIGATED
Undetermined Amount Of Money!
And Cigarettes Taken From
Establishment

CLINTON, Jan. 1. - Police today
were investigating the robbery of
the Home Cash grocery store, on
Lisbon street, last night.
Officers said that the robbers broke
out the rear window to the store and
withdrew the bar to the door. An
undetermined amount of mon and
a quantity of cigarettes were taken.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
War Interpretive
CONTINUED from Page One)

Alpine frontier defenses facing
France, Switzerland and Germany,
is receiving official Fascist atten-
ton. The rising cost of supple
menting its fortiic ations is duly
noted.
That may not be significant. Yet
it indicates that among other per
plexities arising from the defeat of
Fascist armies in Albania and At
RIGA, II Duce is not losing sight OF
the possibility that France might
return to the war a a result OF
the Hitler-Petain conflict.
Enthusiastically any development
that brought French colonial forces
iin Africa or the French navy back
into the war against Italy would
be a heavy additional blow for
Mussolini. There are 300, 900
French and French colonial troops,
fully equipped and as yet unblood.
led in this war, in French Africa.
They are strongly anti : German
and anti-Axis.
Loyal to Weygand
They are primarily loyal to Gen
eral Weygand who organized and
prepared them for battle. He is
in personal command as old Mar
shall Petain's trusted agent, and
beyond doubt burning to avenge
against the Axis the defeat he suf.
fered as Allied generalissimo in
France last June.
A break between Hitler and Pc
tain might lead to Nazi occupation
of all France. That of itself would
be a boon to Britain. 1t would
further .disperse Nazi armies in
the West, so recently pictured by
Hitler as girding to leap across tne
channel at England's throat.
Re-entry of French troops in A.
RIGA into the war would drive a
decisive nail, however, into the
coffin of Italian empire dreams.
1t probably would mean swift real
lzatlon of Prime Minister Church
Ills threat to rip that empire ito
shreds and tatt1 s."
From this distance it has SCENE.
probable all along that it was US.
OF French naval ships in the Medi-
terranean by Germany and Italy
that was urgently sought by Berlin
IN the recent Hitler-Laval dealings.
That would have been a serious
matter for Britain, at home as
We'll as in the East. 1t would have
forced retention of heavy British
naval forces in the Mediterranean
forces that could be ill spared
from Atlantic bottlenecks.
Now it is indicated that important
British naval units are being trans
ferred from the East front to pro.
tect Englaa~s's own North Atlantic
sea lanes. That is an immediate
result of British army victories in
Egypt and Libya and Greek sue
cesses in Albania.
London reports a shrinking in
stead of an increasing tonnage toll
by enemy action in the dangerous
Atlantic waters. 1t has also dis
closed that the heavy cruiser Bcr-
wick, which beat off the most re.
cent Nazi surface raider attack
there in murky weather, had been
shifted from the Mediterranean to
Atlantic convoy duty.
Re-entry of French African
forces and French ,warcraft into
the conflict alongside Britain GER
tainly would release further Brit
ish navy and air forces in the East
for use In the West. It would be
a major obstacle to Nazi attack
plans in the West, whatever they
are. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
IN A O O

A planetarium is a circular room
over which is suspended a stainless
steel dome serving as a screen upon
which, by means of an intricate pro.
jector, it is possible to show in a
realistic manner every star or other
object in the sky that is visible to
the naked eye.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
DINED FIRST

Each evening in the time of
Queen Anne, a trumpeter on the
topmost tower of his castle pro-
claimed to all the world that the
chief of Clan McNeill, of the Scot
fish Highlands, had dined and that
the rest of the world might now
ding, also
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
10 Selectees To Leave
Burgaw On January 10

BURGAW, Jan. david Jasper
HiJburn, of Currie, appeared before
the Fender county draft board Tues.
day and volunteered for enlistment
in the armed forces of Uncle Sam.
Hilburn will be one of ten selectees
to leave Burgaw on Jan. 10 for
Fort Bragg, where they will undergo
a training period of one year..
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
TEA PLANTS

The tea plant grows to a. height
~ feet In Its native state. It is
an evergreen tree, which bears
long, narrow, leathery leaves. and
oeautiiu! White or rose.tinted flow.
ers' followed by woody capsules
containing three round seeds each.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
Unidentified Airplane
Drops Bombs In Ireland

DUBLIN, Ireland, Jan. 1.-(R-
An alrplane of unidentified n%ationali-
W cropped bombs In county Meath
near Drogheda, 80 miles north Of
Dublin, tonight. First reports indi.
Gated no damage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
Retired Rocky Mount
Merchant Is Killed

ROCKY MOUNT, Jan. l. Up -
Thomas w. Crowder, 80, retired
merchant, vas struck and killed by
an automobile last night as he
tried to cross a street. Nash Coun-
ty Coroner M. C. Gulley said the
accident was unavoidable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02

During 1910, the aircraft industry
has delivered 1925, O00, 900 worth Of
a%irplanes as compared to 1925, O00,-
900 in deliveries during 1889.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-02
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

Creomulsion relieves promptly be.
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to Soothe and heal raw, tender, in
famed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
q bottle Of Circumcision with the un-
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back,
CIRCUMCISION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Evening star., 1941-05-25
NEWS FROM DOGDOM
Notes on a Variety of Subjects of Interest in
Washington and Vicinity
By X. r. TaynfOn.

Claire Crawford. who because OF
her Workaday activities, cannot go
TO any but Sunday shows. was de-
lighted to be able to make the Tren-
ton fixture II was here that her
big harlequin Dane. Rajah of Va
keck. qualified for the third time in
the novice obedience classes and
made his companion dog degree.
. Rajah. who is better known as
Caesar, is member of the local
training class, but has been in train
ing a comparatively short time. He
made his degree in three out Of four
tries, an extremely good record for a
! dog of his breed.
Another dog which made his c. D.
degree at this show was Mrs Cor
nelius w. Doremus' collie. TazeWell
| Southern Gem. This dog was year
old only three or four days before
the show.
Pete Snodgrass, well-knovn pro-
| fessional handler, recently entered
matrimony. His many friends wish
him much JOY and happiness.
Gordon and Peggy Barton enter
tanned the Washington Bulldog Club
in their new house last week From
all reports it is a charming place
and offers unparalleled facilities for
raising few pups
JOY in the new place was nearly
tempered with tragedy when Mr..
5y>
the woods through which a fairly
deep stream flows. The older dogs
dashed right into the water and
were having wonderful time
splashing around However. Katinka,
pride of the kennel. seemed dubious
| about the new sport. Standing on
little ledge overlooking the water
she suddenly lost her balance and
fell t. Much to Mr.. Barton's
amazement, she seemed unable to
swim and started to go down. Be-
fore he could get his shoes off TO
jump in after her. Trudy, one Of
! the older boxers. seemed to sense
that Tinka was not playing, dashed
over TO her, grabbed her by the
scruff of the neck and toWed her 10
! shore.
Talking about wet dogs, 1t La
mont Williams has a bulldog named
Bozo. who doesn mind little wet
ting now and then, but knows when
enough is enough. The other day,
1t Williams, in play, doused BoZo
thoroughly with the hose. Then,
| recognizing his responsibility. he
went into the house for towel with
which he wiped BozoS face, but left
the rest of the hound dripping. He
carefully weighted the towel down
with a rock and went about his
| business.
Soon he noticed Bozo tugging at
the towel and showing at the rock
until he got the towel free. In
stead of dragging the towel to his
master for a final wipe of, he lugged
it to Mrs. Williams, who was in
another part of the garden. and
held up first one paw and then
another, until she got the idea and
wiped him off all over.
BoZo knows who is boss in his
family, anyhow. He has developed
the habit of accepting his dinner
from any one who will give it 10
him, but before eating he always
finds Mrs. Williams and sits up 10
bark a thanks to her.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
In Local Bridge Circles
By Frank B. Lord .

from dummy. East passed the trick,
refusing to play the ace OF that
suit. Declarer next came 10 his
own hand with the king of clubs
and again played a diamond. West
put on the ten and North played low,
hoping, as proved to be the case,
that East would be obliged to play
the ace. East returned his last
heart, which South won and then
proceeded to run four diamonds,
which with the ace of spades and
the ace of clubs enabled him to
/ make nine tricks.
! Had East used his ace of dia-
mondS when that suit was first
played and then knocked out
South's last stopper in hearts.
Vests jack of diamonds would have
blocked that suit and provided him
with an entry with which TO make
two more heart tricks and thus
set the contract. East should have
figured when South did not play
the jack of diamonds that West
must have it and that. with two
others. could stop the suit. 1t was
mistake to hold up the ace.
A trio designated as a three
man pair" but actually composed Of
two men and one woman. have won
the right to represent Washington
and Northern Virginia in the Cava-
lier Tournament to be held at Vir-
ginia Beach over the Memorial Day
week end. They were Paul Kibler,
Oscar j. Brotman and Mrs. Irene
Surguy. Mrs. Surguy played through
two sessions in the afternoon, hav-
ing Mr. Kibler as her partner, and
in the evening she sat opposite Mr.,
Brotman. Lewis Tubbs of Arlington,
organizer of the game. and his
brother Lloyd were second, and Miss
Mabel Tobin and j. H. Tyree, Rich
mond, were third.
The match occurred at the George
Mason Hotel in Alexandria, and the
players who participated were from
Washington. Richmond, Alexandria
and other parts of the Old Domin-
ion. The winners will enjoy as the
prize of victory a three days fully
paid vacation at the popular Vir-
ginia resort and free entrance into
all of the events of tournament
which is the first of the l941 sum-
mer series of bridge meets in the
East 1t was the third of it's kind
that Mr.. Tubbs has promoted with
a similar prize for the successful
pair.
At the master point game of the
Federal Bridge League to be held at
Wardman Park Hotel on Tuesday.
the American Contract Bridge
League has agreed to allow the will
ming pair one master point, the rum
ners-up one convertible point and
the third pair so rating points
which may become convertible
points when sufficient number has
been acquired The event will be
open to all players regardless of
membership in the organization.
Similar games will be held the last
Tuesday of each month throughout
the summer. The regular pair games
will occur on other Tuesday eve
nings and persons not affiliated with
the league may also play in these
matches.
At the meeting on Tuesday night,
the. winners were: North and South,
DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Steinberg first:
Mrs. Alma Bleick and j. L. Wilson,
second; Frank B. Lord and Mrs.
Mildred Linderman, third; east and
west, Miss Paris Keener and E. E.
Nash, first; Mrs. Katherine Fenton
and A. L. Scott. second; Rudolph
Aukshun and Dr. Jasny, third.
Evening star., 1941-05-25

buy a cheap box camera and a roll
of film are camera lobbyists. and
two-thirds of the cameras sold are
of this type.
One million real camera fans
would seem to be closer estimate
and the figure is still high enough
to place amateur photography
among the leading hobbies
The Baltimore Model Power Boat
Club and the Miniature Power Boat
Club of Washington are jointly
sponsoring a model power boat re-
gatta to be held on the Rejecting
Pool next Sunday.
There will be races for five classes
of gas powered boats and separate
race for steamers Awards will be
made for both high speed runs and
the point scoring system. Trial
runs may be made between 7 and 9
am, and the races will start at 9
sharp.
Streetcar and photography fans
should remember that it is not too
late to make reservations for the
Electric Railroaders Association
railfan trip to Baltimore on Memo
rial day, next Friday Call G. E.
Cunningham, Woodley 2708, or write
him at 1901 Ingomar street NV.
Reservations may be made through
Wednesday.
The many friends of John
Edwards, secretary of the Washing
ton Model Yacht Club, will be sorry
to hear that because of his health
he has had to leave town for while.
His only complaint is that it has
come at the start of the racing sea-
son instead of in the winter. We
wish him speedy recovery.
In a recent meeting, representa-
tives of eight local hobby clubs
laid the groundwork for a union
or federation of such clubs In the
District. These representatives
carried back for approval by their
own clubs a set of recommendation
which, if approved. will enable the
delegates at the next federation
meeting to effect the actual organi-
Zation.
1t is anticipated that this as
sociation will be able to do much
to further the best interests of its
member clubs.
Evening star., 1941-05-25

Ariel Mengarini, 1910 Ditrict
champion, wrested a hard fought
game from Carl Hesse of the Divan.
Martin c. Stark, sometime District
titlist, arduously battled Simon Mai
del, sometime Divan champion, and
won a nerve-racking game. Henry
Rousseau, another ex-District titlist,
shared deserved victory from
Dlvanite Solomon Adler. Thus Cap
ital City blitzkrieged the Divan on
the top four boards.
AT table No Harry Garner. one
of the 'old guard" in District chess
circles, resigned a game TO Divanite
M. Shultz, which resignation in
lnterclub match chess is the first to
our knowledge that Garner ever has
yielded. 1t was great tourney, as
the individual lineup shows:
Evening star., 1941-05-25

A new kind of dog club has been
organized in the United States. It
is called Barkers for Britain and
is a subsidiary of Bundles for Brit
ain, Inc. Falla. President Roose-
velt's Scottie, was inaugurated as
president of the organization and
pledged his support and that of his
many followers and we'll wishers for
the worthy cause. At his inaugu-
ration he was presented with the
bronze medal which is the emblem
of membership.
This is a disc. slightly larger than
a quarter, and inscribed on one side
with the head of a bulldog sur
mounted by jaunty sailor cap and
superimposed on a Union Jack, with
the name Barkers for Britain on the
rim. The other side shows the
American and British flags crossed
and the legend, Il helped Bundles
for Britain" The object of the
organization is help for Britain, of
| course
Badges just like Falla's are on
sale at all branches of Bundles
for Britain and will be offered at
most dog shows. They cost so cents
each.
The coming of hot weather neceS-
states few extra precautions in
order TO assure perfect comfort for
your dog. If he is a long coated
dog. do not clip him. Nature has
made provision for changes in tenn
perature by providing the long
haired dog with an undercoat that
comes off in hot weather. Daily
brushing and combing, at least
while he is shedding. will hasten
the process. make him more COM
Portable, help his appearance, and
keep the furniture and rugs from
acquiring that long-haired look.
If he is dog of one of the wire
haired breeds. that is. a Scottie,
similar terrier, he should be plucked
and trimmed. If you cannot do the
Job yourself and cannot get hand
plucking Job done, then clipping
may be resorted to. Hand plucklng
is probably better for the eventual
coat. however.
Keeping the dog in the basement
during the heat of the day is a
very good idea.
If no basement is available,
shady back yard, preferably one
with a back porch or shrubbery
bush under which he can burroW
and dig, makes a good substitute.
Plenty of cool, fresh water, avail
able at regular intervals if not at
all times. is an absolute must. Regu-
lar attention to grooming, which
includes defeating If necessary and
inspection for ticks, is also essen
tial to your dogs comfort. If he is
grown. a slight reduction in food is
permissible Fats should be dras-
tically reduced.
The Trenton show last week
proved big event for a number OF
Washington fanciers. Mrs. Martha
Hall brought out new Irish terrier,
daughter of her best beloved Molly,
and took three-point win. The new
dogs name is Ahtram Chattental,
which translated from the Gaelic
means daughter of Tattler, Molly's
registered name. Her other parent
is Hunters Moon. who is, believe it
or not, another star in the Ahtram
armament.