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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
MIDWEST SOLONS
RAP BRITISH AID
Continued From Page One)

"This is a war bill, with war
powers, with the deliberate intention
to become involved in not one, but
several foreign wars" Senator
Brooks GRID had said earlier.
Senator Gillette (D-1owa) said:
II will not support any proposal
to dissipate Omitted States) defense
resources now and leave America
defenseless or greately weakened by
the participation in a foreign con
flict which means war involvement
now and is war now. regardless of
u attempts to disguise the facts
by self-deception."
1t was Bulow's fourth speech in
ten years of service in the senate.
It was Brooks first. With the de-
bate In it's fifth day, Senators show.
ed a disposition to remain off the
floor through the early hours of
the afternoon. But as the day wore
on the attendance increased.
Bulow contended that the mea.
sure would give the President
cessive power. He was alarmed"
he said, at placing the destiny of
my country in the hands Of one man
to determine when and where an
emergency arises and let that one
man handle that emergency for 100
million human beings in any manner
that he DESIRES"
mo one man ought to want that
job" he continued, land certainly
it ought not to be granted to n
one man. A republic, a democracy.
If it wants to survive, ought never
to place the power Of the sword and
the power Of the purse in the hands
of n man, no matter how great
and how good that man may be-"
In the text of his address which
he distributed to the press in ad.
vance, Bulow declared he was mot
SO sure but what :. so.called senate
filibuster continuing the debate up
On this bill until Europe settles it's
own war would be very beneficial
to the people," In delivering the
speech, however, he abandoned part
Of his text and did not use the word
filibuster, merely saying:
I'm not so sure it would not be
the best thing that the senate could
co for the United States is to debate
this bill antil Europe settles its quar-
rel. That would keep us out of
the war"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
Germans 'PIunder' Funds
From Banks of Noruay

WASHINGTON, Feb. Pip
Norwegian government spokesns-
here said tonight that the Ger
mans had "plundered'' 1,4S2,OM'
900 crowns from the Bank Of Nor
way.
A statement issued by the go>
ernment's press representative II
the United States said that "son1s
idea of what this means to MOI,
wegian economy can be graSpe,
from the fact that the entire bc'
get of the Norwegian state dura;
the last year of normal times wal
about 700, 900, 900 crowns"
The money, the statement SAID
was in addition to large guam,
ties Of requisitioned materIaS
taken by the Nazis now occupy1:
Norway. Among other things, t'
statement said, the "Nazis ha'.
ordered that at least 10000 to~
of fresh fish must be supplied then
by Norway in 1941-in other "of2'
all the fish that can possibly Y
caught under the best Of coma
tons during the entire flsf''
season."
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
Workers and Sentries
Clash in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Feb. II.
-R-Several hundred native work.
ers at the new United States Navy
Air base engaged in al alteration
with Marine sentries today. Naval
authorities said there were no
casualties.
The workers said they were denied
admittance to the base; naval and
marine authorities said the workers.
excited by labor agitators. refused
to enter the base in an orderly
manner.
It was reported some stones were
thrown,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
Mrs. Moore is Cleared
OF Auto Accident Death

WHITEV1LLE, Feb. 21-A
coroner's jury tonight absolved
Mrs. Eanest Morse, a travelling
photographer, Of any responsibility
in the auto accident death OF Harold
Moore, "a, Of Red Springs, who
died yesterday Of injuries suffer-
ed Monday night.
The jury found that Mrs. Moore's
car overturned "unavoidably", pin
ming Moore under the wreckage.
Mrs. Nissen, Of Maxton, Mrs.
Morse's sister, was seriously in.
jured in the same accident.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
MAY BECOME CITIZEN

Feb. 21.-LP-
Justice department officials said to-
day they understood that Count Tor.
zy Potocki, who resigned as~po1;s,
ambassador in December, would file
a declaration of intention to become
a CITIZEN on Monday. Thev
that so a as they knew no other
FORMER ambassador to this ountrv
had sought citizenship.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
Stimson and SomerueU
To View Southern Canps

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-RL
secretary OF War Stimson and
Brig: Gen. Brehon B. somervell.
chief OF the construction division
OF the quartermaster generals Of
lice, are planning a one-day in
spectlon trip by airplane of two
southern army posts on Monday,
II weather and other conditions
permit.
otlmson's office, announcing the
plan, said new construction would
oe inspected at Camp Blanding,
near Jacksonville. Fla, an at
Fort jackson, near Columbia. S. C,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
WAR INTERPRETIVE
Continued From Page One)

many were players in a fateful
bluffing contest which quickly re-
solved into the tragic showdown
Of the European war.
This time, however, Japan, I'm
like Germany in 1889, is patiently
so isolated and vulnerable tn a t
wilful war would appear to be
sheer desperation unless the Unit
ed States remained on the side
lines. And the last thing logically
desired just at this time by Brit
ain and the Dominions, the French
and Netherlands colonial empires
and the United States is the spread
of the conflict to the South Seas.
The circumstances serve to pile
up the stakes involved in a dip
lomatic struggle only less grim
than war itself.
AS one of the leading figures in
the campaign Of conquest Japan
has waged for nearly a decade,
Matsuoka must have tongue in
cheek, although presumably some
purpose in view, in asserting that
Japan has taken no action which
should cause Britain or the United
States to feel uneasiness." Prob
ably the statement was for home
consumption. He must have known
it would meet with only a family
derisive smile abroad at this stage
Of the contest.
Uneasy Suspicion
Similarly, there may have been
an uneasy suspicion in Tokyo that
some diplomatic purpose was
wrapped up in the reports, whose
publication President Roosevelt
criticized, that General Marshall
told congress the United States
was further reinforcing its Pacific
defenses.
Alert for bluffs, Japanese dip
lomats could suspect that just now
Washington would be entirely will
ing for the news to get out that
such reinforcement had been un-
dertaken, provided it was not
spread in a manner so blatant
that it might be considered awk-
wardly belligerent.
Japan has b e e n permitted to
learn about other American de-
fensive moves, in a way intended
to convey the impression of Ameri-
can determination without giving
the basis for a charge of sabre
rafting.
Americans were urged last year
to return home from the Orient,
and special ships were put at their
disposal. The Philippine garrison
was reinforced by two or more
squadrons Of fighter planes. The
fortification of Hawaii and Alaska
and. the development OF island
bases for aerial patrols has gone
forward steadily. Official denials
were withheld this month when
reports circulated that families of
army men in the Philippines had
been quietly instructed to leave
the islands.
Sometimes the information on
these and other steps had the ap-
pearance of 'leaks" but Japanese
cynics are entitled to some doubt
that accidents were wholly Ia
blame. Experienced practitioners
themselves in the game of power
politics and high pressure diplo-
macy, they must have suspected
that Washington in at least some
instances planned that the infor.
NATION should get out this way.
Should a general Pacific w a r
come, Japanese diplomats, baffled
now by the ways of democracies,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
r.. M. ROBBINS

Funeral services for r. M. Rob.
bins, of WinnaboW, who was fatal.
ly injured Monday morning wher
he was struck by a car driven
by Capt. Pickett, of Southport, will
be held from the Mill Creek Bap.
fist church Sunday morning at II
a. m.
The Rev. Mr.. Brown, of South.
port, and the Rev. B. R. Page, of
Bolivia, will conduct the services.
Interment will follow in the church
cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be: R.
H. Sellers, G.. W. Whaley, BOB
Josey, George Walton, Joe Wal.
ton and B. Ellis. Honorary pail.
bearers will be: I. D. Hodson, Her
bert Potter, Major D. R. johnson,
j. L. Henry, Ced Taylor, F. L.
Lewis, Everett Lewis, John Jen.
rette, G. T. Hickman, Levie Swain,
Rev. M. L. Mintz, Rube White,
M. E. Cox, S. A. Potter, C. VI
Knox, A. A. Lewis, w. D. Lewis,
Tom Lewis, L. S. Willetts, Harry
L. Willetts, A. l.. Willetts, w. T.
Savage, Jim Finch, C. F. Willetts,
Robert Burris, j. T. Hickman,
Ephram Danford, j. B. Atkinson,
A. M. Beck and George Cannon.
Surviving Mr.. Robbins are his
brother, Murray B. Robbins, of
Winnabow, and three sisters, Mrs.
G. w. Walton and Mrs. Ida Ellis,
Southport, and Mrs. Nola Sudbury,
Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
British Planes Attack
Nazi-O Occupied Airdromes

CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 21.-tR-The
Royal Air Force announced tonight
that British bombers had set off a
of big fires in attacks upon
German-occupied airdromes at Can.
tania and Comiso, in Sicily, last
Both are bases for German dive
bombers which have joined. the Ital-
ians in assaulting the British in the
Mediterranean area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
p WORKERS

HONOLULU, Feb. 21.-REThe
Honolulu Rapid Transit company,
strike-bound since February /, in
serted newspaper advertisements
today for workers for permanent
employment" This step followed
a vote by union employees last
night to continue the strike called
to enforce a working agreement
after negotiations for a closed shop
collapsed. About $50 employees quit
work. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
Obituries
MRS. T. ]. PRATT

Friends here were advised last
night of the death yesterday in
Norfolk, Va, of Mrs. T. j. Pratt,
formerly of this city. Mrs. Pratt,
widow of T.. Jasper Pratt, sue
cumbed after a short illness. She
is survived by two sons, D. Wexford
Pratt, of Wilmington, Del, and
Edward Pratt, of New York, and
three daughters, Mrs. Terrell
Moore, Mrs. D. S. Cornwell and
Mrs. Anne Pratt Mapother, all of
Los Angeles, Cal. Funeral services
will be held in Norfolk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
TRAFFIC CASES

Police headquarters yesterday
reported the arrests of William
Carlton Oliver, of 315 Church
street, and Leslie Sanderson, of
617 Princess street, on charges of
passing stop traffic signals on
Market street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
MAMIE MESS1CK

SOUTHPORT, Feb. 21.-Funeral
services will be conducted from
St. Phillips Episcopal church here
tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock
for Mrs. Mamie Messick, lifelong
Southport resident.
Mrs. Messick died of pneumonia
this morning in a Raleigh hospital.
She was the widow of the late Gil
bert K. Messick, and is survived
by her mother, Mrs. Annie PARK
er, of this city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
GERMAN TROOPS
REPORTED GOING
INTO BULGARIA
Continued From Page One)

become a threat to the whole Brit
ish position in the Eastern Medi-
terranean and Middle East.)
The Turkish radio noted the lack
OF news about the doings of the
Army of the Nile since it com
pleted the domination of Cirenai-
ca, and said: 1.-THE British may
be holding these forces in readi-
ness for an instant call to Greece"
AS for the Germans, a reliable
diplomatic informant reported not
only considerable numbers of pom
toons already built across the Dan
ube from Rumania to Bulgaria,
but reported, too, that movement
OF a Nazi expeditionary force into
Bulgaria was "a matter of days,
if not hours"
Move Toward Frontier
German motorized troops in col
umns many miles long m o d
through Rumania toward the from
tier of Bulgaria - beyond which
lies Britain's ally, Greece and
German warplanes Unanswered
over Rumania.
Two anti-aircraft guns were
mounted atop one large building
In Sofia and the United States le-
cation there printed placards in
English, Bulgarian and German,
reading:
This building is the property
of the United States"
Even leaders of tt govern
ment's party in Bulgaria expressed
fear that there would be internal
disorders when the Nazis finally
crossed the river. In Ruse, likely
to be the first Bulgarian city en-
tered, there was a demonstration
attributed to Communists"
In Yugoslavia, the cabinet met
IN emergency session and ad-
Jcurned without answering a de-
mand made from the floor of the
Bulgarian parliament that the Yu.
goslavas state what their attitude
would be toward a Nazi move
ment through their neighbor coun-
try.
Many Rumors
Among the endless rumors float
ing through the Balkans was n
that Soviet Russia was making a
belated effort to forestall the Ger
man thrust. But there was no con-
frmation of this and it con-
trasted sharply with the earlier
and more widely-accepted notion
that Russia's a~cquiescene in Adolf
Hitler's Balkan maneuvers was
to be paid for by giving Stain
another piece of Rumanian terri
tory, the province of Moldaiva.
In Turkey, the press challenged
a statement appearing in Bulgari-
an newspapers that the non-ag-
gression accord so recently made
between the two countries had left
the Bulgars free to seek an outlet
to the Aegean Sea from Greece.
1--WE think this is contrary to
the spirit of the declaration" said
the 1stanbul newspaper Cumhuri-
yet, land also tactless. Such
statements can kill the declaration
(the pac0 at its birth"
News of an apparently spontan-
outbreak in the Bulgarian
parliament at the premier's re-
fusal to answer questions about
the prospective German m arch
through Bulgaria was censored out
of the Sofia press. The deputies,
it seemed clear, were remember
ing that there were warnings of
a communist revolt in Ruma-
mia, too, after the G r a n S
marched into that country in force
last autumn, and that subsequently,
The Rumanian Iron Guard made
a bloody rebellion. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22

would be less bedeviled by doubts
OF this nature. Any information
then reaching Tokyo about Ameri-
can reinforcements would be Ell
tner an authentic, accidental
Leak or a military feint. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
SERVICES CONTINUE

SERVICES CONTINUE
Revival services continued last
night at the Pentecostal Holt
ness church with the Rev. Mr..
Frazier preaching on the sub
iect, "Sign Seekers" The Joy.
full Duet rendered several num-
bers. The public is invited to
attend the services,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
AUTO MISHAP

AUTH MlSHAP
Police today investigated a re-
port from George HI. Everett, of
814 Market street, that the rear
of his automobile was struck
and damaged by a hit.and-run
driver cary yesterday morning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
SUNDAY

DONDAI SCIl ICES
Laymens Day will be observed
at Town Creek Methodist charge
Sunday when the following lay.
men will speak: Mr.. Wilson, of
Bolivia, at Zion at II a. M; e.
n. Rosser, Piney Grove, at 8 p.
M; Charles Woodbury. at Delco
at 2:15 p. m. Jim Flowers at
Shiloh at 4 p. M. and Ray Ray
bon at Bolipia at 7:3O p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
TRAVELLERS MEET

TRAVELLERS MEET
Cape Fear Council No. 374,
United Commercial Travellers OF
America, will meet in regular
session tonight at 8 p. M, at the
Cape Fear hotel. U. C. T. Mem
bers from other councils who r
in Wilmington are invited.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
Relief At Last
For Your Cough

Creomulsion relieves promptly be-
cause it goes right to the seat Of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden ph1egm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
famed bronchial mucous MEM
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
q bottle Of Creomu1sion with the I'M
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allayS the cough or you are
TO have your money back.
CREOMULSIO
for Coughs. Chest Colds. Bronchitis
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22

Canada comprises a%pproHlils-'
ly II per cent of the British C0'
monWealth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-22
WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. c.
Buv South American Beef
City Briefs
LIBRARY CLOSED

LIBRARY CLOSED
Miss Emma Woodward, libra
rian, announced yesterday MORN
ing that the public library will
be closed all day today-Wash-
ingtOn's birthday.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
to; good, above; slow, below last year.
Comment,

BALTIMoRE-Holiday sales
mer wear vacation items and summer house wholesale ov
further ahead greater heretofore Steel ship
building and aircraft activity at peak levels while industry gen.
ef"s rany
volume well above the comparable week last year Turnover
wholesale was excellent sellers market prevailed at at the soe lar
than loo Der cent Of capacity Employment in
nued to expand Bank ceangs showed an increase OF Il per cent
s spending its npvIa s ea6 oaed I
units advance nearly 100 cent from the same week year ago
last week machine tool company ahead schedule on defense
orders announced plans to give employees vacation al e ehd
the shorter work week wave Of holiday buy,
Ing held retail value steady % with an the @ se
apparel lines and mems furnishings Wholesale trade was up 10 to
scheduled points
to lOs per cent of theoretical capacity.
with Ie nnng about s per cent Of the
Wholesang cent from 1910
Defense contracts stimulated industry and c WHY
"eas al hs pu Us h Ss week end retail trade fell off
somewhat previous levels but compared favoraby with
the same period last year Turnover at % TO e @ w
year ago. Industrial activity continued at an excellent pace
sales 20 cent mems furnishings
ns Wa scen ea especially m goods and
furniture production and allied lines are being by defense
PITT @ G rams AZ n % eT cen M ahead Of last wear De-
mnd for house furnishings and electrical equipment was sad to
steady per strike truck drivers dis
deliveries heavy commodities and industrial supplies some
volume showed gains of to p per cent over the
Memorial stimulated retail buying Wholesalers OF WomenS
reported 1910 although demand fell of
cearng cent from last
year Industry with steel mills operating well above
capacity.
sales continued to make gains ad-
week about 10 cent over
volume tavoraby
with 1910 window and ontaner glass
brisk Building sO050 S989 the
corresponding week last 80
buying continued heavy with advances
of reported Sales the auomoVe HELD were
mills operated 81 cent of capacity
of supplies
are being drained activity Defense orders
expanding production
Evening star., 1941-06-08

operation in bringing the conflict
to a successful conclusion.
The crux of the labor situation
is that the American worker does
not yet appreciate the fact that, in
all but name, this country is vir-
tually at war with the Axis powers.
We have gone so far in support of
Britain that our stake in the out
come is now little less than that of
the remaining belligerents, and the
standards of living which prevailed
when the country was at peace are
out of the question for the duration
of the conflict. if we are to win.
We are inevitably moving to-
ward a situation in which it will
be necessary to regiment labor to
/ the same extent as it has been
necessary to regiment industry and
national resources. Such a move
was suggested in the last World
War, but the administration of
those days managed to avoid it.
The current situation, in which
| labor operates under laissez-
faire system while the other inn
portant factors in our economy
are rigidly controlled, could not
endure for the course of an ex-
| tended world war.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Dividend Meetings

NEW YORK. June : CspeciaD Among
the important companies which viii hold
Graphite Bronze Co. Howe Sound Co, Ma
co SpfR Elliott FISHER CO AR
SSal-Cyclops Steel Corp. and Wheeling g.
Lake Lake Erie RAILWAY CO: A list of the meet
reported by Fitch Investors Service as
follows:
Monday, June g.
United Fruit Co tcom) t3 p.m.)
Tuesday. June 10.
Broad Street Investing Co. (com) 90
Capital Administration Co., Ltd. ts3
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co. (com)
Howe Sound Co. Conn ta:45 am0
Murphy &c. c. Co. (59o pfdD O1 am)
New York Air Brake Co icom.) g PM
Telautograph Corp. 'com) t2:30 PM
Tri-Continental Corp. $50 pfdD e. pm.)
+, uhlversal-Cyclops Steel Corp. (comD
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. (comJ
10 s.m.J
Wednesday, June IL.
American Brake Shoe & Foundry Co.
o. pfd and com, u0:30 ann
Canada Southern Ry. Co. (eom)
Cream OF Wheat Corp. tcoml e. ann
Mahoning Coal r. r. Co. (5So pfd. and
CONF I1:10 ann
United Shoe Machinery Corp (6ec pfd
and conn., tlO:3O am
Thursday, June 12.
California Packing Corp. (5% pfd. and
conn., g p.m)
Twin Disc Clutch Co. (com) (2 PM
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co. (com.)
9:45 am
United States B. Foreign Securities Corp.
tS6 1St pfd) G0:3O am
r., Wheeling Lake Erie Ry. Co. (com)
Friday, June 13.
National Steel Corp. (com) 90 am)
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Latin America 10 Be Given
Priorities on U. ). Goods
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpatcn 10 Inc Star.
NEW YORK, June 7-Washing-
ton Is almost ready to announce
system of priorities for Latin
America, according to an article in
Business Week today. The plan,
under consideration for nearly six
weeks, will give priority ratings on
a long list of supplies which the 20
nations south of the Rio Grande
claim they must have If they are
to keep their railroads operating,
their electric power plants from
breaking down and certain indus
tries from closing their doors.
Obiectives of the plan are to Gre
ate a postwar market for United
States exports in countries which
have counted heavily on European
particularly German-Supplies in
normal times; to strengthen the
economics of several countries which
have been badly shaken by wartime
trade dislocations, and, In several
cases, to strengthen our own auXil-
larry deTenses in this hemisphere.
Except where materials are needed
for some specific defense project
such as steel bridges for the Pam
American Highway through Central
America to the Panama Canal or
for some of the 100000, 900 of air
ports being built down the east coast
of South America-the new Latin
American prioritieS will rank below
orr own defense hllSipeSS hllt ahead
of our civilian demands.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Savings TO Cut City Taxes
On Real Estate Urqed
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, June Real estate
tax bills in As leading cities would
average about 13 per cent lower if
municipal authorities would affect
savings in operations which mort
gage bankers in these communities
say they know could be made &C
cording to a statement by Dean r.
Hill, Buffalo, president, Mortgage
Bankers Association of America, in
announcing a recent survey of the
organization.
Mortgage bankers in 81 cities were
asked if they knew Of savings that
could be effected in the municipal
operation of their cities that would
mean lower real estate taxes" Mort
gage men in As cities declared they
knew of definite savings that could
be made. Opinions from the other
Sc varied.
In l9 Southern cities nearly IA
per cent of the bankers know OF
savings that could be made and the
average estimated cut in property
taxes was II per cent. In Is East
ern cities more than &c per cent OF
the mortgage men reporting know
OF economies that could be accom-
pliShed and the average cut was set
at around 13 per cent. In IL Far
Western and Mountain cities As pei
cent said they could effect munic-
ipal economies and the average es-
timated savings was around 8 pei
cent. In Sc Middle Western cite;
A per cent of the mortgage mer
answering the poll know of possible
savings and the average estimated
cut was l6 per cent.