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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
HITLER, IL DUCE
MAY MEET SOON
Reports from Balkan Capitals
Indicate Weekend Par
lay 'Quite Likely

BERN, Jan. 17.-Reports reach
ing diplomatic quarters from Axis
and Balkan capitals tonight indi-
Gated a meeting between Adolf Hit
le-- and Mussolini was quite
likely" this weekend.
There was no indication exactly
when or where the meeting was
to take place, but it was believed
such a conference mainly would
be concerned with means of giving
additional Nazi aid to Italy in the
Fascist campaign against the
Greeks in Albania and the British
in North Africa.
(There also was a report from
Sofia, Bulgaria, that German dip
lomacy in Athens was seeking to
end the war between Italy and
Greece. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Aid to British Endorsed
Bv Women's Clubs Board

WASHINGTON, Jan. H. Up -
The board of directors of the General
Federation of Women's clubs, repre-
senting 2,O00,0 900 women, today en-
dorsed aid to Britain and to those
nations fighting to preserve their
independence against the threat of
totalitarianism."
The board at its midwinter meet.
ing, under the leadership Of Mrs.
Saddle Orr Dunbar, president, noted
in it's resolution that aid to Britain
has been accepted as necessary by
the leaders of both major political
parties"
The board would have the aid take
the form of credit, ships. munitsors
and materials of war;"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
MRS. JENNY KAMINSKY

Funeral services for Mrs. Jenny
Kaninsky, rs, widow Of Morris
Kaminsky, who died Thursday morn
ing at her home at 1905 Chestnut
street were held from B'Nai Israel
synagogue yesterday afternoon at
2 o'clock with Rabbi Harry Bron-
stein officiating. Interment fol
lowed in the B'Nai cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: William
Block, L. Schwartz, Abe D'Lugin,
B. May, Alex Kosch and Dave
Loewenstein. Honorary pallbearers
were: Rabbi M. NJ. Thurman, Ben
Kingoff, B. D. Swartz, H. Jaffe, H.
Eyenson, A. Simon and Mac War
shauer.
Mrs. Kaminsky was born in
K%eshinevi, Russia. She had lived Al
years in Wilmington and was a
charter member of the B'Nai Israel
Synagogue.
She is survived by four daugh'
tiers, Mrs. Joe Abel, Mrs. Jake
'D'Lugin, Mrs. Sam Shelel, and Mrs.
julius Lavine, of Wilmington; one
son, W. J. Kaminsky; two sisters,
Mrs. Sol Cohen and Mrs. Harry
Weintrolie, of Philadelphia; 10
grandchildren and three great.grand-
children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Now is the Time
to Beware Of
Contagious Colds!

IF A CHEST COLD OR COUGHING cote
DEVELOPS (some colds get by all Pre-.
cautions) depend on Vicks VapoRuo
to relieve miseries. Rub VapoRupon
throat, chest and back ane cover
with warmed cloth. VapoFub acs
to bring relief 2 ways at once !.
stimulates surface of chest and PACK
like a warming poultice. At the SANE
time it releases helpful meoiclla.
vapors that are breathed direct heo
the irritated air passages.
Both Va-tro-nol and VapoRu1
have been tested through years o,
use In millions of homes. When yo.
use these two medicines you are no.
experimenting, you are not takI.s
needless chances. Remember: II u,s
condition of the cold fails to resPon.
quickly to treatment-or II null
serious trouble is Indicated
your family physician right away,
In the meantime be prepared! I ;,r
bottle of Vicks Va-tro-nol INC a ~
of Vicks VapoRub today-na'
them handy, ready to USE
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
FRENCH WIPE OUT
SIAMESEF L0TlLLA
SIX Hundred Calvarymen from
Thailand Perish In Ma
chine-G Gun Trap

SAIGON, French Indo China,
Jan. 17.-lR-Units of the French
Asiatic squadron were reported to-
day to have virtually wiped out a
three-ship Thai (Siamese) flotilla
while the jungles of western Cam
bodia yielded a story of how nearly
500 invading cavalrymen from Thai
land persisted in a machine-gun
death trap.
The French, however, acknowl-
edged they were withdrawing on
land in this undeclared war to what
is known as "the little Maginot
line" shielding Sisophon, western
Cambodia railhead some SO miles
inside the steaming Indo-China
frontier. Tanks were supporting
the Thai advance.
dispatches from Bangkok quoted
the Thai radio as announcing an
offensive stretching over almost the
whole 1,0O0-mile frontier between
the two countries, from Luangpra-
bang on the north to sisiphon and
Battambank on the south. "Sev-
eral" Indo-China districts were
said to have been liberated by the
Thai invaders. Thailand claims ter
ritory from the French in both
northern and southern Indo.C hina.)
The naval engagement was de-
scribed as the first of importance
since intermittent fighting began
Sept. %.
The French said several" of their
warships (probably d~estroyers)
came upon three Thai craft while
the latter were firing at a French
patrol plane in the Gulf of Siam, at
tackled them, sank two and severely
damaged the third. The size Or
classification Of the ships was not
given. (Thailand's fleet includes
four cruisers and IA destroyers.)
An American oil man, the rep
resentative of the Texas company,
told of the death trap set on Jan.
10 by French Foreign Legionnaires
on a road hemmed in by jungle
and from which only three Thai
troopers out Of a whole column
managed to get out alive.
The French placed machine-guns
along the road, hidden in the dense
foliag, and opened fire when the
column was 500 yards distant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Distillery President
Enters National Guard

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 17.-R
From president of a $4,000, 900 dis
tillery to buck private in the Ken
lucky National Guard to captain of
a guard company now beginning a
year of federal training, is the kalei.
doscopic career of Frank B. Thomp-
son, As, during the past "a hours.
1t was announced yesterday he had
been given a leave of absence from
his post as head Of the Glenmore
Distilleries. Today when he joined
his company-the anti-tank outfit for
the 149th infantry-it was announced
he had been promoted to captain of
the company.
He won the commission because he
had served as a lieutenant in the
World war and since has taken
special army training, 1t was explain
ed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18

At a treacherous time like this, with
contagious colds all around you,
what you do today may save you
and your family a lot of sickness,
worry and trouble later.
Follow these simple rules of health:
Live normally. Avoid excuses. Eat
simple food: D ink plenty of water.
Keep elimination regular. Take some
exercise ALPHABETICALLY outdoors.
Get plenty of rest and sleep.
Then use these two interested
treatments when needed.
At TINE FIRST sNlFrLE, snEEze a.
SIGN OF NASAL IRRITATION 49,. put a
few drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol up each
nostnl right away. This helps to
prevent many colds from develop
ing, because Va-tro-nol is expressly
designed to help Natures own
defenses against colds. Uf a head
cold causes stuffiness, you'll find
that a few drops of Va-tro-nol helps
clear the clogging mucus and makes
breathing freer and easier.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Ford Company Declines
To Agree On Labor Vote

DETROIT, Jan. II Up The
Ford Motor company declined to-
day to agree to a consent election
for collective bargaining in its
Lincoln plant and the United Auto
mobile Workers (CIO) Immediately
announced they would press a vote.
vote.
The company formally told the
National Labor Relations Board
that it would not enter a stipula-
ton consenting to an election.
I. A. Capizzi, Ford attorney, out
lined the Ford stand in a letter to
Frank H. Bowen, regional direc-
tor of the NLRB. Bowen notified
the company 10 days ago that the
UAW-CIO had petitioned for an
election claiming a majority among
$500 Lincoln employees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
LONDON IS RAIDED
BY GERMANS AGAIN
Attack Follows Earlier Raids
Concentrated On West
English Community

LONDON, Jan. Substantially
R-German raiders swooped in on
London shortly after midnight and
soon the explosion of falling bombs
and roar of the anti-aircraft batteries
could be heard. ...
The attack came after earlier read
ers concentrated on a west English
..t e @a fa$d3% 1S@
This foray was met by the heaviest
anti-aircraft fire ever reported from
the district. Houses were declared
shaken, not by bombs, but by the
fury of *the British ground d~efenses.
The clear signal came in London
shortly before 8 a. m.
Incendiary bombs rained on one
town but alert fire watchers quickly
dealt with them and no blazes were
reported.
Up to a late hour, London was
raid-free.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
JAMES w. SMITH

EL1ZABETHTOWN, Jan. IT,
James W. Smith, So, prominent
farmer of Clarkton, died at his
home this afternoon at S o'clock
after a short illness of pneumonia.
Funeral services will be held from
the late residence Saturday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock, with the Rev. J. H.
Miller, pastor of the Clarkton Pres
byterian church, assisted by the Rev.
IS. N. Lamb, pastor Of the White.
Vile Baptist church, officiating. In
terment will follow in the Mt. Zion
cemetery.
MI. Smith was a member of the
IClarkton Presbyterian church. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth
Lennon Smith; five daughters,
Mrs. Leo Blackman, of Ports.
mouth, Va, Mrs. Lauder Brown,
OF LaurinbIrg, Mrs. Julian Elkins,
Mrs. Andrew Shipman and Miss
Kate Lee Smith, of Whiteville; two
brothers, John D. Smith of White.
vile, and Wendell Smith, of Spar.
ia. Ca; two sisters, Mrs. Maggie
Lena Kate, of Whiteville, and Mrs
B. S. Lennon.
Mr.. Smiths sO-year.old father
was buried Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Georgia Officials Drop
Moue to Extradite Burns

ATLANTA, Jan. 17-R-Georgia
authorities today began and then
dropped a move to extradite Rob-
ert Elliott Burns, much publicized
fugitive now living in Union, N. j.
Prison Commissioner Vivian l..
Stanley announced Georgia would
make no attempt to extradite
Burns lat this time"
Earlier today, Governor Eu-
gene Talmadge said New Jersey
had reversed its long-held stand
and would return Burns to the
prison system he attacked in a
book I'm Fugitive From a Geor-
gia Chaingang," which was later
made into a movie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Says Change In Classification
OF Man Because of Walk.
out Contrary to Law

WASHINGTON. Jan. I'm
Draft headquarters ruled ont .
day any use of the selective ser,;o.
law to bring pressure on defenss
workers not to strike,
Brigadier General Lewis P H..
shey, acting director of selectiHo
service, said that a change in tse
classification of a draft registrsn,
because of a strike would be ',con'
trary to the intent of the lawn WY,
He added: "'
The selective service system !,
not in a position to use inductioa
as a threat to force a mar to Ja
something or to restrain him from
a course of action"
Richard T. Frankensteen. neoo-
tlator for the CIO-United Automo.
bile Workers, had protested in .
telegram to President Roosevelt,
that a ruling of the California draft
board carried an implied threat
that employees of the Ryan Aero
nautlcal company, San Diego, Cali.
fornia, might be drafted if thew
struck.
The state board had advised IN.
cal boards that a strike would No.
cessitate Redistribution of en-
whose military training had been
deferred because of the essential
nature of their peace-time Jobs,
At his press conference, Mr.,
Roosevelt said he had not received
Frankensteen's telegram and knew
nothing about the Ryan situation
except what he had read in the
papers.
The CIO-UAW has ordered a
strike in the Ryan company's plant
Tuesday unless an agreement is
reached meantime ending a dis.
pute over minimum wages.
The company has large orders
for airplanes from the government,
and Frankensteen indicated that
one reason for delaying the strike
until Tuesday was a hope that the
government would revise its con.
tracts and pay a higher price 10
take care of a wage increase. |
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
r ALICE r. PIGOTT

Mrs. Alice Rosa Pigott, 81, of
Supply, died at her home yesterday
morning at $50 o'clock after a
short illness.
Funeral services will be held from
the Concord Methodist church at
Supply this afternoon at 2:S0
o'clock. Interment will follow in
the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be: v. E.
Galloway, Roy McKeithan, Kenneth
McKeithan, I. G. Clemmons, Roger
Clemmons and G. T. Clemmons.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. R. Galloway and Mrs. Eta
Clemmons, of Supply; two brothers,
r. G. McKeithan, of Natchez,
Miss, and D. H. McKeithan, OF
Tampa, Fla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18

that we now have millions OF
armed men and scores of we'll
equipped units capable of meeting
a landing force and of engaging
them with good prospects of sue
cess"
Speaking on British victories in
the Middle East, Churchill de-
clared, THAT offensive has suc-
ceeded-I confess it frankly-far
beyond Jul dreams. Now nearly
10000 prisoners have been taken,
and perhaps there r more to
come.
Nov that eight or nine divisions
of Italian troops, well equipped,
have been dashed out Of existence
with inconceivably small losses,
some people may be inclined to
underrate the enormous hazards
and difficulties which seemed to lie
about it before it a S accom-
plished.
ITO march across 10 or 30 miles
of waterless desert to strike down
superior forces who had been en-
trenched for upwards of tn r
months, to break the whole resist
ing power of an army which was
advancing to the attack Of Egypt,
to do all that so surely, seemed a
task of the very greatest hazard.
1t was a risk well run.
I'VE ran risks here to make it
possible, and those generals, Wa
veil and Wilson, and Air Marshal
Lcngmore, they also ran grave
risks with great SUCCESS" !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
jap Diet Will Discuss
Relations With America

TOKYO, Jan. 18- Saturday -
R-The gravity of Japanese
American relations was expected
to be the key topic of a secret
session of the diet next Tuesday
as today's press still ragged against
U. S. Secretary of State Hulps
testimony before the house foreign
affairs committee.
The newspaper Yomiuri said the
Japanese government had decided
definitely to ignore" the d%eclara-
ton in which Hull asserted that
danger to the United States would
be multiplied many fold" if the
military Allies, Japan, Germany,
and Italy gain control of the high
seas,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
WiNkie May Give Views
On British Aid Proposal
To House Group Tuesda,

WASHINGTON, Jan. IT, Up -
Rep. Bloom (D.NY) announced to-
night that Wendell L. Willkie might
give his views on the British aid bill
to the house foreign affairs commit
tee next Tuesday.
Bloom, committee chairman, said
Willkie was unable to accept an in
vitation to appear before the COM
mittee tomorrow.
Willkie will notify the committee
tomorrow as to whether he a test
ify Tuesday. He is leaving for Eu-
rope Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Forty and Eight Plans
Wreck In Twin-City

WINSTON-SALEM, Jan. 17.-CP-
About 200 members of the Forty and
Eight, fun-making group of the Amer
lean Legion, will arrive here tomor-
row to stage a wreck" before the
annual state American Legion post
officers conference gets underway.
Highlights of the conference will
be at a banquet Monday night at
a concluding session when Milo j.
Warner, of Ohio, National comman.
der, makes an address,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
ITALIAN WARSHIPS
HIT BY TORPEDOES
sfContinued 'Frem Page One)

b: b ~ i's' 'ne'
1.-THE spokesman's announcement
! vas made in connection with his
that of prisoners taken
many had belonged to Italy's fam
Gus Lupi di Toscoma Evolves of
4 Tuscany division and had been
I embarked from Brindisi.
/ italian prisoners, the spokesman
! added, said there were many de.
! s~erters'' in the embarkation, which,
| he said, was followed by torpedo
/ attacks on the two vessels.
! Greeks commended that a third OF
! Itafy's forces in Albania had been
1 Killed, wounded, captured or taken
! home for frostbite treatment, and
| dispatches from the front reported
new but i'll defined gains in
{ Greece's counter invasion.
/ Newspapers estimated the 1tal-
ian losses at a total of 70, 900.
sa POLITICALLY Italy has acknowl-
edged 1887 casualties in the war
with Greece up to Dec. 81. The
war started Oct. 28.)
Greek dispatches said the coun.
ter-invaders had gained territory
both in the Tepeleni area and the
region north Of Klisura. Klisura is
IN Greek hands, Tepeleni in Ital.
Ian.
The advances, however, were Of
n:'1ocal nature" it. was said, be.
rause of continued bad weather.
snow storms have given way te
heavy rain.
Nevertheless, the Greeks were
reported to have taken consider.
lble important positions" war ma,
)erials and additional prisoners
Evidently the gains came after the
reported shattering Of Italian coun
Ier-attacks through Wednesday ant
Wednesday night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
OF Draft In Strikes
Is Ruled Out By Hershey
Joe Calcutt Declares
Judge Parker Cruel

RALEIGH, Jan. IL Up Joe
Calcutt of Fayetteville charged to-
day that Superior Court Judge r..
Hunt Parker had administered
''cruel and unusual punishment"
in sentencing him to pay a fine of
$40, 900 and serve one year in Jail
for alleged violation of the slot ma
chine law,
The charge was contained in a
case on appeal, which Calcutt filed
today in Wake superior court.
The appeal contained IA excep-
tons and assignments of error.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
SHIPBUILDING FIRM
IS GIVEN CHARTER
OF incorporation
Continued From Page One)

a shipyard here, as a part Of the
defense program to build cargo
ships.
President Roosevelt has asked
congress for an immediate appro-
priation of 500, 900, 900 to cover I'M
tial contracts for 200 such ships to
be built at six shipyards. Sources
In Washington have said that. the
Maritime commission is expected
to announce officially within a few
days that Wilmington has been
chosen as a site for one of the six
yards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
MRS EXIE e. HESTER

BLADENBORO, Jan. IL Mrs.
Exile Edwards Hester, 81, Of Bla-
denboro, died at the home of her
daughter here today after a short
illness.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed from the White Oak Freewill
Baptist church at 2 o'clock Sun
day afternoon. Interment will be
made in the cemetery here. The
Rev. M. H. Mellette, of Turbeville,
S. c., will oficiate.
Surviving are eight children,
AZ grand children and SO great
grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Leon Walker Stabbed
Three TIMES In Back

Leon Walker, negro of Kirkland,
was admitted to the Community hos
pital last night for treatment of
three stab wounds in the back.
His condition was said to be seri-
Gus.
Sheriff's deputies arrested Harlee
Green, negro, on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon with serious
injuries, in connection with the stab
bling,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
:COSSACK CHOIR
WELL RECEIVED
s[s
presented In Second Program
:5 :.r. Of Season of Cooperative
Pr: Concert Association

edfThe first impulse is to cancer
all restraining orders and call the
Don Cossack Choir magnificent
But ON second thought it develops
that that tells only part OF Inc
story. For this group OF Russian
singers who were heard last night
:%ih the second engagement on the
,Go-Operative Concert associations
course were as dainty as old lac
and sweet as lavender, and upon
occasion as thunderous as April
and gentle as May, and jocular'
> vithal, with a touch of pathos, and
throughout performed with superb
artistry.
Perhaps it was because this
commentator could not forget the
Russia they knew and the U. s.. 5.
R. of today that the first numbers
on. the program made the deepest
impression. They were all what
we would call sacred" music, as
il any true music could be any
thing else. They ranged from a
i. deeply spiritual chorus by Tchal-
kovsky, which moved with the
.ststeliness of Milton, and the Donl-
3 zetti Ave Maria, which had the
!. selemnity of a Mozart mass. to a
gentle elegy, "Those Evening
Bells" in which the tenor sololst,
IS. Koupchinsky, wov a pattern OF
sweetness upon the background OF
the choir's humming harmony. Per-
haps the highspot of this group
was a Credo by Gretchaninof, with
the solo part sung by A. Zakhart-
chenko, a basso profundo whose
tones rolled forth with the sorority
] aid purity and impressiveness OF
an organs diapason.
In the second group the choir
devoted itself to folk songs, with
one THE Snow Has Blown Over
Russia" in particular, finely
done. The %soloist, B. Raiboukha,
set up vibrations in everybody's
spine, if the applause was a true
gauge. This group closed with the
familiar and always haunting Rus.
9:sian Gypsy Song which no ORCH
estra lacks in its library and no
audience fails to respond to. but is
seldom heard vocally.
1.-THE final group, which started
with that other Gypsy air, in which
the chorus initiated guitary, ex-
banded the fok-song motif of its
predecessor with1a large injection
Of Cossack humor. AS an extra
number the choir sang the Volga
Boatman and poured into it all
sthe pathos and hardship and soul
WEAKNESS of slaves.
vst In addition to the unrivaled beau
;ty of the performance in general,
sd special word of commentator
is due the complete accuracy of
its minor chords, which are simple
u enough for tuned instruments but
-sare usually a shade off plumb vo-
cally. Another word of encomium
aIs4 due the choir's precision and
,7ttone control. The fine training OF
s-Nicholas Kostrukoff was manifest
at all times.
aEr Two dances were on the pro-
gram, the first a wild, barbaric
performance that chilled and
thrilled simultaneously, in which
one of the two dancers hurled
KNIVES about with his mouth, with
great dexterity. The second, which
closed the program, was more in
the conventional Cossack pattern,
: tremendously gymnastic and en-
Pertaining and, we suspect, ener-
> 4cating.-J. E. H.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Watson Injured
When Struck By Auto

Bernie Watson, Of 702 South
Front street, was injured last night
when he was struck by a car driven
by Charlie Gooch, of 202 NH
street while riding his bicycle at
Second and Dock streets,
He was given treatment al
James Walker Memorial Hospital
for a fracture of the arm and re-
leased.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
CONDITION FAIR

The condition of Robert Jen-
kins, negro, 319 North Ninth
street, who was admitted to
the Community hospital Thurs
day night for pistol wounds in
the stomach was reported as
"fair' last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
GEORGE M.

WHITEVlLLE, Jan. II. George
Marshall Willetts, 81, for the past
five years superintendent Of the Reli-
ance Guano company here, died at
his home this afternoon at 4:15
o'clock after a long illness.
Funeral services will be held from
n Selma Baptist church Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the Rev.
5. N. Lamb, pastor of the Whiteville
Baptist chYxch, and the Rev. D.. M.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
DIR. JOHN H. COOK

GREENSBORO, Jan. 17.-RE
Funeral services for DR.. John H.
Cook, for % years head of the
Department of Education at Wom-
ans college Of the University of
North Carolina who died yesterday
afternoon following a heart attack
in his office at the college, will be
held tomorrow morning at II
o'clock at West Market street
Methodist church. Burial will be
at Forest Lawn cemetery here.
DR.. J. B. Craven. pastor of West
Market street church, Of which DR..
Cook was a steward, and Rev.
Kenneth Goodson, assistant pastor,
will conduct the service. The facul-
ty Of Woman's college will attend
the service in a body, and a special
committee of students, represent
ing the student body, and Of alum
nae, will also be present. Curry
Demonstration school, a unit of
the Department of Education, was
closed today as a tribute to DR..
Cook.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
IN A

VISITING IN MIAMI
Miss Rosa Mae Buck, who is
spending the winter months
with Miss June Buck, of Pa
hokee, Fla, has gone to Miami
for a weeks visit with her
uncle and aunt, MIR. and Mrs.
Edgar Buck.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
CARS COLLIDE

CANS CULLIUE
Cars driven by Mrs. M. Brun-
jes and Joseph Russ were in
volved in a collision at Second
and Market streets yesterday
afternoon with slight damages
to both machines resulting,
police reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
ARRESTED

George Sanders, negro, 209
Brunswick street, was arrested
by police yesterday on charges
of larceny and receiving after
he allegedly stole several
pocketknives and socks from
the H. L. Green store.