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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
WHEELER COMMENTS
Says Churchill Has B e e n
Insisting On Declaration
Of War By U. S.
SAYS PILOTS WANTED
Says Every American Must
Realize FIR. Leading Us
Down Road to War

WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.-R-
Senator Wheeler D-Mont.) said
tonight he had learned from "sev-
eral reliable sources" that Prime
Minister Churchill has been in
sisting on a declaration of war by
this country" and that Harry Hop
kins was sent to London as Presi-
dent Roosevelt's representative tc
determine what immediate steps
can be taken short of a war dec
laration.
cat the White House, presiden-
tial aides said they had never
heard of the report which Wheeler
said he had received.)
Comments on Talk
Wheeler, a leader of senate OPP
position to MIR. Roosevelt's lend
lease program for aid to Britain
said that my understanding is
that they (the British) not only
want planes and ships at this time
but they also want pilots to mar
the planes and sailors to man the
ships.
1.-THE next step will be an ex
peditionary. force. Every American
ought to realize that Mr.. Roosevelt
is leading us down the road tt
war, not step by step, but leap by
leap.
ut has come to me from several
reliable sources that Mr.. Churchill
has been insisting on a declaration
of war by this country, not with
the idea of our sending an ex
peditionary force Immediately, but
with the idea of bolstering the
morale of the smaller nations OF
Europe as well as the morale OF
his own people.
"Also my information is that
Mr.. Hopkins was sent to England
for the purpose of determining JUS
what immediate steps could be
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
RAF Bombs Several NaZi
BasesInO O cupiedFrance

LONDON, Jan. 17.-R-British
airmen gave their attention to Nazl
bases in occupied France today
following the: 41st night raid on
the German naval b a S o. VII
helmshaven IN weather described
as more suitable to a Polar expe'
dition than bombers.
Raj squadrons nosed INTO Il
channel mist and headed 1or
France. Thereafter, explosions
could be heard along the Aentlsh
coast, but whether they were Brit
ish guns hammering detectives
across the channel OF. bombs could
not be determined.
At home, firemen in Bristol
stamped out the embers left ny
last nights shower of incend,arles
from GermaC raiders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
REYNOLDS SUFFERS
ATTACK
Senator Reported Resting
Comfortably At Naval
Hospital In Capital

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. -P-
Senator Robert R.. Reynolds (D-NC)
was reported resting comfortably
tonight at naval hospital where his
illness was diagnosed as influenza.
Reynolds, who had been ill with
a cold for several days, was taken
to the hospital this morning after
suffering from a chill in his office.
His secretary, Wesley E.. McDon-
aid, said the senator was "a very
sick man" and that his temperature
had risen to 103 degrees.
A naval hospital physician was
put in charge Of the patient
This is the second time within
a month that Reynolds has been
hospitalized by influenza. Shortly
before the present congress con
vened, he was in a naval hospital
for about a week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
ewFoodShortageLooms
In Southeastern Europe

dwindling supplies are said to have
jammed Yugoslav railways as lar
as Trieste, causing a serious cur-
tailment of food shipments.
The Hungarian food problem is
reflected in a new government or
der halving the amount OF food
each householder has been allow
ed to keep on hand-50 pounds OF
flour, four pounds of dried vege-
tables, six pounds of fats.
Rumanian reaction to ~skyrocket-
ing prices was said to have brought
several public demonstrations, in
GLIDING one in a Bucharest public
market in which one person was
killed and several others injured.
Nearly all the southeastern Euro
pean governments have restricted
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Says Germany Will Seize
Territory In South Ameri-
ca If England Loses
CALLS FOR AID BILL
F. R. SCOTS at Assertion
That He May Give Ameri-
can Navy to Britain
By RICHARD L.. TURNER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-R-
Secretary Knox said today that
Germany would ultimately and in
evitably seize territory and bases
in South America if she defeated
Great Britain, and like Secretary
Stimson he expressed fear that a
grave crisis would develop in the
European war in the next go or 80
days.
To prevent a British defeat, both
urged the house foreign affairs
committee to approve the admins
tration's bill authorizing President
Roosevelt to lease, lend or transfer
American-made fighting materials
to the nations battling the Axis.
Pressure Great
Knox said in response to ques-
tons that his fears of a crisis in
60 or 80 days was speculation,
purely. But, he added, the "pres-
sure" upon Great Britain w s
growing greater and greater
When Rep. Jonkpan (R. Mich
asked the exact nature of the cri-
sis, Knox replied simply:
"a crisis in which the defeat of
Great Britain is imminent"
It could come about, he said,
through the German submarine
campaign or the effect of the con-
tinued German bombardment. He
was, however, strong in his praise
for the manner in which British
morale had held up under the
pounding of the Nazi bombers.
At another point, and in another
connection, he was asked how the
deftat of Germany could be brought
about and answered that it coulo
come through the collapse of the
people behind the front.
when German cities are
bombed as British r being
bombed, 1 don't believe the Ger
mans will take it like the British
are taking it," he said.
SCOTS at Assertions
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt
scoffed at assertions that under the
bill he might give the United States
navy to England. Sarcastically, he
told a press conference that moth
ing in the bill would prevent hin
from standing on his head either
He had no desire he said to stane
on his head or get rid of the navy
The question of attaching al
amendment %forbiGding such dispo
sition of naval vessels has become
an increasingly bitter point of con
troversy at the capitol.
While these statements were be
ing made, Senator Wheeler, Cd.
Mont.), an outstanding member o
the opposition to the bill, demand
ed that the President furnish Con
gress all reports submitted by Am
bassadors Joseph P. Kennedy from
London and William c. Bullitt from
Paris prior to the outbreak Of wa
in 1889. They would provide valu
able background information 70
the guidance of Congress in con
sidering the lease : lend bill, h
said. He talked with Kennedy las
night.
Speech Draws Interest
Much interest conferred, at thu
same time on the radio speech
which Kennedy plans to make to
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
HOPKINS PRESENT
Declares Britain Will Need
More Planes, Ships Than
1t Can Pay for
WATCHING AMERICA
American Envoy Watches
Parade of Raid Precau-
ton Organizations

GLASGOW, Jan. 17.-Prime
Minister Winston Churchill, with
Harry Hopkins sitting on the plat
form beside him, declared tonight
in an unheralded speech: I'VE
do not require in l941 large armies
from overseas but he added Brit
ain would need far more Ameri-
can weapons, ships and airplanes
than she can pay for.
With little cheer to give Britons
for the months ahead, Churchill
said, nevertheless: "Whatever the
suffering, we shall not fail man
kind at this turning point Ct its
fortunes!"
Introduces Hopkins
Proudly, he introduced President
Roosevelt's special envoy to the
audience.
The Prime Minister'S speech was
before the Glasgow City council
lors.
Gesturing to Hopkins, sitting
quietly with his face half hidden
in his hand, Churchill declared:
Mr.. Hopkins has come in order
to put himself in the closest re-
lation with things here.
HE soon will return to report
to his famous chief the impressions
he has gathered in Dur islands.
We don't require in 1941 large
armies from overseas. What we do
require are weapons, ships and
airplanes.
"All that we can pay for we will
pay for, but we will require far
more than we shall be able to pay
for.
Watching America
"And l watch with deep emotion
the stirring processes by which the
democracy Of the great American
republic is establishing its laws
and formulating its decisions in
order to make sure that the British
commonwealth of nations is able
to maintain, as it is maintaining
at the present time, the front line
of civilization and of progress"
The Prime Minister'S unheralded
speech followed a tour of the city's
defense organizations during which
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Berlin Would
Favor Peace
Presence Of Troops In Ru-
mania Seen AS Argument
To Spur Peace Effort
SOFIA TALKS DENIED
Possibility Of Armed Nazi
Intervention In War Not
Ruled Out, However

SOFIA, Jan. 17-R-A highly
reliable informant said tonight tina
Germany was endeavoring to end
the Italian Greek war by negotia.
tons in Athens.
One informant suggested the
presence of German troops in Ru'
mania was part of a diplomatic
argument designed to spur peace
negotiations with Greece.
Gin Berlin, authorized sources
said there was no change whatever
in German relations with Greece.
and therefore it could be denied,
they said, that German diplomatic
activity had been intensified ir
Athens. Germany has maintained
her normal mission in Athens
throughout the Greek-Italian hos
tilities.)
Armed Intervention Seen
German sources here did moi
rule out the possibility Of armed
FNazi Intervention in the Greek-It
allan war, but declared Germany
certainly would welcome a peace
full settlement.
It was believed by some inform
ants here that Germany in at
tempting to negotiate peace woule
endorse proposals that Greece rea
sonably could accept even if they
gave Italy a poor return for he1
war efforts.
These sources pointed out it OBJ
viously was to Germany's interes
to prevent an Italian rout, and tina
aid and advice to Italy was direct
ed to that end.
There have been some report
that part of the negotiations wer'
being carried on in Sofia follow
ing a series of visits to the for
eign office here the last three day
by German, Greek, Yugoslav, an
Soviet ministers.
But Bulgarian official source
said this was not SO, and that pre-
sumably the diplomats had calle'
seeking information on Bulgaria
position. German troops probabl.
would go through Bulgaria to reac]
Greece
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18

Ore hundred fires, some of which
the British acknowledged were ser.
ious, were started in this western
coastal city, bu. authorities report
ed at least 50 were extinguished
within ten minutes.
Prots returning from the Will
helmshaven foray. termed highly
successful" though lighter than the
previous nights assault, declared
they flew through ''ghastly'' static
and lightning storms which il one
case set a bomber afire.
Bomb wracks, gun turrets, cock
pit windows and instruments were
frozen up again and again.
Despite this weather, tn e air
ministry said the attack was
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
ITALIAN WARSHlPS
HIT BY T0RPED0ES
Greeks Claim Third Of Fas'
cist Forces In Albania
Killed Or Wounded

ATHENS, Greece, Jan. 17.-RE
A Greek government spokesman
asserted tonight that two Italian
''warships"-the Liguria and Lom-
bardia - had been torpedoed IN
connection with the movement OF
troops to Albania across the Adrl-
attic sea.
(The London Daily Mail attrlb-
uted to the Athens radio a report
that the vessels we're troopshlps
the Liguria of 1884 tons and
the Lombardia of 20, 066 tons. The
authoritative naval handbook James
Fighting Ships lists neither ship.
Lloyds Register lists an Italian
'tLiguria," a commercial vessel OF
only 174 tons.)
Continued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
SKINNER OPPOSES
H0MESTEADS PLAN
Is Seeking to Enlist Aid to
Defeat Tax Exemption
Proposal In Assembly

]. L. skinner, secretary-treasurer
Of the State Association of County
Commissioners, is attempting to en-
list aid from over the state to de-
feat a proposal in the legislature
for exemption from taxation of SO
per cent of the first $1,000 valuation
On homesteads, which he termed as
a very communistic un-American
proposal"
Voters of the state have approved
homestead exemption but no enabl-
ing act has ever been passed by
the legislature.
On a map used in his campaign,
he shows that New Hanover county
would lose s11, 37S in taxes through
such a measure and would have to
increase its tax rate % cents per
800 valuation to make it up unless
economies we're effected in the
county budget to reduce it by that
figure.
Other counties would encounter
The following losses and would have
TO increase their tax rates by the
following amounts to make up the
loss, according to his figures:
Brunswick, $17,6O5 and .297 cent
Columbus S29, $50 and 1873 cent
Robson s27,26O and .093 cent
Baden $1,000 and 1854 cent; Cur,
berland $37,396 and .178 cent; Pen
der s17,11O and 227 cent; Sampson
$l8,244 and lis cent; Duplin $40,
Continued on Page Three, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
100000 TOTAL STOCK
Durham Law Firm Named
Incorporators Of the New
Wilmington Enterprise

The North Carolina Shipbuilding
company, which will have prin-
cipal offices in Wilmington and an
authorized capital stock of $500, 600
was granted a charter of corpor-
alton yesterday by Secretary OF
State Thad Eure, according to an
Associated Press dispatch from
Raleigh.
The charter authorized the firm
to ''own and maintain shipbuilding
yards" but details regarding its
financial backing were lacking.
The incorporates were listed as
F. L. Fuller, Jr., Jones Fuller, and
Leslie Ford, all of Durham. Jones
Fuller, in Durham, said that the
firm of Fuller and Fuller acted as
attorneys in obtaining the charter,
and that Miss Ford was a secre-
tary Of the law firm.
Fuller added that his firm was
acting for the Corporation Trust
company of 122 Broadway, New
York City, and that the Trust COM
pany was representing some other
interests. He said he did not know
the name of the other interests,
and explained that the Trust COM
pany's business was the domestic
alton and chartering of corpora
tons.
In New York City, officials OF
the Trust company could not be
located Immediately.
The new shipyard is a subsidiary
of the Newport News Shipbiuldlne
company, which recently confirm
ed a report that it intended to erec'
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
GROWTH OF PORT
SHOWN in REPORT
Commerce Up from $685.
845 Tons In 1892 To
2,035,96O In 1898

The waterborne commerce OF the
Port of Wilmington increased from
693, 845 tons in 1882 to 2,035.9 6C
tons in 1898, a gain of 1913 per
cent, according to a revised report
on port facilities here released yes
terday by the board of engineers
for rivers and harbors, War de-
partment, and the U. S. Maritime
Commission.
During the seven year period
from 1882 to 1888, the report re
veals, imports at the Port of Will
mington averaged IL per cent OF
the total commerce handled, ex-
ports averaged 2.6 per cent, coast
wise receipts H.8, coastwide ship
ments, IL, internal receipts 81,
and internal shipments, 81.
The principal commodities han
died, according to the report, in
the order of their volume, were
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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
%Shipbuilding Firm Given
Charter OF Incorporation
Increase In Railroads
Revenues Is Estimated

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-R
The Association of American
Railroads reported today that IS
class one railroads in December
had estimated operating revenues
of S31O,610,42S compared with
S285,137,601 in December, 1889.
The reporting carriers, the as
ISOLATION said, represent S2.6 per
cent of total operating revenue
of all class one railroads.
Freight revenues totalled S24S,-
864,240 compared with $2227,Os
337 in December, 1889, while pas
enger revenues totalled $34,237.-
OOS compared with $399,1SS,965 i'll
December, 1889.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18

RALEIGH, Jan. H. Up North
Cardinals general assembly, in a
brief session today, received a bill
which would increase the length of
the unsupported school term to
nine months. At present, the state
provides an eight-month term.
The new measure was sent for
ward by Representatives Umstead of
Orange and Pritchett of BERTHE.
School officials, who have been
advocating for several years that an
additional month be added to the
term, estimated that the proposal
would cost SO, 200, 900 a year.
Governor Broughton, in his in
augural speech last week, went on
record as ~favoring the ninth school
month, but also told the legislators
bluntly that be would insist on a
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Nine-MOnth School Term
Measure Is introduced

balanced budget. There is no provi.
sion in the budget now pending be-
fore the legislature for either an ap-
preparation or a tax to finance the
additional month.
The new bill would retain a present
provision allowing schools in any
county or district to be closed for
the last two months Of the term,
when low attendance or other neces-
sity justified that action.
Other bills introduced today in
cluded one by Senator White Of
Vance, to require the highway and
public works commission to repair
roads running from state-maintained
highways to public schools, and ono
by Representative Caveness of Guil-
CONTINUED on Page Three. Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
continued on Page Three, Col. y
BY ROBERT ST. JOHN

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Jan.
I'-R-Southeastern Europe al
ready forced to eat stale black
dread and pay exorbitant prices
!or essential foodstuffs-now is fac
ing new shortages because, Off
Ilals say, So many rail lines have
peeh Communicated for Nazi troop
movements and Italian and Ger
man shipments of war materials.
dispatches from Hungary and
Nufnanla say that in many towns
whefe ordinary supplies have been
vu' OF by German use of railroads
ue inhabitants have appealed for
sofnmodities by truck to prevent
Ilotlng and famine.
similarly, Italian demands for
qoick delivery of vast quantities
o. Runanian oil to bolster her
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
War
Interpretive
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON

The odd, and perhaps most sig
nificant feature of the Axis air
raj don British warships at Malta
is that it shows the British navy
continues to use that exposed cen
trail Mediterranean base.
Malta is perilously close to TIA
ly's southern shoreline, three score
miles perhaps from Cape Passero.
extreme southeastern tip of Sicily.
That is only a matter of minutes
by air.
Before the air era dawned, Malta
was the central bastion of Britain's
fortified Mediterranean life line. 1t
was as vital and effective to the
business of empire as Gibraltar or
the Suez canal. British sea power
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. b.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
ARM0RY REQUEST
SENT TO RALEIGH
Filed With WPA Director
OF Operations for Com
plete Check Of Details

A formal c~ity-county application
for an armory-auditorium project
for Wilmington costing $215,0OO has
been forwarded to state WPA Off
Gals in Raleigh for further con-
sideration, w. Joe Prevette, district
WPA supervisor, announced yes
terday.
The application was filed with
Glenn L. Bobbitt, state WPA de
rector of operations, for a COM
CONTINUED on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
Garner Is Determined to
Retire to Private Lite

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-P-1t
was reported reliably today that Vice
President Garner, whose term VIII
end with the Inauguration of Vice
President.Elect Wallace Monday, has
been offered numerous positions IN
private industry.
It was said, however, thai the ~
year-old Garner, who has been IN
congress for SO years, was deter
mined to retire to private life in
Uvalde, Tex.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
AUSTIN AWARDED
ELECTRICAL JOB
Charlotte Firm Submits Bid
OF About 100000 for
Camp Davis Work

The Austin Electric company, of
Charlotte, has been tentatively
awarded the contract for the in
terror wiring of the buildings at
Camp Davis, anti-aircraft firing
center at Holly. Ridge, Lieut-Col.
Albertis Montgomery, construction
quartermaster, announced last
night.
The Charlotte firm submitted the
low bid on the work, their bid be-
Continued on Page Three. Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
INFLUENZA SPREAD
CONTINUES in N. E..
Children Under Is Years Of
Age Are Barred from the
Theatres In Charlotte

RALEIGH, Jan. 17.-R-A rag
ing influenza epidemic continued
unabated in North Carolina today
while many cities and towns
opened a total val against it by
closing down schools and restrict
ing public gatherings.
In Charlotte, the states largest
city. Dr.. G. E.. Rea, city health Of
ficer, estimated there were 10000
cases and added, that may not
fContinued on Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
BRITISH ATTACK
BASE AT CATANlA
Aerial Assault Leaves Fires
Burning at Important
Axis Airdrome

CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 17.-R-A
new and heavy British aerial attack
which left fires and explosions erupt-
ing IN the Axis airdrome at Catanla,
slelly-the nest from which Nazl
1ve bombers have been marrying the
british Mediterranean fleet-was re-
ported today by the Royal Air Force.
Inns assault, one more in a con-
tlhulng series in which the British
elalm that some 40 aircraft already
Had been destroyed at Catania, was
declared to have left several" more
ANS planes ablaze on the ground.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-18
WEATHER
REC

FORECAST
North Carolina-Cloudy and unset.
tied, possibly drizzle or light rain il
the mountains Saturday followed by
clearing anG colder Saturday afternoon
or night; Sunday fair and much colder
(By o. s. Weather B%ureau)
meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday.
Temperature
100 a. m. At; 1870 a. m. At; I 80 p
m. 81; 7:30- p. m. So; maximum 60
minimum 46; mean 81; normal 46.
Humidity
1870 a. m. 100; 1870 a. m. 80; 1:3O p
m. II; 7:30 p. m. Sc.
Precipitation
Total for "a hours ending 7:30 p. m
600 inches; total since first of the
month l.16 inches.
Tides For Today
(From Tide Tables published by o. S
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
~ High Low
Wilmington ------------- 1:lea S:2es
Masonboro Inlet ------ II lea 5:15s
-. 11:58p 5:42r
Sunrise 7:17a; sunset 5:29p; moon
rise II :19p; moonset 10:34a.
Cape Fear river stage at Fayette-
vile ON January IL, at 8 a. m, 1875
feet.
CONTINUED on Page Three. Col. 81
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-25
MRS. 1. LEMSIRA
 VISITS 5ITkA 0N
 TOUR OF ALASKA
National President of Aux Hilary Amazed al Prog
 ress dt Naval Base

Mrs Louis L. Lemstra, National President of the American Legion Auxiliary, came in from Sitka yes terday by plane and left on the Aleutian for Seattle.
 While in Sitka, Mrs. Lemstra was entertained at a luncheon by the British Relief Committee. She vis- tied the National Cemetery and also the Naval Air Base on Jap- onski Island. During the afternoon, and at dinner she attended a mo- hest affair at which there were 30 members of the American Le- zion and the Auxiliary present.
 Before returning to Juneau, Mrs. Lemstra was entertained at a mo- host breakfast and visited the Rus sian Church. Accompanying her was Department Secretary Mrs. John Mccormick.
 In her addresses at both Juneau and Sitka, the National President stressed the wider part that can be played by women in national defense. They can be trained, she said, by organizations now pre- pared to do this training, and through preparedness can find a place for themselves.
 Above all, said Mrs. Lemstra, it is necessary to fight hysteria, and to do more and better work. She believes that Alaska, Panama, and Hawaii show much less hysteria than the States.
 Mrs. Lemstra was amazed at the job accomplished at the Sitka Na- val Base She said that it shows what can be done when work is really undertaken seriously.
 Mrs. Lemstra will leave Seattle cn Sunday for Chicago. She has been visiting departments since Feb ruary 1, and in so doing has tray- eled 10000 miles. She still has seven more departments to visit before the National Convention in Milwaukee in September.