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Dedicated To The Progress Of ™" — WILMINGTON Served bY Leased Wire of the And Southeastern North ASSOCIATED PRESS Carolina With Complete Coverage of State and National News - ★ * ESTABLISHED 1867. CONTINUA TION OF NEW DEAL PLANS, NA TIONAL UNITY ALSO PROPOSED -- CALLS FOR NEW TAXES Asks For Extension Of Au thority To Reduce Tar iffs By Agreement PLEDGES^ PEACE AIMS Budget Will Include Reduc tion In All Major Items Except Defense Text of President Roosevelt's message to congress is on page three. BY RICHARD L. TURNER WASHINGTON, Jan. S. — UP) - A stronger national defense financed by new taxes, a continuation of New Deal policies, and a national unity reinforced by “calmness, tol* erance . and cooperative wisdom,’1 were urged upon congress today by President Roosevelt, in a message personally delivered to the newly convened session. Tnese things, backed by an exien sion of the administration’s author ity to reduce tariffs by agreement with other countries, should be suf ficient, be said, to protect the na tion against any tendency toward dictatorship at home and “wci id wide forces of disintegration’’ as well. Pledges Peace Aims For the rest, Mr. Roosevelt pledged anew his determination to keep the United States out o£ the war abroad, and let it be known, to the ironical cheers of the republi can membership, that the budget to be submitted tomorrow would in clude a reduction in all important items except that of national de fense. House and senate and crowded galleries heard the President’s ear nestly delivered message with evi dent interest and intentness. There was a great cheer as he entered the packed house of representatives chamber, and another as he fin ished. There were cheers, toe, for Vice-President Garner, but the mightiest ovation of ail came when, the speech ended, Mr. Roosevelt turned and clasped hands with Gar (Continued on Page Four; Col. 5) MURPHY EXPECTED TO GET COURT JOB — Definitely Slated To Be Ap pointed To Supreme Court By President WASHINGTON, Jan. 3— W—De spite his recent statement that he thought others were better quali fied, red-haired Frank Murphy is definitely slated to be appointed to the supreme court, it was learned authoritatively today. Solicitor General Robert H. Jack son is to be elevated to attorney gen (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) ussians Red Thrusts In Southern Urea Halted Ski Troops Pick Off Sur vivors Of Defeated Army In The Frozen North BIG ATTACK EXPECTED lied Airmen Conduct Raids On Towns In Southwest ern Part Of Country By THOMAS F. HAWKINS WITH THE FINNISH FORCES \;;\i’ LAKE IvIANTA, Jan. 3. (jpi_Swift and silent Finnish ski troops struck in the border snows todav to pick off, one by one, the landful of survivors of Russia’s defeated army in this frozen north country while their comrades in tie south stood their guard against massed Soviet thrusts. Victors in the • greatest single battle of the war. the hardy Fin nish lumberjacks had easy pick ings finishing off the 2,000 wan dering, half-starved remnants of the 17.000-man Red Russian divi sion which tried to sever Finland’s wasp-like waistline and failed. Attack Reuulsed Matching these efficient opera tions. the Finnish high command announced that a heavy Soviet in fantry attack on the Karelian isth mus had been repulsed ‘‘-with heavy losses." This Soviet thrust in the south appeared to bear out reports in Finland that the Red army, chaf ing under repeated setbacks, was massing seven divisions — about 105,000 men — for an attempted knock-out blow against the Fin nish Mannerheim line. ' (Reliable information in Mos cow said that the Russians were speeding seasoned Siberian fighters to positions opposite the Finnish defenses.) Coupled wth the land attack were Russian air raids on Turku and Hanko in southwestern Fin land. it was announced officially (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) UJUffcK ANSWERS LENNON’S BLAST City Board Refers Judge To North Carolina Law On Beer Licenses Replying to a blast made from the bench of recorder’s court Tuesday morning in which Judge Alton A. Lennon commented that he wished the city commissioners had the cour abe clean up some of the beer joints in Wilmington, the city com missioners yesterday referred the lodge to the North Carolina law7, ' pc b they said, places the responsi bly more on his shoulders thar theirs. 'em t™ not try]11S to lock horns i, Lennon,’’ Mayor Thomas Uoper sai(} at the weeWy meet. Sjan° rb°rS tlia city commis wiih I - * "ou^ rather lock arms and i4n/Tfig^.~t crime, tin- ;as 1 am ,n favor of let I e Dwyers interpret the law (Continued on page Four. Co] 6) -4 Seconds . -..... .H jrsn? mi i Tired alter being mayor of Memphis for five long seconds, Edward H. Crump, right, leaves on a well-earned vacation, firing snowballs at spectators. The political overlord took the oath of office at the railroad station and then resigned to make way for Walter Chandler to take the job: Occupancy Of Remodeled City Hall Planned Soon NEARING COMPLETION Wade Says Building Is Ex pected To Be Put Back Into Use In February Remodelng work on the old city hall is now nearing completion and will be ready for occupancy at some time during February, J. E. L. Wade, city commissioner of public works, said yesterday. All the insid^ walls have been erected and all but one or two have been plastered and painted. Now under way is the laying of the ter razzo flooring in the main hall on the second floor. Doors Arrive The bronze doors for the front of the building have arrived and will be erected within a few days. The commissioners decided sev eral days ago to leave the walls in side white and unpainted. They said it would both improve the inside ap pearance and would leave additional funds, possibly enough to provide the public library with a new set of book shelves, which, they agreed, are sorely needed. The self operating elevator will probably be the last part, of the building to be completed. It will be operated from the ground floor to the library through the push button system. The city will not be required to hire an. operator. “When completed, "Wilmington ians will be surprised at the beau ty of their public offices,” Com missioner Wade said. The entire structure, with the exception of the Thalian hall, is being refur bished. Plan To Merge Wire Companies Opposed NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—(AP) The American Federation of La bor, in a caustically critical statement, announced “vigor ous” opposition today to a pro posal of the federal communica tions commission to consolidate the Western Union and Postal Telegraph e mpanies. The Commercial Telegraphers Union, AFL affiliate which, it said, was tho “dominant trade union in Western Unjon,” termed the proposal a “merger stampede, cold-bloodedly pushed by a CIO union rendered des perate by fear of its liquida tion.” The merger was suggested in a report by the FCC to the sen ate interstate commerce com mittee. FINN WAR THREAT NOTED IN GERMANY Nazis Told Of Possibility Of General Conflict Over Little Nation BERLIN, Jan. 3.—(IP)—Nazi Ger many’s public was told for the first time tonight of the possibili ty of a general conflict over Fin land. An editorial commentary from the Soviet Russian military organ, (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) School Board To Ask Funds For Repairs Decides To Appear Before County Commissioners And Urge Action HOGGARD CITES NEEDS Says Failure To Provide Money Results In Cost ly Deterioration The board of education, meeting ir the office of Superintendent H. M Roland last night, decided to appeal before the county commissioners Monday to urge action on the long standing request for funds to make “urgently needed” improvements and repairs at Hemenway, Cornelius Harnett, Wrightsboro and othei schools. Dr, John T. Hoggard, chairman said all members of the school board expressed the opinion that the coun ty board’s failure to make available the funds requested last July ‘‘has resulted in costly, accumulative de terioration.” Item Reduced Dr. Hoggard said that at the same time the school board budge' was adopted last summer, the capita! outlay item (for general mainte nance-and roVelne - repairir> was re duced in the sum of $3,000 aftei the county board had agreed that the sum could be replaced when the bonds were issued.” The school board chairman saic that needed repairs have been de layed from week to week in an ticipation of action by the countj board, and added, “the months have dragged by and we simply can’; (Continued on Page Five; Col. 4) CITY WILL ASSIST IN DRAINAGE WORK Join County In Sponsoring Project To Drain Green field Creek Area The city commissioners yester day agreed to join the countj board in sponsoring the project oi draining the creek leading from Greenfield lake to the river in or der that the land surrounding the property occupied by the Taylor Colquitt Creosoting company maj be dried out, the expenditure noi to exceed $1,800. The board's decision came aftei much discussion in which all were agreed the city should cooperate but in which there was disagree ment regarding from where the money should come. The motion was passed only aftei stipulations of Commissioner Wad< that the drainage project is' in ne way to curtail or prevent the com pletion of WPA projects undei Way. _ Fights Wage Tax A $1(1-a-week shirt factory work er, Mrs. Jennie Dole, a widow, seeks to have invalidated the new one and a half per cent income tax on the pay envelopes of all Philadelphia workers. Her court ac tion is backed by the C.I.O. DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD BY COURT Five White Men And Three Negroes Scheduled To Die In Gas Chamber RALEIGH, Jan. 3.—(TP)—Death sentences imposed on five white men an<T three negroes were up ' held today by the state supreme court. One other negro, Julius Buch anan, convicted of murdering his wife in Forsyth county, was grant ed his second new trial. The court’s opinions, in five of 31 cases decided, automatically set January 19 as the death date for the eight men. The state never has put more than three men to death on a single day. The eight who lost appeals -were: Roy Kelly, Wade Hanford and Ralph Hanford, convicted of mur dering Sheriff M. P. Robertson of Alamance county in a filling sta tion robbery. Clarence Rogers, negro convicted of murdering a 17-year-old news boy in Durham. Last week Rogers confessed, prison officials said, that he took part in the slaying of Guard J. S'. Chesser on death row. Robert Williams, alias Robert McNair, Cumberland county ne gro convicted of rape. Glenn Maxwell, negro convicted cf murdering Charlie Shepherd in Alleghany county. J. B. Murray and Archie C. Stephens, convicted in Durham county of murdering Alford Mar shall Snipes. Associate Justice Heriot Clark son, in a 34-page opinion on the Kelly-Hanford case, asserted that the three men were “criminals o desperate character, moved and in stigated by the devil, with hearts fatally bent on mischief.” “It was a bold crime, in almost the heart of the town (Burling ton), the man ‘armed to the teeth’ with burglary tools,” the justice wrote. “The sheriff and of ficer (Sonny) Vaughn were killed (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) Some Republicans Cheer Part Of F. R.’s Message WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.— (AP)—Some republicans ap plauded President Roosevelt’s message to congress today with the exception of his appeal for continuance of the trade agree ment program—and some dem ocrats criticized it on the same score. Congressional comment fol lows; Senators White (R-Me)—I think the address was admirable with the exception of Mr. Roose velt's adherence to the recip rocal trade program because he is going to be very, very disappeinted on that. Glass (D-Va)—it was pretty good. Wagner (D-NY) — Magnifi cent and realistic. Vandenberg (R-Mich)—I wel come what ought to be an end of deficit-spending in his re jection of “ways that have failed.” It is marvelous tech inique to charge your critics with many of your own short comings. Lundeen (FL-Minn)—it is straight down the road to war and it certainly is interesting to see the administration quot ing George Washington and then ridicule everything he stood for in foreign affairs. Harrison (D-Miss)—It was a very fine message. The part that appeals to me most was his suggestion with reference to retrenchment in govern ment expenditures and the necessary continuance of our trade agreement program. Townsend (R-Del)—The only definite thing in the speech (Continued on Page Four; Col. 1) Eighteen Persons Perish In Large Apartment Fire TWENTY-FOUR INJURED Cigarette Is Blamed For Worst Disaster In His-, tory Of Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 3— (JP) —A cigarette tossed down a garbage chute was blamed today for fire that claimed at least 18 lives at the Marl borough apartment hotel in the worst disaster in this city’s history. Only 12 victims had been identi fied as firemen prodded about in the wreckage of the three-story, 45 year old building, seeking the bodies of possible additional victims. A late check by the Red Cross placed the number of persons in the building at 113. Of these 18 were known dead, 24 registered at hos pitals, 53 accounted for as either uninjured or only slightly hurt, and 1C unaccounted for. Officials expressed the belief that the 18 unaccounted for escaped from the building and possibly went to the homes of neighbors or friends. First Warning First warning of the tragedy was a rumbling explosion shortly before 6 a. m., followed almost instantly by a burst of flame that choked the halls and stairways and blocked escape of many of the residents, who were sleeping when the fire broke out. The blast, said Arthur Spotts wood, head of the fire department’s fire prevention division, apparently was caused by garbage smouldering in a storage chute in the center of the building, bursting into flame and blowing out of the chute in a “heat explosion." Spottswood said the gar bage probably was ignited by a cigarette stub tossed down the chute some hours earlier. The flames spread so rapidly (Continued on Page Four; Col. 4) Borah Avoids Spell Of Roosevelt Voice . WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—(fl5)— Senator Borah (R-Ida) stayed away from the joint session of congress today because he did not want to fail under the spell of the Roosevelt voice. “It’s dangerous to listen to Roosevelt because he could re cite an example in Algebra and make it interesting,’’ Borah told reporters with a smile. “When I want to know what he said, I have to sit down and read it. Bo assured that I will read his speech.” As a matter of fact, Borah said he couldn’t remember when he had heard a president deliver his opening message to congress. WARMER EATHER ANTICIPATE HERE Day Is Expected To Grow Warmer After Morning Minimum Of 21 Degrees Wilmingtonians are promised some respite from the low tempera tures of the past several days in the weather man’s prediction for today. Although the forecast for this morn ing is from 21 to 25 degrees, he said, it is probable that the mercury will rise considerably during the day with warn ;r weather resulting to night and tomorrow. The low mark yesterday wa'i 22, reached in the early hours of the morning and the maximum was 39, registered at about noon. No rain is in prospect for today, (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) The Quickest, Best Way To Secure HELP Within a few hours a Star News Help Wanted Ad will bring you applications from trained, well - recommended workers. When you need household, busi ness, or industrial help, tele phone or bring your employ ment ad to the Star-News . . . Replies held confidential if de sired, just say you wish a “keyed" ad—no extra charge. Wanted—Young man to work in Plant of one of Wilmington’* Leading Industrial Establish ments. Permanent conned’on for right man. Give complete employment record in applica tion. Apply “Industrial," c-o Star-News. THIS AD RAN 3 DATS AND BROUGHT 134 REPLIES Phone 2800 To Place Your Want Ad LWEATHER North Ci™r°RECAST “ess Thursday' 'and Increasing cloudi with suow F*- ,rlday with Sinning jn ,, I ndav, probably be "ay and tL ;|untains 'ate Tliurs "arnier Thursday y msht; s''*1'!)! endhfg''f ^S’aa' Jata for the 24 hour: i Pt ■ yesterday). 1*30 ^ Aemperature 30; 7 -ao 2nS; 7:30 “• in. 23; 4:30 p minimum 22; ’^an £ ■ ZmT'il 39 1:30 a. k*"-”?.*Ulty a- 17; 7;30'p Vg3 a- m• 81; 1:30, p ! Total for j/felpltaMon "one; total -oul's ending 7-30 n m f-3-i -nZH 61nCe firs‘ °f the month Tides For Today Wilmington High Lou " :18a 0:01: •'tasonboro Inlet a:3„8P 12:33i - 3:20a 0:34, Sunrise 7-ls-r . -J:3op 10;&lj * 2:29®; moonset l-33p.5:Mp: moon •ttevUle,*™? feet?' 5taffe at FaT (C°titinUed « Page F„ur. Col. 4; CONGRESSIONAL PREVIEW: These Big Questions Face Current Session Of Congress [ RELIEF While few congressmen favor relief cuts in an election year, last year's one-and-a-half bil lion relief budget may be pared to one billion. The fight on whether or not to cut relief funds probably will be among the democrats, with the repub licans playing possum. The sub ject is tied up with the 45 bil lion national debt limit. It is up to congress to decide wheth er to raise the limit, and the discussion will provide perfect republican ammunition. FARMERS Secretary Wallace will be back asking congress for a new pro cessing tax. the supreme court killed one in 1936 when it ruled against Triple-A. Wallace needs from 250 to 400 million to pay farm subsidies on wheat, cot ton and rice. His latest scheme is to issue certificates providing the difference between market and parity prices. Pressure to cut expenses is real, so a tax may be necessary. He may get his processing tax as all parties woo farmers in election years. k DEFENSE Because of the foreign situa tion, defense may be biggest topic. Last year’s defense budget was $2,000,000,000. Now defense champions plan to ask another $300,000,000. A special tax to raise these funds, however, is likely to meet strong opposition. Congress isn’t expected to agon ize over foreign policy, except in connection with the Japa nese commercial treaty, which expires January 26. There will be pressure to slap an embargo on exports to Japan. . .ttHSHHanai TRADE Congress must decide whether to renew the reciprocal trade agreements. The act expires June 12, 1940. Oppositionists, more outspoken now than sup porters, contend the agreements harm farmers by admitting competitive goods. ' Congres sional critics argue the agree ments are written by the state department without senate rat ification although the Constitu tion says treaties between this country and others must be rati fied by the senate, r THIRD TERM Young Senator Rush Holt says he will present a resolution against a, third term in Roose velt. Quite possibly, it will pass. Republicans and undeclared Garner-ites will rush forward with blessings. Fence-sitters will hold back until they determine whether Mr. Roosevelt will run again, and whether he can win the nomination. The resolution would have no binding effect, but the debate will give rest less anti-Roosevelt-ers a chance to talk. LABOR Some changes in the Wagner Act may be made by congress through “perfecting’’ and “clar ifying’’ amendments. Both the AFL and the CIO demand changes in the law. As a session prelude, the house has been in vestigating the labor board. After some changes, the prin ciple behind the act, labor's right to collective bargaining, will probably remain intact. One likely amendment would permit employers to invoke the board’s services.
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