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Dedicated To The Progress Oi r~ —-——— WILMINGTON SeI,ei by Leased Wlre ol Ue ' . , „ ,, ASSOCIATED PBESS And Southeastern North P With Complete Coverage ot _ _ Stale and National News 127--- WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1940_ + + ESTABLISHED 1867 GERMANY, ALLIES NEAR RUMANIAN OIL SHOWDOWN Jr ± + 111 . ... Nazis Building Subs At Rate Of One Every Day Bishop Darst Honored On .Ministers participating in the service at St. Janies’ Episcopal church here Wednesday night at which the 25th anniversary of the consecration of the Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst as bishop of the diocese of 1 East Carolina was celebrated, left to right: the Rev. R. I. Johnson, colored rector of St. Cyprian's 1 church, New Hern; the Rev. Wiliam H. Milton, D. D., rector emeritus of St. James’ church, who now lives in Baltimore; (lie Rt. Rev. Albert S. Thomas, D. D., bishop of the diocese of South Carolina; 1 the Ht. Rev. Thomas.C. Darst, D. D.; the Rev. Stephen Gardner, rector of St. Peter’s church, Wash- ] ington, N. C., and president of the standing committee of he diocese of East Carolina; and the Rev. Walter Raleigh N'oe, executive secretary of the diocese of East Caroiuia. ---★ GENERAL ELECTION CALLED IN CANADA MacKenzie King’s Govern ment Proclaims Dissolu tion Oi Parliament OTTAWA, Jan. 25— (iP)—Under continuing attack for alleged fail ure to push Canada’s share of the empire war effort, the government of W. L. Mackenzie King decided suddenly today to call a quick gen eral election and proclaimed the dissolution of parliament at the end of a one-day session. Parliament was 'Jssolved at 7:07 p. m., E.S.T., a few hours after the election decision was announc ed in the traditional speech from the throne. The date for the elec tion will be set shortly. Mackenzie King indicated it should be over before the end of March, one rea son being the possibility of “heavy (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 7) r— -i I WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia: Partly cloudy and continued ''"I'l Friday: Saturday mostly cloudy and not quite so cold. Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. in. yesterday). Temperature a._m. 32: 7:30 a. m. 27: 3:30 p. m 34; 7:30 p. m. 28; maximum 35; minimum 2d: mean 30; normal 40. Precipitation , for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. ri)) inches: total since first of the month 3.16 inches. Tides For Today 'from Tide Tables published by TJ. »• toast and Geodetic Survey). High How ''ilmmgton _ _ 10:50a 5:39a v , 11:19p 0:l^n wasonboro Inlet_8:40a 2:29a « . 9:08p 3:02p vie -ri-- " b"a; sunset 5:36p; moon r- e moonset 8:08p. tape Fear river stage — (Gauge frozen). f(, ,yLTOX, January 25— (JP) — . ne.r bureau records of temperature . Iai.nfall for the 24 hours ending S 'a the principal cotton-growing E? an,l elsewhere: Vi, " High Low Free. a'cloudy - 20 15 0.01 . iHdle, cloudy _18 10 0.00 A ?■ clear -21 14 0.00 litm If'lty’ clear_ 27 20 0.00 , ""Sluim, clear_ 10 4 0.00 an, clear - 28 21 0.02 ' ■ °. snow - 20 14 0.08 , riington. snow _ 10 0 0.06 ■iib,u\clMr -10 1 0.00 ’Ir ‘l*,at.b cloudy -13 0 0.00 'Uu; R»ow - 12 5 0.02 lei V,;. 24 13 0.00 ictrnit’ C°'"]y - -21 0-00 •:i p, ' cloudy _10 -7 0.00 lahStOT " V"'l -38 24 0-00 Havre ' cloudy - 34 30 0.00 lacks’ ,?,lldy --16 -28 0.00 \aii,.“ V.cloudy .. 47 28 0.00 v, v"w ity' clear- 7 -8 0.00 ■it'tj,, nf; cloudy - 59 48 0.00 •us i,T„ , ' cloudy_20 11 0.00 •ouisvmf es’, clol,dy - «7 53 0.00 lerklia , ’ „f'ear -12 '4 °.00 lia'»i c'r,mhr - 25 8 °-°° '‘""-St p N -02 39 9.00 lohiia ' au i cloudy 5 -12 0.00 lew 6r, ®ar V- 34 22 °-°° lew s- cloudy . 33 26 0.00 lorfolk c far - 32 21 0.00 '"t-lmi’-M? oudy .- 28 24 0.*> 'ortlai, n snow -— 11 7 0.01 Wtlamj ?rre" cloudy 36 20 0.09 lichmoBd ?now - 24 20 0.11 i Louis' c °udy _— 20 10 0.00 an Antoni,® **ir - 5 -0 0.00 :l" Francit„cloudy ~ 32 28 0.00 avaunah 1 ' ,raln - 34 01 1.66 am, ,a nf‘?udy -— 36 25 0.00 •ckshii,® ,?y ,- 50 34 0.00 i'"Khi,,,.r;clo|,(iy — 26 19 0.00 1 Untili£t™ °"dy -- 25 18 0.00 bton. snow - 36 26 0.00 New Officers Selected By Episcopal Auxiliary -+ DELEGATES ARE NAMED Christ Church, In Elizabeth City, Selected As Site Of 1941 Meetings The election of new officers by the auxiliary, the election of dele gates to the national convention and the appointment of committees featured the closing sessions yester day of the 57th annual meeting of the Diocese of East Carolina and the 52nd annual session of the Woman’s auxiliary of the Episcopal diocese. Christ Episcopal church, in Elizabeth City, was selected as the site for the 1941 meetings. The voting on delegates to the general convention, which meets in Kansas City next fall, yas com pleted at yesterday morning’s ses sion. The following were elected as clerical delegates: The Rev. Mortimer Glover, of Wilmington; the Rev. Alexander Miller, of Wilmington: the Rev. John C. Grainger, of Goldsboro; and the Rev. Walter R. Noe, of Wil mington. Lay Delegates The following were named lay delegates: George B. Elliott, of Wilmington; W. G. Gaither, of Elizabeth City; Guy C. Harding, of Washington; and J. Q. Beck with, of Lumberton. Those elected to the important standing committee were; the Rev. Worth Wicker, of Greenville; the Rev. Jack R. Rountree, of Kinston; the Rev. C. E. Williams, of New Bern; Guy C. Harding, of Washing ton; and Alex Cowper, of Kniston. A resolution expressing appre ciation to the people of Wilming ton for their many courtesies and to the newspapers for the coopera tion was adopted at the closing ses sion. The election of new officers and a discussion of various phases of Continued on Page Seven; Co!. 5) EFFORTS TO FLOAT VESSEL POSTPONED Coast Guard Cutter Stand ing By Lillian Ann In Chesapeake Bay T. D. Love, Jr., president or the North Carolina Line, said last night that strong northwest winds m al most gale proportions had caused postponement of efforts to float the Lillian Ann, 330-ton freighter, which went aground in Chesapeake Bay Tuesday night. The coast guard cutter Calypso was standing by last night awaiting high tide to float the stranded freighter but the strong winds, he said, kept the water from reaching the high tide mark. A tug was dispatched from Nor folk to help the cutter float the ves (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 7) Registration Of Aliens Is Urged By Reynolds WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—</B —Asserting that the United States is “honeycombed with saboteurs and spies,” Senator Reynolds (D-NC) urged today that congress compel registra tion and fingerprinting of aliens Reynolds said in five senate that an average of 217 com plaints of espionage and sabo tage was received daily by the justice department. When Senator Walsh (D Mass) suggested that many of these complaints probably had been found to be groundless, Reynolds said that nevertheless the department of justice had posted guards around Boulder dam to guard against sabotage. HOUSE GIVES DIES FUNDOF_$75,000 Secretary Ickes Says Texas Representative Should Resign Chairmanship WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. — UB — Rep. Dies (D-Tex) received from the house today a $75,000 appropriation for new investigations by his com mittee on un-American activities, and from Secretary Ickes the advice to resign so that “public confidence’’ in the committee would be restored. Soon after the house voted new funds for the committee without de bate and without dissent, the interior secretary loosed at a press confer ence a blast of criticism of the com mittee’s past methods in which he said that Dies ought to relinquish the chairmanship. The committee, Ickes asserted, had failed to give accused persons the right to appear in self defense and to cross-examine accusers, and in conquence had lost public confidence. “If he (Dies) is sincere,” Ickes ad ded, "in view of the widespread cri ticism which his tactics have creat (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 3) U-Boat Drive j Is Scheduled ToBeBoosted Officers, Crews Will Need Four Weeks Practice Before Regular Duty ALSO BUILDS WARSHIPS Pocket Battleship Deutsch land Returns Home Aft er Extensive Raiding By LOUIS P. LOCHNER BERLIN, Jan. 25.—(A*)—An ex ellently informed source said to light that Germany’s .submarine instruction program has reached he stage of one built every day. This source said the first group if submarines built under this high n-essure program now is completed. Officers and crews will need about our weeks’ practice before going on •egular duty, he asserted, and there ifter submarine warfare will be in jreased “by leaps and bounds.” Building Surface Craft Although submarines constitute Germany’s chief weapon at sea dur ng this war, the Reich is not neg ecting her surface craft. It is understood that the Von Tir aitz and the Bismarck, 35,000 ton aattleships (five are believed plan ned) are almost ready to be commis sioned. "VVeyer’s Naval Almanac mentions still another ship of this class, the battleship “H”. Many believe this ship is the one for which Adolf Hit ler has reserved the name “Deutsch land.” The 10,000-ton pocket battleship Deutschland’s return home after five months of raiding merchant shipping was announced today, along with disclosure that Hitler had ordered her renamed the “Luet zow” so her old name could go to a mightier man o’ war. In addition, a 40,000 ton flagship is reported to be under construction, to be named for Frederick the Great. Authorized sources said the safe return and exploits of the erstwhile Deutschland, sister-ship of the scut tled Admiral Graf Spee, demonstrat ed that Great Britain “is not com pletely mistress of the seas.” reals isui necuuiiieu Her feats were not recounted in detail. That she participated in the sinking of the British armed mer chantman Rawalpindi, in which nearly 300 lost their lives, was not denied. On the other hand, it was not officially confirmed. Authorities explained they did not want the enemy admiralties to know what course the Deutschland took, which ships were sunk by the pocket battleship and which by sub marines or other craft. (The fifth of a new series of 10, 000-ton cruisers, launched last July 1, already has been named the Luet zow. What its new name will be (Continued on Page Four; Col. 5) Will Make Race HO* HOWK ROWE W ] MAKE , RACE FOR SENATE: 3 Burgaw Man Announces He Will Seek N.C. Post He Held In 1937 Roy Rowe. Burgaw business man, who represented the New Hanover Pender counties district in the 1937 state senate, has announced that he will seek the democratic nomination for the office in the primaries this spring. During the 1937 tssembly, and the two special sessions of that legisla ture, Rowe served on the appro priation, labor, public welfare, cities, counties and towns committees. Under the alternating system of selecting state senators, New Han over nominates the senator one term and Pender the next. New Hanover nominated Emmett H. Bel lamy for the post in 1939. Rowe said he has no local or special legislation, affecting Pender county only, in mind at this time. He added: “What I do think of significant importance, however, is that officials and legislators in North Carolina should intelligently inform citizens voncerning the im pact of world policies on our mar kets. Especially should the tobacco farmers be impressed of an impend ing major calamity next fall, should foreign markets fail to open to this major import product. “Farmers should grow sufficient food for their own consumption and venture cautiously and in a limited way into the speculative money crops. "When the general assembly con venes, I believe the citizens should be informed by their representatives regarding legislation which directly affects them, and they should be given an opportunity to express their views before important legisla tion is enacted, if possible. Slow On Promises "I do not believe that a candi date should make promises to en act laws which will work miracles (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 2) Wave Of Low Temperatures Will Continue Minimum Of 22 Degrees Is Forecast For Wilmington Early This Morning RAIN AND SNOW FALL Cold Weather Expected To Prevail For Two Or Three Days At Least Winter’s icy grip continued to be eit in Wilmington yesterday and he weather forecast for today, I'hich is expected to see the mer ury tumbling to a low of 20 de ;rees early this morning, contained 10 optimistic note. More snow fell here early last light and weathermen said that here would be possibly snow flur ■ies most of the night. While the rest of the state suf ered the heaviest snowstorms in /ears, Wilmington and vicinity was 10 exception as far as low tempera :ures was concerned. Weather bu reau officials said last night that he cold temperatures will prevail lor two or three days longer at east. Highways Dangerous With the rain, snow and sleet coupling with the downward trend if the mercury to make the severest cold wave felt here in many years, :he hazards of highway travel be came even greater yesterday. However, burst water pipes were /he only casualties of the cold wave ast night, according to reports gathered here. Wilmington’s fourth snow of any jroportion began falling last nig.rt ibout 6:30 o’clock and lasted for some time. Much of the snow stayed on the ground. The tempera ;ure had fallen to 27 degrees at 1:30 o’clock and weathermen said /hat it was dropping rapidly. Temperatures yesterday ranged from a high of 35 to a low of 26 legrees and the mean was 16 de grees below the normal of 46 de crees. Today will be partly cloudy and colder. Moderate northwest winds will predominate most of the day. COLD CONTINUES CHARLOTTE, Jan. 25. — (-T) — North Carolina, held fast in the grip of winter with snow and sub freezing- temperatures faced the prospect tonight of continued cold weather. The state highway department reported that “encouraging prog Continued on Page Seven; Col. 4) GREEN DENOUNCES NLRB AS ‘BIASED’ Says It Placed Pacific Coast Longshoremen Under Rule Of Bridges WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. — <5>)— Shaking his fist and denouncing the national labor relations board for "bias,” President William Green of the AFL complained today that the board had placed AFL long shoremen on the Pacific coast un der the jurisdiction of an “alier communist,” Harry Bridges. Green, a witness before the house committee investigating the board bitterly asserted that “ail the peo pie in America” regard the CIC waterfront leader as a communist Continued on Page Seven; Col. 4) Sarawak’s Dictator There is a “distinct possibility” the Countess of Iiiclieape may become dictator of Sarawak, according to the Countess’ mother, the Ranee of Sarawak, who made the revelation in Pittsburgh, Pa. The possibility was mentioned after the white Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, ousted his 27-year jld nephew as crown prince. BRITAIN PREPARES FOR BOOST IN WAR Believes Germany Plans To Sever United Kingdom’s Supply Lines LONDON, Jan. 25.—(■■P)—Britain today prepared for intensified warfare in the belief that Germanj planned sharper air attacks in ar attempt to sever the United King dom’s overseas supply lines tc match the Allied naval blockade. The press association said it un derstood the admiralty intended tc take over the building of merchant ships as well as naval vessels, ir a move to accelerate the Britisl ship replacement program. On land: The government ordered 23-year old men to register Peb. 17 for mili tary service and with them mer who have attained their 20tl birthday - since the last class wa: (Continued on Page Four; Col. 7) OCEAN ROAD NOT CLOSED BY SNOW Fisher Reports North-Soutl Route Open Despite Unusual Weather W. Louis Fisher, president of th Ocean Highway association an nounced last night that the Oceai Highway, 1,015 miles long north south motor route along the Atlan tic coast from New York to Jack sonville, Fla., is open to traffic al the way "Unless tonight's snow has clog ged the highway, and I don’t thin] it has, the highway is open for trai fie,” he said last night. Fisher's announcement was mad following a telegraph check-up wit] points in the route in New Jersej Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Nort] (Continued on Page Seven; Col. ') lhe buropean War Situation (By The Associated Press) ..HELSINKI—Russians repulsed in redoubled assault to rescue trapped Soviet forces; Finns prediet new victory cimilar to destruction of 44th and 163rd Red army divisions. BUCHAREST—German - Al lied showdown on Rumanian oil believed imminent; nazis re ported demanding increased supply under threat of resort ing to “other measures.’’ BERLIN—Nazis say subma rine production stepped up to or.e a day; Duetschland returns safely, to be renamed; two 3o.000-ton battleships near com pletion. LONDON—Britain girds for sharper nazi attacks on Allied shipping; admiralty planning to takcc over merchant shipbuild ing to speed replacements. § Nazis Demand Larger Supply From Nation Will Be Compelled To ‘Seek Other Methods’ If Pe troleum Not Shipped TURKEY GIVES VIEWS Predicts Nations Of Danube And Balkan Areas Will Resist Aggression By EDWARD KENNEDY BUCHAREST, Jan. 25. — (,T)— Germany and he Allies appeared heading for a showdown today in their battle over Rumanit’s vast petroleum resources, with Nazi en voys reported to have told the Ru manian government that it must supply more oil to the reich. The German envoys were said by a high authority to have declar ed that an increased supply of Ru manian oil is a “matter of life and death,” and that Germany would be compelled “to seek outlier meth ods” if Rumania fails to ship it of its own accord. Threat Disclosed As this veiled threat was disclos ed, the influential Turkish news paper “Republic” predicted that tile nations of the Danube and Balkan areas would go to war against Ger many or Russia at the least sign of aggression by either in south eastern Europe. “Republic’s” editorial, which appeared as General Maxim Wey gand, commander of French forces in the near east, arrived at An kara for conferences with Tur kish leaders, added: ‘We know that not only the west ern democracies (France and Brit ain) be with us, but also the entire world.” The German demand for addi tional Rumanian oil caught the Bucharest government between two fires. Only two days ago France and Britain warned her against forcing British and French com panies operating in the country to (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 6) ---C" JAF-U. 5. IKtAT Y TO END TONIGHT Tokyo Uneasy Over Fact That America Free To Ap ply Economic Pressure TOKYO, Jan. 2G.—(Friday)—OT—■ Japan maintained outward calm to day over expiration ot the Japanese , American trade treaty ot 1911, yet harbored uneasiness over the fact that the United States is free to ap ply economic pressure on Tokyo in behalf of American interests in China. ’■ The calmness was due to a belief ■ there would be no immediate changa i in Japanese-American trade rela ■ tions, although the foreign office stated expiration of the 29-year-old treaty would put general relations I between Japan and the United States “under strain." Japan’s major concern is whether ; the United States will move further to curtail shipments essential to pro secution of the Japanese war in ; China by legal or moral embargo, i At the same time Japan’s diplo , matic tangle with Great Britain over i the Asama Maru incident reached a (Continued oi. Page Seven; Col. 8) Here Are the BEST Days To Use Star and News WANT ADS SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY If you have something to sellt rent, trade, etc., start your Stgr-News Want Ad today. R»* suits are only obtained fro® Want Ads published. Phone 2800 To Start Your Want Ad Charge It -.v - i New Drives By Reds rail To Help Trapped Forces By WADE WERNER HELSINKI, Jan. 25.— (IP) —Re lentless assaults by Russian armies, all aay and all night across the blood-stained snows and frozen lakes on the flank of the Manner heim line, were reported by Finnish military authorities tonight to have failed utterly to relieve large Rus sian forces trapped and harrassed from every side near Kitela. These forces are cut off almost entirely from communication with their main armies, and the impres sion grew in Helsinki that Finnish strategists are on the verge of an other coup such as the one which brought destruction to two Russian divisions on the Salla front. Even the reported importation of fighters from the Asiatic Soviet snowlands—in the hope of achieving a great victory by February 23, 22nd anniversary of the establish ment of the Red army, failed to crack the Finnish defenses in the furiously contested sector north of Lake Ladoga, or to bring help to the marooned divisions. Additional hundreds of Red army (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 1) UPROAR DISRUPTS MINERS’ MEET WHEN RED FLAG IS UNFURLED ABOVE LEWIS COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 25.—(/P; (/P)—An uproar disrupted the United Mine Workers’ conven tion today when someone—now sought by police—unfurled a : huge red communist flag above John L. Lewis in the midst of a speech by the CIO leader. Scores of startled delegates in the crowd of 5,000 jumped to their feet, shouting: “Tear it down, tear it down.” A squad of men dashed into the loft above the stage from which the flag was lowered and removed the banner while delegates milled about the con vention muttering angry pro tests. • The incident occurred in the midst of a nation-wide broad cast (NBC) commemorating the 50th anniversary of the union’s founding. Lewis, president of the UMW, never saw the flag and calm ly finished his speech despite a growing confusion. Then, learning the cause of the dis turbance, he ordered delegates to their seats and said: “It appears that someone has tried to perpetrate a most cow ardly, reprehensible and das- | tardly trick. No one can regret this more than a delegate of the United Mine Workers. "I was unable to see, but I was told it was a communist flag. “There are no communists in the United Mine Workers of America,” he almost shouted, and the delegates arose and cheered. Lewis explained the U.M.W. constitution prohibited a com munist from belonging to the organization and asked that po lice investigate “and enforce the law” on the person respon sible for the incident. A squad of police began an inquiry. He then had a band play “America” as the audience sang. As the hammer and sickle hung above his head, Lewis said in his commemoration speech: “The United Mine Workers of America is an American in stitution. It has but one flag, and that is the American flag, the Stars and Stripes, and the United Mine Workers of Amer ica in the future, as in the (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 3) t
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