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Dedicated To The Progress Of |“T . ... tii * t m v u r t n v Served bY Leased Wire of lia 11 \ associated press A”d S°““ 1,01111 , Witt Complete Coven,,, ol _ _ Stale and National News _____ L__—— VOL 73—NOJ136----- WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1940 + + ESTABLISHED 1867 DEMOCRATS PICK CHICAGO FOR 1940 CONVENTION ± i 1 1 ... ^ Farley Given Power To Set Meeting Date Decisions Reached At Meek ing Of Executive Com mittee In Washington^ HOUSTON BID REFUSE Farley Says Roosevelt Fav« ored Taking Convention To Illinois City By RICHARD L. TURNER WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—<£>>-» The democrats chose Chicago, C center of pro-third term activity, as their 1940 convention city today and left it to National Chairman James A. Farley to set the date, presumably after he learns when the republicans will meet. These decisions were reached afl an excited and sometimes turbulen# meeting of the party’s national committee, which saw Houston, Texas, in Vice President Garner'# own state, vainly offer $200,000 fop the convention, $50,000 more than Chicago’s bid. Philadelphia Second Chicago's nearest competitor, in fact, was Philadelphia, which also offered $150,000. For a moment, it appeared that Philadelphia might win, but then members from west ern states who had cast their votes for San Francisco and, in somo cases for Houston, switched to the Illinois city. The final count was Chicago 48, Philadelphia 38, San Francosco 7 and Houston 2. One of the last two votes was cast by Gar ner himself. After the meeting, Farley told newsmen that he understood Presi dent Roosevelt himself favored tak ing the convention to Chicago. He indicated he would announce the date for the big party meeting aft er the republican national commit tee selects its time and city at a meeting here on Feb. 16. Chicago, the scene of President Roosevelt’s original presidential nomination in 1932, is also the home of the powerful Kelly-Nash demo cratic organization which has taken a foremost position in the move to draft Mr. Roosevelt for an addi tional term. Exchange Felicitations Today’s meeting was notable, too, for a warm exchange of felicita tions between Farley, who is wide ly regarded as a presidential as pirant, and Garner, an outrigh# candidate. Introducing Farley, Gar ner referred to him as the most ef ficient national chairman in fiftJJ (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 4) ALLIED WAR BODY AGREES ON PLANS Complete Accord Reached On Measures Assuring Greatest Collaboration PARIS, Feb. 5.—<iP>—'The Allied supreme war council, meeting fop the fifth time since the beginning of the European conflict, was re ported tonight by the war minis try to have reached “complete ac cord” on measures "assuring th« greatest efficacy of French-Britisli collaboration.’’ (“It can be assumed that th* war in Finland took a prominent place in the discussions of the Al (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 2) Today's Cash-Raising Rhyme Thar’s gold in that thar at, tic, folks, If you know how to get it, A Want Ad in the Star-News Sells cast-offs, if you'll let it. Our classified service is Just as near to you as your tele« phone. Call 2800—ask for ad» taker. Sure, we’ll be only to glad to help you word your ad so as to make it most effective. Charge Your Ad If You Like - " ry fy ^ * * * XXX XXX { Call For New Sanatorium Sounded Urgent Needs Of Institution lire Explained Trask Proposes That Coun ty Appropriate Funds For Additional Units WESSELL GIVES VIEWS Says Old Building Is Infest ed With Termites And In Need Of Repair Dr. J. C. Wessell, president of the Red Cross Tuberculosis Sana torium corporation and physician in charge of the Institution, last jjght voiced the urgent need for new and larger quarters for the hospital. His statement followed a proposal hy County Commissioner George Trask at the meeting of the county hoard yesterday afternoon that the commissioners appropriate funds for the construction of three or four new rooms at the institution. Vpprl Mnrp Snarp. Trask said he knew of a ease where a patient was suffering from a severe ease of tuberculosis but could not gain admission to the sanatorium due to the lack of space. The board did not take any ac tion on Trask's proposal. Harry Gardner stated that he thought the request should come from the au thorities of the hospital themselves and not from Trask. Dr. Wessell said last night the members of the board appreciated Trask's efforts, but said that n»w rooms wouid hardly fill the need, '.'he old building, he said, is about 25 years old, is of frame construc tion. is infested with termites and is badly in need of repair. Dr, Wessell said he and other members of the board .have, on previous occasions, asked the city commissioners for aid in revamping the institution, but added they have met with refusals due to the fact that the hospital is not pub licly owned. The sanatorium is owned by a private corporation, named the Red (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 2) I WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina and South Carolina: Rain Tuesday, clearing late Tuesday ni»ht; Wednesday generally fair, lightly colder in west and central portions. (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday). Temperature 1:30 a. m. 43; 7:30 a. m. 41; 1:30 p. 5*. ":30 p. m. 50; maximum 62; minimum 40; mean 51; normal 47. 1 nr. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 62; 7:30 a. m. 59; 1:30 p. *• 32; 7:30 p. m. 54. rp , Precipitation total for 24 hours ending 7:30 P- p?-. ■®ne; total since first of the month. Bone. \ Tides For Today tpi, . High Low " Hmington _ 8:27a 5:04a Xfo . 8:42p 3 :£4p •aasonboro Inlet_ 6:36a 0:0§a „ . 6:44p 11:50p ounnse 6:53a; sunset 5:35p; moop ■-e 0;12a: moonset 4 :35p. .HCa?* *ear river stage at Fay ettenlle. u feet. Wca7h„IXf!TOX, February 5.—(TP) — trrn , Bureau records of tempera ins t"1 rain4iljl for the 24 hours end m., in the principal cotton St«i- n® ar°as and» elsewhere : Al* "" , , High low Free. dandy - 35 28 n« Arlan'? 6’ Cloudy _ 55 32 <1.00 »■ rain _ 43 37 0.30 Birmt iCltly’ clear 40 32 0.00 Bost,nSha,ni’ rain — 49 42 0.09 Buff*?’ C1ar - 97 23 0.00 Bur'll, ’* cIo'"ly - 35 25 0.00 Ch,v!"gton; cloudy __ 30 11 0.00 c£fnYC0"dy- 34 30 0.02 ClereCii1' Cl0'1<!y — 40 36 n°l Ballno 1 ram - 39 39 0.04 lieniX CJ?Ud!' - 55 47 »-02 Detroit’ 6 0udy - 44 29 0.00 Bulnt ’ c oudy - 39 30 0.04 El pal’ cl0"dy - 34 24 0.00 Oalveston ei?udJ - 59 45 °-42 Havre” cloudy- 99 94 0.42 Jack, ’ ..1,1udy - 42 17 0.00 Kang.' Y'.®' cloudy - 72 48 0.00 H<v ff,e y',doudy - 32 22 0.00 Little I?1’, cloudy ___ 71 57 0.00 Los A,?°Sk’ cloudy _ 44 39 0.00 Louisv fe i c]ear - 74 53 0.00 Memphis’,cI-oudy --- 44 34 999 Meridian’ „r,ain, - 42 37 0.04 Miami cieC»eUdy- 59 45 ft’63 Minn-st or r- 74 93 9-99 Mobile ' - u1’ cloudy 29 25 0.00 Jew Orleans ^—4— 93 53 °-2s Mew Yon5 doudjt _ 71 00 0.25 M'orfolk ,:locl0udy -- 43 32 0.00 Pittsburgh to-- 33 37 0-09 Portland® orf r~~ 39 39 0.05 Portland <L" r,ain ~ 39 44 997 Richmond ,1’ c,lear - 32 47 9-99 St. Louis’ , l0u,dy — 55 32 0.00 San An oni , °U;’y - 38 39 O-99 San FranciscoC °n'!dyn- 71 33 °-27 Savannah 2’nJ:loudy 01 55 0.08 JamPa, ci0u?ivUdy — 99 43 9-49 'ickshltrg Up|y„T- 90 49 9-00 Washington C<I!ud? — °9 34 092 Wilmington’ 6 oudy -- 39 34 0.00 iron, cloudy _ 62 40 000 I McReynolds. Won’t i 4—. Justice Janies C. McReynoIds, oldest member of the U. S. su preme court and last of the “con servatives,” pictured in Washing ton on his recent 78th birthday. His friends say he will not re tire until after next election. PLANS ANNOUNCED FOR BROWN'S TALK Commander In Chief Of V. F. W. Will Address Meet Thursday Night Program plans for the mass meet ing of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Wilmington in the court house Thursday night at which time Otis N. Brown, of Greensboro, National Commander in Chief of the V. F. W., will be the principal speaker, were announced last night. Commander Brown, one of the youngest men ever to be elected commander-in-chief of the V. F. W., is scheduled to arrive in Wilming ton at 8:15 o’clock Thursday morn ing. He will be greeted by city and county officials, post and auxiliary members with a police escort. Fol lowing a conference with post and auxiliary members, he will be the honor guest at a luncheon at 1 o’clock. The mass meeting, to which the public is invited, will open af 7:15 o'clock with Norwood S. Westbrook, local post commander, presiding. The program in full for the visit by Mr. Brown and the meeting is as follows: Arrive 8:15 o’clock: Greetings from committee, city and county officials, post and auxiliary members with police escort. 9 o’clock: Conferences with post members and auxiliary. 1 o’clock: Lunch and sightseeing throughout city and county. (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) CUSTOMS DISTRICT IS AMONG LEADERS Hill Reports Collections For Month Of January Total $904,439 John Bright Hill, collector of customs, reported yesterday that the North Carolina district of the United States custom service main tained its leadership among the top ten districts in the country with collections totaling $904, 439.85 for the month of January. The district kept pace with the five leading districts, New York, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Mary land, and Chicago, and remained ahead of four other districts in the first ten, New Orleans, San Fran cisco, Norfolk, and Los Angeles, Hill said. January collections represented an increase of $51,200.80 or approxi mately five per cent when compared with collections of $858,193.05 for the corresponding month in 1939. The total included collections re ceived at the Wilmington headquar ters port for the district and the following eight sub-ports: Winston Salem, Durham, Gastonia, Reids ville, Beaufort, Morehead City, Elizabeth City, and Washington. Collector of Customs Hill said that customs collections in the dis trict amounted to $6,243,656.17 tor the first seven months period of the 1940 fiscal year, a decline of approximately two per cent when compared with the >-otal of $6, 511,882.16 for the s a m e seven months period for the 1939 fiscal year. ■ ■ n Await Another Big Push By Reds Watch Karelian Isthmus, Lake Ladoga Regions For New Developments AIR RAIDS RESTRICTED Finnish Headquarters Offi cial Denies Russian 18th Division Destroyed HELSINKI, Feb. 6.—(Tuesday)— (iP)—Finnish soldiers watched the Karelian isthmus and the Lake La doga regions today for the next ma jor development in the war with Rus sia, but reports abroad that the Rus sian 18th division had been destroyed were denied by a headquarters rep resentative. The spokesman said the report of the annihilation of the division ap parently arose from the fact that a decisive development north of Lake Ladoga, in the Kitela area, had been awaited for days since the Soviet offensive there had been stalled and many Russians were cut off from their supplies. Seeks To Divert Finns Some observers interpreted a heavy attack at Summa, on the Kare lian isthmus, as a Russian attempt to divepi the Finns from the Ladoga region and relieve the two divisions reported stranded there. Instead, the Finns have been bor ing into Russian positions north ol the lake and yesterday’s communique announced the taking of a new stronghold, the killing of 500 Rus sians and the capture of seven tanks and other war materials. The Finnish populace hoped today for a repetition of yesterday’s gen eral snowfall which blotted out the countryside so successfully that air raids were restricted to a few scat tered districts, chiefly along the southwestern coast. Woman Killed One woman was killed and seven women and children were injured and seven houses were destroyed (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 6) PAVING OF FRONT STREET ADVANCED Two Additional Blocks Are Scheduled To Be Re-Open ed To The Public Today James E. L. Wade, city commis sioner of public works, said yester day that, barring unfavorable weather conditions, two additional blocks on Front street, from Mar ket to Chestnut, will be opened for public use this morning at 7 o’clock. Two other blocks on Front street from Orange to Market streets were reopened to traffic on Saturday as scheduled, Commissioner Wade said. Works Projects administration forces are now preparing two and a quarter blocks on Front street from Grace street to the Atlantic Coast Line depot for the contractor who is laying the surface. The final base was being laid to day on the block between Chestnut and Grace streets and workmen will return tomorrow morning, weather conditions being favorable, to the intersections south of that point, Commissioner Wade said. Letter Of Thanks Sondra “Bunny’’ Glatt writes a letter of thanks to President Roosevelt for the new mail box now located only a few feet from her home in Newark, N. J. Son dra had a lot of Christmas mail and the nearest letter box was three blocks away. In answer to her complaint, her father suggest ed: “Take it up with the Presi dent,” and she did. DIES GROUP ACTS ON LETTER CASE Refers Charges Pelley Let ters Were Forged To Jus tice Department WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—<iP>— The Dies committee decided today to refer to the justice department for “appropriate action” its charges that letters purporting to link its chairman, Rep. Dies (D-Tex), with the Silver Shirt Legion were forged. Announcing this action, the com mittee said it was presenting to the department “indisputable evi dence and testimony showing that purported letters from William Dudley Pelley to D. D. Mayne, placed in the Congressional Rec ord appendix of January 22, 1940, are forgeries.” Pelley is the leader of the Silver Shirts. The letters made it appear that there was some understand ing between Dies and Pelley. The committee’s request for jus tice department action was the third received by Attorney General Jackson. Rep. Hook (D-Mich) who put the letters in the Congressional Rec ord, previously had asked a grand jury inquiry, and today a govern ment official asked for an inves tigation to spike reports of a din ner party “plot” to end the com mittee on unAmerican activities. “Charges that proceed from sup positions through inferences to er roneous accusations can be answer ed only througft a finding of tacts (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) F. D. R. Weary Of Many Third Term Queries Says Attempts Of Newsmen To Make Him Discuss Issue Are Amusing HE PRAISES NEW DEAL Points To Big Advances In National Income, Divi dends And Exports By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL HYDE PARK, N. Y., Feb. 5—UP) —President Roosevelt used up the better part of an hour today to em phasize that he was weary of being harrassed about his third term in tentions. Too, indirectly he pumped figures favorable to the New Deal at some of those who want to succeed him in the White House. Attempts of newsmen to lure him into disclosing his stand on a third term, the President said at a press conference, have been awfully amusing and have produced some perfectly grand wise cracks on his part and theirs. Suggests They Quit Suggesting that they quit trying to draw him out, however, the chief executive declared that when any thing was said it would be at a time chosen by himself and not by news paper editors. Aiier ail, ne asserted, you can drive a willing horse to death—both the press and the Presi dent. While he said in no uncertain terms he was tired of all the third term antics at his press conferences it was by indirection that, Mr. Roose velt supplied an answer to critics of his domestic policies. He took no note by name of men like New York County District At torney Thomas E. Dewey, Senator Taft (R-Ohio), and Frank Gannett, newspaper publisher, who have lam basted the administration in speeches in which they have cam paigned for the republican presi dential nomination. Nor did he speak of some execu tives of the American Federation of Labor who took potshots at the Ne v Deal yesterday from Miami, where the Federation’s executive commit tee met. Mr. Roosevelt merely read to re porters a list of figures, with a few comments interpolated, which we. designed to show there were big ad vances in national income, wages and salaries, factory payrolls, farm income, dividend receipts, exports, and non-ggricultural employment between 1932 and 1939. These are pretty formidable fig ures, he commented, to take on and (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1) Man Hurt While Fleeing From ATU Officers Here James Andrews, negro, was in jured early last night when his car overturned several times on the Princess street road while he was fleeing from Alcohol Tax Unit officers. Blinded in his right eye as a result of the accident, the negro was being held under guard at Bulluck hospital last night under charges of concealing and trans porting non-taxpaid liquor. The accident occurred about 7 o’clock, ATU agents said, and came after they had chased Andrews for about 12 blocks through the city. The negro was first sighted com ing into Wilmington from the northern end of the city. Officers gave chase and he raced out Prin cess street. Officers said that go (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 6) —-- 1 --—-IT Saunders Is Indifferent To Charges Against Him; Hearing Scheduled Today “I don’t care nothing about it. That’s for you boys to worry about,” said John Saunders, proprietor of a purported mag azine publishing house here, as he sat in his jail cell yesterday and listened to o icers read five additional warrants against him. "They can’t do nothing but put me in jail, and I’m already there. It can’t be no worse than it is.” Preliminary hearing for Saun ders, who was arrested about two weeks ago, will be held this morning in recorder’s court before Judge Al.ton A. Lennon. He is accused of obtaining money under false pretense ar.d passing worthless checks in a total of 13 charges now lodged against him. •‘That’s an unlucky number,” he said. "I \,ish somebody would take out another one.’ His arrest followed complaints by several of his employes that he had charged them money to work for him and they claimed he waa using the money in the operation of his purported mag azine business. “If they’d let me alone,” Saunders said, “we would have had the paper out by now and we would have some real money. Them addleheaded wom en.” The accused embezzler seemed to be enjoying life to the fullest as he languished in his cell and remarked, "It’s pretty clean in here. I been in dirtier jails than this.” Saunders has contended throughout the investigation the firm was financed by Charles Cartwright, but police have checked throughout the coal mining sections and have found no trace of him. The police in Charleston, West Virginia, re ported to be his home and the headquarters of the publishing firm, said they could find no (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 3) Excellent Battles Open Golden Gloves Meet Here — ■ W_ LARGE CROWD ATTENDS Novices Show Plenty Of Form And Open Division Lads Release Dynamite Before a house which would not hold another spectator, the fourth annual Star-News Brigade Boys club Golden Glove tourney was opened at the New Hanover High school last night with some of the best fighting which has been seen here in years. Even the Novice looked better than the inexperienced boys of last year and the young men who fought in the Open division packed dynamite in their punches, which they aimed, generally, with rifle-like accuracy. 22 Fights Tonight Another fast set of fights ... 22 in all. . . has been scheduled for to night, when more of the tourney fav orites will be seen in action. It would be hard to pick out any one fight as the best of last night’s presentations. There were decisions . . . some of them close. . . and there were knockouts, technical knockouts and what have you which kept the crowd yelling from 8 o’clock until after all. The results follow: Tiny Taylor won a decision in the open heavyweight class over B. Huck Liles, of Raleigh. Taylor, much larger than his game opponent, floored him in the first 30 seconds, litterally pounding him down to the floor. Taylor, who tips the beam at 232 pounds against Liles’ mere 176, was master of the situation throughout. Liles carried the fight to his opponent most all the way and one time nearly drove his opponent off his feet, but all the time greater weight and strength were telling the tale. Still in the thir dit was Liles who carried the fight to his opponent, taking his pun ishment and dealing out what he could. He was game. . . one of the gamest. . . and the crowd was with him till the end. But Taylor was just too much. Red Vance Beard, of Lumberton, won over Doc Allison, of Charlotte, in 34 seconds of the second round with a clean knockout. Red, using a good left and a right that looked a bit harder than the one he had a year ago, soon had his opponent down for a nine count early in the first round. Two hard lefts and a right in the opening of the second put Allison down for the ten count. Josh Johnson won a decision over (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMER TORPEDOED OFF IRISH COAST BY NAZI SUBMARINE LONDON, Feb. 6.—(Tuesday) (AP)—Britain counted new losses today in the relentless war at sea as the 9,874-ton Canadian Pacific steamer Beav erburn was reported torpedoed off the Irish coast a few hours after the minesweeper Sphinx, crippled by German air raiders, sank as she was being towed to port. Mystery shrouded the sink ing of the Beverburn, which was announced in a terse bul letin by the authoritative Brit ish Press association. No de tails on the number of casual ties was immediately available. Shipping circles said it was unlikely that full details would be known until rescue vessels bad picked up survivors. { Owners of the ship, a fast freighter plying between Liver pool and St. John, New Bruns wick, said she carried a crew of between 100 and 200 men. A competent source said there was reason to believe that all except one had been rescued. The foundering of the Sphinx, a vessel of 875 tons, brought to 24 the total num ber of British naval vessels sunk since the start of the war. The Beaverburn was the first Canadian ocean going ship reported sunk by torpedo since the start of the war. Fifty-four of the 100 men aboard the Sphinx were feared lost. Five were known to have been killed by Nazi bombers which ranged British east coastal waters Saturday attack ing at least IX ships. The, minesweeper’s engines were disabled and as she was being towed into an eastern port the tow-line snapped and the Sphinx capsized. Built in 1938 at a cost of about $300,000, the Sphinx was the third minesweeper Britain 1- lost. The other two went down in November. Naval ob servers regarded Germany’s three air attacks last week on shipping off the exposed east coast as a prelude to sharper efforts to establish a real “bomb blockade” and to renew al of the Nazi submarine cam paign in an effort to offset Al lied maritime strength. Britain said three raiders were shot down Saturday but in th; first two raids, Mon day and Tuesday, all the Ger man warplanes escaped, ap parently unscathed. British military experts as serted, however, that swift ex pansion of the Allied fight ing forces and munitions in dustries had blacked out Ger many’s chances of winning a spring “blitzkrieg’’—lightning war. The land and air power of the belligerents, these experts declared, is approaching a tie —making a weapon of exhaus tion the best bet for Britain and France to try to win the war. STAGE PREPARED FOR NORRIS CASE Number Of Minor Trials Are Cleared In Colum bus Superior Court WHITEVILDE, Peb. 5—The stage was set tonight for the opening of the trial of Gaston Norris, 25-year old Columbus county farmer charged with the slaying of Frank McPher son and Garland Burroughs early in December, in superior court here to morrow morning. District Solicitor David Sinclair has announced that he will ask the death penalty. A number of minor cases were cleared from the docket today, as preparations were made to call the Norris case tomorrow. Most of to day’s cases consisted of pleas of guilty to charges ranging from simple assault to assault with a deadly weapon. Judge J. Paul Frizzelle has order ed a special venire of 100 men for jury duty in the case, which has at tracted considerable attention in this section. More than 100 witnesses have been summoned in connection with the case and the general opinion is that the greater part of the week will be spent on the trial. Norris is charged with shooting McPherson and Burroughs at the latter’s filling station on the Tabor City highway in the Beaver Dam section last December in what of ficers termed a "jealousy” slaying. Norris' wife and two children were in McPherson’s car at the time. FIVE WHITE LAKE COTTAGES BURNED Fire Of Undetermined Ori gin Levels Buildings At Loss Of $5,000 ELIZABETHTOWN, Feb. 5—Fire of undetermined origin destroyed five cottages at White Lake early last night with an estimated loss of ap proximately $5,000. Three of the cottages belonged to W. M. Corbett and Sons and two to T. L. Lucas, of Fayetteville. Mr. Corbett carried no insurance and it is not known here whether Mr. Lu cas’ loss was covered by insurance or not. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Marshall, who occupied one of the cottages, were away from home at the time and all their furniture and household fix tures were burned. The other cot tages were unoccupied. Because of White Lake being froz en over, it was impossible to bring the Corbett fire fighting equipment, which is located over the lake, into use. Last night was the first time that the equipment has been needed. This is the first time in five years that the iake has been frozen over. The fire was finally halted by tilt ing over two cottages in the path of the flames. The fire was kept from spreading somewhat by the lack of strong winds. ; 'i
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