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Dedicated To PJ,°9r®ss 0f Served by Leased Wire of the WILMINGTON ASSOCIATED PRESS And Southeastern Norihj With Complete Coverage of Carolina ^ State an{j National News ^rT7^NO- 155__ WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1940 + + ESTABLISHED 1867 Catholic Churcb Plans Building Program Here ' -A. _ +-—-_ Welles Confers With Ciano V ■— *■ 1 ■nHHHHBBMl '° ..... Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano chats with Summer Welles (center), President Roose velt's special envoy to Europe, and William Phillips (right), U. S. ambassador to Italy, during Welles’ Ilyins trip to Rome, first stop on his tour of Europe in the interests of peace. Welles termed his 90 minute conference with Ciano “gratifying and helpful.’’ Ciano also appeared pleased with the parley, which preceded a visit by Welles with Premier Mussolini. This picture was flown to London from Rome, then flashed by radio from London to New York. _____ — — _____ * ———_ SI. JAMES CHURCH PRESENTS PROTEST Vestry Opposes Proposal To Increase Truck Traf fic On Third Street The vestry i f St. Janies Epis copal church yesterday filed a pro test with the city commissioners asked that the proposed movement to narrow the plaza on South Third street in order that truck traffic may be increased not be allowed to go through. "There can be no possible justi fication for sacrificing this street, and widening and converting same into a truck lane for commercial trucks, the great majority of which are operated by persons or corpora tions that live elsewhere, and prac tically none of which pay any taxes toward the support of our city and out streets,’’ the protest said. tie feel that the commissioners should bear in mind the fact that the operation of large capacity gaso ,me trucks leaded with highly in fiamable petroleum products con atuuteg a source of danger to which hot only the property, but the lives °t these citizens are subjected,” it Bated. A copy of the protest was also **ct to the North Carolina public °i"E and highway commission, lowr complete Protest was as fol* The vestry of St. James church, mington, representing some six Wii!?4 residents of the City of iiaiington, many of whom are r™!!lers’. protest on behalf of the ar,616/300" the P,an which they hv th 'S under consideration hirim* C*ty comm'ssioners and the commi iio’■ which involves th ! ?enins 0£ Thlrd street through S’, and the alleged plan of ^tmue<i on Page Four; Col. 7) [WEATHER I w _ FORECAST 'Older n rem'Hf: cloudy. Slightly lay, occa,fne"tfa . P°r£i°ns Wednes day morning1 ilght rain Wednes f*ir, sllghtiv5'-. Thursday generally Hon. 8 ty ^arnier in west por ’"^Mdtaf^aodata f° rthe 24 S 7.30 p. rn. yesterday). 1:30 a ^ A®mPerature j?: m. 53- 7-,n6: 7:30 a- m. *7; 1:30 minimurn-u”' m' 56; maximum Um 34; mean 40; normal 50. 1:30 s ^ Humidity *•m' 52-^:J7; 7:30 a- m. 71; 1:30 ■ ‘-30 p. m. 67 Total fne ,re?ipitation none totaihoi]rs endinB 7:30 p. thtinth, 4.90 incheSslnce first o£ th® Tides For Today mlmington High Low 1:42a 8:54a "i*” >*... ,a 3unaet 6:(,7p: pipopp ',,C‘tUl'Fl?r90rifeert.StaBe at Fay °ntinued on page Three; Co, 2) Roosevelt Urges Greater Defenses In Canal Zone LONG RANGE PROGRAM Says Broad Steps Necessary For Defense Of Vital At lantic-Pacific Link By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL ABOARD U. S. S. LANG AT SEA, Feb. 27.—(Via Wireless)—President Roosevelt said today that doubling the present number of planes and guns defending the Panama Canal was necessary for the long range defense of the vital link between the Atlantic and Pacific. Such a long range program con templates defense operations extend ing, if necessary, throughout Cen tral America and as far south as Ecuador, Columbia and Venezuela, he told reporters at a press confer ence aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa after he had completed a thorough inspection of canal defenses and had started the homeward voyage to the United States. More Guns Needed More planes and guns were need ed, Mr. Roosevelt said, to allow a better opportunity to discover any attacking force—either from the air or by sea—at a much longer dis tance from the canal than ever had been provided heretofore. *r He added that he thought theifirst thing to do was finish the pjfient program for anti-aircraft gunrsand (Continued on Page Three; (Jpf 3) --- ‘GWTW’ EXPECTED TO SET MARK Large Crowd Attends First Two Days’ Showing Of Southern Picture * _ “Gone With the Wind,” the Civil war drama, which opened .at the Carolina theatre Monday, is expect ed to set a new theatre-going re cord in its run here this week. Good crowds were on hand for the opening performances Monday and yesterday’s matinees were be fore a full house. Last night was no exception as a long line formed early on Market street to enter the theatre. Capacity crowds are expected for both matinees today and advance ticket sales indicate that tonight’6 showing will be a complete sellout. Unusually large crowds were also expected for the remainder of the week as those who have seen the technicolor production have been high in its praise. The film is being shown here In the same form as it was in Atlanta, where it had its premier, running three hours and 45 minutes, with an intermission at the half-way point, - - - ———- 1 Dutch Guns Fire On Unidentified Planes AMSTERDAM, Feb. 28. — (Wednesday)—(/P)—Anti-aircraft batteries guarding this neutral Netherlands city blazed sporadi cally from 10 p. m. (5 p. m.. EST) last night until 3 a. m., (10 p. m., EST) today when they were still firing at unidentified foreign warplanes. About 2 a. m. an unexploded shell fell on the roof of a house in the southern quarter of the city and penetrated three floors, but no one was injured. Sleep ing occupants, however, had a narrow escape. The shell stopped only when it reached the cellar. It was tht second successive night that Dutch anti-aircraft batteries about Amsterdam went into action to drive away strange planes. REPUBLICANS WIN IN OHIO ELECTION Beat Democrats In One Con gressional Vote, Hold Power In Another COLUMBUS, O., ,F*b. 27. — (S’)— Republicans won two special con gressional elections in Ohio today. In one they captured a democratic seat. In the other they remained in power and named the state’s Trst congresswoman. The 17th District, ordinarily demo cratic, elected Republican J. Harry McGreggor over Byron B. Ashbroolt, 27,437 to 22,894 after a campaign in which the New Deal was a clear cut issue. The 2nd District, traditionally (Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) Wrightsville Project Bids Are Received Erection Of Chapel And Rectory At Beach Will Be Started Soon NEW RECTORY PLANNED Cost Of New Construction Totals $28,000; Confer ence Is Slated Today Plans for a building program, to cost approximately $28,000 and in clude a new Catholic chapel and rectory at Wrightsville Beach and a new rectory at St. Mary's Catho lic church here, were announced last night by Father J. A. Manley, rector of St. Mary’s church. Bids for the work at Wrightsville Beach wore opened yesterday be fore Father Michael J. Begley, pas tor of the church, with W. A. Simon, contractor, submitting the low bid of $17,940. Will Award Contract The contract for the work, which is scheduled to be started imme diately, will be awarded in Raleigh today following a conference by Father Begley with Bishop Eugene J. McGuinness. Present plans call for the com pletion of the new chapel and rec tory, which will be located on the same site as the present building at Station Three, by early in May. Bishop McGuinness plana to make the rectory at Wrightsville Beach his summer headquarters, it was announced. Father Manley stated last night that plans for a new rectory, which will be located in the vacant lot on Fifth street adjacent to St. Mary’s church, have been drafted. Definite plans for the work will be completed today following a conference in Raleigh by Father Manley. The new building is esti mated to cost approximately $10,000. The Wrightsville Beach Catholic chapel, which will be known as “The Lady By the Sea,” will be of brick veneer and with a seating capacity of about 200. The present building at the beach, which was erected approximately 40 years ago by the late Father C. Dennen, will be torn down within the next few days, it was announced. Heating, lighting and plumbing were included in the general con tract for the work. Besides the bid submitted by Simon on the Wrightsville Beach project, bids were offered by the following: U. A. Underwood, $20, 470; H. R. Cavenaugh, $20,360; Luther T. Rogers, $20,180. THE EUROPEAN WAR SITUATION: Britain Reveals Warships Damaged; France Orders Services Of Farmers; Hitler Will Tell Welles Of Claims BRITAIN LONDON, Feb 27.—OP)—Winston Churchill, seasoned warden of Brit ain’s sea-power, disclosed today that Germany had damaged the British battleships Nelson and Bar ham, warned of even greater Ger man attacks on “the sea-power by which we live,” and then announc ed to a cheering house of commons that Britain’s five new 35,000-ton battleships would shortly join the grand fleet. He also said the Nelson and Barham, both apparently crippled in December, soon would be at sea again. Unveils Picture The first lord of the admirai.y unveiled this picture of the sea war in an unexpectedly sensational (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) FRANCE PARIS, Feb. 27. —IP)—France day requisitioned the services o£ her 7,000,000 farmers who will be held to their lands by military con trol to maintain the food supplies of a nation at war. This order brought the war home to Frenchmen throughout the coun try as Parisians thrilled to the pres ence of German planes over the city in a daring massed flight, bringing the capital the first raid alarm of the year, and the government an nouncement of the sinking of a Ger man submarine by a French de stroyer. Control Shifted i The farm decree, issued by the agriculture and labor ministries (Continued on Page Four; Col. 6) t |~~ GERMANY BERLIN, Feb. 27.—(TP)—The im pression grew today that Adolf Hit ler would give Undersecretary o State Sumner Welles, due in "Berlii Friday, a comprehensive expositioi of Germany’s claims to a dominan position in central and southeaster! Europe as well as demands for re turn of her colonies. Arrangements for Welles’ visi were confirmed by Alexander Kirlf American charge d'affaires, in ; visit to the foreign office. Meetings Arranged According to present plans, Welle will go into a huddle Friday wit' Foreign Minister Joachim von Ril bentrop, who is recovering fror (Continued on Page Three; Col. 1 CANAL LOCK WORK REQUEST REFUSED House Committee Turns Down F. D. R. Appeal For Bomb-Proof Locks WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. — (£>) — A Roosevelt request for $15,000,000 to start a new set of bombproof locks to enlarge the Panama Canal was turned down by the house ap propriations committee today on the ground that congress was being asked to commit itself to a "vast and costly’’ undertaking before de tailed plans are available. Using brisk language, the com mittee instructed the army to get its blueprints ready first. Besides knocking the $15,000,000 out of the War department’s "civil functions” bill, the committee refused to rec ommend that canal authorities be given permission to enter into con tracts up to $99,300,000. The committee pointed to testi mony by Brig. Gen. Clarence S. Ridley, canal governor, that plans could not be completed for two years and that actual construction would take four years more. "The project is urged at this time as a defense measure,” the commit tee asserted, “but a project that cannot be completed for six years has questionable standing as an ur gent defense measure.” The axe also was applied to a $700,000 fund for dredging the channel of Wake Island in the mid Pacific, the committee expressing fears this was the first step toward building a seaplane base there. The (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3) California Floods Drive 3,000From Their Homes SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27.—tff>) Waterways, turned to torrents by cloudbursts and melting snow, drove as many as 3,000 persons from their homes today in a score or more northern California cities. Almost nine inches of rain fell in 24 hours at several points. The storm, in its third day, left river conditions critical. More rain was in prospect, and flood condi tions equalling the ravages of De cember, 1937, were predicted by the weather bureau. In Sacramento, Gov. Culbert L. Olson declared flood conditions had caused an emergency in Yolo coun ty and he ordered national guards men to evacuate more than 70 families forced from their homes. Gordon Garland, speaker of the state assembly, said he was consid ering reconvening the legislature “for the purpose of taking such action as may be necessary under the unusual conditions caused by devastating floods.” The legislature recessed last Sunday after a special session which considered relief is sues. In the rich Sacramento valley “the situation appears to be grave,” the weather forecaster said. "I would advise vigilance in patroling of the levees.” (Continued on Page Three; Col. 6) Rumania Is Considering Industrial Mobilization - * DECREE MAY BE ISSUED German Anger Is Aroused Over Reports Of Secret Meetings With French BY DANIEL. DELUCE BUCHAREST, Feb. 27.—Ru mania, occupying an increasing un easy position between conflicting German and Allied claims for her rich oil stores, was reported authori tatively tonight to be considering is suance of a royal decree for “emer gency mobilization” of the nation’s industry. The prospect of this move was raised as German anger mounted over reports of three secret arrange ments by which France undertakes to supply Rumania with large quan tities of warplanes, machine-guns and other war materials. Would Regulate Production The decree under consideration similar to Turkey’s recent economic and defense measures, would place government officials in supreme con trol of all factories. Production would be regulated according to the government’s estimates of civilian and military requirements. It was reported, meanwhile, that Dr. Karl Clodius, Germany’s eco nomic expert, had postponed until next week his visit to Bucharest to discuss the breakdown of the oil con (Continued on Page Four; Col. 5) ROSE WILL SPEAK HERE ON M, H 7 Legion Post Plans To Invite All Veterans To Hear State Commander June H. Rose, of Greenville, state commander of the American Legion will visit Wilmington on Thursday, March 7, for an address before Legionnaires of this section, R. C. MacMahon, commander of Wilming ton Post No. 10, American Legion, announced yesterday. Commander MacMahon said the local post plans to invite all World War veterans in New Hanover and adjacent counties to the meeting. Pender Negro’s Case Studied By Hoey, Gill RALEIGH, Feb. 27. — iff) — Governor Hoey and Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill to night studied the case of Jim Moore, . Pender county negro scheduled to die Friday in the Central prison gas chamber. The chief executive said he probably would announce a de cision tomorrow. Meanwhile, Moore repeated to Chaplain L. A. Watts that he was innocent of the murder of which he was convicted and said he had no knowledge of it. The negro was convicted of shooting Robert Finnell, another negro, last July. WALLACE OPPOSES NEW TRADE PLAN Does Not Favor Proposal To Make Nations At War Buy Farm Products WASHINGTON, Feb. 27— UP)— A “market basket” plan of forcing nations at war to buy farm prod ucts in the United States along with purchases of munitions was frowned upon by Secretary Wal lace today because, he said, it might bring retaliations from affected countries after ,the war. For instance, he told the senate finance committee, an effort to compel Great Britain to buji tobac co here undoubtedly would’ result in “very deep resentment against us and deep distrust of us.” He added that “feelings of that sort usually reflect themselves in an economic way.” The agriculture department head was testifying in support of house approved legislation to extend the reciprocal trade program three years beyond its June 12 expira tion date. Senator LaFollette (Prog-Wis) had contended that American farm ers were “getting it in the necl as the result of policies of the bel ligerent nations.” He cited ar agreement under which Great Brit ain had switched most of her to bacco purchases from the Unitec States to Turkey. LaFollette expressed the viev that something could be done t< offset secret trade agreements be tween belligerents and Europeai neutrals. “Aren’t we in a position to di something about the matter if w have the fortitude to do it?" hi demanded. Wallace replied that the govern ment had certain powers but hi did not wish to discuss them fb: the record. The secretary said, under LaFol lette’s questioning, that the “mar ket basket” plan had been men tioned off-hand in his department along with a possible tax on muni tions. Under the “market basket” plai a belligerent who bought muni tions would have to purchase i specified amount of non-militar: supplies. A munitions tax migh be used to help finance benefit pay ments to farmers and others whos normal exports were reduced b; the war, _ k HOUSE ECONOMY AX FALLS ON ARMY’S RIVER-HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PLANS By BEN GRANT WASHINGTON, Feb. 27—UP) —The house economy ax fell to day oil the War department’s waterway improvement pro gram. Severely testing the congres sional saving mood, the house appropriations committee re fused to recommend a boost in budget estimates for flood con trol and lopped $2,051,540, off the scant budget allowance for rivers and harbors. Despite a warning from army engineers that President Roose velt’s budget did not allow enough for economical water way programs, the committee VV N recommended only $70,000,000 for general flood control, $30, 000,000 for lower Mississippi flood control, and $66,721,510 for river and harbor mainten ance and new work during the fiscal year beginning July 1. These figures represented re ductions of more than $101,000, 000 under the current year’s ap propriations for waterway de velopments. Angry house members from affected states immediately started cloakroom drives to boost the appropriations at least $25,000,000 each for flood control and rivers and harbors. House debate u$t the bill, the annual supply measure for the War department’s civil func tions, was to begin tomorrow. The senate commerce commit tee, meanwhile, despaired of settling a dispute over the big omnibus authorization bill for rivers and harbors and voted to call on President Roosevelt for advice. As sent over from the house last year, this measure em braced a long list of small pro jects estimated to cost $83,000, 000. More generous than the house had been, the senate committee swelled the bill to $412,000,000. Reports then got around that President Roosevelt would veto an authorization measure of such proportions. Abandoning other comprom ise solutions of the dilemma the senate group voted 11 to 2 to send Chairman Bailey (D-NC) and Senators Sheppard (D-Tex) and McNary (R-Ore) to lay it before the President. They ask ed the White House to arrange a conference for early next week. The authorization measure merely makes projects eligible for future appropriation. None of the projects in the author (Continued on Page Four; Coi. 6) K> Finns Admit Soviet Gains In Northland Russian Forces Seeking To Outflank Finland’s Isth mus Defense Line BIG LOSSES EXPECTED Defenders Forced To With draw In Fighting Above The Arctic Circle , BY WADE WERNER HELSINKI, Feb. 27. — (JP) — The Red army tonight smashed at Vii puri and its environs, an artillery t raked No Man’s Land cluttered with , ruins where more than 80,000 per i sons once lived, while Finland ac knowledged another Russian sue cess above the Arctic circle, s Attacking across the ice of frozei ) Viipuri Bay the Soviet forces at • tempted to force their way past is l lands southwest of Viipuri, evident ly aiming at outflanking Finnish de } fense lines on the western rim ol the Karelian Isthmus. Encirclement of the battered city already at the mercy of medium range Russian artillery, also was ar aim of the Russian drive. Long [ range Soviet guns early in the war shelled Viipuri, once Finland’s third _ largest city, and civilians were quickly removed. Big Losses Expected Military sources said the Rus sian attack across the ice was like J ly to result in heavy Russian losses since the Finns have strong defense batteries along the jagged west coast of the bay. _ Groundwork for their trans-bay assault was laid by capture of the Koivisto fortifications further south which had served as anchor of the Mannerheim line's western termi nus. On land, the Finnish communique reported a Russian attack at Somme about seven miles south of Viipuri and heavy fighting also on frozen Naykkijarvi, a small lake east of Somme along ihe Pero river, and at Lake Ayrapaa, 25 miles east of Vii puri. An artillery duel continued to thunder at the eastern end of the isthmus front where the Finns still hold their first line positions de spite Russian attacks which failed to gain an inch. The Russians have U pounded fruitlessly at Taipale ever I since the war started Nov. 30. Filins Withdraw In the far northern Petsamo re II gion Russian forces had greater success, forcing the Finns to with (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) . WELLES DEPARTS ; FOR SWITZERLAND ,s it Turns Toward Berlin After d Conferring With Lead e ing Italian Officials o - '' ROME, Feb. 28.—(Wednesday-)— UP)—Undersecretary of State Sum -t ner Welles left early today for ® Zurich, Switzerland, en route to Germany to meet with Adolf Hitler n and German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop on his fact-finding tour d of Europe as President Roosevelt’s ie personal emissary. e The American envoy also will e confer with Field Marshal Hermann l" Wilhelm Goering during his two day stay in Berlin before going on d to Paris and London, t- visibly tired from his round of ^ conferences here, Welles entrained *' at 12:15 a. m. (6:15 p. m., EST) n after he and Myron C. 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