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r»^J2.«r??r" I Served by Leased Wire of the *'1"',,1IB J®" ASSOCIATED PRESS And Southeastern North wilh Complete Coverage of Carolina_ State and National News - WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29. 1940 * * ESTABLISHED 1867 Captures Six 7innish Towns Uongjsthmus flasomme, Only Four Miles South Of Viipuri, Falls To Soviet Forces )FFENSIVE ENLARGED Finnish Leaders Say 'Enemy Suffered Heavily’ In Karelian Fighting . MOSCOW, Feb. 29.—(Thursday)— /P)—Soviet Russia’s army today re ported the capture of six Finnish ;owns and villages on the Karelian [sthmus. including Ylasomme, only :our miles south of Viipuri, one of Finland’s most important cities. The Russians said the Finns still vere falling back in the face of heir ceaseless pounding after fruit less counterattacks yesterday in vhich the defenders were said to lave suffered "heavy losses.” The reported Soviet grains were on the western side of the Vuoksi Lakes, a chain of lakes which run northwestward through the heart jf the Karelian Isthmus. Seize Positions Soviet troops penetrated and cap tured Finnish positions on the north sank of the Salmenkaita River west of the Vuoksi Lakes, occupied the town of Ritasaari on the western bank of Vuoksi Lake, and the vil lages of Malkela, Hammarnijabvi ' and Seikurila, north of Lake Jura pan, and Kamara, highway junction five miles north of a Viipuri-Lentn grad railway point of the same name previously reported captured by the Red army, the communique declared. Kamara is 16 miles southeast of Viipuri. The communique “Feb. 28, Soviet troops continued developing their offensive on the Karelian Isthmus. “The enemy attempted counter attacks in order to halt the offen sive of Soviet troops, but suffered heavy losses, and continued to re treat. * “Soviet troops captured the enemy’s defensive fortifications on (Continued on Page Seven; Col. i) BRITAIN WARNED BY QYD GEORGE Veteran Of Last War Tells Nation To Till ‘Every Acre Of Blessed Isle’/ LONDON, Feb. 28 — UP) —David Lloyd George, white-haired veteran of the last war, warned Britain to day that to win her present siege warfare against Germany she must till “every acre of this blessed isle” because the Reich had learned the lesson of 1918. Germany now imports only “five per cent of all foodstuffs against England’s 60 per cent,” and “we must remember that in 1918 we were within three weeks of beitig without wheat,” he told the nationij defense and public interest com mittee with all the vigor of hts .7 years. The government’s concern over food supplies was shown by Food Minister W. S. Morrison’s an nouncement that Britain's 1940 whiskey output would be limited to one-third that of 1939 while breweries would get no more grain (Continued on Page Seven; C-d.,4) - =« * Antiques To 1940 Model Electric Refrigerators Useful merchandise of all kinds is offered consistently in the Star and News Want Ads. The For Sale Want Ade con tained in the daily classified section offer a world of new and useful merchandise that can either be bought very reasonably for cash or on the easiest kind of terms. Many of those very things which you have been wanting to buy may be listed there today. It’s smart to be thrifty; It’s thrifty to read Star-News Want Ads * * * •* * * ,v\ * ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nazis Offer ^gaaania Guarantee --★_„<v£' Seeks To Gain full Monopoly Of Commerce Rumania Faces Choice Of Accepting Promise Or Complete Mobilization DECISION SLATED SOON Military Authorities Pre paring To Call 200,000 More Men To Colors , B}. DANIEL DELUCE BUCHAREST, Feb. 28.—UP)—Au ,tentative quarters here today see Rumania faced with a choice be tween accepting a German guaran tee of her borders in return for a tinual Nazi monopoly of Ruman ia trade. and continued independ ,„t action entailing practically complete mobilization of her civil and military resources. These same quarters believe King Carol's government must reach its decision by early next week, when Dr. Karl Clodius, Germany’s lead ing economic expert, is due to visit Bucharest. Considering uecree The German offer of a guaran tee. authoritative Bucharest sources said today, was received while the Rumanian cabinet was considering issuance of a royal decree mobiliz ing the nation's industrial life un der government control, and Ru manian military authorities were preparing to call to the colors on March 1 an additional 200,000 re servists, swelling the army to 1, (00,000. According to the same quarters Germany, in addition to guarantee ing Rumania's borders, would pro mise to prevail upon Hungary, Bul garia and Soviet Russia to aban don their territorial claims on Ru mania and to sign non-aggression pacts with King Carol. In return for Rumania's accept ance of this offer, these sources said, Germany would sponsor a new railway agreement between Rumania and Hungary to facilitate (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) TURNER WILL TAKE [IP DUTIES SUNDAY Scheduled To Assume Work As Rector Of Church Of Good Shepherd The Rev. Frederick Arthur Tur Mr "ill become rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd here si next Sunday’s services. The Rev, Mr. Turner has been in charge of the Episcopal churches m Hyde county for some time and recently preached the baccalaureate termons at the schools in that county. He was born, reared and educat 'i in England and was ordained Wo the Episcopal church by Bish "P Thomas C Darst. of the East Carolina diocese. At the age of is, he was licensed “y the Bishop of London as lay (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 4) [WEATHER FORECAST ,,l “nil Carolina: Cloudy and some in nnsettlfid, occasional light rain lr.,mornin£' colder in west and cen !r®>ly°fa'ir>nS Thursday’ Friday gen hoo^te°[°loeical data for the 24 s ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday). 1.. . Temperature l, !'“■ 54: 7:30 a. m. 52; 1:30 17 'rw 7:3(1 p' m- f6l maximum Oil 5o nimum 51 i mean 59; nor 1., „ Humidity p.m 5^“'94; 7:30 a. m. 100; 1:30 ■ i:30 p, m. 78. Total f Precipitation m. , 0 27 ?r ?4 hours ending 7:30 p. the “ronth sa, mSesSinCe first of Tides For Today . *“? .. "iSI" Sunrise 6-51,. 12:45P 6:58p tlSe 0:i7a. ._a’ sunset6:08p; moon ■a. moonset ll;02a. etfeef ^8riv« stage at Fay ',Jm’"U?d 00 P*Se Five; Col. 3) ----IT CanadianEagles Headed For War 1 In photo just released by Canadian censor, the Royal Canadian Air Force squadron that recently ar rived in England is pictured entraining at Ottawa fo r an Atlantic seaport. Drawn from 150 communities, they are the first Dominion air fighters to proceed overseas as a unit. Marshall Appointed Head Of Finn Funds Campaign _ ± HILL IS STATE LEADER Purpose Of Drive Is To Col lect Cash For Finns To Buy Guns, Planes Alan A. Marshall yesterday ac cepted appointment as chairman of the New Hanover county campaign for Fighting Funds for Finland, Inc. The appointment was made by George Watts Hill, of Durham, state chairman of the organization. Peter Brown Ruffin, of Wilming ton, along with Governor Clyde R. Hoey, Dorsey Pruden, of Raleigh, Kemp D. Battle, of Rocky Mount, and Carl Goerch, of Raleigh, con stitute members of the state com mittee. Burt Assisting The state chairman, Hill, is be ing assisted by Struthers , Burt, prominent novelist, of Southern Pines, as vice-chairman of the state committee. “Fighting Funds for Finin’- i, Inc., is a voluntary agency now being organized throughout every state in the union to receive vol untary contributions from those Americans who are interested in aiding Finland. It is not to be confused with the Finnish relief organization headed by ex-President Hoover,” Marshall said. The purpose of the organization, Fighting Funds for Finland, Inc, is to collect cash with which guns and airplanes can be purchased for the Finns. All monies raised will be turned over to the. Finnish (Continued on Page Five; Col. 6) STRIKE OF WHARF WORKERS RELAXED Unloading Of Some Ships Allowed In Four Of Seven Ports Affected JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 28. IJP)—A southeastern longshoreman’s strike was relaxed slightly today to allow the unloading of some ships in four of seven affected ports. Negotiators, meanwhile, indicated that no immediate settlement of the strike was in sight, but that confer ences between representatives of ship lines and strikers would be held within the next day or two. Boats loaded by union labor be: fore the start of the strike Satur day midnight but which had not been worked since their arrival in port were unloaded at Jacksonville, Tampa, Miami and Savannah, Ga. It had been expected that unloading would start today at Charleston, S. C., also, but V. E. Townsend, vice president of the International Long (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 3) - --— Congressman Clark Files For Primary RALEIGH, Feb. 28. — (/P) — Attorney General Harry Mc Mullan and Rep. J. Bayard Clark of Fayetteville, of the Seventh congresional district, filed with tlie state elections board today to seek renomina tion in the democratic primary May 25. McMullan’s fee was $75 and Clark’s $100. Neither his announced opposition so far. KERMIT ROOSEVELT MAY HELP FINLAND Expected To Lead Interna tional Brigade Against Russian Forces LONDON, Feb. 28. — — Major Kermit Roosevelt, son of the "Roughrider,” probably will lead an international brigade being or ganized in England to help the Finns, it was announced today by the Finnish aid bureau which is doing the recruiting. The first 500 of these 2,500 vol unteers already is on the way, and the former American explorer and shipping president is waiting for the war office to open tomorrow to resign his commission in the actionless British army and lead the internationals to Finland. This was disclosed as official quarters were reported to have un der serious consideration the send ing of a large Allied expedition to Finland' to replace the unofficial form of volunteer aid. Roosevelt is the 50-year-old son of the late President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States. He j, (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 6) RULING IS GIVEN. IN MADISON ROW Supreme Court Holds W. G. Buckner, Republican, Not Tax Collector RALEIGH, Feb. 28— (IP) —The state supreme court, in an opinion on a dispute between republicans and democrats of Madison county, ruled today that the county's board of commissioners could not pay a salary to W. G. Buckner, whom the board had designated as tax col lector. Buckner is a republican, and the membership of the board is republi can. Democrats have contended that Roy Wade Ponder, a democrat who was elected by the chairmen of vari ous boards in the county, is the tax collector. The court declined to decide whether Ponder actually is the col lector, asserting that that question "is beyond the scope of the judicial inquiry and not determinable in th's action.” In effect, therefore, the cou-t said: "we will not decide who is Madison county’s tax collector, but we will say that Buckner is not the collector.” The republicans won a victory in another phase of the opinion, how ever, when the court held that the board of commissioners was with'n it- rights in hiring a delinquent tax collector. J. M. Baley, Sr.„ a re publican who had been designated by the board for this post, is entitled to receive a salary, the justices ruled. The opinion, written by Associate Justice W. A. Devin, modified and affirmed a judgment for F. E. Free man and E. Y. Ponder, democrats, who had sued to restrain the Madi son commissioners from interfering with Ponder.in the pertormance of his duties as collector, and from paying a salary to either Buckner or Baley. The court upheld a verdict for A. | (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) Truck Route Parley To Be Staged Today City Board Says Third St. Will Not Be Widened For Truck Lane ID DISCUSS REMEDIES Mayor Cooper, Wade And Fisher Will Talk With Highway Commission Following yesterday’s meeting at which the city commissioners stat ed definitely that Third street will not be widened and will not be used as a truck lane, the board will go today to Raleigh to confer with the state highway commission regarding methods for relieving the truck situation here. Residents of South Third street descended en masse on the board yesterday, but were told by the commissioners they were making a mountain out of a molehill. They were informed without reservation that the city commissioners have never intended to widen Third street and have tried all along to make every effort to reduce its use by heavy trucks. To Discuss Remedies The board will meet in Raleigh this afternoon at 3 o’clock to go over all possible remedies for the question with the state commis sion. Mayor Thomas E. Cooper, who Is already in Raleigh, will re main and join the other commis sioners. J. E. L. Wade, city commissionr of public works, said last night the highway commission has never built such a road for other cities in North Carolina and will be estab lishing a precedent if it does so in Wilmington. Charlotte, Fayette ville and other cities have been making efforts for some time to ob tain such a road. Wade, asked yesterday morning if he had not announced a plan whereby he hoped to obtain a wid ening of Third street to various widths from the entrance at the northern end of the city to the southern end, said he had. The announcement was made, he said, in hope of "building up a cost so high” it would make the build ing of a truck lane through another portion of the city so much more favorable the state highway and (Continued on Page Four, Col. 6) HALL INSPECTION SCHEDULED TODAY Renovated City Hall Will Be Accepted If It Meets Specifications J. E. L. Wade, city commissioner of public works, announced yester day the final inspection of the reno vated city hall will be made this morning at 9 o’clock. The city board, WPA engineers and representatives of the contrac tor will look over the building. If the building is found to meet the specifications of the contract, Wade will formally accept it for the City of Wilmington. An open house is planned as soon as all arrangements are completed. --r* Two In One Family Mark Leap Day i As Birthday * ' JIMMY'S SOM f JUST l I L BIRTHDAY J k^SHOULD BTJ /MAMIE’S 8-3 ' ONLY 2 CANDLES Cheated of three-fourths of their share of birthday fun by a quirk in tile calendar, James and Marjorie Hanson of Denver, Colo., mark the rare coincidence of their births on Feb. 29. The brother and sister both were born on leap day four years apart. Both puppeteers, they are giving a marionette show at a leap day birthday party for 40 friends. __ Several Note Leap Year Birthdays In City Today ■ ★__ — RECORDS SHOW FOUR Will Observe Four Birth days At One Time Be cause Of Feb. 29 Date At least four Wilmingtonians— and probably several others—will ob serve birthdays today. Ordinarily, birthdays are routine occurrences, but to those persons born on February 29, it will be a day of great rejoicing. It provides an opportunity to maie merry with four birthdays rolled into one. A leap day baby, cheated of three fourths of its birthday fun, will reach adulthood—as far as birth days are concerned—only after he has lived 84 years. Two In 1936 According to records at the office of the register of deeds, two babies were born on February 29, 1936, and will observe their first birthdays to day, although they are four years old. They are: Mary Gloria Raines, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Grover Raines, of Wilmington. Harlee Potter, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Potter, of Wilmington. Only one birth was recorded on February 29 of 1932. It was John Alexander Neilson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Neilson, of Wilming ton. He will observe his second birthday and the completion of his eighth year. No births were recorded on F* ruary 29 in the leap years of 1928 and 1924. Miss Hallie Rutland Townes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Townes, of 503 South Third (Continued on Page Five; Col. 7) HOUSE APPROVES LOAN OF $20,000,000 TO FINNS FOR NON-MILITARY PURPO SES By RICHARD L. TURNER WASHINGTON, Feb. 38.—UP) The house voted to help Fin land to the extent of a $30, 000,000 loan for non-military purchases in the United States today but shied away, emphati cally, from taking a record vote on the question. Although overwhelmingly In favor of helping the Finns, many members feared that European events might take such a turn that a vote for the loan could bring them elec tion time difficulties. So by a general but tacit agreement, passage came on a rising bal lot. It showed 168 for the bill -- ' % and 51 against, the total a bare quorum of the house. The measure would add $100,000,000 to the lending funds of the Export-Import bank, with the understanding that $20,000,000 of that amount would go to Finland, and a like sum to China. At no point in the message is Finland directly mentioned. Previously passed by the sen ate, the bill now goes back to that branch for action on house amendments forbidding Export-Import bank loans to countrieg in default on their war debts, and permitting the purchase of commercial air craft, as distinguished from military planes. Senator Bark ley of Kentucky, the democratic leader, announced that he would try to obtain senate ap proval for the changes tomor row, sending the measure to the White House almost imme diately. Senator Brown (D-Mich)', its author, said he saw no objec tion to the house amendments and believed the senate should accept them so the funds could be made available immediately. A peculiar situation has surrounded the bill from the start of its legislative career. It has had general approval, but many of its supporters have been more than a little skittish as to the future con sequences of casting their votes for it. Thus, there was much cloak room talk of what would be the situation of those who vot ed for the bill if by campaign time the British, for instance, should have an expeditionary force fighting the Russians in Finland. In effect the situation was a reflection of what is com monly regarded as a general nation-wide sentiment for help ing Finland, but against jeo • (Continued on Page Five; Col, 2) Leap Year Birthday Problem Is Solved SEATTLE, Feb. 28— (/P> — Sam Burnsed, 36, and his nep hew, Gordon B. Christopher, 32, who’ll te a year older tomorrow, have solved the problem of leap year birthdays. Said Burnsed, an investigator for the King county prosecutor: “Here’s what we do on an off year when there is no Feb. 29— we start celebrating on Feb. 28 and keep right on going until March S' so we are sure to hit it. Then, when Feb. 29 does come in leap year, we have a real celebration.” BUDAPEST POLICE GUARD LEGATION Officers Surround French Building As Result Of New German Pressure BUDAPEST, Feb. 28—(2P)—Buda pest police, said to have been forced to act as a result of German pres sure, today laid a virtual siege around the French legation here, where 40 Czecho-Slovak refugees were harbored with new French passports. Nazi threats concerning Hungary's “wide-open frontier,” with demands that Hungary return men who had fled from jails of the German secret police in the protectorate of Bo hemia and Moravia, resulted in . -- tempts to break up the "under ground railway” which has been operating under official French au spices from Bohemia and Moravia to France. Hundreds of other Czecho-Slovak refugees, most of them held in Hun garian jails, declared they faced de portation to Germany as a result of nazi pressure. Many of them said they feared they would be put to death if they were deported. A band of 48 Czecho-Slovaks who were held in the Budapest citadel wrote neutral legations that “the influence of the Gestapo (German secret police) has forced the Hun garians to treat us severely.” Describing themselves as former Czecho-Slovak army officers, college professors and students, the writers asked for neutral help lest they be sent back to the protectorate “where certain death awaits.” • -
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