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OUTLOOK IS GLOOMY
AS REDS FLA Y RYTI
IN RADIO BROADCAST
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FINNS ARE IN MOSCOW
Delegation Reported Dis
cussing Peace Terms
With Soviet Officials
AIR RAIDS RESUMED
Fighting Continues Along
Front With Finns Claim
ing Reds Repulsed
HELSINKI, March 11—(Monday)
— (,5>) —Fear that Russian-Finnish
peace negotiations were failing
spread in Finland early today after
a Finnish language broadcast from
Moscow violently attacked Premier
Risto Ryti, now in the Russian capi
tal as head of the Finnish delega
tion.
This attack came only a few hours
after the Finnish government an
nounced that Ryti and three other
Finnish representatives were in
Moscow discussing peace terms with
Soviet officials.
It was regarded as especially
significant that the nightly Moscow
broadcast in the Finnish language
had been kept off the air for two
consecutive days when the negotia
tions were in their early stages.
Air Attarks Resumed
At the same time it was officially
announced here that the Russian
air force had resumed its bombing
of civilian areas on a "comparative
ly large scale today.”
Fighting was continuing all along
the front, with the Finns reporting
repulse of the Russian drives and
great Russian losses, but admitting
the Red army had penetrated to the
west shore of Viipuri bay and was
attempting to consolidate its foot
hold there to take the city from
the rear.
The Moscow broadcaster renewed
appeals to the Finnish soldiers to
stop fighting and to revolt against
what was termed a “capitalistic gov
ernment.”
"Comrades, lay down your arms
and join the Kuusinen peoples
army,” the announcer urged.
He was referring to the Terijoki
government of Otto Kuusinen, a
communist, which Soviet Russia ha3
recognized heretofore as the only
government of Finland.
The Finnish communique telling
of Civilian bombings said “Villahde
and Vonkola and other places in
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approvaIoFbig
FARM BILL SLATED
Economy Bloc Resigns It
self To Senate Passage
Of Funds Measure
WASHINGTON, March 10—UP)—
Economy forces resigned themselves
today to senate approval of a billion
dollar farm bill, which Democratic
Deader Barkley said would raise
anew the question of imposing addi
tional taxes.
Barkley told newmen that the tax
question would be posed because in
creases made in the bill - since it
passed the house would offset, ai>
proximately, nearly $300,000,000 of
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Hitler Sound- To Victory’ Cry
livers France,
BritainForced
far On Reich
lows His Determination To
Win Even At Cost Of His
Life If Necessary
makes short speech
Fuehrer Addresses Gather
ing Observing Coun
try’s Memorial Day
By LOUIS P. LOCHNER
BURLIN'. March 10.—(H3)—Break
is! wjth the traditional ways of
celebrating Germany’s Memorial
iav, Adolf Hitler today sounded a
cr}- of "On to victory” in the
conflict he charged "imperialist
I&and and France” had forced
jsSs Reich.
Ts fuehrer, in an eleven-minute
jpl remarkable for its brevity,
vr,is determination to press on to
'i lost glorious victory in Ger
ujir's history” even at the cost
if is own life it necessary.
Discusses Sacrifice
ills gray niunaiy ejuctt, utuxen ux.
insignia in contrast to the glitter
ing uniforms about him in the
Zeughaus (military museum) Hit
ler spoke in a philosophical vein
about soldierly sacrifice and with
more emphasis about Germany's
will to victory.
“The world desires our dissolu
tion,“ Hitler told the 600 guests
who filed into the museum's glass
roofed courtyard in place of the
throngs who formerly have packed
the State Opera house for Memor
ial day observances.
“Our only reply can be the great
est pledge of all times: On to vic
tory!"
He looked paler and more solemn
than usual and in keeping with the
solemnity of the occasion indulged
in no oratorical fireworks. More
emotion crept into his voice, how
ever, when he said:
“As fuehrer of the nation, as
chief of state, as supreme com
mander of the armed forces, I live
lor but one task: Day and night
to think of victory, struggle, work
*ad fight for victory, if necessary
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DOCKSTRIKEMEET
TOBE HELD TODAY
Men Will Decide Whether
To Return To Work Dur
ing Investigation
N'EIV YORK, March 10. — (JP) —
“presematives of striking long
°remen in south atlantic ports will
confer in Jacksonville, Fla., tomor
* 1° decide whether to return to
?5rk "Me a fact-finding committee
urates the merits o£ their dis
UiS w*th coastal shippers.
15 suggestion that the men end
’-week-old walkout pending the
Z?ltM investigation was made to
fts i JoseP|1 P. Ryan, president of
■ international Longshoremen’s
'Rotation (AFL).
0 ’aa repeated his prediction that
, ' )0 trikes would be back at
.Tuesday. He said that if the
i .ee succeeded in settling the
f(c,e’ ,a plan could be put into ef
tesihrt "ould virtua"y end the
th,\ '1 -v o£ strikes and lockouts in
* coastwise trade.
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__Honeyn —Newlywed Sanctuary
For newlyweds only, Honeymood Island, of! Tampa, Fla., in the Gulf of Mexico is the idea of
Clinton Washburn, New York investment broker. Selected couples, married less than 30 days, get use of
the island free. Francis Ahem and his wife, permanent residents of the island, who will make the newly
weds comfortable, adopt a romantic pose as they inspect some of the thatched shacks (top) already built.
Inset, they peer from a window. Bottom, work continues on more of the honeymoon huts.
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Census Takers’ School
Will Be Conducted Here
PLANNED THIS WEEK
Lack Of Supplies Is Blamed
On Charges Voiced By
Senator Tohey
Lack of supplies has caused the
postponement o f enumerator
schools in this census district but
present plans call foi1 the opening
of the first school in Wilmington
the latter part of this week, Joe
H. Barrington, of Lumberton, dis
trict supervisor, said last night.
The Wilmington school to teach
the enumerators the facts and pur
poses of the 1940 census of popu
lation, housing and agriculture, was
scheduled to open this morning for
New Hanover, Brunswick and a
part of Columbus counties.
Supplies Held Up
Supplies, which are necessary for
starting the census, have been
held up from delivery all over the
country, Barrington said. The de
lay has been blamed on the/charges
made by Senator Tobey (R-NH) in
the senat that the questions were
“too personal.”
However, census officials in this
district say that one look at the
questionnaire will show that the
charges and arguments are based
on "mere trivialities.”
Mr. Barrington said he will soon
have a list of the enumerator ap
pointees for New Hanover.
New Hanover will have an
enumerator for each census area,
or a total of 15 persons who will
take the population, housing and
agricultural census.
Mr. Barrington said last night
that the census will start on April
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TOBACCO PROBLEM
SOLUTION OFFERED
Mayor Thomas E. Cooper
Suggests Use Of Latin
American Markets
A possible solution of the prob
lem which will face North Caro
lina’s tobacco farmers when the
markets open this year without
British buyers was advanced here
yesterday by Mayor Thomas E.
Cooper, candidate for governor,
who also is a tobacco farmer of
long standing.
Cooper suggested the remedy as
he prepared to leave for Winston
Salem where tonight he will ad
dress the Instructors Fraternity or
the Twin City school system.
“I am deeply concerned about
the plight of the tobacco farmer
for I am a tobacco farmer my
self,” Cooper said. “The troubles
which have visited the other wee
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Public Is Urged To
Cooperate In Census
PITTSBURGH, March 10.—
(/P)—It’s your duty to your
country to answer honestly
every question the census
enumerator asks, says Dr.
Harold A. Phelps, University of
Pittsburgh sociologist. He add
ed:
"The present controversy is
an extremely foolish one.
There is no reason why we
should not reveal our age and
incomes to the government.
We owe our nation that sup
port. In order to run a busi
ness concern efficiently, one
must have basic data. In man
aging a national economy, we
cannot have too much infor
mation.”
CHANGE IN LEGION
YEAR IS FAVORED
Department Chaplain How
ard, Of Whiteville, Speaks
At Rocky Mount
ROCKY MOUNT, March 10.—
—The state executive committee of
the American Legion voted today
at the post officers’ convention to
recommend to the department that
the Legion year be changed so that
officials could take office at the
general state convention in June.
The department chaplain, Frank
J. Howard of Whiteville, urged the
Legionnaires to “turn a deaf ear to
the drums of hate now beating in
Europe.’’
Child welfare was discussed at a
luncheon meeting, with Dr. H. E.
Casstevens of Greensboro, chairman
of the child welfare program, in the
chair.
Speakers included Edward Mul
roony, national head of the Forty
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NEWLYWEDS REACH
HONEYMOON ISLE
Five Couples Begin Married
Life In Garden Of Eden
Off Florida Coast
HONEYMOON ISLAND, Fla.,
March 10.—UP)—Five newlywedded
couples from various parts of the
United States finally got to this
tropical honeymoon spot in the
Gulf of Mexico today to begin mar
ried life in a Garden of Eden
setting with Cinderella trimmings.
Isolation from the mainland—
half an hour away by speed boat—
assured privacy for the new little
connubial community of 10 thatch
ed huts surrounding a recreation
center, a king’s palace and bath
houses. A dock, a water tower and
a power system provided conven
iences of civilization.
The honeymooners came by a
motorcade from Tampa, and from
Clearwater in a fleet of cruisers
with the cameramen recording
every foot of the journey.
J. Ernest Burkett of Orlando, the
first bridegroom to occupy a cot
tage on the island, gallantly car
ried his bride across the thresh
(Continued on Page Ten; Col. 4)
Soviets Offer
On New Finn
Line Reported
Proposed Karelian Isthmus
Frontier Would Leave
Viipuri In Finland
PRESS IS OPTIMISTIC
New Boundary Would Place
Large Part Of Manner
heim Line In Russia
By ROBERT OKIN
STOCKHOLM, March 11.—(Mon
day)—<iP)—Reports that Russia had
offered Finland a new Karelian
Isthmus frontier which would
leave the city of Viipuri in Fin
land but would put a large part
of the Mannerheim line in Rus
sian territory came today from in
formed sources here.
Despite a Moscow broadcast In
the Finnish language attacking
Premier Risto Ryti of Finland, now
heading the delegation of Finnish
negotiators in Moscow, Swedish
and Danish newspapers expressed
optimism that the negotiations
wprfi nti tViA pvp nf snpppsa
From Taipale To Summa
Sources' here said the proposed
new frontier would run from Tai
pale, on Lake Ladoga, to Summa.
(The Red Army has hammered
unsuccessfully at Taipale since the
War began. Summa fell before’ the
Soviet offensive last month.)
Far-northern Petsamo would re
main Finnish, as would the port
of Hanko, on the southwestern tip
of Finland, but the Russians would
keep islands in the Bay of Fin
land.
(These reported terms were far
less severe than demands said to
have been made earlier in the ne
gotiations by the Russians. Their
terms then allegedly included Pet
samo and Hanko, Viipuri and all
of the Karelian Isthmus.)
Fear Spread Of War
Swedish diplomats. convinced
they had done all in their power
to promote peace between Fin
land and Russia, awaited the out
come amid growing belief that the
war may spread through Scan
dinavia unless it Is ended abrupt
ly.
Fear was expressed in some cir
cles that Sweden’s attempts to act
as peacemaker might be offset by
talk of military aid for Finland
from the western powers, who were
believed desirous of prolonging the
war in their own interests.
It was generally assumed, how
ever, that Finland had thoroughly
explored the possibility of obtain
ing such aid before embarking on
the present peace negotiations with
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Mrs. Burleson Tells How
She Shot Ex-Mate’s Wife
COLUMBIA, S. C„ March 10.—
UP)—Breaking a two-day silence
during which she protested her
memory was clouded, 51-year-old
Mrs. May Walker Burleson relat
ed today, police said, that her mind
was filled with thoughts of her
“wrecked home” when she walked
into a hotel cafeteria here and
fatally shot the wife of her for
mer husband.
Later, however, she conferred
with her attorney, Claud N. Sapp,
of Columbia, and Sapp said she
told him she had no clear picture
of what happened, and that she
didn’t know whether her confes
sion to police resulted from the
suggestion of officers’ questions or
from her actual memory of the
slaying.
“I Knew Her”
Police Chief W. H. Rawlinson
qiuted the divorcee as saying: “I
walked from behind her and walk
ed in front of the table where she
was eating lunch and shot her. No
one had to point her out to me. I
knew her.” The victim, 55-year-old
Mrs. Richard C. Burleson, wife of
a U. S. army colonel stationed here,
was slain Friday.
‘‘When that woman (Mrs, Burle
son) passed me while I was sitting
in the lobby of the mezzanine,"
the prisoner said in her purported
(Continued on Page Ten; Col 2)
Soviets Seize Another
Bay Of Viipuri Island
MOSCOW. March 11 (Mon- |
day).—</P>—Russian troops oc
cupied another island in the
Bay of Viipuri and an addi
tional town on the west shore
in a continued flanking move
ment of the defenses of Vii
puri, the Soviet command re
ported today.
The town of Nisalabti, only
nine miles west of Viipuri, Fin
land’s strategic Gulf of Finland
port, was captured, the Rus
sian command said in its regu
lar communique, and the Island
of Varjesaari in Viipuri Bay,
Tlie Island of Vupraisu, in
Lake Ladoga, west of the town
of Pitkaranta, also was cap
tured.
Capture of the latter island
indicated the Russians were
making progress in an attempt
to flank Finnish defenses north
of Lake Ladoga by battling
across the ice, just as they
were doing west of Viipuri.
The Russians and Finns have
been battling north of Lake La
doga since the start of the war,
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T A
British intercept l> azi
Ship Near Puerto Rico
__ -At
VESSEL IS DESTROYED
Hannover Trapped In Stra
tegic Heart Of Pan-Ameri
can Neutrality Zone
LONDON, March 10.—Inter
ception of the 5.600-ton German
steamer Hannover by a British
cruiser near Puerto Rico, in the
strategic heart of the Pan-Ameri
can neutrality zone, was announced
tonight in a communique which
said the Nazi vessel had been fired
and abandoned by her crew to
avoid capture.
’ The admiralty said the intercep
tion had taken place Thursday
night in Mona channel, a 75-mile
strip of water separating Puerto
Rico from the Dominican republic
and a vital link in United States’
plans for defense of the Panama
Canal.
The Hannover, loaded with 6,000
tons of ore and lumber, had sailed
last Tuesday from Willemstad,
Netherlands West Indies, in an at
tempt to run the British blockade.
Willemstad is about 460 miles due
south of Mona channel.
Only bare details of the incident
were given by the admiralty and the
name of the British cruiser was not
disclosed.
On Jan. 15 Britain advised the
Americas that she could not respect
the Pan-American neutrality belt ex
cept under certain conditions, such
(Continued on Page Three)
VOORHIS SPEAKS
AT LEAGUE MEET
Declares Job Problem Solu
tion Will Eliminate Dic
tatorship Threat
BURLINGTON, N. C., March 10.
UP)—Rep. Jerry Voorhis of Califor
nia, a member of the Dies commit
tee, told the North Carolina League
for Progressive Democracy here to
day that the solution of the unem
ployment problem would eliminate
any possible threat of dictatorship.
He was the keynote speaker at
the league’s state-wide meeting
here.
The league nominated a commit
tee to be known as the Civil Liber
ties committee whose function will
be to see that civil liberties prevail
in North Carolina.
Nominated to serve as officers of
this committee were: Dr. W. S.
Stinespring of Durham, chairman;
(Continued on Page Three)
Reds Claim Mannerheim,
Gang Destruction Near
LONDON, March 10.—(/P>—A
Moscow radio announcer in a
talk for Red army troops to
night declared that “the day is
not remote when the Finnish
people with the help of the Red
army will annihilate the blood
stained Mannerheim gang and
will begin a new and happy
life."
His words were being broad
cast as the Finnish government
in Helsinki announced a Fin
nish delegation, headed by the
prime minister, was in Moscow
on the Russian government’s in
vitation for negotiations on
peace.
“The war bloc and the Eng
lish-French imperialists have
for 20 years attempted to draw
the Soviet union into a war,”
said the announcer, “but their
attempts will be foiled.
“The heroic soldiers of the
Leningrad military district are
dealing blow after blow at the
white Finnish band.”
WELLES, HALIFAX
HOLD CONFERENCE
U. S. Undersecretary Ar
rives In London On His
Fact-Finding Tour
LONDON, March United
States Undersecretary of State Sum
ner Welles, arriving here at noon
tq^Jay from Paris on his fact-finding
tour of European capitals, conferred
for an hour with Foreign Secretary
Lord Halifax as the prelude to a
series of formal talks with govern
ment and opposition leaders.
Authoritative sources described
Welles’ meeting with Lord Halifax
in the latter’s suite in the Dor
chester hotel as purely informal,
but said the foreign secretary had
emphasized that the “security for
which Britain went to war" re
mains the keystone of her war
aims.
Present at the conference was
United States Ambassador Joseph
P. Kennedy, who greeted Welles
as he stepped from the plane which
brought him from Paris.
Also on hand to greet President
Roosevelt’s emissary were Sir Alex
ander Cadogan, permanent Under
secretary for foreign affairs, and
Lord Halifax’s secretary. After a
round of hand-shaking Welles was
whisked to the Dorchester, where a
suite had been reserved for him
(Continued on Page Three)
J. B. Autry Succumbs
Following Heart Attack
J. B. Autry, 75, of Autryville, died
last night at 10:30 o'clock while en
route from his home to a Fayette
ville hospital.
Mr. Autry, a prominent farmer in
his community, suffered a heart at'
tack a short time before his death.
He was a member of the Methodist
church and was affiliated with the
Woodmen of the World.
He is survived by his wife; one
son, J. M. Autry, of Wilmington;
three daughters, Mrs. Everett Frink,
and Mrs. T. E. Mobley, of Wilming
ton, and Miss Vida Autry, of Autry
ville; one brother and one sister.
Funeral arrangements will be an*
nounced latei; i
I
VON RIBBENTROP TALKS WITH IL DUCE
REGARDING FINNISH AID POSSIBILITY
KUMH, March 1U.—i/r)—rre
mier Mussolini and Foreign Min
ister Joachim Von Ribbentrop of
Germany conferred for an hour
and a quarter today on what au.
thoritative quarters indicated
was the possibility of Britain
and France sending troops to aid
Finland in her conflict with So
viet Russia.
Von Ribbentrop, who hurried
here at an especially critical time
in European affairs, went into
conference with 11 Duce at the
raiazzo Venezia at 11 a. m.,
just one hour after his arrival
I from Berlin.
Italians close to the foreign
ministry said that Von Ribben
trop did most of the talking, with
Premier Mussolini listening in
long silences. Von Ribbentrop
was understood to have inform
ed II Uuce of Germany’s situa
tion after six months of war and
of Fuehrer Hitler’s plans for fur
ther conduct of the war.
Gianvanni Ansaldo wrote in II
Telegrafo, newspaper of Foreign
Minister Count Galeazzo Ciauo,
that Von Ribbentrop was too
wise to ask Premier Mussolini to
change Italy’s polity of non-bel
ligerency, Instead, said Ansaldo,
the German would recognize
Italy’s ‘‘absolute liberty of action
and decision,” and refrain from
anything that might seem to be
a “pressing invitation.’’
A brief communique on the
conference said only that the
two men had a “cordial” talk
and that they would meet again
tomorrow.
Von Kibbentrop also is to be
received by Pope Pius tomorrow
in a conference at which it was
expected the subject of sending
a papal envoy into the German
occupied sections of Poland
Would be discussed.
Von Ribbentrop found tension
between Italy and Britain sud
denly eased as a result of Italy's
agreement, announced yesterday,
to refrain from bringing further
shipments of German coal from
Rotterdam. This agreement "as
regarded in diplomatic circles as
indication of an Italian desire to ^
avoid trouble.
The chief topic of today’s con
ference appeared to have been
Scandinavia. Responsible Ital
ians said that allied aid to bin
land through Sweden and Nor
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