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In the face of anxious distress signals from the neutrals, including a declaration from Norway’s For eim Minister Ha Id van Koht that Norway will “at once” be forced into war if there is open, one-sided violation of her neutrality, the British foreign office stood firm on its warning notes to Norway and Sweden. At the same time the van guard of Britain's Balkan diplo mats, returning for blockade con sultations, reached London. “Complete Agreement” Bri'ish Minister of Economic Warfare Ronald Cross and French Blockade Minister Georges Monnet, ia conference here, issued a joint statement declaring the Allies’ “complete agreement and common determination" on tighteneing the intended strangle-hold on Germany. They indicated they were in ac Icord on ways and means of plug ging such blockade gaps, for in stance, as the air routes through which the Nazis are receiving cur (Confinued on Page Three; Col. 1) UTILITY BATTLES SECURITIES ORDER First Show-Cause Case Is ! Plainly On Way Toward j Test In Courts _ i By E. C. DANIEL . WASHINGTON, April 6—(A’>—The 1 government's attempt to enforce the < holding company “death sentence” i against the nation’s nine largest Power systems met blunt resistance tooay from the first company to re ply fully to the securities commis sion s show-cause order. "hiie acknowledging that its operations were not confined to the , single integrated public-utility sys tem’ defined by the holding com pany act, Engineers Public Service company declared that the “death entence" was unconstitutional. It petitioned the Securities commission 0 dismiss integration proceedings. ITiie “death sentence” requires the “fporate structures of utility sys ems to be simplified and directs “at operating companies of a hold ®g company must form a single [Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) r YT-r-w—« ^ ___ l 1 VV&AmttK ; V FORECAST ) cy Carolina: Tartly cloudy, 1 l^itlv warmer in east portion Sun ("'easional rain Monday begin- , 1,1 nest portion Sunday after iJ,. or night, slightly cooler in west 6,rtl,|n Monday. iHi'/! 'nrolina: Tartly cloudy, 'ortir.r 2',irmer if cast and south |jv 7~s Sunday, occasional rain Mon tafl ,Bln.n>nS in northwest portion w ' a’ternoon or night; slightly northwest portion Monday. j^wologlea] data for the 24 hours “ o- .. it p. m. yesterday). Temperature i 50; 7:30 a. m. 45; 1:3) p. P- m. 53; maximum GO; < '■ mean 50; normal 59. 1:30 a - ,_H>™idity , ». :ii,. - 'V 41; 7:30 a. m. 53; 1:30 p. j ’ ‘ Ji. m. 70. 1 Total f precipitation 1 61 none-1" ,hou.rs c'ndinS 7:39 P- i tonth, i,(,'ne'0ta Slnce first of the j Tides For Today l''il“iHgton Hlgh L°^ 1 gt0n - 9:37a 4:35a ’ ksonboro . 9=56P 4:47.9 ( 0 *n,ef - 7:30a 1:23a Sunrise 7:43P l:36p c lse 5:42a• Sunset 6:37p; moon- 1 41 'noonset 6:40p. t April 6. — (IP) — j ■r nu records of tempera- ’ 'Continued on Page 23; Col. 5) 3 _CHILD SURVIVOR IN DEATH DRAMA - 1M| 1 1 .£ LOS ANGELES, April 6.—(/P)—Eleven-year-old Cliloe Davis’ father moved today to free her from police custody as officers accepted her story of the gruesome deaths of her mother, two sisters and a brother. Attorney Mitchell Moidel, representing F. Barton Davis, the father, obtained a writ of habeas corpus for the girl’s release, returnable at 2 p. m. Monday. (The child is shown above, with a nurse in a Los Angeles hospital.) U. S. Army Bomber Makes First ‘All Blind’ Flight VISIBILITY ZERO Major McDaniel Flies Ship From New York Airport To Langley Field By DEVON FRANCIS LANGLEY FIELD, Va., April 6— J>)—Sitting in a tiny cubicle of one if the worlds largest bombing planes, vith only the faces of a dozen lourescent instruments to guide lim, an army air corps officer today lompleted the first “all blind’’ flight n the history of aviation. Major Carl B. McDaniel could not :ee out of the cockpit window of his our motored, 22 1-2 ton craft, from he moment he opened the throttles .t the end of a runway on Mitchell field New York, until the plane roll 'd to a stop on the broad acres of his army post. Two Hours, Two Minutes The flight, requiring 2 hours, 2 Continued on Page Three; Col. 7) PARADES FEATURE U. S. ARMY DAY fohnson Says 15 Months Would Be Needed To Equip Army WASHINGTON, April 5— (A>) — ’he nation’s augmented land forces isplayed their fighting trim today a scores of army day parades, unifies, was a demonstration of ,rhat air corps could do in time of /ar under weather conditions reduc ing “ceiling” and visibilty to zero. Major McDaniel, a native of Texas rtio has been flying 21 years, was as (Continued on Page Five; Col. 1) BUILDING FOUND ‘PUBLIC HAZARD’ Mayor Cooper Makes Tour Of Structure Adjoining Construction Site Although definite action was de layed, a group of city officials in spected the building on the north side of the old Purcell house on North Front street yesterday and decided it was a hazard to the public. Mayor Thomas E. Cooper, along with J. A. Loughlin, city engineer, J. W. Yates, building inspector, and others, inspected the building and found there is danger of the front wall collapsing into the street when the Purcell building is removed. M’Kean Maffitt, superintendent of water and sewerage, also exam ined the building and pronounced it unsafe. It is believed, he said, when the support of the adjoining wall is removed to make room for the new theatre building, the front of the building will collapse. The building Is occupied by the Edwin J. Farrelly housefurnishings establishment, and Oldham’s billiard parlor. The group plans, Mayor Cooper said, to send a letter to the owners of the building and demand that they raze the structure or make repairs sufficient to make it safe. < The walls are now bowed out ward and it is impossible to tell at what point in the removal of the walls bracing it the collapse will occur, it was said. The owners of the building are not residents of Wilmington and their names were not immediately known. Fire Chief J. Ludie Croom, who (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) National Board Ignores City’s Fire Loss Record Despite the fact it boasted a rec prd far superior to the average vinner, Wilmington was not men ioned among the cities listed yes erday as being recognized by the National Fire council for their .chievement in cutting fire loss dur ng 1939. While it was stated that the av rage loss was $1.41 per capita, Wilmington’s loss during 1939 was inly 85 cents. Nevertheless, the ity did not even receive honorable nention among the more than 50 vinners. Fire Chief J, Ludie Croom said ast night he had “no idea’’ how Wilmington could have been left out. 'he chief said the council obtains its figures from insurance commis sioners in each state and added that Wilmington’s 1939 record has ’ been in the hands of Dan Boney 1 for some time. “I see no reason why we were c not included,” he said. s The only city in North Carolina c in Wilmington’s size range winning I recognition was Rocky Mount,. £ Asheville, in tfie BO,000 to 100,000 £ class, won honorable mention. Approximately 300 cities partici- c pated for the bronze plaques award- c ed by the National Fire council in cooperation with the United States c Chamber of Commerce. 1 Cincinnati won first place in the entire nation. (t GRAF SPEE CREW WILL BE JAILED Argentina Acts Following Escape Of 3 Officers And 2 Sailors BUENOS AIRES, April 6— UP) — The Argentine government, indig nant over the escape of three officers and two sailors of the scuttled Ger man warship Admiral Graf Spee, to day ordered the remaining officers and higher ranking members of the interned crew confined on Martin Garcia Island, a naval base in the River Plata 80 miles from Buenos Aires. The government, announcing the decision to send 32 officers and 208 warrant officers and cadets to the is land on Tuesday, said: “Argentina has been excessively generous to these officers and sailors who came to our country last Decem ber after their own ship was destroy ed. But we cannot continue to let our neutrality be jeopardized, therefore we have taken steps to ensure that they will not be able to return to Germany to resume belligerent ac :ion.” Argentine authorities yesterday re pealed that three of the Admiral Graf Spee’s officers had disappeared. Gne, said to have been the third of icer, was unofficially reported to nave made his way to Germany. Two members of the crew were seized jarlier in the week in Brazil. The ministry of the navy said the 100 Graf Spee sailors still in Buenos \ires will be sent into interior pro vinces where a like number of their :ompanions have already been trans 'erred. ONLY TWO SHIPS SUNK IN WEEK; British Claim More Being ’ Built Than Germans ; Are Sinking < (By The Associated Press) j With only two ships reported de- s troyed by enemy action in the past < even days, the European war’s 31st i peek ending yesterday, was, from a iaval standpoint, the most ineffec- ‘ ive week of the conflict. Three other sinkings were reported ‘ uring the week but one was of a hip sunk the week before and the ^ thers were war losses only indirect- £ V, one ship being lost by collision t nd one by grounding. It was the t rst week with no lives reported lost. c The previous low week was that e f Nov. 8-9 when three ships went t own. r Germany claimed her planes sank c r damaged 40,000 tons of shipping rst Wednesday by the British and t ontinued on Page Three; Col. 3) WPA Fund Increases Held Likely Economy Bloc ‘Resigned’ To Appropriation Big ger Than Asked TALK $1,300,000,000 Sentiment For Increasing Relief Fund F. R. Asked Grows In Congress WASHINGTON, April 6.—(/Pi Economy advocates in congress virtually resigned themselves today to an increase in next year’s re lief fund beyond President Roose velt’s budget estimate of $985,000, 000. . ~ Senator Adams (D-Colo), chair man of the subcommittee which will handle the relief appropriation bill, expressed belief the budget es timate would have to be increased but said he did not think the total outlay would exceed $1,300,000,000. Take Care of Needs On the house side, Rep. Cannon (D-Mo), appropriations committee member, remarked cryptically, “We are going to take care of the needs." It was Indicated that administra tion leaders expected some definite expression from the White House. Influential house members as -- UllUCl stood “serious consideration" was being given by the President to the question of transmitting a re quest for additional money for the WPA. Such a step by the chief execu tive, they explained, would remove one legislative obstacle to an in crease—a resolution adopted by the bouse appropriations committee at the start of this session against ex ceeding budget estimates. Sentiment for increasing the re lief fund, apparently was growing in both the senate and house. Senator Wheeler (D-Mont) just back from a trip to California and aroused by what he saw of the plight of transient farm workers, declared unemployment was the "No. 1 problem facing the coun try." Asserting the existing relief set up was “only a palliative which has not cured," the Montanan said congress was going to have to ap propriate more money “until we can find a solution." Whe'eler said he would ask a jroup of senators who have evinced interest in the problem to meet svith him “with a view to making x fight” for additional relief funds. DIES TO RENEW DRIVE ON BUND Pelley, Chief Of Silver Shirts, Also Called Jo Testify Again WASHINGTON, April 6— (JB— Chairman Dies (D-Tex) announced onight that the house committee in un-American activities had or lered 90 subpoenas served this veek against the; communist party ,nd the German-American bund. Dies said 50 subpoenas had been ssued for communists including Villiam Z. Foster, national chair nan, and Earl Browder, general ecretary. Forty subpoenas, he aid, were issued for bundsmen in luding officials who have taken harge of that organization since fritz Kuhn, its former leader, was ent to prison in New York after onviction of misappropriating bund unds. “We want to get all the facts oncerning these organizations,” Mes declared. “We have ordered 11 these people to bring all their ecords with them.” The committee chairman said he rould not make public the list of ersons ordered subpoenaed or heir cities of residence at this Ime. He said, however, that the ommunists involved were scatter d all over the country. Most of le bund members, he said, were esidents of eastern or Pacific oast states. Simultaneously, it was learned lat the committee plans to call (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) *_ SHE’LL MAKE BRAKES SQUEAL Could you resist the appealing look Winston Hill, University of California co-ed from Los Angeles, demonstrates above? It’s the latest thing in costume and technique for hitch hikers. Miss Hill hopes it will win her a place on her alma mater’s hitch hiking team, which will race from Berkley, Cal., to Seattle, Wash., against other college lift-thumbing teams. Forest Fire Is Burning Fiercely Near Hampstead - ______ OTHERS ARE CHECKED Small Buildings Burned In This County; Damage Not Yet Estimated During a slight lull in the winds yesterday, most of the forest fires sweeping this section were brought under control, but a gigantic blaze near Hampstead was still eating its way through timberlands with un abated fury last night. Fire Warden C. S. Jessup said the fire was still far out of hand and was doing untold damage to the woods in that section. He said it would be impossible to predict when the blaze could be conquered. CCC Lads Fighting CCC boys have fought the Hamp stead fire steadily but have thus far failed in extinguishing it. Several houses have been threat ened with destruction, but none had been burned last night. Many farm outbuildings had been laid waste. Several fires have been discover ed in New Hanover county woods but none have done a great deal of damage. The Taylor-Colquitt Creosoting company was threatened Friday night but the wind changed in time and little property was de stroyed. / A barn and several other small (Continued on Page Three; Col. 5) SOCIALIST PARTY OPENS CONVENTION ‘Keep Out Of War’ Plank To Be Written Into 1940 Platform By RICHARD L. TURNER WASHINGTON, April 6.—(a>>— The socialist party overwhelmingly adopted today a “keep out of war” resolution vigorously condemning any form of American assistance to either side in the European hos tilities. This action was taken over the protest of a minority group, which, while as determined to keep the United States at peace as the ma jority, felt that a distinction should be drawn in favor of the Allies, as against Hitler and Stalin. The vote came at the close of the first day of the party’s 1940 convention, which tomorrow is scheduled to nominate its presiden tial candidate, choosing, for the fourth successive time, Norman Thomas, the party’s national chair man. Keynoting the 1940 socialist con vention, Maynard C. Krueger, pro fessor cf economics at the Univer (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) $418,770 Of Road Fund Allotted This District RALEIGH, April 6—>•5’)—The $4, 500,000 allocation of road improve ment will have to be ‘‘spread thin ly” over the state’s 53,000-mile high way system, W. Vance Baise, chief highway engineer of the highway and public works commission, said today in announcing division of the money among the 10 highway divi sions. Half the sum, which will come from the highway fund surplus, will be used for county road improve ments and half for ‘‘standardization” of the road system—elimination of curves, widening, and improvement of surfacing. An additional $500,000—making a total of $5,000,000 available in the improvement program—will be used in standardization and improvement of bridges in the state and county systems. It had not been decided how this amount would be divided among the divisions. The $4,500,000 was allotted accoid ing to area, road mileage, popula tion and automobile registration. Baise said division of the fund among counties would be left to di vision commissioners and engineers. "This is a large sum," Baise com mented; "but when it is spread out over 59,000 miles of roads, it’s not (Continued on Page Five; CoL 4) Will Resort To Arms To Stay Neutral Foreign Minister Koht Is! Spokesman At Meeting Of Parliament HE MENTIONS ALLIES British Planning To Halt Iron Ore Shipments [To Germany OSLO. April 6.—«F>—Addressing parliament amidst new aprehension over the issue of Scandinavian neu trality, Foreign Minister Halvdan Koht said today that Norway "wlil at once be at war" if free shipping in Norwegian waters should be in terfered with to the advantage of one side in the European war. This was interpreted as in no way a threat of war—least of all against Britain—but as indicative of Nor way’s fears that interference with German shipping in Norwegian wa ters would bring retaliation from Germany which would drag Norway into the conflict. An Emphatic Method It was regarded also as an em phatic method of stressing Norway’s neutral attitude and desire to es cape war, although Koht made a dramatic reference to the possibil ity of a war “in which we would be forced to depend our independ ence and freedom.” Koht told the Allies in effect that maintenance of the present status of commerce in Norwegian waters was to their advantage, that change might be their loss. He said; “If the Allied powers should ask us to stop free shipping, which goes on according to generally acknowl edged international law and which they themselves have acknowledged, this W'ould either be of great dam age to themselves or, if such hin drance of shipping should be one sided against one party, and there fore in open conflict with the neu trality which we have pledged our selves to maintain, Norway wall then at once be at war.” Koht spoke amidst alarming but unconfirmed rumors concerning the diplomatic struggle and controversy over the status of Norway and Sweden as neutrals. The undis closed contents of notes handed to the Norwegian and Swedish minis ters in London yesterday were the subject of all maner of conjecture— and revival of fears that war may (Continued on Page Three; Col. 3)j ATTORNEY SUES ZELDA’S MOTHER Emmett Bellamy Says Mrs. Morrison Refuses Pay ment Of Fees Alleging he has represented her and her minor children in several matters without receiving compen sation, Emmett H. Bellamy, Wil mington attorney, has instituted suit against Mrs. Grace Morrison, mother of Zelda, asking $525 in alleged in debtedness. Bellamy, complaining of tb* de fendant, alleges that on January 22 Mrs. Morrison retained him to repre sent her and her minor children in ill matters growing jrnt of the estate of her husband and on January 24 she executed to him a full power of ittorney with power to act in her be lalf in connection with the estate. The attorney further alleges that it Mrs. Morrison’s request, he went o Toronto, Ontario, to be present at he opening of W. H. Morrison’s safe ly deposit box and to search through ts contents for a will and other val labie papers. The complaint made no mention >f whether they were found, but sta ed the plaintiff was requested to [Continued on Page Three; Col. 2) Lei Your Real Estate Broker Help You— Without obligation he will be glad to explain to you how it is possible to make your rent payments buy a home. The strict code of ethics adhered to by leading real estate brok ers is your assurance that you will get a conscientious, fair deal regarding your home-buy ing problems.
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