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Dedicated To The Progress 01 1 _ r~~ WILMINGTON ^ 4 Sorvod by Lo&sod WIro of lho And Southeastern North 111*1111111 S^TlTf ‘”'CU,T“ Carolina UL I lrilrlJLl ]£mr 1, £11 With Complete Coverage of ^ ^ State and National News WILMINGTON N. C., MONDAY, JULY 1, 1940 _~ ^ ^ ESTABLISHED 1867 RUSSIANS LAND TANKS BY PLANES AND CAPTURE I SEIZE RENI, GAIN COMMAND OF MOUTH OF DANUBE; MOVE CONSIDERED BLOW TO NAZIS , -- i Hundreds Killed as Jews Stage Riots In Rumania BERLIN, July 1-(Monday)— UP)—DNB, official German news agency, reported today that several hundred persons were killed Sunday in Galati, Ru mania, when the Rumanian army put down armed Jewish uprisings. The German radio listed the number dead at about 600, with many more wounded. The radio said about ten leaders of a demonstration Sunday morning were shot dead. Later in the afternoon, it said, about 2,000 persons, mostly Jews, arrived by train in Galati escorted by Ruman ian soldiers. The radio said &ese were mostly from Galati fnd Bccha rest, and were being returned from nearby Bessarabia, where they had gone to apply for Soviet citizenship in that new ly-ceded territory. It said this crowd had fought Rumanian soldiers in Reni, Bessarabia, but was subdued and loaded onto the train. Arriving in Galati, it related, one man shot a Rumanian sol dier and the whole group fled. Rumanian soldiers then en circled part of the town, shoot ing the fugitives with machine guns, and kept up the search for stragglers during the night, the account continued. (Galati is an important city on the Danube, just west of the area ceded to Russia.) Bulgaria Places 250,000 Men Along Its Frontiers -- ' *__• KEEPS EYE ON TURKEY Informed Sources Believe Russia And Germany Must Have Showdown SOFIA, BULGARIA, June 30— M— Bulgaria, proceeding with “quiet mobilization,” concentrat ed more than 250,000 soldiers to night on the borders of Turkey and Rumania. Most were on the Turkish frontier this being attributed in official quarters to fears that if Soviet Russia seeks to expand toward the Dardanelles, this country might be caught between conflict ing Turkish and Russian interests. Ministers Leave A group of Bulgarian deputies left for (Moscow tonight. Ostensibly they are to attend the Moscow peasant economic ex hibit* but political observers at tached significance to the fact that the party was headed by Soriti Yaneff, Government mouthpiece and a majority parliamentary leader who sometimes is employed as an unofficial diplomat. These sources also expressed leif that sooner or later a show down is inevitable between Ger many and Russia. The belief pre vailed that Germany and her Axis partner, Italy, already had given assurances that Bulgarian claims on the southern Dobruja area now held by Rumania would be satis fied at an eventual peace con ference or by Axis pressure on Rumania. Quarters close to the Bulgarian government reiterated that Bul garia would not risk war for the Dobruja, although numbers of troops are concentrated on that front. If the Red Army should attempt to reach the Dardanelles, the Dob ruja plains would be anatural path way. British Subway Expert Detained By Officers LONDON, June 30. — (/P) •— Scotland Yard operatives tonight detained Ronald White, a senior engineer of the London Passen ger Transport board which is re sponsible for the maze of under ground railroad tubes through which millions of passengers travel daily. White was taken to Brixton jail to await removal to an in ternment camp. He was described as an expert in the London subway floodgate system, one of the main defenses against flooding in case of dam age to under-river sections by bombs. BRITISH, ITALIANS BATTLE ON BORDER Italy Claims Occupation 01 ‘Localities’ On Libyan Egvptian Line ROME, June 30—UP)—Land and air fighting of “considerable ac tivity” broke out along the Libyan Egyptian border today with the Italian high command claiming oc cupation of “various localities” and destruction of four British planes. The Italian communique report ed capture of several positions on the Cirenaica front, where Air Marshal Italo Balbo crashed to his death Friday. “Considerable activity of our col umns in front of Cirenaica,” said the communique. “Various local ities were occupied by our troops and attacks by enemy motorized detachments were repelled.” It was claimed that Italian planes shot down two enemy planes during a British attack at the field of Tobruk (Libya), and that a third probably was brought down. The attackers caused no damage. SenatorBurkeAdvocates UniversalArmsT raining WASHINGTON, June 30 —UP> Universal compulsory military training was advocated by Senator Burke (D-Neb) tonight as essential to a “thorough-going” defense pro gram. The Nebraska Senator, who has introduced a bill for universal training, discussed tha issue on a radio forum (MBS) with Senator Capper (R-Kans), who contended that “conscription for military service” in- peace time struck "at th heart of personal liberty and personal freedom.” Capper added, however, that "in the face of realities” he was ready to consider “the pros and cons of conscription for military purposes,' but would have to be shown that it was necessary. Burke argued that the alterna tives to military conscription were a “navy powerful enough to turn back any approaching enemy,” that cost of which would be “stag ering;” an air force “that will fill the skies with the fastest and :uost deadly machines that could be made;" and a “standing army so large and so well equipped as (Continued on Page Ten) -- T ’ Nazis Answer British Claim Of Air Power German Planes Hurl Incen iiary Bombs On Thickly Populated Sections CHAMBERLAIN SPEAKS Appeals For Finish Fight And Insists Harmony Exists Within Cabinet LONDON. July 1— (Monday)—UP) -German planes hurled incendi ary bombs on thickly - populated areas of Britain early today as if in answer to British claims of hav ing won aerial initiative, and to former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s assertio- that any Nazi invasion will be fought until invaders or defenders are "utterly destroyed.” The German planes ranged over Scotland, England and Wales to the accompaniment of thudding bomb blasts and the gunfire of British fighter planes and anti-air craft batteries. Extent of damage or casualties was not disclosed. British Stage Raids Last night the British told of night.y raids on military objectives in German territory, pointing to them as proof that England had won and would keep the "jump" cn her foe in aerial warfare. The British said their raids had seriously curtailed German indus trial output and in many cases forced abandonment of night fac tory shifts. Last night, too, Chamberlain, now lord president of council in the Churchill cabinet, addressed the empire by radio, declaring for a finish fight and insisting that complete harmony exists within the British government. Answers Rumors His speech, in reply to rumors ot disunity and possible peace moves, derided such “idle tales” hut warned that a German in vasion might be attempted at any moment and might “manage here and there to make a break through.” "If he does,” Chamberlain as serted. "we will fight him on every toad, in every village and in every louse until he or we are utterly lestroyed.” i___ i • _ UCgUU 1110 IJ *'ith this sentence: “The first thing I want to say tonight is that all members of the "w cabinet are working together complete harmony and agree ment.” Then the man who sought “peace in our time” at the Munich conference declared: “Anyone who lends himself to German propaganda by listening «> idle tales about disunion among cs, or who imagines that any of us "ould.consent to enter upon peace Negotiations with the enemy is just Maying the Nazi game.” Four Raids An air ministry communique to “ght reported four British air 011 Germany and Germany territory within 24 hours. British bombs struck a hangar 1 Abbeville, near the French tmiSt °f lhe English, channel yes toy afternoon, it said, set four erman aircraft afire and dam ‘‘Sed others. LweatherJ Sor,h ,, FORECAST in* . ‘Carolina: Generally fair, ris l|*riiv,!eraJture Monday. Tuesday, the mountain5"’ SOInewtat unsettled in e»£e°7rS'°Sica' ,lata f°r the 24 hours 6 * *30 p, m. yesterday), i.e,. Temperature a. la.8--1'1- 74;. 7:30 a. m. 70; 1:30 p. Hi,:3» P. m. 73; maximum 82; mm 60; mean 74; normal 79. 1-in Humidity H. ata: »• #1; 7:30 a. m. 53; 1:30 p. ’ ‘-30 p. m. 34. Total , Precipitation Uotio. f \or, 34 tours ending 7:30 p. m., 5.06 inches1 Smce first of the month’ tides l"or Today ^tmington - M*S0“b<>- inlet _ 5S5 liS? ..Sunrise 4:37P ll:05p tip 2 o-'a.®'®4a’ sunset 7:J7p; moon r-n; lnoonset 3:54p. .. Page Ten) --- \<V -riV® - Collear; ,,^1^1^' ScNary Senator Charles L. McNary (center), of Oregon, is congratulated by senatorial colleagues Clyde M. Reed (left) and Arthur Capper, both of Kansas, on his nomination for the vice-presidency.' McNary said he was proud of the confidence shown in him but that he wished the Republicans had "imposed the chore on someone else.” Units Of American Fleet RetumTo Honolulu Base ___* - COMPLETE MANEUVERS Return Quiet s Reports Caused By Suddenness And Secrecy Of Sailing HONOLULU, June 30.— (IP)—'The Star Bulletin’s Naui Island corre spondent reported today the return to Lahaina Roads of major units of the United States fleet which lasj Monday made an unannounced de parture from Hawaii under sealed orders. Informed sources reported the fleet had engaged in regular drills and maneuvers within 250 miles of here during the past week. The returned ships included five battleships, the Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Nevada, Mississippi and Idaho; the aircraft carrier Yorktown, approximately seven light cruisers and fifteen destroyers. Crews Granted Leave Many of the crew were granted shore leave. The fleet’s return set at rest sev eral reports occasioned by the sud denness and secrecy of its sailing, including one that it was bound for the Panama Canal, and another that its destination might be waters near the Philippines. Some Honolulu residents, how ever, had looked upon the fleet movement as another phase in con nection with training exercises which have been in progress in the vicinity of Hawaii for more than twd months, and had said they (Continued on Page Ten) Contest Over Stimson And Knox Is Expected - ! i WASHINGTON, dune 30— (/Pi —Congress will reconvene to morrow after a week’s recess amid indications of a heated con test over senate confirmation of President Roosevelt’s nomina tions of Colonel Frank Knox to be secretary of the navy and Henry L. Stimson to be secre tary of war. Both Chairman Walsh (Li Mass) of the senate naval com mittee and Chairman Sheppard (D-Tex) of the senate military committee arranged to' call their groups together Tuesday morn ing to hear the two republicans testify concerning their views on United States policy and the Eu ropean war. Walsh announced that the naval committee would meet be hind closed doors and immedi ately encountered opposition to such procedure from at least two members of the committee. SEVERAL MISSING IN TEXAS FLOOD High Water Sweeps Into Business Districts Of Southeastern Towns SCHULENBURG, Tex., June 30 —IJPi— Violent flood waters born of week-end cloudbursts along the watersheds of the Colorado and Lavaca rivers swept through the the fertile southeast Texas area today, pouring into business dis tricts of isolated towns and trap ping many residents who took re fuge in trees and on housetops. Several persons told C. S. Mor gan, Yoakum newspaperman, they saw two families swept down the Lavaca river in their homes at Hallettsville. They gave the names of those missing as Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stanzel and daughter, Marie, and Mr. and Mrs. John Sorcek. (Continued on Page Ten) _ -— —-- i New Defense Tax Schedule Now Effective Scores Of Products, In cluding Beer And Cig arets, Are On The List TO COLLECT MILLIONS Levy On Newly-Produced Products Includes Auto mobiles And Gasoline WASHINGTON, June 30— UP) — Mr. and Mrs. American consumer will get their first taste of the-new d-lense taxes tomorrow. With the midnight arrival of “July 1, higher levies go into effect on future manufactures of a score of products, and “floor taxes,”. ex pected to affect the retail price, are effective on cigarets, beer and liquor. Floor Ta^es The floor taxes, applied to stocks already on hand, are 1-2 cent a package on cigarets, 75 cents a gallon on liquor, and $1 a barrel on beer. Up to 100 gallons of liquor and all beer in the hands of a retailer are exempt from the floor tax, but the half-cent must be paid on ev ery package of cigarets. While the beer tax ic notjrn posed on stocks of a retailer, if must be paid by wholesalers and brewers on all their stocks. Whole sale liquor dealers are not granted the 100-gallon exemption. V^OIlgrcas lev leu. uicoc vaAto ov that merchants who bought up supplies in anticipation of the in crease would have to pay just the same. The treasury expects to col lect $4,800,000 from the floor tax on cigarets and $19,600,000 from that on liquor and beer. Movies Affected Levies on other products may not effect the consumer until ex isting stocks are sold, but movie patrons will pay the new taxes immediately. The tax of one cent on every ten cents of an admission fee will start with tickets costing 21 cents, instead of 41. As a result, movie goers who have paid no tax when attending theatres which charge onh' 10 to 40 cents admission will begin paying at Monday’s mati nees. Here is the increase on various newly - produced products, and services: Toilet preparations, from 10 to 11 per cent; automobiles, 3 to 3 1-2 per cent; radios, 5 to 5 1-2 per cent; mechanical refrigerators^ 5 to 5 1-2 per cent; matches, 5 cents to 5 1-2 cents a thousand; electri cal energy, 3 to 3 1-2 per cent; (Continued on Page Ten) 1 Interpreting The War BY EDWARD E. BOMAR Evidence appears to be accum ulating that the single word “war” is the answer to the question "what is Russia up to?” This is not to suggest that Jo seph Stalin has decided on a bold challenge to the Nazi juggernaut, but that Moscow now is convinced that in the schemes of the axis dic tators Russia is next after Eng land, and is getting ready. It is an over-simplified and obvi ous interpretation of the seizure of I Bessarabia. It may be significant, I nevertheless, that it is held firmly —— - m ' ■■■? by a large body of extremely well informed opinion in Washington. From one quarter with access to official advices comes the confi dent prediction that the European war will shift eastward in Septem ber with a head-on clash between the Nazis and their recent Russian partners in power politics. Lest this prediction be dismissed as mere guesswork, it is a matter of record that the administration was advised months in advance that May 10 had been set as the (Continued on Page Ten) Japan Believed Taking Advantage Of Russia’s Campaign In The Balkans SAN FRANCISCO, June 30—OR— Japan, fearful of Russia for cen turies, probably is taking advan tage of the Soviet nation’s turned back in casting possessive glances at French and British holdings in the Orient, Ernest O. Hauser, an authority on the Far East said today. “Japan always will have to con sider the unsolved Russian prob lem at her back door,” said Haus er, former research associate of the Institute of Pacific Relations in New York. “The Japanese always have been afraid of big Russia, and their move in the south probably is timed with Russia’s preoccupation in Europe.” Russia is extremely powerful in Vladivostok, the Pacific port, and along the Amur river, borderline between Siberia and Manchoukuo, he said. The flying distance from Vladivostok to Tokyo is only some 750 miles. Left virtually orphaned through Dutch capitulation to Germany, the Netherlands Indies would be a rich strike should the Japanese move in. Hauser did not venture a guess as to whether Japan would try to take the islands, which have a native population about equal to Japan’s. The Indies, stretchitg some 3,000 miles, have oil, rubber, tin, coal. “The oil resources might be wired for dynamiting in case of invasion,” Hauser said, “but the Japanese could move over .there so fast the Dutch wouldn’t have time to set off the charges.” Once Japan had a foothold in the stragetic islands it could use to advantage the narrow passages, reefs and other natural barriers ot the group to resist attack. REDS MAKE NEW MOVE Asks Turkey For Permis sion To Participate In Dardanelles’ Defense BROAD DRIVE IS SEEN May Take More Territory As Shock - Absorber Against Future Attacks BUDAPEST, June 30.—<5>i—Diplo matic circles reported tonight that Soviet Russia has asked Turkey for permission to participate in defense of the Dardanelles, straits that link the Black Sea and Mediterranean. This was interpreted as a definite indication that Russia has embarked on a further program of solidifying her defenses against possible attack from the west—with a hold on the vital Dardanelles as a major Russian goal. It intensified the belief that Rus sia was prepared to try a far-reach ing penetration into southeast Eu rope, boldly clashing with the inter ests of Germany. Other Claims Silenced This belief appeared tonight to have silenced other Balkan revision ist claims that grew sharp when Russia took over Bessarabia and northern Bucovina from Rumania. It was believed that Russia now was prepared to make the most of her opportunity, while the axis pow ers are otherwise occupied, and take additional territory as a shock-ab sorber against any future attacks on original Russian territory. Indications are that the Soviets are prepared to move in a manner which may leave Germany with the choice between continuing the west ern offensive against Britain or de fending German "Lebensraum” in southeastern - Europe. This, in turn, led to speculation among Balkan observers whether (Continued on Page Ten) GEORGE W. BAILEY PASSES AT BEACH Owner Of Wilmington Theatres, Inc., Had Been In Declining Health George W. Bailey, 62, of Forest Hill drive, owner of the Wilming ton Theatres, Inc., died at Wrights ville Beach yesterday morning at 1:30 o'clock after having been in declining health since February 27 of this year. Mr. Bailey had been a resident of Wilmington for the past 20 years, coming here from Asheville where he managed the Auditorium the atre, to manage the Academy of Music for the late S. A. Scloss. He was owner of the Carolina, Royal and Bijou theatres and sev eral months ago had work started on the erection of a new theatre here, the Colonial. An expert musician since the age of 12, Mr. Bailey was conductor of his own orchestra at the age of 14. As a pianist he has played for some of the country’s outstanding musical stars and was also booking agent for some of the leading theatrical per Mr. Bailey was an honorary col onel of the New Hanover High school ROTC unit and was a mem ber of the board of stewards of Grace Methodist church. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Shriners and the Lions club. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Isabell R. Bailey; two daughters, Mrs. Berenice Stellings and Mrs. J. Murchison Autry, of Wilmington; one sister, Mrs. Ed Haid, of St. Louis, Mo.; one brother, Charles Bailey, of Memphis, Tenn.; three half-sis ters, Mrs. Walter Boemer, of In dianapolis, Ind., Miss Norma Bailey, of St. Louis, Mo., and Miss Melba Bailey, of St. Louis; his step-mother, Mrs. C. T. Bailey, of St. Louis; and three grandchildren. The theatres will remain closed to day because of the death of Mr. Bailey. Funeral ararngements will be an nounced late 1 •7 GARRISON SURPRISED Soviet Troops Now Control One Of Nazis' Vital Com munication Lines SOVIETS CROSS RIVER Street Fighting Is Staged Among Many Communists And Anti-Communists BUCHAREST, June 30.—<(iP>— Russian baby tanks, landed by planes tonight seized Reni, at the juncture of the Danube and Prut rivers while a series of bloody bat tles was reported elsewhere along the Prut. The tanks, suspended between the wheels of big transport planes in a display of warfare In Its most modern phase, caught the Ru manian garrison so completely by surprise that the rifles stood in uti touched barracks racks. Control Line This maneuver was believed tc have gained quantities of military material for the Russians, and gave them a commanding position ovei the mouth of the Danube (one ol Germany s vital communications lifelines. From Reni, the Red army is ir a position to block all traffic from the Danube to the Black sea—if il so desires—with hardly more thar machine guns necessary. This was seen by diplomats as a serious blow to Germany. (Reni is in the extreme south west corner of Bessarabia, but it is not clear whether Rumania counted It as part of the territory ceded to Russia. Final decision or the boundaries has been scheduled at a Russian-Rumanian meetinj Tuesday in Odessa, Russia.) Reports received in military quar ters said the Rumanians turned tc fight when the Russians crossec the Prut river at several places in General Captured These reports said the Reds jrere thrown back with considerable loss es, but that they brought up re inforcements and succeeded finally in crossing the stream and captur ing a Rumanian general. Fighting was reported from sev eral other points throughout thy day. The conflict apparently arose over the interpretation of the boun dary of Northern Bucovina, which with Bessarabia was ceded by Ru mania to Russia in an effort to avoid war. The Rumanians interpreted “Northern Bucovina” as ending at the Prut river, but it was believed that the Rumanian minister tc Moscow might have failed to advise his government of the demarcation line on which the Russians decided. The Rumanian general Ulorescu, in command on the Bucovina bor der, was reported late tonight as still refusing to accept Rumanian war ministry orders to retreat. In stead, he was continuing the fight at an undesignated point along the Prut. __ NO VACATION FOR STAR - NEWS WANT ADS Tomorrow, the next day, and every day Star and News readers will rely on the Want Ads in their search for places to live, all kinds of miscellaneous articles, etc. The renting season never ends in Wilmington. So place your Want Ad TO* DAY! ALL WANT ADS CASH IN ADVANCE Star-News Classified
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