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voT^-NO. 271 _ ___ WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1940 + * ESTABLISHED 1867
ASSAULTS TAKE MANY
LIVES; 32 AIRPLANES
REPORTED SHOT DOWN
MANY HOMES BOMBED
Fourteen Killed, 47 Hurt In
After-Dusk Raid On
Southern England
BRITISH RAID FIELD
Germans Apparently Seek
ing To Master Skies Be
fore Land Invasion
LONDON, July 11.—(Friday—
King George of England escaped
death or injury by only a few min
utes in a German bombing raid at
an undisclosed time and place in
southern England, it was disclosed
today after a day and night of con
stant Nazi air attacks which took
a heavy uncounted number of lives.
Where the king was visiting when
the bombers roared over was not
disclosed “for reasons of security”
but it was indicated that he left
the scene of heavy bombing only
a matter of minutes before the
raiders struck.
Casualties Not Given
Also for “security” reasons the
government did not disclose the
number of casualties across Eng
land, but in after dusk renewal of
the pounding of southern England
alone 14 were killed and 47, in
cluding two French sailors, were
wounded.
Altogether the British calimed 22
raiders shot down, 13 of them bom
bers, and “many more seriously
damaged.”
The late night communique said
one squadron of hurricanes alone
bagged eight German planes and
indicated that in the final count the
raiders’ losses might be well above
22.
But uncounted other big bomb
ers and their speedy swarm of es
cort fighters sliced through, ma
chine-gunning city streets and
splintering homes with heavy ex
plosives.
Whole towns shook with the force
of the biggest blasts. In one south
east town eight heavy b o m b s
smashed into a residential section.
Dwellings wrecnea
In the northeast single communi
ties had as many as 30 to 40 dwell
ings wrecked.
But the late day and after-dusk
attacks were concentrated largely
on the southeast coast—nearest de
fense line to Nazi captured tak
off points for invasion of England.
The listing of two French sailors
among the wounded was taken as
a possible indication that harbor
facilities or shipping in British
ports bore part of the brunt of the
attack.
A British announcement said
the day raids could be split into
two main actions, both fought over
different parts of the south coast.
The first lasted three hours, “be
fore lunch,” in which time 12 Ger
man planes were brought down.
The second, in the afternoon, scat
tered into a succession of dogfights.
One patrol of hurricanes smashed
into a German fighter escort flight
and downed one light plane and
three guarded bombers.
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X X IT XXX X XXX XXX
Nesbitt Court'ffSfent Rates Fixed
j SW' jJg S'
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Average Unit
Charges Total
$15PerMonth
Selection Of Tenants For
Project Scheduled To Be
Started On July 22
income limits fixed
First Families Are Expect
ed To Move Into White
Project About Sept. 1
The average rent rate per family
for units in the Charles T. Nesbitt
Courts, white low-rent housing pro
ject here, will be $15.63 per month,
including shelter and utilities, ac
cording to a schedule adopted at
a meting of the Housing Authority
of the City of Wilmington yester
day afternoon.
The maximum income limits,
that is, the annual salary of the
tenant, for admission range from
$678 to SI,321.
Selection Starts July 22
; The selection of tenants for the
new project, which is expected to
ready for occupancy by Septem
ber 1. will start Monday, July 22,
at an office located on the project
site.
There are 216 family units in the
project, with the average rent per
month for each family being ar
rived at as follows: Average shelt
er—S10.23: average utilities—$5.40;
average gross—$15.63.
Utilities include heat, hot water,
electricity for lights and refrigera
tion. gas for cooking, water and
sewerage.
The average gross for he Char
les T. Nesbitt Courts is $2.13 high
er than the average gross for the
New Brooklyn Homes, negro hous
»g project, where the average is
S13.50 per family a month.
The Authority devised the follow
ing schedule for shelter at the
white project: 3 1-2 rooms — $6.60,
59.60 and $12.50.
(Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 3)
AIRMAN IS KILLED
IN BOMBER CRASH
targe Army Craft, Crip
pled By Motor Trouble,
Falls In Pennsylvania
SOMERSET. Pa., July 1.—UP)—
A big army bomber, crippled by
hiotor trouble, crashed in flames
atoP Laurel mountain in the Alle
ghenies ‘graveyard of aviators”
“te today after the pilot, Lieut.
"• R- Dick of Wright Field, Day
0., leaped to his death.
The ship identified by the army
as a twin-motored B-10 model en
from Mitchel field, New York
0 "right field, Dayton, was envel
oped in flames for more than two
hours after it skimmed tree tops
n“ plowed into a small clearing.
Dr. J. v. O’Donovan, Connels
1 e’ Pa., dentist, who was the
(Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 1)
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I
One Of France’s
‘Strong Man’ Trio
In a triumvirate of “strong men”
expected to dominate France’s new
Fascist-model government is Adrien
.Marquet, above, former minister
of labor and mayor of Bordeaux.
Others in the trio are Vice Premier
Pierre Laval and Gen. Maxime
Weygand.
64 SOLONS WANT
F.R. TO RUN AGAIN
Democrats Sign Statement
As President Remains
Silent On Plans
WASHINGTON, July 11.—UP)—A
declaration that President Roose
velt “should accept renomination
and continue his aggressive lead
ership,” was issued today by 04
democratic members of the horse,
while the chief executive continu
ed his studied silence.
Rep. Smith (D-Wash said that
in signing the statement the house
members “expressed their ernest
desire” that Mr. Roosevelt accept
a third term nomination from the
democratic national convention
which opens Monday at Chicago.
Signatures of members from the
midwest predominated on the
statement.
Third term talk also came from
other quarters. Secretary Ickes ex
pressed to reporters his belief that
Mr. Roosevelt would accept renom
inationv-but explained that this
was only his own opinion and that
it was based on no word from the
president.
The White house still had noth
ing to say about the third term
matter. Stephen T. Early, ^presi
dential secretary, was asked'about
reports that Mr. Roosevelt might
make a statement tomorrow, but
replied that “I don’t intend to have
(Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 2)
ADVERTISING MEN
WILL MEET SOOl^
Kynett Will Be Principal
Speaker At Wrightsville
Beach July 20
The summer meeting of the
Carolinas Advertising Executives
association will be held at Wrights
ville Beach Saturday, July 20.
H. H. Kynett, president of Aitkin
Kynett Advertising agency of Phil
adelphia and former president of
the American Association of Ad
vertising Agencies, will be the
principal speaker, according to an
announcement received yesterday
from M. F. Murdaugh, advertising
manager of the Durham Herald
and Sun and president of the Caro
linas association.
J. L. Allegood, advertising man
ager of the Wilmington Star-News,
will serve as convention chairman.
The Carolinas association is
composed of advertising managers
of all daily newspaper's in North
and South Carolina Murdaugh was
elected as the first president when
the organization was formed two
years ago and now is serving his
second term. 3
Port Customs
Revenue Sets
All-Time Mark
Wilmington Collections For
Past Fiscal Year Amount
To $1,260,557
125 PER CENT CLIMB
Decrease Is Reported In
Collections For District
As Whole, However
Despite the rumblings of war
abroad and the curtailment of trade
with foreign nations, collections for
the Wilmington headquarters port
in the North Carolina district of the
U. S. Customs Service reached the
highest peak in history during the
fiscal year just closing, John Bright
Hill, collector of customs, announced
yesterday.
Customs collections for the fort
of Wilmington during the fiscal year
ending June 30 totaled $1,260,557.87,
an increase of $743,627.23 or more
than 125 Per cent, when compared
with the previous all-time record of
collections of $516,930.64 for the
fiscal vear closinsr June 30. 1939.
Best In History
Hill said it was the best record of
customs collections in the history of
the Port of Wilmington and was ac
complished despite the fact that
shipping conditions generally have
been seriously affected by the Eu
ropean war during the past year.
The increase Hill said, is attribut
ed to the fact that there has been a
general upswing in shipping activi
ties here and a continued increase in
such shipments as sugar, molasses,
syrups, and general cargoes.
The port reached the all-time high,
Hill said, despite the fact that it
does not collect a penny in customs
revenue llhom three classifications of
shipments in which it ranks first
in the nation: fertilizer materials,
gasoline, greases, and petroleum pro
ducts, and mahsgany.
District Slumps
Customs collections for the North
Carolina district, which embraces
Durham, Reidsville, Winston-Salem,
and Gastonia, during the fiscal year
just ending totaled $10,365,311.63, a
decrease of $550,792.95 when com
pared with the collections of $10,
916,104.58 for the previous fiscal
year.
Hill accounted for the decline in
the collections for the entire North
Carolina district in the drop of such
importations as cigarette paper from
France, tobacco from Turkey, and
Egyptian cotton, due to the Euro
pean war. j
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in ‘'today for a pair of collections,
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ASKS PKAYER
EVANSTON, 111-, July 11— UP) —
Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, national
president of the Women’s Christian
Temperance Union, today called up
on its members and all religious
groups to pray at least one hour
next Sunday.
T
Convention First
First national committeewoman
to arrive in Chicago for the dem
ocratic national convention was
Mrs. E. W. Frost, of Arkansas.
LEGION OFFICERS
INSTALLED HERE
Stressing Of Americanism
Asked By Speakers At
Wilmington Post Meet
Pleas for preparedness for the
aftermath of the European war and
stressing of more Americanism pro
grams in the public schools were ad
vanced by principal speakers during
installation ceremonies for Wilming
ton Post No. 10, American Legion,
and auxiliary, and Voiture No. 245,
Forty and Eight society, last night
at St. Paul’s Episcopal parish house.
Judge John J. Burney called on
ex-service men to be prepared for
what is going to follow after the
war is over and carry forward the
spirit of “Making America Safe for
Americans.”
Wilbur R. Dosher, post commander
elect, pledged himself to the further
ance of more Americanism pro
grams in the public schools in a
movement to teach youth of today
what American means and what
“Old Glory” stands for.
Predicting a great growth and en
larged service programs of the
American Legion in the community
during the coming year, Judge Bur
ney urged the wholehearted coop
eration of Legionnaires in the fur
therance of ideals of Americanism.
“The general public today,” he
said, “is feeling more kindly now
towards the ex-service man, who
must take action to rid their com
munity of un-Americans who are
sowing the seed of discontent and
(Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 4)
LOCAL RED CROSS
SURPASSES QUOTA
Mrs. Speiden Reports $6,
005 Raised For General
War Relief Purposes
The Wilmington chapter of the
American Red Cross last night pass
ed its quota of $6,000 for general war
relief purposes, Mrs. Ida B. Speiden,
executive secretary, reported.
The fund last night mounted to
$6,005.58 and went slightly beyond
the quota assigned locally by the
national headquarters office of the
(Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 5)
Large Amount
Of U. S. Plane
Contracts Let
Nation Working Toward
Goal Of 25,000 New War
plan es In Two Years
DELIVERIES PLANNED
Army, Navy, Manufac
turers Agree On Program
Of Defense Cooperation
WASHINGTON, July 11. — (iP) —
Working toward a goal of 25,000
new warplanes in the next two years,
the National Defense commission an
nounced today that $100,000,000
worth of contracts had been awarded
since July 1, when funds for the ex
pansion program became available.
Officials said the fact that competi
tive bidding was not required had
assisted -them in .aunching the pro
gram swiftly. The army and the
navy merely drew up specifications,
found manufacturers capable of han
dling their orders and then let the
contracts.
First plane deliveries are expected
by early fall.
Agree On Program
Dr. George J. Mead, aeronautical
adviser to the committee, declared at
a press conference today that repre
sentatives of the army and navy,
aircraft manufacturing companies,
the National Advisory committee for
aeronautics and the Reconstruction
Finance corporation had met Tues
day and had agreed on a program of
air defense cooperation.
The following steps were taken:
1. Army and navy representatives
agreed to standardize their specifica
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 3)
ABC MEET SLATED
TO START TONIGHT
State Senator Roy Rowe
Will Be Principal Speak
er At Annual Banquet
The annual meting of the associ
ation of Alcoholic Beverage con
trol boards of North Carolina
will open tonight at the Ocean
Terrace hotel, Wrightsville Beaelv
Approximately 100 chairmen and
members of ABC boards in the
state and their guests are plan
ning to attend. .
State Senator Roy C. Rowe, ot
Burgaw, will be the principa,
speaker at the annual banquet ses
sion at 7:45 o’clock tonight.
Cutlar Moore, chairman, amd
other members of the state ABC
board are expected to be present
for the session, which will contin
ue through Saturday morning.
Election of officers and trans
action of other business matters
will occupy the attention of the
delegates at the Saturday morn
ing session which will get under
way at 10 o’clock.
W. D. MacMillan, chairman of
the New Hanover county ABC
board, has been assisting in the
completion of arrangements for
the meeting.3
War Casualties Exceed Four Million
NATION KILLED WOUNDED
+ _^| *4*
“•*“ A m/' I
70.000 318,000 1,600,000
POUND + ^ T
620,000 *
60.000 160,000 400,000
BELGIUM + JL
545.000 X W J
10.000 35,000 500,000
NETHERLAN )S t M I
331.000 6,000 25,000 300,000
GERMANY f
243.000 X.
50.000 165,000 28,000
BRITAIN | ^1 f
92,300 X ^ 1
21,400 33,900 37,000
NORWAY t J
59.000 A m *
© 4,000 5,000 50,000
Europe's casualties for 10 mouths of war have passed the four
million mark, but the estimated 200,000-300,000 killed is small com
pared to the 8,500,000 killed in four years of World War I. Figures in
chart are based on official and unofficial government reports and on
latest available estimates. They include both battlefield and civilian
air raid casualties, but do not include Italy’s estimated 1500 casualties.
The count for Germany is based on official Nazi reports, and may be
actually much higher.__
GermanyClaimsSuccess
InU-BoatWarOnBritain
PASS OLD WAR RATE
Report 609,000 Tons Of
During Six-Week Period
‘Enemy Shipping’ Sunk
BERLIN, July 11— <R“) —Germany
proclaimed tonight that her U-boats,
bent on a starvation blockade of
England, had exceeded even the rate
pf Imperial Germany’s unrestricted
underseas campaign of the World
war in destruction of British ships
ind British food.
In the six-weeks period ended July
1, said a communique, 609,000 tons
pf “enemy commercial shipping”
was sent to the bottom by sub
marines alone, and this quickened
tempo was attributed to the “favor
ible bases” which Germany acquir
(Continued on Page Three; Col. 2)
Reynolds Wants U.S.To
Acquire Devil's Island
WASHINGTON, July 11.—(/P)
—Senator Reynolds (l)-NC) pro
posed in the senate today that
the United States acquire “Dev
il’s Island,” the French penal
colony off the coast of South
America, as a place to confine
alien criminals.
He suggested that the island
be accepted in part payment of
France’s war debt.
In response to a question by
Reynolds, Senator King (D
Utali) said he hoped . that an
immigration sub-c ommittee
would meet in a day or two to
act on house-approved legislation
to deport Harry Bridges, west
coast labor leader, to Australia.
“He’s a menace to this coun
try,” Reynolds said, “He’s one
of the termites that’s been bor
ing from within.”
Three Men Are Killed
In Sawmill Explosion
HOLCOMB, Mo., July 11.—OP)—A
sawmill explosion that was felt five
miles away killed three men and se
riously injured six others near here
shortly after noon today.
The dead were Luther Davis, 25,
and Elmer Smith, 28, sawmill work
ers, and W. L. Compton, 55, a farm
er, who had gone to the mill for a
load of lumber.
Acting Coroner Whit Thrower held
an immediate inquest and the verdict
was “accidental death caused by an
explosion of a steam boilesc”
FARLEY REPORTS DEMOCRATS WILL BE
OUT OF DEBT WHEN CONVENTION OPENS
BY RICHARD L. TURNER
CHICAGO, July 11.—Wl—With
an air of satisfaction, National
Chairman James A. Farley
said today that "for the first
time in history” the democrat
ic party would have all its
bills paid and money in the
bank when the coming national
convention is over.
The occasion for this an
nouncement was the receipt of
a $30,000 check from Chicago
business organizations, the last
payment on the $150,000 which
the local citizens pledged to
lure the convention here.
For the rest, Farley would .
say but little in the course of
a press conference devoted to
what has now become.an old
game of trying to worm from
him the secret which he has
been grinujngly guarding since
Sunday — whether President
Roosevelt will accept the third
term nomination which the
convention is ready to give
him.
Predictions that he would do
so continued to accululate
meanwhile as convention not
ables arrived.
Headquarters for Vice Presi
dent Garner announced mean
while that his name would be
put before the convention b y
Wright Morrow, Houston, Tex.;
lawyer.
Senator Lucas (D-Ill) reach
the city asserting that Mr.
Roosevelt’s foreign policy naa
proved “so thoroughly right”
that the people would “N o t
take ’no’ for an answer” on
the renomination question.
Gov. E. D. Rivers of Georgia
said he presumed Mr. Roose
velt would be renominated and
would accept.
Each took a crack at Wen
dell L. Willkie, the republican
’{Continued on Page Twelve; Col. 2)