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Dedicated To The Progress Of Served by Leased Wire o{ the WILMINGTON ASSOCIATED PRESS And Southeastern North Wilh Complete Coverage of Carolina Slate and National News VOL74—NO. 16__'_WILMINGTON,IF. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1940_ ~ + j ESTABLISHED 1867 IAZI PLANES BLAST LONDON WITH TONS OF BOMBS 4 ★ ★ 4 4 4 4 + T 4 4 4 444 444 * Wilmington Bids jv,.- ewell To Guard To day F. D. R. Jr.—A Man Of Note j Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., wasn’t the chap who said "Let who will rale the nation, if I can but write its songs,” but he’s making a start toward that goal. Reported under contract to a new music publishing house, he’s pictured in Philadelphia working on the lyrics of his new song. It’s called “The Rest of My Life.” Nazis Say Ribbentrop’s Talks To Bring ‘Action’ MISTER IS IN ROME Spain And Egypt Believed Primary Objects For Con sideration At Parley BERLIN, Sept. 18. — (iP) — All In formed circles in Germany stressed tonight that Joachim von Ribben trop's forthcoming conversations in Rome will result in axis “action— not words,” and it was hinted that Spain and Kgypt are the primary subjects for consideration. Foreign Minister Ribbentrop left today to consult Benito Mussolini and other leaders of fascist Italy, “1 it was learned tonight that on t his return he again will see Ramon Serrano Suner, Berlin's highly-placed Spanish vistior. This fact was taken iu Political circles as lending added wtificacne to Span’s place in what Gormans call the coming scheme of tilings. To Consider Trade j Cautiously, some inspired com Btntators argued in talking with foreign correspondents that the An glo-American trade of destroyers for defense bases will also be considered ™nn? the Rome talks. The Ger man press, which at an obvious hint from above has consistently mini ®!Zed the significance of this mat or. made no direct reference to the Goited States, however. Ep'Pt now has been invaded by Man armies in what the German ptess has been calling a battle for 6 liberation of the Egyptians from f;:C British, it seems logical that ■frman tro°Ps might be used to help in this push. sPain this week sent Ramon Ser ^ (Continued on Page Three) Weed Grower Convicted Of Evading Excess Tax VALDOSTA, Ga., Sept. 18.— UP)—J. Henry Gaskins, tobacco grower, convicted in federal court here today of evading penalty payments for excess to bacco production, paid penal ties amounting to $1,232 and was fined $900. Government attorneys said in dictments against Gaskins and three others were the first in volving evasion of tobacco crop control regulations of the Triple A. Marion Dunrrance, a tennant farmer jointly indicted with Gaskins, was fined $500 but the court suspended the fine in his case, as penalties due the gov ernment were paid by Gaskins. Trial of the remaining two de fendants was not completed to day. AlKrUKl DbrbNbb PROJECT DELAYED Designation Of Field As Having Defense Value Is Postponed By Army The United States army has tem porarily postponed the designation of Bluethenthal airport as having defense value and as being worthy of development by the federal gov ernment, it was announced at a meeting yesterday afternoon of the (Continued on Page Three) Pa. alK At lity Hall AreScheduled Mayor Cooper And Chair man Hewlett To Be In Charge Of Ceremonies SPEAKERS ARE CHOSEN Dosher Asks That All Legionnaires, Ex-Service Men Attend Exercises As Wilmington’s national guard units completed preparations for moving to their camps for a year’s training period, all arrangements were finished yesterday for the pro gram in which the city will bid fare well to the departing civilian-soldiers today. Approximately 500 young Wil mingtonians — now a part of the Army of the United States — will parade past a reviewing stand to be erected in front of the City Hall at 4 o’clock this afternoon. Will Preside Mayor Thomas E. Cooper and Ad dison Hewlett, chairman of the coun ty board, will be on hand to review the troops and to preside as masters of ceremonies during the proceed ings. , Principal speakers will be: . William B. Campbell, city attorney, will speak for the public at large; C- B. Kornegay, who will speak for organized labor; Lieut.-Col. James deB. Walbach, who will speak for the army; and Wilbur Dosher, who will speak for the American Legion. The line of march from Sixth and Market streets will be as follows: From Market to Third, Third to Red Cross with troops passing reviewing stand in front of the city hall, from Red Cross to Front, Front to Mar ket Market to Third and back to the city hall where the troops will mass for the ceremonies. (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 4) P.-T. A. TAG SALE SLATED SATURDAY New Hanover High School Association Plans Drive For Needy Students The Parent-Teacher association of New Hanover High school will spon sor its annual Tag Day sale Satur day, September 21, Mrs. J. B. Evans, president of the association, an nounced yesterday, following a meet ing of the executive board Tuesday afternoon. Proceeds from the sale will bo spent largely in welfare work foi needy students. Mrs. T. J. Gause, chairman of the committeei, will have charge of the work. Lunches, amounting to $27 a month, are furnished a group ol needy students. Shoes, eye glasses, medicine and clothing are supplied wherever necessary by the student aid committee, .headed by Mrs. Don ald Parsley. Mrs, J. B. Edwards, chairman of the infirmary commit tee, said that the infirmary is sup ported by the association. Last year nearly $300 was spent in welfare work alone and the ne«3 (Continued on Page Seven; Col. 6) _— WEATHER forecast North Carolina: Generally fair t< partly cloudy Thursday and Friday. (Meteorological duta for the 24 houri ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday). Temperature _ „ 1:30 a. m. 69; 7:30 a. m. 69; 1:30 p m. 79; 7:30 p. m. 73; maximum 81 minimum 67; mean 74; normal 73. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 91; 7:30 a. m. 88; 1:30 p m. 64; 7:30 p. m. 64. • Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. none; total since first of the month 1.95 inches. Tides For Today High Lor Wilmington -11:26a 6:22, Masonboro Inlet- B:02a 3:01, SunriBe 5:58a; sunset 6:14p; moon rise 7:58p; moonset 8:32a. Cape Fear river stage at Fay etteville at 8 a. m., September 1., 0.0 feet. (Coqtinued on Page Seven; Col. 3). r Papers* Circulation Advertising Units Urged To Cooperate NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 18. (A1)—Close cooperation between circulation and advertising de partments of newspapers was suggested today by L. VV. Mc Fetridge of the Tulsa (Okla.) World. McFetridge, executive secre tary of the International Circu lation Managers Association, spoke to the Southern Circula tion Managers Association con vention. “Circulation is the basis of advertising sales,” McFetridge declared, “and for this reason the relationship of the two de partments should be extremely close—even to the poinfr that a circulation manager or someone in his department work with the man who sells advertising, and keep him informed of the minutest details of the circu lation department. “From that point on, it Is a matter of education.” The speaker asserted that “the circulation department should produce circulation in the right numbers and in the right places and through the right tactics so that the advertising job may be made easier.” CARRIER MEASURE SIGNED BY F. D. R. Places Inland, Coastwise And Intercoastal Water Traffic Under I. C. C. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.— (Jl - President Roosevelt signed today legislation bringing most inland, coastwise and intercoastal water traffic under rugulation of the In terstate Commerce Commission. Besides bring rate-making and other affairs of water carriers un der IC regulation in a manner similar to that now applying tc railroad and motor transportation, the measure overhauls existing transportation statutes with re spect to a number of regulatory etails. It repeals an existing require ment under which railroads which obtained land grants from the fed eral government are required tc carry government freight at re ducd ates. The reduced rates continue to apply to military and naval transportation, however. A three-man board is created by the new law to investigate the extent of subsidization and the re lative efficiency of various forms of transportation. A revision in existing procedure for consolidation of transportation system included a provision guar anteeing to workers displaced by consolidations wages or employ ment equal to their length of serv ice up to a maximum of four years. Under the act the limit oi outstanding reconstruction finance loans to railroads is increased from $350,000,000 to $500,000,000 and the restrictions on such loans somewhat revised. 4 Eastern N. C. Singing Meet Slated Sept. 22 GOLDSBORO, Sept. 18. — East ern North Carolina’s singing con vention will be held in the Full Gospel Tabernacle church here on Sunday, September 22. The conven tion will last throughout the day. Dr. W. H. Carter, pastor of the church, and Prof, Barney W. Bng lish, of Wallace, will preside. Choirs and special singers from throughout the section of the state are expected to take part. A picnic dinner will be served I in the , church yard at noon. 2 Organization Of N. C. Home GuardPlanned Governor Hoey Says Units Will Be Formed When Government Clears Way LEGION TO COOPERATE Action On Congressional Bill Necessary Before Work May Be Started & ————— RALEIGH, Sept. 18.— «— North Carolina will organize a h o m e guard when the federal govern ment clears the way for such an organization, Governor Hoey said today. Designed to replace the National Guard during its year of training, the home guardists will be organi zed by Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts in local units, with the cooperation of American Legion posts, the governor said. Bill Necessary Action on a congressional bill authorizing the home units, and war department regulations, speci fying their number and providing their equipment, are necessary steps before the adjutant general and American Legionnaires can begin work, Hoey explained. “I anticipate that the nu/> sr will be limited,” he added. “The federal authorities wtU probably say we can organize so many and they will equip them. Then we will organize them, scattered over the state in places where thy ar regarded as most needed. “It is my thought to hav the home guards made up of men who are older than those being called, or who are otherwise exempted from the draft. If we take those of th deraft age, they might be called away.” Yesterday, the Pitt county post of the American Legion proposed in a resolution that after local draft boards complete their quotas or the first call under the con scription act, the next 75 or 10 men in line fo rservice be trained in empty National Guard armories and serve as guardists. Introduced by Rose The resolution was introduced by Junius H. Rose, immediate past president of the North Carolina de partment of the Legion. It was said here that Robert P. Patterson, assistant secretary of war, had stated that patriotic groups had been urged not to adopt any objective “of too ambitious nature, the successful accomplish ment of which would be dependent upon the securing of personnel and equipment from the ar iy.” “Unless and until the Sheppard bill is enacted (to authorize states military units not a part of the National Guard), the war depart ment will be unable to assist these nits in any manner,’ ’Patterson was quoted as having said. “There’s no use organizing some thing and then having to do it all over again,” General Metts com mented. ‘Right now we couldn’t do anything with a home guard because we have no equipment or anything else to give it.” He pointed out that he and other stat officials had urged that the organization of a state guard await federal action. 4 TREATY MOSCOW, Sept. 18.—OP)—So viet Russia and Denmark signed a trade treaty today. The provisions are to be pub lished later and simultaneous ly in both countries. 1 Lucky Charm A rabbit’s foot is supposed to bring luck—so imagine what four will do. Rescue workers, delving among the ruins of a London building, came upon this rabbit, frightened, but otherwise unharmed, after a Nazi air raid—proof of the old supersti tion. GANDHI TO DIRECT ANTI-WAR EFFORT To Carry Out Task Under Pledge Propaganda Wi|l „ Not Embarrass Britain BOMBAY, Sept. 18.—(ff)—Mohan das K. Handhi, once more undis puted leader of India’s main an tionalist movement, has taken over the delicate task of. directing non violent anti-war propaganda,' but under a pledge that it shall not embarrass Britain. This wisp of a man, to be 71 years old Oct. 2, left for Wardha today after issuing instructions for complete discipline among his mil lions of followers pending an in terview with the British viceroy Lord Linlithgow. Gandhi will seek permission to preach passive resistance to Brit ain and non-participation in the war. The all-India congress (nationa list party) committee pledged that organization Monday not to em barrass Britain in her struggle with Germany, but at the same time to preach against war. The committee withdrew a conditional offer of cooperation with Britain and invited Handhi, who had dis agreed with the offer, to resume the leadership “in any action that should be taken.” 4 LE IN MAY FORM HI E GUARD UNITS Move To Have Boston Conven tion Take Steps To Organ ize Corps Announced BOSTON, Sept. 18.—(A?)—A move to have the 22nd national conven tion of the American Legion which opens here on Monday, take steps to form a home defense corps was announced today by Chester Grant, commander of the Massachusetts de partment. At its recent state convention, the Massachusetts department voted to present a resolution to the national body calling for the voluntary enlist ment in ruch a corps of men from 18 to 21 and more than 35, ages that wolud not conflict with the federal draft law. “If this resolution passes,” Grant asserted, “and from the support given us so far I think It has an excellent chance, we (Massachusetts Legionnaires) will co-operate with Governor Saltonsall ... at the same time aslgng that the Legion men be permitted to act as a unit.” SUPPLY UNDAMAGED LONDON, Sept. 18.—(A>)— Lord Woolton, minister of food, declared today that the dam age done hy German air raids to Britain’s food supply “is at most one day’s consumption of a particular commodity.” Recent raids, he said, “Oob viously have been directed at our food supplies.” I V:, BRITISH BOMB REICH’S BASES ALONG COAST - 1 London Office Of CBS Is Partially Wrecked During German Attack NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—C/P)— The London office of the Colum bia Broadcasting System has been partially wrecked by Ger man bombs, Edward R. Murrow, chief of the CBS European staff, said in a broadcast from London heard here tonight. Murrow said that the two top floors of the building were in the street but that a survey was necessary before the com plete damage could be deter mined. ' Columbia’s London office is at 14 Langham Place, about 200 yards from Broadcasting House, headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ENGLISH AIRMEN ATTACK FASCISTS Heavy Artillery And Other Equipment Bombed Inside Of Sidi Barrani CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 18.—(A>)— British airmen heavily attacked Fascist desert troops at Sidi Bar rani, 60 miles inside the Egyptian frontier today, military headquar ters announced. The British aerial counter-attack extended from that newly-won It alian base clear along the Med iterranean coast into Libya, it was said officially. Singled out especially for bom bardment were heavy artillery and other equipment which the Fas cist had moved into Sidi Barrani. Italian planes lifted to meet the British but were ineffective in the series of raids, the British said. The British said the Italians were busy attempting to get their cannon into position when bombs rained among them. At least ten fires were started in attacks on Italian transports at Buqbuq farther west, the second city the Italians occupied in the Egyptian offensive. At Begzi, Libya, about 350 mile west of Sidi Barrani, the British said Italy’s biggest military air drome in North Africa went up in flams after British fliers swept down upon that point. The fires could be seen 70 miles away, it was said. 2 AMERICAN PLANE FREED FOR SALE Foreign Nations May Buy Commercial Version Of Army’s Bomber WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.— OP> — The War and Navy departments have released for sale abroad a mod el B 299 Y four-motor plane, de scribed as the commercial version of the army’s long range B-17 bomber. Officials made the disclosure to day after Secretary Hull was asked at his press conference whether Grent Britain would be permitted to buy duplicates of the 17-ton army planes which have flown repeatedly to South America and returned. Officials said the Boeing company of Seattle, manufacturers of the B 17 bomber, had been authorized “some time ago” to negotiate for foreign sale of the commercial mod el, subect to federal export license. Whether orders were placed was not disclosed. DAMAGE IS EXTENSIVE More Planes Take Part In Raid Than During Tues day-Wednesday Assault TWO RAIDERS DOWNED Germans Strafe Center Of London; Drop Many Large, Blazing Oil Bombs LONDON, Sept. 19—(Thursday)— UP)—Thundering tons cf high ex plosives showered on battered Lon don and suburbs last night and ear ly today from a steadily increasing force of Nazi attackers who left heavy damage and a mounting list of casualties in the Empire Capital. More planes took part in the rai'd — the 12th overnight attack since Germany began her "all out” assaults on London—than in the Tuesday-Wednesday overnight raid which caused heavy casualties. British Active But while the Germans dumped their bombs on London, British bombers were visiting destruction on German bases on the Nazi-held French and Belgian coasts in viol ent attacks against "invasion ports.” The German bombers caused great destruction in the slums of East London in the early phases of the raids. Now they have turn ed their attention to the fashionable sectors of the capital as well, sub jecting them to heavy combing. In the latest punishing attack, coughing men and women stumbled from fashionable apartments after direct hits were scored by incen diary bombs in central London. Big bombs were hurled at the Metropolis from the north rim to the south, east and west. The shopping area, long the home of many of the world's famous fashion stores, was hit again and again by high explosive projectiles. The plate glass in the windows of one department store which was not touched heretofore was smash ed by a bomb exploding in the street in front of the store. Two Raiders Downed London’s anti-aircraft gun bar rage brought down at least two of the raiders—one of them a Junker 88, Germany’s latest type of bomb ing plane. The raiders violently strafed the center of London, dropping fat, blazing oil bombs in an effort to set fires in the city to guide them to their targets. Flame bombs showered over the central area of London, A tremendous explosion jarred a building in central London; a row of houses in north London was de molished; and a heavy bomb fell near a shopping center, throwing debris high into the air. Through a storm of steel thrown up by the anti-aircraft batteries, the attack was pressed home with increasing violence in the fifth houf of the raid. Explosive bombs fell steadily in the heart of the ity. As the raid wore on through the morning darkness, the Germans conntinued to pound central Lon don wit hhigh explosive bombs. Three bomb salso fell in a north west London district, demolishing a house and shattering all windows in a large apartment block. Police rescued several injured perons. Across the English channel, the British bombers beat furiously at the Nazi-held French and Belgian coasts in the heaviest of all their long series of assaults on German bases, and the red in London's skies was matched by the flames (Continued on Page Three) Fair Enough By WESTBROOK PEGLER yurk, Sept. 18—I take ■- text that portion of those “few' - sons who have betrayed them. 0 that I would reply, "listen who’s talking.” The man who determined to help labor clean* Use is himself the head of an organiza t i o n that is infest ed with noto rious grafters, | racke teers, cheats and free - style en emies of ev ery decent principle o f the American people and of the i liberties which Mr. Roosevelt was hired to up hold. le.„„a , ... 'He is in *4 the two most corrupt 8l>(i in the United States Ul m°*t of the second-string ( gangs of political corruptioneers. His nomination in Chicago, so short a time ago that the reek of that occasion still obscures the whole some stench of the years, was ac complished under the political and social auspices o fsome of the very same gorillas whom he now pur poses to remove from the ranks of labor with a capital L. Mrs. Roosevelt maintains in Washington and elsewhere in the country a horde of parasitic chise lers whose character and nominal or mock duties parallel those of the cooties in the seams of labor’s shirt, and his administration, on the whole, is no cleaner than that of the American Federat of Labor. It is, in fact, much worse, being much bigger and more vital to the nation. Gutzom Bor glum Version In general, the TIew Deal or soc ial-democratic party is a Gutzom Borglum version of the American Federation of abor—a fact which (Continued on Page Seven; CoL 2). Senate Seeks To Reduce Draftees’MoneyBurdens WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. —OB— Seeking to ease the financial bur dens of men drafted for military training, the senate wrote into the excess tax bill today broad auth orit for the president to estab lish allow/aces for dependents. He also would be empowered to establish an insurance system for ' the men and make modifications in the present social security reg ulations for their benefit. It acted while the war depart ment, waiting for President Koose velt to sign executive orders in establishing the machinerv, rule and regulations for conscription reported that numerous states were announcing progress on pre paratins for their part in the draft. Many governors, it was said, have been selecting men for the local draft boards and arranging for regular election officials, to handle the gigantic task of regis men on Oct. 16. The provisions adopted by the senate were purposely vague, so that senate and house conferees may work out more explicit lan guage later on. They were adopt ed as a substitute for an amend ment by SenatorVandenberg (R age pension and unemployment, credits for draftees and natioiial (Continued on Page Three) Italians Seek To Mop Up British Forces In Egypt ROME, Sept. 18.—(S’)—The fast striking army of Marshal Rodolfo Graziani spread southward from its new Egyptian base at Sidi Barrani today in an effort to mop up strong armored forces which the British have planted in desert ravines to conduct a “guerrilla warfare on wheels.” While the Italian blackshirts and native soldiers, attended by water carriers, headed on toward the Suez Canal, the Fascist press extolled the "valor” of dusky Libyan warriors who, it was said, performed a march -v. , / • of 60 miles through the stifling heat and dust of a desert storm to cap ture Sidi Barrani in a surprise at tack. This taste of victory whetted in terest in' the expected arrival to morrow of German Foreign Minis ter Joachim Von Ribbentrop, who, some quarters believed would seek to coordinate Italy’s blows at the British water “lifeline” with Ger many’s hammering at London. II Giornale d’Italia declared still (Continued on Page Seven; Col- 5)
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