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VOL 74-NO. 28_____WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1940 * ★ ESTABLISHED 1867
WILL INCLUDE
125 WARSHIPS;
CHIEF NAMED
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Speaking Of Fleets,
Duce, Where’s Yours?
ROME, Oct. 2.—UP)—Musso
lini’s newspaper said tonight
that any aerial or naval ac
tion taken by the United States
against Japan “would be quiv
alent to Hara-kiri (suicide) for
the American fleet.”
The commentator Mario Ap
pelius, writing in II Popolo d’
Italia, added that the “United
States has the disadvantage of
offering an immediate prey to
the adversary—the Philippine
Islands.” 2
IL DUCE’S PAPER
FLAYS AMERICANS
Hints Axis Counting Un
Spain To Offset U. S. In
fluence In Latin America
ROME, Oct. 2.— UP)—Premier
Mussolini’s own newspaper criti
cized the people of the United
States today as “the me-* ignorant
of the white race” and h i nted
strongly that Germany and Italy
are counting on Spain to offset
American and British influence in
Latin America.
Just how Spain would play her
part and the precise role she would
have in the new Rome-Berlin-Tok
oyo Axis -remained -unanswered
however, as Spanish Minister of
Government Ramon Serrano Suner
wound up a series of Rome-Berlin
conferences.
Serrano Suner had a farewell
talk this afternoon with Foreign
Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and
a brief communique said merely
that it was “cordial.”
Commentator Mar’o Appelius,
writing in 11 Duce’s 11 Popolo di
Roma, bitterly attacked the Unit
ed States, England an.l Fiance as
great enemies of Spain and its
history.
“The people of the world have
two wishes,” he said. “First, to
free themselves from _lnglir'i dom
ination; and, second, to frti them
selves from the plutocratic tyranny
represented by the United States.
“The panorama of Jnn world is
clear. On one side are the British
Empire, North Americ: pluto
cracy and their clients an-’ inter
national servants. On the o t h er
side is the entire '■ivilized human
ity. Naturally, Spain is on the side
of civilization.
SEPTEMBER DRIEST
MONTH IN 9 YEARS
Only 1.96 Inches Of Rain
fall Recorded; Tempera
ture Slightly Sub-Normal
Wilmington and vicinity exper
ienced its driest September ill nine
years last month when only 1.96
inches of rainfall was recorded here,
according to the monthly weather
report issued by the local bureau
last night.
In 1931 the precipitation was only
.12 of an inch, this being the lowest
amount of rainfall since 1899 when
the rainfall measured the same.
There were only seven days dur
ing the month when as much as .<^1
inch or more of rain fell, the great
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ELLIS GIVEN COMMAND
New Organization Of Flee!
Will Include All Types Of
Ships And Planes
TWO-OCEAN NAVY STEP
Secretary Knox Reveals
Navy Working On Plans
For Newfoundland Base
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.— Ml —
The United States navy, confront
ed with the new mutual assistance
pact signed by Germany, Italy fnd
Japan, plans to establish “a newly
organized force” of more than 125
ships in the Atlantic ocean in addi
tion to the present big fleet in the
Pacific.
This was announced late today
by the navy in i'-.e following
words:
“The navy department will es
tablish in the near future, a newly
organized force in the At’ ntic.
This force will become an integral
part of the United States fleet and
will be designated as the patrol
force, United States fleet, ear Ad
miral Hayne Ellis, U. S. navy,
will command this force.
All Types of Vessels
"The new force will consist of
the ships now in the Atla tic, some
new ships as they are r apleted,
recently recommissioned vessels,
and vessels purchased and avert
ed for naval use. The patrol force
will include all types of vessels
and aircraft and will number more
than 125 ships. Having all the ves
sels in the Atlantic mder one com
mander will result in increased ef
ficiency in the operations and
training of the vessels."
Whether the Germany-Italian
Japanese pact played a part in the
decision to strengthen the Atlantic
force was not stated, but it was
plain that the navy has been think
ing increasingly of two-ocean de
fense.
'T’U n nm«r mnvn -tfor o O
the first step toward creating the
“two-ocean navy” about w hi ch
there has been so much discussion
in congress and elsewhere.
To Unify Command
Officials said a primary purpose
of the order was to unify com
mand, as well as to strengthen
forces on the east coast. Although
an Atlantic squadron was created
about two years igo, some newly
completed vessels temporarily in
the Atlantic were considered sub
ject to command of the command
er-in-chief of the fleet in the Pa
cific.
Forces now in the Atlantic in
clude three aging battleships, the
New York, Texas and Arkansas,
a fourth, semi-demilitarized battle
ship, the Wyorr:ng, the aircraft
carriers Wasp and Ranger, t wo
score or more destroyers, mostly
of World war vintage, and a small
number of newly-completed cruis
ers and submarines.
Secretary of the Navy Knox dis
closed that Admiral James O.
Richardson, commande--in-chief of
the fleet, stationed ir. the Pacific,
was coming to Washington for a
“talk on the general situation” in
that ocean.
Newfoundland Base
Knox also report:d at a press
conference that the navy was work
ing on plans for a base in New
foundland and promised that "we
won’t let any gras" '-.ow under
our feet” in developing this and
other sites acquired from Great
Britain.
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Tigers Crush J|f|Si5, 7-2, In Series Opener
C~~ Bombs Fall On Addis Ababa
FIames and hhge clouds of black smoke soar up from hangars and
gasoline dumps on Italian military air field at Addis Ababa, according, to
censor's caption on this official photo, taken from R. A. plane during
British raids on Ethiopian capital. Note how Italians spotted planes at
wide intervals about field, to minimize dhruage from just such air attacks.
City May Plan Election
On Armory Tract Bonds
Says County Could Aid In
Building Armory If Part
Used As Auditorium
Details for holding a bond issue
election for the purpose of raising
funds to purchase the old Marine
hospital grounds, which would be
used as a site for a National Guard
armory and auditorium, will prob
ably be worked out at a meeting
ot the city commissioners next
Wednesday, Mayor Thomas E.
Cooper said last night.
He said that it was his under
standing that the county govern
ment will operate in the promotion
of the project in view of a ruling
by County Attorney Marsden Bell
amy at a joint meeting of the two
boards yesterday morning, stating
that the county with the aid of the
c%, would have the right to build
an armory, if part of it could be
used as the auditorium.
Express Opinion
Folio’,' ,'ing the meeting Attorney
Bellamy expressed the opinion that
the county alone could not build an
armory-auditorium unless the city
Participated in paying the cost.
At the opening of the meeting he
said it if his opinion that the
county could submit a bond issue
t° the people for the purpose of:
Erection and purchase of public
auditoriums; Acquisition and im
provement of lands for public
Parks and playgrounds; or to pay
governing body, of the cost of pub
a portion, to be determined by tire
buildings constructed or ac
quired in order that a part of
such buildings may be used for a
Purpose herein above expressed
'such as an auditorium) when a
snunicipality within the county
shall agree to pay the remaining
cost.
Daughter Is Born To
Lindberghs In JV. Y.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.— (/Pi —
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh gave
birth to a 7 1-2 pound daughter
at Doctors hospital today — on
the eve of publication of her
third book.
Tlie child was the fourtli born
to the Tamous aviator and his
wife but was their first daugh
ter. Mother and child were re
ported doing well and were visit
ed tonight by Col. Lindbergh and
Mrs. Lindbergh's mother, Mrs.
Dwight Morrow.
Author of “North To The
Orient” and “Listen, The Wind”
in 1936 and 1938, respectively,
Mrs. Lindbergh’s latest hook,
"Tlie Wave Ot The Future,’’ de
parts from their theme of ro
mantic travel. It discusses the
European war and the world’s
future.
DRIVE UNDER WAY"
BY TRAVELERS AID
Only Half Of Minimum
Budget Of $1,606 Raised
During The Opening Day
About half of the campaign goal
was raised yesterday during the
opening of the annual financial can
vass of the Travelers’ Aid society,
officials of the drive reported last
night.
Only SS00 wras collected toward the
minimum budget of $1,606, which the
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Airport Building Plans
Cut From Two Fund Bills
W ASHINGTON, Oct. 2. — UP) —
Eliminating a proposed expenditure
500.000,000 to start construction
4 000 new airports, the senate ap
propriations committee approved two
■' opriation bills totaling $1,682,
1- 164 today. The bulk of the
niuey is tor national defense.
0ne was a $1,482,693,636 defense
Measure carrying funds to feed,
,j:he. pay, equip and train a fight
force of 1,024,441 conscripts and
‘ ational Guardsmen to supplement
“e army's 375,000 regulars. The
senate is schedule, dto take it up to
morrow.
The other was a $199,418,728 civil
functions bill, containing funds to
train 700,000 civilian defense work
ers. The committee eliminated $30,
000,000 in cash appropriations and
$50,000,000 in contract authority pre
viously voted by the house for an
airport construction program to be
directed by the Civil Aeronautics au
thority.
Both bills have been passed by
the house.
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J>re 5 Runs
Off Derringer
In 2nd Inning
Detroit Sluggers Sweep
Over National Righthand
er Before 31,793 Fans
STRUGGLE IS UNEVEN
Big Buck Newsom, Backed
By Good Hitting, Allows
But Eight Safeties
BY JUDSON BAILEY
CROSLEY FIELD, Cincinnati, Oct.
2.—(JP)—The powerhouse of the De
troit Tigers switched on a shocking
five-run rally against Paul Derrin
ger today and crushed the Cincin
nati Reds, 7 to 2, in the first game
of the 1940 World series as a crowd
of 31,793 stricken Rhineland fans
looked on aghast.
The ease with which the Tiger
sluggers swept over the heroic Na
tional league righthander with 4ive
bunched singles in the second in
ning took all the sparkle out of the
remainder of the game and the
crowd was hardly awed by the triple
and home run that Rudy York and
Bruce Campbell hit in succession in
the fifth inning.
Buck Newsom, the giant, glower
ing righthander who set the pace for
the Tigers in their prowl to the
American league championship,
backed up the hitting of his- team
mates with an eight-hit pitching' ^ob
that kept the feeble Reds shutout
except in the fourth and eighth
stanzas.
uneven struggle
It was as uneven a struggle as
any test between two champions
could be.
In. the big second inning ten Ti
gers went to bat as Derringer des
perately tried to stem the tide and
finally had to give way to Whitey
Moore after all the runs were in
and only one out.
Hank Greenberg, who was hand
cuffed all the rest of the afternoon,
led off the bombardment by smack
ing the first pitch into the left field
corner for what would ordinarily
have been a double, although Jim
Ripple sent him scurrying back to
first with a tremendous throw.
Then York singled into short right
center, and Bill Werber made a high
throw on Campbell’s sacrifice bunt
and the bases were loaded. Pinky
Higgins singled the two leading
runners home and Billy Sullivan
walked to again jam the stations.
Newsom forced Campbell at the
plate, but Dick Bartell singled for
two runs and Barney McCosky hit
home another before Moore finally
was flagged out of the bull pen to
choke off the Tigers.
uUI 15c UApivmvu
Derringer, who had pitched a mag
nificent though losing game against
the New York Yankees in the opener
last year, showed no sign of weak
ness as he retired the first three
men in order in the first inning and
the explosion in the second was all
the more spectacular because of its
surprise.
Moor-, pitched effectively until re
moved for a pinch-hitter in the last
of the eighth, although he gave up
the other two runs when Detroit be
gan to solve his fast ball and once
walked three men in the seventh in
r.ing to load the bases. He gave up
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WEATHER
(By C. 8. Weather Bureau)
FORECAST
North Carolina: Generally fair Thurs
day and Friday; continued rather cool.
(Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7;S0 p. m. yesterday).
Temperature
1:30 a. m. 53; 7:30 a. m. 51; 1:30 p.
m. 68; 7:30 p. m. 62; maximum 69;
minimum 50; mean 60; normal 69.
Humidity
1:30 a. m. 85; 7:30 a. m. 88; 1:30 p.
m. 49; 7:30 p. m. 75.
Precipitation
Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m.,
none; total since first of the month,
0.03 inches.
Tides For Today
High Low
Wilmington _11:07a 5:51a
11:25p 6:20p
Masonboro Inlet _ 8:54a 2:34a
9 :llp 3:llp
Sunrise 6:08a: sunset 5:54p; moon
rise 8:27a; moonset 7:40p.
Cape Fear river stage at Fay
etteville, at 8 a. m., October 1, 9.4
feet.
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Bo-Bo Does It
Old Bo-Bo Buck Newsom, one-time
pitcher on the Wilmington Pirates
baseball team, handcuffed the Cin
cinnati Reds with eight scattered
hits yesterday while his mates
pounded three Redleg hurlers for
10 hits and a 7-2 victory in the open
ing game of the 1940 World Series.
WILLKIE ASSERTS
U. S. UNPREPARED
tl M , - . , —a-n:. - . A -
Says Political Theories Of
Few Men Have Exposed
Nation ‘Jo Aggressors’
CLEVELAND, Oct. 2.—Ml—Wen
dell L. Willkie charged t on i g ht
that the political theories and am
bitions of a few men had exposed
the United States “to the agres
sors” and urged ait', for Britain
even at a sacrifice of speed in
building up America’s airfleet.
In a major address on foreign
policy and defense prepared for
delivery in public auditorium, the
Republican presidential nominee,
said “We are not prepared and
we are not getting prepared.”
Until the people have an ade
quate defense system "they don’t
want any more international in
cidents,” Willkie declared in his
first campaign address in this po
litic ally-pivotal state, where he for
merly worked as an Akron att^
ney.
In argung that the nation is un
prepared, Willkie sai that in 1936
‘ an election year”, the ratio of
defense expenditures to other
spending dropped to its lowest point
“There were other, more attrac
tive ways to spend the money” he
asserted, adding:
“I say that we are now exposed
to the aggressors becau" of the
political theories and political am
bitions of a few men”.
Declaring “the defense job that
lies ahead of us is appalling in
magnitude,” Willkie said, "we can
not make ourselves strong by a
patchwork method.”
In his foreign policy outline, Wil
kie asserted:
“I would continue my efforts
to aid the heroic British people.
I would aid the Britir' even if it
meant the sacrifice of s - speed
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GermansTake Advantage
Of Good Flying Weather
BERLIN, Oct. 2.—UP)—The Ger
man command, disclosing that
fighter planes are now taking over
many of the jobs normally as
signed to bomber craft, sent heavy
squadrons across the chr.nnel to
day in continuous assaults upon
Britain.
Early in the day informed sour
ces had said that full advantage
would be taken of the generally
favorable weather conditions—in
cluding cloud formations—and this
forecast was fulfilled.
DNB, the official German news
agency, reported tonight that Lon
don was under almost ceaseless
bombardment, and that targets all
along tfce Thames river, in East
ern and Southeastern areas and
across the country to the Irish
sea were attacked heavily.
Oil tanks were fired at Wey
mouth, DNB said, airr'fts were
bombed; harbor facilities at Swan
sea and Newquay were raided and
warehouses burned.
It was a resumption of the far
ranging raids of last night in which
an official communique several,
times emphasized, some of the
most effective hits were Scored
“with the heaviest caliber bombs”
by fighting plane units.
It was the first statement that
fighers were being widely used to
drop bombs, and the reason for
the adoption of this tactic was not
discussed. /
(The British of late have been
claiming a high percentage of de
struction among Germ n bombers
craft much costlier than fighter
planes and more difficult to re
place.) 2
British Make
Broad Foray
Into Germany
Fire And Waste Spread
From Rhineland's Refin
eries To Berlin Plants
GUNS BUSY IN LONDON
Famous Boys' School In
Southeastern Part Of Lon
don Raided By Nazis
. LONDON, Oct. 2.—UP)—The RAP’s
night raiders, stabbing methodically
deeper into the war storehouse of
the Reich, reported today a vast new
foray within Germany that spread
the hot waste of fire and blast all
the way from the Rhineland’s refin
eries to the power plants of Berlin.
With the echo of their salvoes,
the British government, through
Hugh Dalton, the minister of eco
nomic warfare, declared the Nazis
‘are back where they started” on
ail, having ‘‘practically exhausted
all they have looted from the coun
tries which they overran.”
Must Provide Oil
Now, he said, Germany must pro
vide 'Oil for the occupied nations of
Eurbpe from their own synthetic
plants—"after the RAF has baptized
then!”—or milk the diminishing sup
plies of Russia and Rumania anew.
However, Dalton admitted, the
axis powers are "not so short of oil
as I would like.”
Perhaps the greatest of last
night’s bombings, beginning with the
sarly darkness and continuing past
midnight, was aimed at the refin
sries of Cologne, on the Rhine.
The air ministry said "explosions
and fires” marked the attacks, and
added: "Many vivid bursts were
seen."
Again, British bombs lined the
channel “invasion ports" from
France to the Netherlands; again,
the raiders were over Berlin.
■‘Four terrific explosions” burst
amid a big Berlin electric equipment
factory, one pilot said. ,
Other fires and explosions were
described at a Berlin munitions fac
tory and elsawhere in the industrial
northwest of the German capital.
NAZIS BEATEN BACK
LONDON, Oct. 3 (Thursday).—
(JP)—A heavy and growing anti-air
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ARE STARTED HERE
Health Board To Diagnose
Venereal Diseases; Car
ney Asks Volunteer Aid
■ i
Preparations for the draft are un
der way in New Hanover county.
Dr. A. H. Elliot, health officer,
yesterday said the county board of
health had started to work out plans
to diagnose venereal diseases, on a
voluntary basis, among the young
men who register here October 16
for the army draft.
Dr. Elliott said he had attended a
meeting of county health officials
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Will Resign
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
CHAMBERLAIN WILL
LEAVE POST SOON
Resignation May Bring On
Sweeping Readjustment
Of Churchill Cabinet
LONDON, Oct. 2. — (£>> — Old and
ailing Prime Minister Chamberlain,
the man who made the ill-fated
Munich agreement of September,
1938, will resign shortly as lord presi
dent of council in what may become
a sweeping readjustment of the
Churchill cabinet, political circles re
ported tonight.
Lord Halifax, holdover foreign sec
retary of the Chamberlain govern
ment, also may go, London circles
said, with Anthony Eden mentioned
as his successor.
The same reports said Labor Min
ister Ernest Bevin probably would
become a member of the war cabi
net—giving it a strong socialistic
tinge. Bevin is one of the nation’s
leading laborites.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
is expected to announce the cabinet
changes soon.
Politicians predicted that Lord
Beaverbrook would succeed Cham
berlain and that Sir John Ander
son would resign as minister of
borne security, being replaced by
Herbert Morrison, now minister of
supply.
The reshuffle also may involve
Alfred Duff Cooper, and Arthur
Greenwood, now minister of infor
mation and minister without port
folio, respectively, the reports said.
Chamberlain’s resignation would
leave vacant the position of con
servative party leader, which is
sxpected to go to Churchill, leav
ing him in full control both of the
government and of the party.
The news of Chamberlain’s im
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m m
War
Interpretive
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
The battle of Britain roars on
amid an exchange of lethal and
verbal bomb blasts by the belli
gerents; but Spain has voted to
stay out She is not convinced
that her Nai-Fascist friends have
yet licked John Bull and his navy.
That is the crux of the war news
on the political front. It has mili
tary potntialities far deeper than
the mere matter of Spain’s future
role in the struggle. It could go
afr toward reshaping the course
of the war either in the west, or in
the Mediterranean theatr.
AGREE
London, Brlin, Rome and Mad
rid are agreed in saying that Spain
is to kep out, even if they do not
agree as to the reason for her con
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Reds Order Conscription
Of Their Labor Reserves
—
MOSCOW, Oct. 3.—(Thursday) —
UP)—Soviet Russia ordered conscrip
tion of her labor reserves today de
creeing technical training of 500,000
to 1,000,000 teen-age boys annually,
all of whom will be required to work
at state industrial jobs for four years
following their period of instruction.
The first call-up begins Nov. 10,
providing for 350,000 to be mustered
into railroad schools and 250,000 into
other industrial classes.
The decree of the presidium of
the supreme Soviet, as announced by
Tass, official Russian news agency,
called for boys of 14 and 15 to be
sent to the railroad schools, and
those of 16 and 17 to the others.
When placed in jobs, they will be
paid at the prevailing rate, and for
their four-year stint will be exempt
from military and naval service.
Peter Moskatoff was appointed
head of the administration of labor
reserves to place the program n>
operation.
(Length of the instruction period
and methods by which the conscripts
will be chosen were not mentioned
in the Tass dispatr * ' ,