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I « Cf 4 Served by Leased Wire ol the "" L anting muv VOL. 74—NO. 34_ WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940 " * * ~ ESTABLISHED 1867 KNOX REPORTS FLEET TO BE STRENGTHENED SHIP LINES BOOKED I Steamship Offices Besieged ' By Americans Fearful Of Gathering. Crisis LIQUIDATION BEGUN Three Thousand Expected To Be Taken Out Of Orient Early In November SHANGHAI, Oct. 9— (£) —With passenger liners already heavily booked far in advance, t r avel agencies and steamship offices were besieged Today by Americans fearful of the gathering United Slates - Japanese crisis in thej Orient. Many American businessmen, accepting the state department’s counsel to get out of the Orient, started liquidation of their holdings and church societies stepped up arrangements to assemble their missionaires who wish to leave at likelv noints of embarkation. 3,000 May Leave How many of the 9,000 Caucasian Americans and 2,000 nationals of Oriental stock would Jepart was uncertain, but it was reported that 3,000 might be remcfved on the liners President Coolidge and Presi dent Pierce in early November. It was said that state department representatives were rying to get shipping board approval for the two United States liners to carry only American citizens on th_ early November trips to the U n it ed States. Many Europeans and Jew ish refugees now have reserva tions. United States naval and marine officials declined to discuss plans for removal of service families. It was reported, however, t h at a transport might be sent soon to Shanghai. Besides about 1,200 marines com posing the American defense forces in the Shanghai International Set tlement, the United States has a small garrison at Tientsin. oui pi latu A Tokyo dispatch ruoted the Japanese foreign office spoketnan as expressing surprise at the Americans’ home-going. “We can’t understand' the neces sity of it,” he said, asserting that Japan had no intention of advising her nationals to leave the United States. The American-owned Shanghai newspaper, China Press, declared that Washington and Tokyo had fixed their courses and that “a headlong collision appears inevi table unless one of them changes its course—but if there should be any turning about the chances are it won’t be the United States. Weighing the Chungking central Chinese government’s position in the light of any Japanese-Ameri can war, it predicted that Japan would quickly seize all undefended American interests in the Orient, but that the United Stctes’ su perior resources eventually could crush Japan and force her out of China. The Shanghai stock market re corded a drop of from three to five points from yesterday’s close. Some observers expressed anxi ety lest Japanese army leaders, regardless of official Tokyo s at titude, move against the British crown colony of Hongkong, on the South China coast to retaliate for Britain’s decision to reopen the Burma road Oct. 17 to war supplies for China. ANSWERS QUERIES )oes Not Concur In State ment That New Deal Fears War In Fifteen Days TENSION IS EASED Iokyo Expresses Surprise At U. S. Move To Get Na tionals Out Of Orient WASHINGTON, Oct. 9— UF> — ^avy continued today to prepare for a possible emergency in the Pacific, but a slackening of diplo matic activity appeared to reflect diminished tension generally in ad ministration quarters over the Far Eastern situation. Secretary Knox announced after talks with high naval strategists during the week that the personnel of the fleet now in the Pacific would be reinforced immediately to raise it to full strength. He said 4,200 men would join the fleet at once and sail back to Hawaii with the warships now on the West coast undergoing repairs. Answers Question At the p eis conference at which he announced the fleet reinforce ment, Knox answered a numV-r of questions concerning the Far East situation. He said he did not concur in a published statement that the ad ministration fe -ed war with Ja pan in 5 days. ‘‘I don’t think any body knows,” he added. A number of officials showed lessened pre-occupation with the Orient as a potential danger spot. Responsible in some measure iof this was Japan’s reaction to the British notice that the Burma road would be reopened for supplies to China and also Japanese reaction to the state department’s advice to Americans in the far East to consider coming home. japan ^uirii There was no apparent tendency in Japan to magnify the Burma road decision as an incident likely to lead to immediate drastic re prisals. At the same time the Tokyo foreign office spokesman, Yakichi ro Suma, expressed surprise at the American move to get na tionals out of the Far East. Ha said “we can’t understand the necessity of it,” and added that Japan had nr intention of advising Japanese in the United States to return home. BAILEY SUPPORTS AIRPORT PROJECT 1 'T Senator Says He Is Seek ing Funds For Work At Bluethenthal Senator Josiah W. Bailey yesterday wrote The Star-News to the effect he is “supporting with all earnest ness the proposed airport at Wil mington.” His letter follows: “Please permit me to inform the readers of your paper that I am supporting with all earnestness the proposed airport at Wilmington. “The Civil Aeronautics Authority has designated Wilmington, along (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 4) Willkie Offers Program To Aid ‘Little Business NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 9—UP) —Outlining a six - point program designed to rebuild “little busi ness,” Wendell L. Willkie said to night that the new deal has been “stepping on the neck of the little businessman — the druggist, the grocer and the little manufactur er.” “The biggest companies can not expand ipuch,” the republican presidential nominee told a crowd on the New Haven green. “But the little companies must expand and must multiply if we are to put our people back to work This is the only way by which we can make enough new jobs.” Coming here after touring 6 miles through a score of Connecti cut towns, Willkie declared that the new deal has “pretended to hate big business” but has injured small business men. Then he add ed: “I have a program for the re building of American business. That program begins with little business: “1. I propose that we stop chang ing the rules under which business operates. . . “2. . . . Every little business man will know that we favor his efforts to make new jobs for those who are now dependent on relief. (Continued on Page Ten; Col. ii) Ir\ r* K ^ 7* 7* ^ 7* * * K XXX 1 Germans Stage Violent Raid On London Forty Areas Hit; j RAF Fires Center OfKrupp Factory CHURCH STRUCK Steady Procession Of Bombers Results In Many Casualties In The City WALES ATTACKED Bombs Upset Buses, Capi tal Trembles From Ex plosions, Anti-Plane Fire j — LONDON, Oct. 10— (Thursday) j ._iy)_Forty areas of London were showered with high explosive and incendiary bombs dropped by a steady procession of Nazi war l planes overnight, and among the objects struck were a famous church, one of the city’s oldest hotels and a promenade known the world over. There was a mounting list of casualties, including many killed. Simultaneous raids were carried out against Wales, southwest and | northwest England. They all were heavy but nothing like the batter ing London was experiencing. Brief Respite ; Early this morning London had a brief respite, but the raiders were back again with a concerted ’j effort to pierce the curtain of s^eel hurled skyward by anti - aircraft batteries. ' Great high-explosive bombs and incendiary “breadbaskets” upset buses, struck at rail lines and ■ spread fire and debris from one end of London to the other last night and early today. From northern environs to south ernmost tip, the capital trembled with the shock of the exploding bombs and the shuddering crash of an incessant anti-aircraft bar rage. So intense was the din that it i was at times almost impossible to tell which noises were those of bombs and which were those of the defensive guns. As an example of the severity of (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 2) MANY LAWMAKERS LEAVING CAPITAL j Believe Little Major Legis lation Will Be Considered Before Nov. 5 WASHINGTON, Oct. 9— <£>) — -Tany members of Congress were leaving town tonight on the as sumption that little, if any, major legislation would be considered un “1 some time after the general election, Nov. 5, unless an emer gency’ arose. An indication that the senate al ceady lacked a quorum was seen m fte fact that it skipped its usual noon roll call today. Technically, however, the plans ? Con§ress were still uncertain. *n the senate, there had been pro Posals for an agreement calling J^outinued on Page Two; Col. 4) HAMBURG BURNING British Pound Large Naval Base At Wilhelmshaven With 15 Tons Of Bombs FIRES GUIDE RAF Invasion Ports, Particu larly Calais, Damaged During Extensive Attacks LONDON, Oct. 9.—W)—Britain’s night bombers have set ablaze the center of the great German Krupp works at Essen, left the oil refiner ies in Hamburg a ring of spread ing fire and pounded the naval base of Wilhelmshaven with more than 15 tons of bombs, the air ministry disclosed tonight. Sweeping in over the glowing, newly bombed “invasion coast,” waves of Royal Air force bomb ers struck deep into Germany last night for a series of ass .ults that rivaled any previous foray. First of all, the bon.bers swept in from the North Sea on Bremen. Officials said the raid began at 8:15 p. m., and “for the next hour and a half the whole area was systematically bombed with high explosives and incendiaries.” “The docks were repeatedly hit. Fourteen fires were started in the first part of the attack,” the of ficial narrative said. At the sprawling port of Ham burg, the raiders attacked in waves. r rom me reports leoeivcu, said the air ministry, “it is clear were obtained a ring of fire was seen spreading after one attack, as though there was a leakage of pe trol (gasoline) from one of the tanks ignited.” At the Krupp works, the bul letin said, a salvo of 1 ombs, “fal ling in the center of the target, set fire to several buildings.” Other bombers used the fires to guide them to the plant. The invasion ports, particularly Calais, got it hard. The harbor at Calais was bombed for eight hours; quays at Flushing, The Netherlands, were attacked heavi ly; direct hits were reported scor ed on the docks at Le Havre; Boulogne’s searchlights were smashed. A factory which makes nickel alloys for Germany’s planes and submarines was raided “succes sully” east of Frankfurt, officials related, and a single aider laid a line of bombs across the mole at the naval base of Brunnsbuttel. “A string of large fires” flared up. uver Bremen, ine \muusu j nuu ed, the air was heavy with flying debris, and fires were set raging. (In Berlin, DNB, the official Ger man news agency, reported that a British mass attack on the port of Hamburg had been thrown back before it reached the city proper. In Bremen, it was added, British planes dropped bombs on the edge of the city. (In the assault upon Hamburg, the agency claimed, only a resi dential district in a village near the city was hit. In the Bremen attack, DNB asserted, there were similar results.) I Germans Claim London’s Railway Lines Smashed | ^ BERlIN, °ct 9-— <JP> —German i mbeis smashed railway communi j ,^‘ons vital to the job of supply. ^ London today, informed sources uPonBritain. aeria! assaults German00' Said DNB' the official "■orkl news agency, was a gas coastal ln, an English southeast 'ion an airport near Lon an L,* a merchant ship lying in east coast harbor. its an“/,airport' It was said, hang All tv barracks were destroyed. bouncomT„ capPed an earlier an that » 6nt by the high command Plane tia,fnsle German fighting British t scored several hits on a tack ! trooP transport in an at 'fhilv. pon .£ive such ships, all bilks .ffUPied,” moving about 125 u the Scottish coast under protection of an armed convoy. The vessel, estimated at 20,000 tons, the communique added, “stopped and lay motionless.” Nothing was said as to loss of life aboard the transport. (The announced scene of the in cident, which was northwest of Ireland, would put it on- the route often traveled by Canadian troops moved across for the defense of England.) This assault was but one of a series of successes claimed by the high command in the war at sea: A Nazi auxiliary cruiser was reported to have sunk a total of 52,000 tons of “enemy merchant shipping in overseas waters,” and a British merchant ship was declared to have been set aflame off Scotland by the bombs of a reconnaissance plane. - Considered ‘Inevitable’ Be cause Of Nazis’ Threat To Occupy Oil Fields CONFERENCE IS HELD Talk Between English En voy, Antonescu Brings ‘Only Negative Results’ BUCHAREST, Oct. 9.— UP) — A break in British-Rumanian diplo matic relations “now is inevitable,” British quarters declared tonight, as a result of what they contend is a threat of partial occupation of the oil-rich Balkan kingdom by German forces. This turn in the already badly strained relations between the two countries followed a long conference at which British Ambassador Sir Reginald Hoare sought in vain to obtain from General Ion Antonescu, Rumanian chief of state, a satisfac tory explanation of the entry of Nazi troops into Rumania. “Negative Results” Associates of the grey-haired Brit ish envoy, who left the conference looking extremely grave, said the talks produced “only negative re sults.” _ —Furthermore, they "said Xntonescu told the ambassador nothing to re assure him about the future of Britain’s position in Rumania. Brit ish sources had said earlier that un less such assurances were forthcom ing a diplomatic break would be more than likely. Today’s conference was arranged by Sir Reginald after receiving what the British called an “unsatisfac tory” written explanation of the Ger man troop movements. Troops Welcomed British informants said they had received reports that German troops in force had been welcomed by Ru manians at the Hungarian frontier, despite Rumanian government pro testations that only a limited num (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 3) PROBE OF LUNDEEN DEATH IS ORDERED Hoover Says Employes 01 FBI Did Not Have Sena tor Under Surveillance WASHINGTON, Oct. 9—(A1)—The senate today ordered an invest igation of the airplane crash in which Senator Lundeen of Minne sota and 2 4others were killed and almost simultaneously receiv ed word from J. Edgar Hoover that employes of the Federal Bu reau of Investigation, also killed in the accident, did not have the senator under surveillance. The inquiry was approved with the adoption of a resolution by Senator McCarran tD-Nev), which, senate attaches said, carried an (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) WEATHER By U. 8. Weather Bureau FORECAST North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia- Fair, continued cool Thurs day; Friday, fair with slowly rising temperature. By U. 8. Weather Bureau (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday). Temperature 1:30 a. m. 64; 7:30 a. m. 58; 1:30 p. m. 65; 7:30 p. in. 59; maximum 66; minimum 57; mean 62; normal 68. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 96; 7:30 a. m. 93; 1:30 p. m. 58; 7:30 p. m. 63. Precipitation Total for 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m„ 0.08 inches; total since first of the month, 0.13 inches. Tides For Today High Low Wiimingotn _ 4,47a - 5:21p 12:06p Masonboro Inlet _ 3:06a 9:11a 3:41p 9:47p Sunrise 6:13a; sunset 5:45p; moon rise 2:40p ; monoset 1:05a. Cape Fear river stage at Fay etteville, at S a. m., October 8, 9.0 feet. (Continued on Page ^Hvo; Col. 4) Setter Water Supply Parley Planned Here Board Will Meet With Of ficial Of Underground Supply Engineers Friday PROPOSED BY WADE Water In City Mains Has Less Salt Content Than Any Time Since Thursday With the city in the midst o£ one of its worst water shortages in history, the board of commission ers made plans yesterday for a meeting Friday morning at 11 o’clock, at which time means of obtaining a permanent fresh water supply will be discussed. A representative of a company of underground water supply en gineers will be present for the pur pose of explaining how the city can avoid any like crisis in the future. Recommended By Wade Plans for the session were made on the recommendation of James E. L. Wade, city commissioner of public works, wrho also reported at yesterday’s meeting of the city board that the water in the city mains now have less salt content than at any time since last Thurs day. , He reported that a total of 25 lo cations in the city have been made available to the consuming public where fresh water free of salt can be obtained for cooking and drink ing purposes. He reported the salt content in the water in the city mains for the past seven days as follows: Thursday, 700 parts per million; Friday 10S0; Saturday 1400; Sunday 1140; Monday 1040; Tuesday 075: Wednesday SSO. Light rains on the Cape Fear watershed and a drop in the level of the high tides are expected to bring a further drop in the salt content of the water, he said. “Temporary” In making his report, Wade point ed out that all the work being done now to provide fresh water for the people of the city to drink “is but temporary, as the records will dis continued on Page Ten; Col. 3) PLANS ADVANCED FOR LOCAL FAIR / Peschau Exports Event To Draw 75,000 People From Southeastern N. C. Plans are being rapidly com pleted for the Coastal Fair, to be held from October 14 to 19, with expectations that the event will draw approximaely 75,000 persons from southeastern North Carolina, William A. Peschau, secretary and treasurer, said yesterday. Work of decorating the streets in the business section and the grand stand and exhibit building at the fairgrounds got under way yester day. Loud speakers will be installed Sunday in front of the grand stand (Continued on Page Two; Col. 3) War Interpretive BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON Tension in the Far East over Burma road developments get the headlines in this country; but it is Near Eastern tension that most concerns Britain’s war leadership. It is there, not in the Far Pacific, that the next important and dra matic development of the Axis British war seems slated to come. A rare opportunity is offered Musolini to take the center of the stage away from his Axis ma^e, Hitler. He is scheduled to address a gathering of young Fascist vol unteers in Padua today (Thurs day) at the conclusion of his trip to inspect Italian troops. If Hitler and Mussolini, in the course of their recent Brenner Pass conference, made any plans to in (Continued on Page Two; Col. 2) -—---* A Nazi’s Unlucky 13 - - A member of file British Royal Air Force examines the tail of a Ger man plane brought down during a raid on England. According to the murks which number the planes shot down, the airman had bagged 13 enemy aircraft before his turn came. Business Club Asks Body To Secure Arms Projects _ x BANQUET HELD Group Cites Need For Ad equate Defense Along The " Nolrth Carolina Coast _ _ i A resolution asking that a quasi public corporate entity be formed to seek and secure some of the national defense projects for Wilmington and vicinity and that the expenses of the organization be provided jointly by the city and county was adopted by the Better Business club of Wil mington at its semi-annual banquet at the Cape Fear hotel last night. Adoption of the resolution followed a talk on ‘‘National Defense,” by Lieut. Col. William VanDyke Ochs, commandant of the New Hanover High school ROTC unit. Defense Needed Citing the need for adequate de fense along the North Carolina coast, the Business club expressed appre ciation for the efforts of the city and county governments and other officials, stating, however: “It is the opinion of the members' of this association that to assure more positive and continuing favor able results, all such activities should be centralized under the auspices of one quasi-public corporate entitv un derwritten by all interested citizens (Continued on Page Ten; Co?. 6) BUILDING OF NAVAL RESERVE IS URGED Cooper Calls On Young Men To Seek Enlistment In Proposed Local Unit Enlistment of young men in Southeastern North Carolina in the volunteer reserves of the U. S. Navy for home defense purposes was urged by O. F. Cooper, lieu tenant commander, retired, in a talk before the monthly dinner meeting of the Propeller Club of (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 1) Chinese Impressed By Burma Road Reopening CHUNGKING,. Oct. 9.—(AP)— Authoritative Chinese quarters said tonight Britain's decision to reopen the Burma road Oct. 17 as well as the current Amer ican attitude toward Japan had deeply impressed the Chinese government and its people. They said China was deter mined to use the road to the fullest possible extent, although Japanese bombing is antici pated. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek’s government is certain that the route cannot be de stroyed, they said, and it will be used by trucks as long as possible for vital imports and exports and then, if necessary, by pony and mule trains or coolie caravans. DATE FOR ARMORY MEETING IS ASKED Mayor Cooper Wants City And County Commission ers To Consider Project Mayor Thomas E. Cooper said last night that he has requested Ad dison Hewlett, chairman of the county commissioners, to set a date for a joint meeting of the city and county boards soon so that definite action on the armory-auditorium project may be taken. He said that he expected the meeting will probably be held some time Friday. The request for an immediate conference between the two gov ernmental units on the proposed joined sponsorship of the project followed a report by James E. L. Wade, city commissioner of public works, to the city board yesterday morning at which time tentative plans for the structure were pre sented. The armory-auditorium would be built through WPA aid as a part (Continued on Page Ten; Col. 5) Dykstra Considers Draft Director Post Question WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—(#)—Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra, president of the University of Wisconsin, took under consideration tonight t he question whether he would accept hte job of draft director. Dykstra conferred with Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary of War Stimson during the day. Talk ing to reporters afterward, he did not say the post ac .ually was of fered him, but asserted that the President had discussed it with him. It was a matter requiring “some considering”, he added. Lieut. Col. Lewis B. Hershey has been temporarily directing the military conscription program. Should Dykstra be appointed be fore Oct. 16, he would supervise the registration and conscripting of men of the ages of 21 through 35. Oct. 16 has been fixed as the registration date. On another defense front, the senate passed a bill authorizing “home guards” in states whose national giard units are in federal service. The legislation goes back to the house for action on senate amendments, one of which would place the home guard units under supervision of the secretary of var. This change was designed to meet complaints by organized abor that the house-approved measure would have made pos (Continued on Page Two; Col. 7) I
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