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■ -——— Seated To The Progress Of I /% ^ Served by Leased Wire of the w IL NIN G T • N ASSOCIATED PBESS And Southeastern North ll|^|I||||l m/ V I /s| 1 With Complete Coverage of Carolina State and National News ^'7,1x050 WILMINGTON, N. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1940 * * ESTABLISHED 1867 t (JL" * _Jl_——— - ---—-— Armory Plans proved *- -r City, County Boards Act On $200,000Job Agree To Submit Proposal To WPA To Determine Federal Cooperation SEATING SPACE HIKED Problems Of Financing Ex pected To Be Discussed At Another Joint Meet WEATHER By c. s. Weather Bureau ! FORECAST ! North Carolina: Mostly cloudy Tues day and Wednesday followed by show ers in the mountains Tuesday night or Wednesday, slightly warmer east and central portions Wednesday. j By U, S. Weather Bureau | (Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p. m. yesterday). ! Temperature 1:30 a. m. 61; 7:30 a. m. 60; 1:30 p. m\ ^4; 7:30 p. m. 64; maximum 86; minimum 58; mean 72; normal 62. Humidity 1:30 a. m. 100: 7:30 a. m. 96; 1:30 p. 26; 7:30 p. m. 85. Precipitation *°r hours ending 7:30 p. m., 1 •“* inc‘hes; total since first of the month, 0.49 inches. Titles F’or Today «... . High Low Wilmington _ 8:13a 2:56a v , 8:34p 3:24p •nasonboro Inlet_ 6:00a -a I « . 6:16p 12:17p • unrise 6:29a: sunset 5:23p; moon nse 4:51a: monset 4:42p. Cape Fear river stage at Fay Htevdle, at 8 a. m., October 26, ,i ^ feet. _^Continued on Page Two) ---—- »• «^.v* Kennedy Back Fron «rope _L__ His daughter Eunice records the scene as Joseph P. .Kennedy, ambas sador to London, arrives in New York by clipper plane, en route to Wash ington to report to the President on the war situation. The ambassador was met at the airport by Mrs. Kennedy, four daughters and a son. F. R. To Speak At Start Of Draft Lottery Today DRAW 8,500 NUMBERS All Preparations Complet ed And System To Be Fol lowed Explained Again WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.— (£! — The great draft lottery of 1940 will take place tomorrow. ' In the Interdepartmental audi torium, promptly at noon, Presi dent Roosevelt will deliver a brief speech. Secretary Stimson, blind folded, will reach into the historic gold fish bowl of the World war draft drawing, and extract a blue capsule, containing a slip upon which a number is printed. Other notables will follow him, and then the task of drawing ap proximately 8,500 capsules will be turned over to teams especially trained to .do the job qui'kly and accurately. If it takes until Wednesday morning, the process will continue until all the numbers have been drawn. Guard of Honor The army band will play out side the auditorium. A detail of 500 uniformed war veterans, each carrying a flag, will form a guard of honor. Army olanes from near by fields will roar overhead. All preparations had been com pleted today and selective service headquarters wa- calmness itself. What activity there was came mostly from an influx r* telephone calls from young men unable to determine their serial numbers or uncertain about some phase of the drawing. In practical effect, it works out this way. SALVATION ARMY i CAMPAIGN OPENED rotal Of $3,112.07 Raised During First Day Of An nual Financial Drive A total of $3,112.07, more that? two - thirds of the goal of $4,500, was raised yesterday during the opening day of the annual finan cial campaign of the local post of the Salvation Army, workers re ported at their initial supper ses sion last night at the Crystal res taurant. The drive will continue the re mainder of the week, Brigadier J. V. Breazeale, post commander, re ported, with the next report meet ing of workers planned for 1 o’clock Thursday evening at the Crystal restaurant. The principal speaker last night was the Rev. Walter B. Freed, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran church, who said the Salvation Ar my post here was concerned with its main objective—the rehabilita tion of men and women. E. W. Mange, general chairman of the campaign, presided. Among those who were introduced were: Commandant and Mrs. W. L. Price J. Hardy Ferguson, initial gifts chairman; and Mayor Thomas E Cooper, who spoke briefly. Brigadier Breazeale predicted a successful financial campaign, ir view of the fast that only $1,387.9; was need by subscription after the first day’s work to reach the cam paign, goal of $4,500. The Rev. Mr. Freed said the Salvation Army handles skillful ly and brings needed relief to per sons who are down and out ant need assistance, and cited suet current activities as religious services for young people a n c adults, recreational programs foi youth and services for transients War Interpretive BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON Italy’s invasion of Greece has dropped a match in a powder bar rel that could blow up in the face: cf Britain’ Nazi-Fascist foes. I may already have exploded if Ath ens’ reports of the British-Italiai naval battle at Corfu are con firmed and victory rests wKh th< British. If British sea power is engagec at Corfu, it is perilously close oi the flank of the Italian supply lin< supporting the attack on Greeci (Continued on £&ge Two) C. W. Fulford Was First Conscript Here In 1917 Wil° wall be Wilmington’s first conscript today? The answer is tied P in a lettle blue capsule in Wash "^pn, but. a yellowed newspaper ncovered yesterday attests to the ,a that Charlie w. Fulford was the Ilrst in 1917. |n fact’ Fulford was Wilmington’s arniy in the first draft of the prld war, he being the city’s five '‘pent o! the first draft called into service. o^Jir. i- ulford, now 46 and a resident t).‘■U,nset Park, admitted last night , e was “the first to go . . . but . the last to come back.” said remember the day,” he in u An<* acc01'ding to the account nas * 'Vilrningt,on Dispatch Fulford i.Prnv Wol,ilized into service on Sep he ber 1917, and n September 9 iB o£t f°r Camp Jackson, S. C., which in all probability is where to day’s first conscripted man will be sent. The unusual thing about Mr. Ful ford’s mobilization is that he was the entire Wilmington army in him self. The newspaper account of his departure says: "Mr. Fulford is going away today to begin service under perhaps the most unique condition that any man ever shouldered a rifle or prepared to dig a trench. The distinction of being a whole army in itself is very unusual and Mr. Fulford apparently realizes that the distinction which is his is apparently not shared by an other.” At 23 he had “fought a losing bat tle with the capsules,” as the news paper stated * F.D.R. Denies Defense Drive Has Hit>ag ‘ Says Republicans Tried To ‘Sabotage* Administra tion’s Arms Efforts j TALKS IN NEW YORK } Recalls Statements Made By Hoover, Fish, Vanden berg, McNary, Others - i BY MAX BOYD s NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—(A>)— a President Roosevelt said tonight * that republican leaders who now r accuse him of neglecting Ameri- * ca’s defenses had tried repeated- e ly in years gone by to "sabotage” ‘ the administration’s efforts “to in- t crease our defenses.” In a major political address 1 broadcast from Madison Square < Garden, Mr. Roosevelt declared: c “I now brand as false the state- ‘ ment being made by republican ‘ campaign orators, day after day 1 and night after. pigbk.Jhat the re arming of America was slow, that it is hamstrung and impeded, that \ it will never be able to meet] threats from abroad.” : Cites Statements He cited statements and votes 1 by which he said republican lead- : ers—prior to the present election campaign—had opposed increased defense appropriations and tried to block aid to Great Brifnin. Although he did not rerer by name to Wendell L. Willkie, the republican presidential candidate, Mr. Roosevelt said one of the al ternatives to his reelection was to risk the future of the country “in the inexperienced hands of those who in these perilous days are willing recklessly to imply that our boys are already on their ! way to the transports.” Willkie said recently that, if the President’s peace promises were (Continued on Page Two) WILLKIE UPHOLDS TWO-TERM SETUP Says Roosevelt’s Re-Elec tion Will Mean End Of ‘Our Two-Party System’ LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 28.—UP) —Wendell L. Willkie described the two-term tradition tonight as the “the common law of the United States” and said President Roose velt’s re-election would mean “the destruction of our two-party system.” A “New Deal party,” he con tended in a prepared address, has grown in Washington “out of the Democratic party, and, funguslike has suffocated it.” “It is this New Deal party,” he continued, “that now makes its ul timate grasp for power—the repeal (Continued on Page Six; Col. 5) British Bombers Attack Skoda Armament Plant LONDON, Oct. 28—W)—British bombers ranging farther from home than ever before in their systematic assault on Germany were reported tonight to have bombed successfully and left in flames the huge Skoda armament works in what once was Czecho slovakia. The air ministry tersely de clared a “strong force of Royal ' Air Force bombers” attacked the works at Pilsen, Bohemia, last night. But the ministry’s news service, | in an amplification of the formal , communique, said the British ’ bombers set the plant on fire after a 750-mile flight from the English coast through dirty weather. Never relaxing their attacks oi the “invasion coast’’ opposite Eng land, Blenheim bombers of t h < coastal command were reportec by the ministry news service tc have hit a power -' ition at thi Nazi-held French naval base o Loriet A big blue flash spurtei out of the station when the boml hit, it was said. The Querqueyille airdrome nea: Cherbourg also was bombed, thi news service said, with direct hit on a hangar. The British concentrated on oi refineries in other night bombin; forays. The air ministry said si: were attacked; two at Hambur, (Continued on Psige Two) ITALIAN AIR RAIDS ARE LIGHT; BRITAIN PROMISES ASSISTANCE, NA VY MOVES ALONG PENINSULA DUCE, HITLER TALK Mussolini Seeks Air, Naval Bases To Fight Brit ish In Mediterranean ROME REMAINS SILENT Italians Accuse Greeks Of Violating Their Neutrali ty On Five Points ROME, Oct. 28—UP)— Premier Mussolini hurled his Facist forces against Greece today in a drive for air and naval bases from which to fight the British in the Mediter ranean and then, after a long con ference with Adolf Hitler at Flor ence, announced complete Axis agreement ‘on all present ques tions.” Political circles close to the two leaders indicated a belief that the discussion included consideration of French Mediterranean collabor ation in the Italo-Greek crisis and a possible plan to use the French fleet against the British. Take Actum 'An official announcement said the Italians took action against pro British Greece after expiration of a three-hour ultimatum, presented at 3 a. m., demanding permission to occupy strategic Greek territory for the duration of the war. From that point on Rome was si lent on the manner in which its army, air force and navy follow ed. up the ultimatum, official quar ters here saying all they knew was what they read in news reports. Officially, the prinicipal reasons for the drive against Greece were given as Italy’s desire to protect Greek neutrality against British plans to occupy Greece’s Island (Continued „on Page Two) CITY GETS FRESH WATER BY NOV. 6 Pumps For Deep Water Wells Expected To Ar rive Within Few Days Residents of Wilmington who yes terday went through the 25th day of not being able to -drink the salty water here, are assured of fresh water in the city's mains by Wednes day of next week, James E. L. Wade, city commissioner of public works, said yesterday. Pumps have been ordered to make possible the connecting of deep wells in the city to the mains so as to give the people at least temporary relief from the salty water. Commissioner Wade said that the pumps should arrive in about five days and that fresh water should be in the mains by Wednesday of next week. He said that the use of Army-own ed mobile water purification units to take water from Greenfield lake for pumping into the city’s mains (Continued on Page Six; Col. 2) Britain Assures Greece ! Of Every Possible Help ' LONDON, Oct. 28—«P)—Brit ain threw her war-geared re sources behind Greece tonight and King George VI and Prime Minister Winston Churchill personally assured the Italian-invaded kingdom that the British would send every possible help. “We are with you in this struggle,” said the King’s mes sage to King George II of Greece. “Your cause is our cause—we shall be fighting a common foe. “There are doubtless hard trials to be borne but we shall both meet them in the firm faith that ultimate victory is assured by the ever increasing strength of free peoples. We may hope indeed that we are already near the turn of the tide when the power of the ag gressor will begin to ebb and j our growing might to prevail.” Prime Minister Churchill conveyed his assurances to j Greece’s Premier - Di'ctator General John Metaxas, indicat ing the British intend to redeem promptly their 1939 pledge to assist Greece against attack. “We will give you all help in our power,” Churchill said. “We fight a common foe and 1 we will share a united victory.” , The prime minister expressed the British people’s admiration for the way in which the Greek (Continued on Page IJwo) Turke Paper Pref ers War To ‘Dishonorable Peace’ - -i President Receives Greek Ambassador And Talks With Premier Metaxas ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 29. — (Tuesday)— <A>) —The Ankara gov ernment newspaper Ulus, comment ing as Turkey kept close watch on the Italian invasion of Greece, de clared today that "we prefer the hell of war to a dishonorable peace.’’ The editorial appeared as the Tur kish republic celebrated its 17th birthday still undecided whether to join its ally, Britain, in aiding its neighbor and ally, Greece, to resist the Italians. However, Turkey kept her vaunted “2,000,000 bayonets” poised as capital sources pointed to a recent govern ment statement that Turkey would aid Greece in the event of an Ital ian attack—if Britain made good her promise to aid the Greeks. “Test Of Fate’’ The newspaper said further: “No one can assure the citizens until the storm of fire is over that our roofs will not catch after it. We are passing through a test of fate which demands clean hearts, strong confidence and complete cooperation until death. We recognize no limit of sacrifice.” Foreign Minister Sukru S'aracoglu was understood to have reported on the Greek developments at a 2 1-2 hour meeting of the Turkish inner cabinet. President Gen. Ismet Inonu re ceived the Greek ambassador early this morning and talked by telephone with Greece’s Premier Gen. John Metaxas, it was reported unofficially. JAPAN ABANDONS NANNING CENTER Chinese Prepare To Reoc cupy First Capital Regain ed In 3 Years Of War HONGKONG, Oct. 28.— UP) —The Japanese army announced tonight it was abandoning Nanning, strategic communications center in Kwangsi province, southern China, and Chi nese jubilantly prepared to reoccupy . the first provincial capital they have ■ regained in the 3 years of war. i The Japanese said further occupa l tion of the city was “meaningless” since their troops now occupy French ! Indo-China. : Chinese spokesmen asserted that l the Japanese were quitting Nanning i hastily to avoid complete encircle ment by persistently attacking Chi nese forces who have been closing ir since Oct. 24. These sources said the Japanese had suffered heavy losses in sever* fighting in the last few days. , The latest Chinese offensive ’ against Nanning attracted little at , tention at first because ,many pre ’ vious drives against the city failec when its recapture seemed imminent Attempt To Blast U. S. Troop Ship Frustrated PANAMA, Panama, Oct. 28.— (/P)—Crew members on the U. S. troop transport Republic said tonight that an attempt to blow up the ship with a time bomb had been frustrated soon after the ship left San Francisco for the Canal Zone. The sto-y as related by the crew awaiting transit to the At lantic here was that H. F. Dodd, master of arms on the Republic which was loaded with 3,000 troops and passengers, detected a “queer smell” just out of San Francisco, and discovered a smoking box stored among other objects in the last hold. Dodd, they said, picked up the box and, “praying all the way,” made his way to the decks where a member of the crew helped him toss the bomb overboard. LAVAL WILL TALK WITH NAZIS AGAIN France’s Deputy Dictator En Route To Paris For ‘Important Discussions’ VICHY, France, Oct. 28 — UP> — Vice Premier Pierre Laval, his de puty dictatorship of France strength ened by appointment as foreign fi nister, was en route to Paris tonight for “important discussions” expected to bear fruit this week. Presumably he was to confer with German officials about alignin' France with the Rome-Berlin axi for "peace in Europe.” A foreign ministry spokesman sail Laval’s chief, 84-year-old Premier Marshal Philippe Petain, had re ceived from President Roosevelt a “personal message” believed to con cern the negotiations. UTTER FIGHT RAGES Hficials In Belgrade Hear That Turkey Has De clared War On Italy TALY SEEKS SALONIKA Greeks Take Heart From British Naval Help As War Hits Balkans^ BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, 3ct. 28.— (AP)—Stout Greek lefenders held Italy’s invasion jack along the entire length jf the Albania frontier today and fascist forces are fighting furiously in an effort to break through mountain passes leading into Greece, a nehtral military attache reported to night by telephone from Athens. Italian air attacks accom panying the land thrusts were “remarkably lght,” this in formant said, and caused only little damage. The fighting apparently raged without let up tonight as firing could be beard plainly from the south ernmost tip of Yugoslavia. Turk War Reported The Yugoslavs rushed tneir own defense preparations and diplomatic circles in the capi tal heard unconfirmed reports that Turkey has declared war on Italy. Despite official denials, re ports persisted here that the Turkish army has moved into eastern Greece. Neutral military attaches said the Italians lacked strik ing power, indicating the Rome government counted on Greece to capitulate to its ulti matum. Italy attacked Greece early • today when the Greeks reject ed the ultimatum. At least ten divisions of 200,000 Italian troops were reported hurled across the border. Greece de clared war. The principal Italian goal apparently was Salonika, Aegean seaport. Germans here said the Nazis would not take an active part. Yugoslavia, however, faced the possibility that Germany eventually might try to send troops through this country to help her axis partner. Yugoslav and German of ficial sources both denied such permission had been request ed. The Belgrade government (Continued on Page Two) RedsWatchingNewWar But Kremlin Is Silent MOSCOW, Oct. 28.— (5>) —The S'oviet government watched closely the Italian attack on Greece today and the public heard all about it from the Moscow radio but there was no indication of the Kremlin’s re action. Without comment, the radio de voted virtually its entire program to the Balkan developments. These were based largely on American press accounts. Foreign observers expressed the belief the Italo-Greek conflict would : fail to alter immediately the Russian neutrality policy. Indications that this policy has been carried farther were seen today in an audience at which the new Japanese ambassador, Yoshitsugu Tatekawa, presented his credentials to President Michael Yalinin. Indica tions were lacking, however, of any immediate conclusion of a Japanese Soviet non-aggression pact as som* diplomatic quarters had expected. Thagewas a noticeable turn for th* better, In Moscow’s relations witt Turkey, which, with Greece, repre sents Britain’s last remaining friend* in southeastern Europe. This improvement, diplomat!* sources said, has been especially noted since the Turkish ambassadoi returned to Moscow recently and conferred with Premier-Foreign Com missar Molotoff. Russia likewia* has sent a new envoy to Ankara. 1 Tentative plans for \ proposed armorv-auditorium project for Wil miryon costing an estimated $200, 000 were approved yesterday at a joint session of the city and county commissioners. The city and county boards then asreed to submit the proposal to of ficials of the Works Progress admin istration to determine to what ex tent the federal government would: he willing to cooperate. James E. L. Wade, commissioner of public works, was designated to represent the city commissioners and Addison Plewlett, chairman, to appear in behalf of the county com missioners in securing project con sideration by the WPA. ' Seating Capacity Hiked James Lynch, architect, who out lined the tentative plans before the joint session, was asked to revise Its plans to provide for an increase of from 2,700 to 3.000 in the seating capacity of the proposed auditorium. Under the tentative plans approv ed yesterday, the structure would he i r,,1 feet wide and 150 feet long, cost an estimated $200,000. and pro vide for a seating capacity of 2, 700 persons, including about 200 seats in the gallery. Commissioner Wade said- it was hi? understanding that the federal (Continued on Page Two)
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