gOLESALE TRUCK
market PLANNED
parmers-Civic Club
0f a wnoies«uc moutci »*cic.
committee was appointed to
, . the matter to the attention
f state legislators from this coun
; 1 the state senator from his
Lrict at a meeting to be held
the courthouse tonight at which
“tizens will be given an opportuni
• to discuss proposed legislation
Xhe club, after brief discussion,
ted to back the Farmers club
. l|s m0Ve to secure a conference
I president Roosevelt relative
t'n'uA regulations as they effect
the" truck industry in this section
and appointed a committee coin
id of Rod Sparrow, R. W. Gal
La, G. s. Currin and Eugene
Edwards to work with the Farm
ers club committee.
A committee was also appointed
to bring the matter of the state
soil laboratory and its needs be
iore the attention of the legislators
at*tonight's meeting, composed of
CM member from each of the
three counties represented: New
Hanover. Brunswick and Pender.
Dr. H. G. Willis and Rod Spar
row were elected life members of
the organization and visitors from
Van Eeden were introduced. 3
BRITISH FORCES
ROUT ITALIANS
(Continued from Page One)
Iv helpful in the transport of British
troops.
There was no confirmation of ru
mors that Salum. the Italian posi
tion just within Egypt beyond the
Libyan frontier, had fallen to the
British.
It was understood that a number
of blackshirts (Fascist militiamen)
were among the British prisoners, as
well as some Libyan natives. Hun
dreds of officers have been taken.
in addition to attacking the re
treating Italians, the Royal Air
Force was declared to have kept up
a constant series of raids upon all
Fascist advanced airdromes in Libya,
preventing aircraft from taking off
in many instances and destroying
planes on the ground.
The Italians appeared to be using
heir fighter craft mainly in defense
against the British pilots who were
mpporting the British advance. Total
Fascist plane losses in three days of
lighting were put by the British at
tore than 40 “for certain.” In the
•ame period, the British acknow
edged the loss of only four planes.
General Sir Archibald P. Wavell,
the British Middle Eastern comman
der. and Air Chief Sir Arthur Mur
ray Longmore visited advanced head
quarters in the desert today for a
long conference with General Sir
Maitland Wilson and Air Commodore
Raymond Collishaw.
CONTRIBUTE TODAY
TO STOCKING FUND
(Continued from Page One)
the fund this year. Throughout the
day yesterday there was a line of
people at the newspaper offices
asking that their children be given
a visit by Santa Claus. There will
be no Santa for these children un
less the more fortunate people of
Wilmington make it possible
through contributions to the Empty
Stocking fund.
Through no fault of their own,
these parents are unable to pro
vide for their children this year.
They have taught their children to
believe that there is a Santa Claus
—a Santa Claus that visits poor
people as well as the rich—and the
faith that these youngsters have in
them and in all the things they
have been taught to believe now
hangs in the balance.
Your contribution will go toward
making these unfortunate parents
and their children happy on Christ
mas—a happiness that should be
denied no one no matter how hum
ble his station in life.
Parents of children must obtain
cards for the Christmas packages
and these cards must be signed by
the child’s teacher, their pastor
or Sunday school teacher so that
only worthy cases will be benefit
ted.
The Empty-Stocking fund de
pends upon the generosity of the
people of Wilmington for its exis
tence and the sponsors have the
hope that »o child in the city and
county will be overlooked this
Christmas.
You may make your contribution
either to J. Henry Gerdes, treasurer
of the fund, at the Peoples Savings
Bank and Trust company, or at the
Star-News offices. All contributions
will be acknowledged through these
columns.
The fund to date:
Previously asknowledged . .$336.74
A friend . 2.00
A friend . 5.00
A friend . 10.00
A friend . 2.00
A friend . 20.00
A friend . 10.00
A friend .50
A Sailor . 5.00
George Bailey Autry . 3.68
A friend . 1.00
Two Sisters . 20.00
A Bachelor . 50.00
Ladies Aux. No. 64,
Order of R. R. Conductors 5.00
Anonymous . 15.00
Total .$485.92
Panetti Will Present
Organ Recital Sunday
J. Milton Panetti, of Baltimore
and Charlotte, will present an or
gan recital at the Chestnut Street
Presbyterian church at 5:30 o’clock
Sunday afternoon.
Panetti, who studied at Peabody
institute, Hopkins university, and
City Collegian, in England, Ger
many. and Italy, was director of
the Charlotte male chorus for a
number of years and at present is
director and organizer of the Scot
tish Rite cathedral choir. 4
GERMANS ATTACK
INDUSTRIAL AREAS
(Continued from Page One)
A church and a furniture factory
were destroyed in one midlands
town; incendiary bombs were drop
ped on a northeastern locality, but
the result, authorities said, was not
serious.
London’s anti-aircraft spoke out
at intervals, but there were no
reports of bomb damage in the
first four hours of the night raid.
I THIS
I WHISKEY IS
1 YEARS OLD j
A,
f*00F . COPYRIGHT 1940, THE OLD QUAKER CO., IAWRENCEBURO. INO.
HOUSING SURVEY
ACTION IS URGED
Trade Body Asks Immediate
Steps Be Taken To Com
pile Data Here
Immediate action on a proposed
survey of the available number of
vacant houses and apartments in
Wilmington which may be used by
army officers and others connect
ed with the Holly Ridge training
base was urged yesterday in & let
er by the chamber of commerce
to R. C. Cantwell, Jr., president
of the Wilmington Real Estate
Board.
Offering the cooperation of the
trade body with the survey, Louis
T. Moore, manager, stated “We
sincerely trust that your contem
plated survey can be started at
once as it is apparent within a few
weeks there will be a tremendous
ly heavy demand for housing ac
commodations here.”
Moore suggested that in the
event that the Marine Corps base
is located in Onslow county that
the housing demand will be great
er.
Cantwell said last night that no
thing definite has been done on the
survey as yet, but that he hopes
to work out a plan for the work
in the next few days and put it
into operation possibly next week.
CITY WILL SEEK
LOAN FROM RFC TO
BUILD TERMINALS
(Continued from Page One)
has been approved by William B.
Campbell, city attorney.
For months Hiers has been se
curing information to rupport the
application and has filed with the
application a comprehensive brief
containing all this information.
The brief begins with a general
description of Wilmington, its lo
cation, transportation facilities, in
dustries, the products of the sur
rounding territory and the work
which the federal government has
done to make the Cape Fear river
suitable for ocean going ships.
It points out that the shipyard
property which the city owns was
deeded to it by he federal gov
ernment only with the proviso that
terminals should be erected there
when needed and that “No ob
jections to proposed project have
r been made by individuals, civic
groups, or any other bodies. "On
the other hand, certain civic
groups and the officials of the city
and county have whole-heartedly
and unanimously indorsed the plan
to provide the port with modem
waterfront terminals.”
xtexauve 10 revenue proaucing
projects, which would finance the
project, the brief points out that
“It is pertinent to say at this
point that all of the commodities
which are definitely anticipated for
handling through new facility orig
inate in a territory having freight
rates favorable to and from the
port of Wilmington.”
Anticipated Freight
The brief lists as freight antici
pated for handling through the ter
minal its first year of operation,
the following items: Textiles, 6,863
tons; manufactured tobacco, 1,500
tons; plywood veneer, 600 tons;
peanut meal, 2,000 tons; blankets,
1,500 tons; knit goods, 375 tons;
cast iron pipe, 1,500 tons; hosiery,
75 tons; cedar lumber, 216 tons;
furniture, 500 tons and tobacco, in
hogsheads, 2,000 tons, all bound fo"
the Pacific coast; 30,000 tons of to
bacco in hogsheads, 5,000 tons cf
cotton, 2,000 tons of lumber and
2,000 tons of naval stores, for ex
port; 10,000 tons of paper, 3,000
tons of tapioca flour, 3,000 tons of
cotton and 11,000 tons of wood p’up
for importation; and 1,000 tons of
canned goods, 1,000 tons of petrole
um products (cased goods) and 2,
500 tons of miscellaneous merchan
dise in coastwise commerce. 4
This would make a grand total
of 79,634 tons the first year. The
brief anticipates an increase of 10
percent the second year of opera
tion, 10 percent the third year and
10 percent the fourth year, which
at that time would make the total
tonnage per year 105,994 tons.
“As a careful study of the ton
nage potentialities and actualities
of this port definitely indicates that
above figures are cotiseivaiv" in
every sense of the word, we shall,
for the purpose of showing operat
ing revenues, use 100,000 tons as a
safe and sound average basis for
determining revenue during the
life of the loan,” the brief says.
Operating: Revenue
On that basis it shows a total
operating revenue for the termi
nals of $138,796 per annum as
against total operating and main
tenance expenses of $68,846, leav
ing a net income to apply against
the retirement of the loan, of $69,
950 annually.
Attached to the brief are photo
static copies of many letters from
manufacturers of cotton goods, to
bacco products, lumber and other
building materials, fertilizer, pea
nut meal, blankets, hosiety, furni
ture, paper, and other products
and distributors of these products,
telling of their desire to use the
port of Wilmington if terminals are
erected here.
These were received by Hiers
over a period of months during
which he has been working ou the
application and getting material
to support it.
The brief also auotes Lieut. Col.
George W. Gillette, formerly. Wil
mington district army engineer as
saying that “the port of (Wilming
ton) is not a local proposition and
shpuld be developed into the major
city for the two Carolinas. More
water depth and terminal facili
ties are needed if Wilmington ex
City Briefs
CHRISTMAS PARTIES
Christmas parties will be given
in the home agent’s office today
as follows: for 4-H boys and
girls at 4 o’clock in the after
noon, and for Se -vice club mem
bers at 8 o’clock at night.
COUNTY AGENTS CONFER
R. R. Rich, county agent of
Pender county, spent yesterday
morning in business session with
R. W. Galphin, local county
agent, discussing best procedure
to import a good number of milk
cows in the two counties.
SUPPER MEETING
The Brotherhood of Temple
Baptist church will hold its
monthly supper meeting with a
turkey dinner at the church an
nex tonight at 6:30 o’clock. The
Rev. J. F. Herbert, pastor of
Grace Methodist church, will be
the principal speaker.
SONGWRITERS
Mildred W. Robinson of 3U3
Wrightsville ave .ue, is one ol
the amateur songwriters award
ed honorable mention by the
Song Hit Guild of New Stork.
An advisory board composed of
Paul Whiteman, Guy Lombardo,
Billy Rose and Kay Kyser found
Miss Robinson’s manuscripts
showed unusual promise despite
the fact that they barely missed
receiving top honors.
ARRESTED
James Windley, Jr., negro,
was arrested by police last
night on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon after he
allegedly struck Novella Tyson
with a broom and stabbed her
with an ice pick.
TEMPLE SERVICES
“The Ramparts. We Watch”
will be the subject of a ser
mon by Rabbi M. M. Thurman
at the Temple of Israel to
night at 8 o’clock. The public
is invited to attend. Saturday
morning at II o’clock the rabbi
will continue his discussion of
the Book of Genesis. 4
WEATHER
(Continued from Page One)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — (JP) —
Weather bureau records of temperature
and rainfall for the 24 hours ending
8 p. m.:
Station High Low Free.
Asheville, rn__ 50 0.00
Atlanta, rn __ 65 52 0.04
Boston, cld_ 38 31 0.00
Charlotte, cld_ 69 46 0.0<]
Chicago, cld_ 36 _ 0.05
Cincinnati, cld_ 60 44 0.5E
Detroit, rn_ 34 60 0.46
Galveston, cld_ 72 64 - 0.0C
Jacksonville, p c__ 78 56 0.0!:
Kansas City, sn_ 34 32 0.23
Little Rock_ 66 57 0.35
Louisville, rn-- 61 49 0.36
Memphis, rn_ 65 59 0.1]
Miami, clr_ 77 72 0.06
Mobile, cld_ 70 64 1.11
New Orleans, p c- 79 63 O.Ot
New York, cld_ 43 38 0.06
Richmond, cld- 53 29 O.Ot
San Francisco, clr- 53 35 0.00
Savannah, p c_ 77 58 0.01
Washington, cld- 49 38 O.Ot
Wilmington, p c_ 73 49 0.00
pects to move forward as a port
city.’
Freight rates are also given in
the brief, showing the advantage
which Wilmington has in this re
spect over Charleston and Norfolk.
Rate Advantage
The brief says. “To briefly sum
marize the rate situation and its
favorable bearing upon the porl
of Wilmington, it can definitely be
stated that 75 percent of North
Carolina’s area, in which 90 per
cent of its agricultrue and industry
is located, has a distinct rate ad
vantage by using the port of Wil
mington as compared with any
other port, and to this can be
added a number of thriving towns
in the northeastern comer of South
Carolina. In addition to the large
area where Wilmington has. a rate
advantage, it must be borne in
mind that from and to territory
beyond, such as in the states of
Tennessee and Georgia and com
mon territory beyond, a general
port equalization exists for
Charleston, Wilmington and Nor
folk.”
mere nas Deen aniy one an
swer found to the situation that
forces North Carolina business
through the ports of other states
and taht is the lack of suitable
warehouse facilities at this point
into and through which such com
modities can be handled. The fa
cilities here while suitable for the
handling of fertilizer materials are
totally unsuited and inadequate for
the handling of any and all kinds
of business that is available in
our immediate hinterland. Textiles
and tobacco as well as numerous
other commodities cannot be
stored in space that is damp from
long storage of fertilizer materials
cr that throws off odors that will
contaminate goods stored in such
space. Insurance rates in existing
facilities at this port are exceed
ingly high. The lowest rate to be
found in any facility, which is a
limited area, is 65 cents per $100
per year. Rates in other water
front warehouses in tl:~ port run
up to as high as $2.65 per $100
per annum.
“It is not the purpose with the
construction of the proposed termi
nals to divert fertilizer materials,
gasoline or any other commodity
way from the facilities now hand
ling such business; but, on the
other hand, to erect a facility that
will accomodate North Carolina
business now moving through the
ports) of other states.”
The! brief also brings out that
Fort Bragg, the camp at Holly
Ridge and other propo ed national
defense projects will be dependent
upon Wilmington as the only port
which can randle their needs eco
nomically. 3
A. C.L. ANNOUNCES
ARMY COACH FARE
Passenger Rate Cut To One
Cent A Mile For Service
Men During Holiday
The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
yesterday announced a special
Christmas holiday coach rate of one
cent a mile for all members of the
armed forces of the United States
on furlough and traveling at their
own expense. The normal coach rate
is one and a half cents a mile.
The ACL passenger traffic depart
ment said the tickets would be on
sale from December 14 to January
14 inclusive. The final limit or re
turn is 15 days in addition to the
date of sale.
MONTGOMERY,
LEE OFFICIALS
CONFER HERE
(Continued from Page one)
who will move his family here with
in a few days, will be local repre
sentative for the company.
It was indicated last night that
the awarding of the construction
contract will be announced today in
Washington and that the contractor
will arrive some time during the day
to set up an organization for the
project.
Col. Montgomery was accompanied
here yesterday by Lieut, spees and
Lieut. Wilbur H. Turner. The party
spend some time studying maps of
the camp site and then made a short
visit to Holly Ridge in the after
noon.
Six white and two negro anti-air
craft regiments are to be organized
and trained at the Holly Ridge firing
center, which will have a capacity
of approximately 20,000 men.
In a briew interview yesterday
morning Col. Montgomery pointed
out that Wilmington is going to have
a number of problems to face with
the influx of people which will result
from the erection of the Holly Ridge
base. He expressed hope the people
of the city would anticipate these
problems as far as possible and
would solve them before they make
their presence felt.
Asked if an early announcement
that the first six cadres of 128 men
each would be stationed at the camp
on Dec. 20 still held good, Col.
Montgomery said he did not know,
as he was concerned only with the
building of the camp.
Transfers Rumored
Meanwhile there were many
rumors of transfers of property
in the Holly Ridge section but e
check with the register of deed:
at Jacksonville showed only tw<
have been recorded in that office
during the past week. One of the
purchasers was C. C. Hines, post
master at Holly Ridge, and the
other was H. M. Ennett.
Hines was busy yesterday- making
plans for certain construction, in
cluding the erection of a theatre,
near the camp site and said indica
tions are there will be much private
building in that section within the
next few days.
Col. Montgomery is an engineei
with experience in three branches of
the army.
He was born in St. Cloud, Mi-m.,
on April 26. 1890, and his home now
is in Oklahoma City.
In September 1917 he was com
missioned a first lieutenant in the
engineer reserve, and in July 1920
became a regular army officer in the
corps of engineers. This commission
he held until November 27, 1922,
when he was honorably discharged
as the World war army was reduced
to peace-time size.
He retained a reserve commission,
however, and subsequently transfer
red to the cavalry reserve. He is
now a lieutenant colonel in the
cavalry reserve, and was on active
duty at Fort Bliss, Texas, when he
was detailed recently to temporary
duty with the quartermaster corps,
which sent him to Wilmington.
Some stores use soda to bright
en the color of fruits and vege
tables.
Salvation Army Yule
Funds Total $220.44
A total of $83.59 was received
in contributions by the Salvation
Army Christmas fund yesterday,
bringing the grand total to date to
$220.44, Brigadier J. V. Breazeale
reported.
Of the amount received yester
day $16.59 was taken in the Christ
mas "kettles” on the streets and
$67 was received through the
mails.
The fund will be used to help
needy families and children at
Christmas . 4
Mrs. Zella Soles Dies
At Home In Tabor City
TABOR CITY, Dec. 12.—Mrs.
Zella Soles, 65, widow of W. M.
Soles, died at her home in Tabor
city tonight at 7:30 o’clock after
a short illness.
Funeral services win De held
from the late residence Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, with the
Rev. Winfrey Davis, pastor of the
First Baptist church here, officiat
ing.
Mrs. holes was a member of
Mt. Sinai Baptist church. She is
survived by three eons, Carson
Soles, of Hampton, Va„ Clarence
Soles, of Fayetteville, and Claude
Soles, of Tabor City; two daugh
iMria i««k
ters, Mrs. Chellie Long, of Claren
don, and Mrs. Reba Roberts, of
labor City; four brothers, Jim
Jolly, of Clarendon, Grover Jolly,
of Tabor City; Dillon Jolly, of
Clarendon, and Ches Jolly, of Free
man; three sisters, Mrs. Ella
Todd, of Loris, S. C., Mrs. AUia
Hardy and Mrs. Bert Hardy, of
Tabor City. _
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