BUTLER IS HURT
WHEN HIT BY CAR
Deputy Sheriff Struck While
Investigating Accident
Near the City
Deputy Sheriff T. Butler was ser
iously injured early last night when
he was struck by an automobile
driven by Will R. Foreman, of Caro
lina Beach, while investigating an
accident on the Carolina Beach high
way about five miles from the city.
He was admitted to James Walker
Memorial hospital for treatment of a
fractured leg and a dislocated hip.
His condition was reported as "satis
factory.”
State highway patrolmen who in
vestigated the accident said that
Butler was directing traffic at the
scene of the accident when he was
struck.
The accident involved automobiles
drive nby Joe Marion Tilley, of 812
Orange street, and Dennis Truman
Southerland, of Route Two, Wil
mington. Neither of the ,^wo drivers
were injured, although their cars
■teere damaged considerably.
Foretfian was headed toward Wil
mington at the time Butler was
Struck on the highway. Butler was
wearing plain clothes at the time.
Foreman w as arrested on a charge
of reckless operation of an automo
bile with injuries. He was released
under a bond of $500.
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[TEACHER TENURE
PLAN IS DOWNED
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{end their city limits by ordinance,
rather than by special legislative
enactment. Residents in the new
areas would have to be given the
same services granted other citi
zens.
If those services are not grant
ed, the new citizens may remove
themselves from the towns through
petitions.
The senate reapportionment
measure was voted a favorable
report by the joint committee on
senatorial districts, and the propo
sal to give teachers job security
was unfavorably reported by the
house education committee.
Under the former bill, the senate
personnel would be divided among
10 districts, with the west gaining
one senator and the east losing one.
A sub-committee had returned
Davie to the 24th district with
Wilkes and Yadkin, with one sena
tor; and had gven Cabarrus and
Rowan two senators in a new 21st
district. This change was adopted
12 to 5, the rest of the bill remain
ing as introduced February 14.
Bertie would be added to the
first district; Northampton, Vance
and Warren would make up the
third, with one senator; Durham,
Granville and Person would com
pose the 14th, with two; Caswell
and Rockingham would be the 15th,
with one; Alamance and Orange
would be in the 16th, with one;
Guilford would be alone in the 17th,
with one; Mecklenburg would be
alone in the 20th with one; Cabar
rus and Rowan would be in the
21st with two; Cleveland, Mc
Dowell and Rutherford would be
in the 27th, with two; and Hay
wood, Henderson, Jackson, Polk
and Transylvania would be in the
32nd, with two.
The proposal was opposed by
representatives Stoney of Burke
and Pickens of Guilford, and Sena
tor White of Vance. Stoney as
serted that “the truth of the matter
is, it’s a bad bill.”
“We are simply giving lip serv
ice to the constituton and are be
ing ruled by a small group of
wilful men,” he said. “I am against
it and my people are against it.”
On motion of Representative
Reynolds of Buncombe, himself
principal of the West Buncombe
High school, the house education
committee killed the tenure bill
without comment.
The senate education gave a
"without prejudice” report to a
similar proposal and sent it to the
floor. But doubt was expressed that
it could pass.
Apparently, legislators were un
willing now to go beyond a provi
sion for "continuing” teacher con
tracts provided in a bill now before
the two educaton committees as
an additional to the school ma
chinery act. This would provide
that teachers must be notified by
registered letter before the end of
the school term if they are not to
be retained.
The joint education committee
discussed proposed changes in the j
machinery act and will continue
fhe consideration Tuesday, when
the measure may be reported. The
group adopted an amendment to
allow teachers to maintain their
standing without attending sum
mer schools.
Lloyd Griffin, school commission
secretary, suggested and represen
tative Edwards of Swain offered
an amendment to extend work
men’s compensation coverage to
employes of schools with a 12th
grade and ninth month.
Under the changes, superinten
dents would serve for four years
and principals two years; teachers
would be chosen by local com
mittees from lists prepared by lo
cal superintendents; districts with
less and 1,000 school population
would be allowed to hold special
tax elections; school buildings
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Naval District, is made a grand officer of the Brazilian Order, of the
Southern Cross. He is shown in Manhattan receiving the cordon ot the
order from Oscar Correia, consul general of Brazil in New York._
SNOWSTORM HITS
EASTERN STATES
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ware, but appeared to be moving
rapidly toward New England.
Forecasters said snowfall would
be heavy and temperatures lower
from Block Island, R. I., to East
port, Me, with exception of parts
of Vermont and Connecticut.
Although the storm centered in
the East, other parts of the coun
try especially the South, did not
escape the wintry blasts. Snow fell
last night as far south as Valdosta,
Ga., eighteen miles from the Flori
! da line, although a bright sun soon
j cleared the ground.
Snow of varying depths fell in
! North Carolina from Elizabeth City
I on the Atlantic to the Great Smoky
Mountains on the Tennessee bor
der.
Mt. Mitchell, regularly the cold
est spot in the state where official
weather readings are made, had
a minimum temperature of two
degrees above zero.
Clearing skies accompanied by
falling temperatures were reported
across North Carolina tonight.
Florida’s forecasts called for
temperatures as low as 30 de
grees tomorrow morning in the
citrus and winter vegetable grow
ing areas, Tallahassee, the State
capital, this morning had a reading
of 29, which was 22 degrees under
the previous day’s low.
The storm was the worst of the
year for Southern New Jersey,
where drifts piled three feet high
in places and caused suspension of
classes in many schools.
The entire Delaware Peninsula
also reported near-blizzard condi
tions which threatened to isolate
communities. Sussex county of that
state was especially hard hit. So
heavy was the fall over the entire
Peninsula, however, that efforts of
300 workers sent out by the high
way department were unable to
keep all roads open.
As the storm moved eastward
forecasters said they expected its
center to pass between Nantuckel,
Mass., and Block Island. Strong
gale winds accompanying the snow
scattered 35 fishing boats between
Norfolk, Va, and Wildwood, N. J.
Captain K. E. Knute of Theyan
non, arriving at Wildwood ten
hours overdue, said the storm was
the worst he had encountered in
15 years. 5
WILMINGTON HOTEL
CONTRACTS AWARDED
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tural steel and brick construction,
an absolute fireproof structure,
with reinforced concrete floors.
“I am tying to help keep hotel
facilities ample for the many new
comers expected to visit our city
in the near future,” said Bugg in
discussing the details of the proj
ect.
A store, 35 feet wide and 100
feet deep, will be erected under
the addition and extend to the new
American Oil company station
building on the rear of the Wil
mington Hotel property.
Each of the 40 to 50 rooms in
the addition will feature private
accommodations for tub and
shower and will be the very latest
in hotel facilities, in every way,
Bugg said.
All construction details have
been designed to conform with the
present Wilmington Hotel building.
When completed, the new wing
will be strictly modern and up-to
date in every way.
After the addition is finished and
it is discovered that it does not
furnish ample hotel accommoda
tions for Wilmington, the owner
plans to construct three more
stories over the entire building,
new and old.
This work, Bugg pointed out. will
make a complete 10 story build
ing, as was outlined when the Wil
mington Hotel was first built, with
accommodations for approximate
ly 225 rooms. 1
could be used free for certain pur
poses with the consent of local
boards; and extra teachers would
be allowed for areas boomed by
national defense activities. 5
WEATHER
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. — (AP) —
Weather bureau records of temperature
and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8
p. m.:
Station H L Pr. i
Asheville, cloudy - 24 21 .00
Atlanta, partly cloudy- 37 29 .00 j
Birmingham, partly cl’dy__ 34 29 .00
Boston, cloudy _ 35 16 .00
Chicago, clear - 29 21 .10
Cleveland, partly cloudy 25 17 .OS
Detroit, clear _ 25 16 .00
Fort Worth, clear - 65 37 .00
Galveston, clear _ 66 39 .00
Jacksonville, clear - 54 35 .00
Little Rock, partly cloudy _ 42 25 .00
Los Angeles, rain - 65 59 1.48
Louisville, cloud'y- 29 IS .01
Memphis, partly cloudy- 37 23 .00
Miami^ clear- 65 52 .00
Mobile, clear - 49 34 .00
New Orleans, partly cloudy 56 40 .00
New York, snow - 21 21 .06
Norfolk, snow _ 31 29 .49
Richmond, snow - 30 26 .12
St. Louis, parti ycloudy — 32 14 .00
San Francisco, partly cl’dy 64 53 .41
Savannah, partly cloud y—„ 49 32 .00
Washington, snow - 26 26 .10
Wilmington, cloudy- 39 32 .08
TRIAL OF TRAFFIC
CASES SIMPLIFIED
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cified fines for certain minor city
and state law infractions without
appearing in the county recorder’s
court, literally jammed during
recent weeks as law enforcement
officers have cracked down on
traffic violators in an effort to
reduce the mounting toll of auto
mobile accidents.
Specific offenses on which vio
lators can, if they choose, waive
court appearance, and prescribed
fines for each offense, include:
Overtime parking in the city, $2.
Double parking in the city, $3.80.
Illegal parking in bus zone,
$3.80.
Illegal parking in loading zone,
$3.80.
Illegal parking by a fire
hydrant, $4.80.
To be added to this list, effective
Monday, Alton A. Lennon, record
er’s court judge and sponsor of
the new system said, will be:
Overtime parking in the post
office 10-minute restricted zone,
$2.00.
Blocking a public or private
driveway, $3.80.
Operating a vehicle without
proper city tags, $2.00.
Offenses are submissible to the
clerk of the superior court, court
house building, from 9 a. m. to 5
p. m., daily except Saturdays, Sun
days and holidays. The remainder
of the time—5 p. m. to 9 a. m.,
Saturday afternoons, Sundays and
holidays—offenders can submit
and pay their fines to the desk
sergeant at the city police station
in the basement of the city hall.
In addition to the specified of
fenses listed above—all city or
dinances—motorists cited for
speeding outside of the city can
immediately appear before any
justice of the peace in New Han
over county and waive court ap
pearance by posting to maximum
fine of $10 with the magistrate.
Justices of the peace, Judge Len
non said, are empowered to act
on all traffic misdemeanors where
the maximum penalty does not
exceed $50 or 30 days imprison
ment.
Through the system brought into
operation yesterday after a series
of conferences between city traf
fic police, deputy sheriffs and
members of the Wilmington office
of the state highway patrol and
Judge Lennon, the number of traf
fic cases being heard in record
er’s court is expected to decrease
more than 75 per cent. Experience
of recent weeks has indicated to
the court. Judge Lennon said, that
nearly all minor traffic offend
ers plead guilty.
The new system was brought in
to existence to meet a public de
mand that minor offenders could
waive court appearance and the
lengthy delays occasioned by the
over-crowded court docket.
Secondly, Judge Lennon pointed
out, the system will make it pos
sible for city, county and state
traffic policemen to forego long
hours in court, thus allowing them
more time on active street and
highway duty.
PLAN TO PREVENT
STRIKES OFFERED
Placed Before Congress by
William S. Knudsen,
Director of OPM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28-—(A>)—
A far-reaching plan to head off
strikes in defense industries and to
deny the protection of the Wagner
Act to unions or employers con
sidered recalcitrant was laid be
fore congress today by William S.
Knudsen, director of the ofice of
production management.
He wrote a memorandum to
Chairman Sumners (D.-Tex.) of
the house judiciary committee, en
dorsing a provision in a bill by
Rep. Smith (D.-Va.) calling for
federal conciliation when it ap
pears that a defense strike is im
minent.
Then he added these suggestions,
in case conciliation failed:
“Notice of intent to strike on a
defense contract shall be given
only after all the employes in the
plant have given their consent
through a secret ballot conducted
on the premises, under supervi
sion of the conciliation service of
the department of labor with a
majority of not less than 60 per
cent.
“After notice of intent to strike
is served on the management and
the labor department, a committee
of fact finding members of OPM
will 6tudy the issue and give a re
port within ten days. Strike must
be deferred until 30 days after re
port is submitted.
“Failure to comply will make
strike unauthorized and will forfeit
the manufacturer’s and the union’s
rights before the national labor
relations board, until reinstated by
the board.”
(There were differing opinions
as to what the words “failure to
comply” referred; some quarters
thought they meant that the strike
would be declared unauthorized if
the report of the factfinding board
were not complied with; others be
lieved the strike would be out
lawed if the 30-day cooling-off
period and other rules suggested
in the previous paragraphs were
ignored. Aides of Knudsen said he
would not be available to interpret
the language until tomorrow.)
It was authoritatively reported
tonight that Sidney Hillman, as
sociate OPM director and labor
member of the defense commis
sion, did not see the Knudsen
memorandum before it was sent
to Capitol Hill.
In the same communication,
Knudsen told Sumners that he
agreed with other sections of
Smith’s bill which provide for life
imprisonment for sabotage on
property or finished articles. But
he said he opposed similar penal
ties proposed for “interfering” with
property on defense contracts or
handling such property “in a de
fective manner.”
He did not comment, however,
on still other sections which would
make it unlawful to compel a de
fense worker “to join or not to
join” a labor organization.
Judiciary committee members
received the memorandum without
comment but Sumners said that
the committee would resume on
Monday its hearings on the gener
al subject of labor troubles in de
fense industries.
BETHLEHEM STEEL
STRIKE IS ENDED
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ward F. Entwisle said he tele
graphed the OPM its proposals are
“satisfactory to us.”
Union members will return to
jobs as soon as conditions at the
plant permit.
The settlement, termed a "great
victory” by Van A. Bittner, steel
workers organizing committee di
rector, provides:
1. Re-instatement of all employes
recently discharged, estimated by
the union at between 600 and 1000,
as soon as resumptions of opera
tions will permit; 2. A conference
to seek adjustment of differences;
3. The OPM to “explore” with the
labor board the possibility of hold
ing a collective bargaining agency
election.
Bittner said the union’s original
demand for a 25 per cent wage in
crease, later abandoned, would be
considered when it “bargains”
with the company. He added he
hoped an election would be held
within 30 days.
The strike, called at 9 p. m.
Wednesday and attended by occas
ional violence, threatened the un
ion said, to engulf other Bethlehem
mills, working on $1,500,000,000
worth of defense orders.
The SWOC claims 10,000 mem
bers among Lackawanna’s 14,000
employes, but has declined to esti
mate the number who struck,
A steady stream of workers,
some union members, filed through
the seven gates of the plant, located
on the southern fringe of Buffalo,
to report for the 3 p. m. shift.
Bittner conceded the possibility
of delay before all the men re
turn to their jobs, and said “it
may not be possible to get all the
furnaces and other plant equip
ment into immediate operation and
it may take several day? to take
all the men back.”
WINANT ARRIVES
LISBON. Portugal, Feb. 28—(A*)—
John G. Winant. the new United
States ambassador to Britain, ar
rived here today by plane en route
to London. He was accompanied
by Benjamin Cohen, who will be
his assistant in London.
EX-KING ALFONSO
PASSES IN ROME
FORMER KING ALFONSO
beside the ancient kings of Spain
in the Escorial.
Alfonso, who would have been
55 years old on May 17, died with
the special blessing of Pope Pius
and comforted by the last solemn
sacrament of the church, extreme
unction. 1
PERMISSION GRANTED
MADRID, Feb. 28.— UP)—1The gov
ernment announced tonight that
permission would be granted for
the burial of former King Alfonso
XIII in the royal pantheon in the
Escorial.
BULGARIA WILL
JOIN AXIS TODAY
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whose arival now was believed
to be only a matter of brief hours.
Turkey was said to be reinforc
ing her troops on the Bulgarian
frontier following conclusion of the
talks between Turkish leaders and
Anthony Eden, British foreign sec
retary, and Gen Sir John Dill,
chief of the British imperial gen
eral staff.
Big Question
The big question now was “What
will Turkey do?”
And despite the communique is
sued in Ankara that Britain and
Turkey were in complete agree
ment on “Balkan problems,” there
were few diplomats in the Balkans
who were willing to wager that
Turkey would oppose any German
entry into Greece through Bul
garia.
Most diplomats expressed belief
that Turkey would remain within
her own frontiers and fight only
in the event her borders were vio
lated.
From all sources the word was
the same: Bulgaria’s number was
up.
Diplomatic dispatches from Ru
mania told of mass movements of
German soldiers in full battle kit
through the blocked-off streets of
Bucharest, less than 50 miles from
the Bulgarian border.
The direction of the movement
was not stated, but diplomats need
ed no clairvoyance to deduce it
likely was southward toward the
Danube, where Nazi pontoon
bridges already have been erected
and tested from the Rumanian
shore.
Sofia was like a besieged city,
surrounded by policemen and cut
off from communication even with
its own provinces.
With the brief lifting last night
of the ban on outside calls, there
came news—tinged with forebod
ings—of long talks between Pre
mier Philoff and King Boris and
between Philoff and the Russian,
Turkish and Italian ministers to
Bulgaria.
It was reported officially that
the Bulgarian cabinet met in a
hasty night session following a 30
minute special assembly of the
parliament.
Other reports here said Bulgari
an air defense corps had been
fully mobilized.
Another dispatch said Bulgarian
army units were moving through
the country, principally towards
the Turkish border.
Other Sofia information said two
Bulgarians employed at the Greek
legation had been taken into cus
tody in a series of wholesale ar
rests which included numbers of
unidentified British subjects.
Britain and Turkey, in the face
of fast-developing events, present
ed at least outwardly a united
front. They stood on their an
nouncement of a complete identity
of views after having examined
all eventualities — presumably in
cluding a German push through
Bulgaria into Greece to the Medi
terranean.
A matter for speculation was the
part that Bulgaria’s well - adver
tised ambitions for an outlet to
the Aegean sea was playing in the
drama of the Danube.
Observers also pondered on
whether Adolf Hitler definitely had
decided to dis-engage his Italian
allies from their ill-faring war with
the Greeks 3”. Albania.
Neutral military experts here
agreed that such a move might
well mean that Germany has aban
doned hope of a blitzkrieg windup
to the war with Britain. 1
BRITAIN GETS NEWS
LONDON, March 1 (Saturday)
—((PI—Reports from Belgrade that
Bulgaria has signified her intention
of becoming a “junior Axis part
ner” were received here with
equanimity, well informed sources
said today.
Britain is interested in “actions
rather than gestures,” one source
said.
“A particular point that is
watched with the closest attention!
BRITISH DESTROY
ITALIAN PLANES
English Score Extraordi
nary Air Success Over
Albanian Battle Front
ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 28.—(A1)—
British planes shot down more than
30 Italian warplanes over the south
ern Albanian battle front today
without a single loss to themselves,
the Greek command announced to
night at the close of four months of
war.
This extraordinary aerial success
—the biggest victory ever reported
for a single British sqadron in the
Greek-Italian war—was said to have
paralleled local successes for Greek
ground troops.
Italian tank attacks were repulsed,
the Greek command reported, and
one tank was destroyed.
The British had announced earlier
that 26 Italian planes—in formation
much bigger than the RAF attack
ing unit—were known to have been
destroyed and that nine others were
crippled.
SUBURBAN SEWAGE
CHANGE IS REMOTE
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quest by Forest Hills home-owners
that the municipality include the
suburban Oleander sewer system
in the municipal system. The de
cision was based upon a negative
recommendation by James E. L.
Wade, city commissioner of pub
lic works, who did, however, offer
the alternative recommendation
that the city permit Oleander to
connect with the city sewage sys
tem on a service fee basis.
Whether or not Oleander's 60
home-owners—themselves along
ways from the source of the odor
01 which Forest Hills residents ob
ject—will want to meet the cost ol
paying for a connection at the city
limits with the municipality’s sew
age system, and the additional
monthly service charges is un
known. A spokesman for the Ole
ander home-owners, appraised of
the city’s decision, said he knew
of “no good reason” why property
owners of the district should
assess themselves to eliminate a
condition not bothersome to them.
The Oleander sewerage system,
he pointed out, meets every re
quirement of state and consolidat
ed city-county health board.
“The sewage disposal plant was
in operation long before Forest
Hills began building as a residen
tial district; and for at least 20
years the residue waters of the
disposal plant has been overflow
ing into the creek near Forest
Hills. Weekly, and sometimes often
er, the health department has in
spected the overflow to ascertain
purity of content. That an odor is
present cannot be denied; but the
presence of an odor, as the health
department reports show, does not
indicate pollution,” he said.
Insolong as the Oleander dis
posal system is adequate for the
district’s needs, and meets health
department requirements, the
spokesman said, there “h little
likelihood” of the property owners
there approving the added expense
entailed ii the city offer of a serv
ice-fee-basis connection.
Commissioner Wade, amplifying
his department’s recommenda
tion to deny city absorption of the
Oleander system, said he was op
posed to availing the city’s sewage
system to Oleander, or any other
suburban district beyond the city
limits, on any basis other than a
monthly service charge.
“1 am advised that there would
be a serious legal doubt as to
whether or not the municipality
could absorb, and hence maintain,
a sewage system beyond the city
limits. If Oleander wants to con
nect to the city lines at the city
limits, and pay all costs of t h e
connection, together with a regu
lar monthly service fee I believe
the city will do business; other
wise, not,” the commissioner
said. 4
TRAIN-CAR CRASH
TAKES FOUR LIVES
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train was approaching the highway
crossing, about a half mile from
Watha. There were no signal warn
ings or watchman at the crossing.
The bodies of the four were taken
to the Q ’inn and McGowan funeral
home at Warsaw. Funeral services
are to be held for all four Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Complete
arrangements for the funerals had
not been made last night.
The accident occurred about 8:30
o’clock this morning. ,
The three adults are survived by
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. rise
Teachey, three brothers, Elbert
Teachey, J. W. Teachey and Aubrey
Teachey, and a sister, Katherine
Teachey. Mrs. Newton is also sur
vived by her husband, George New.
ton, and ttvo daughters, Annette and
Annelle Newton, twins, six years of
age.
is the degree of collaboration Bul
garia is giving Germany in allow
ing the infiltration of German
troops into the country.” this
source added.
“Countries which become si
lenced junior partners of the Axis
do not necessarily become decisive
factors in Germany’s blue-print for
‘a new order in Europe.’
“It may be argued that merely
signing dotted lines of the Axis
doesn’t do the junior partners any
good, and, except for propaganda
purposes, Germany herself may be
said to get no profit from the
transactions.” 5
Britain Makes Move
To Conscript Labor
LONDON, Feb. 28—Ml—Britain
made her first move to conscript
labor for war work today by order
ing all experienaed shipbuilders
not now employed in shipbuilding
to register for “national service”
in the industry.
The announcement listed more
than a score of occupations asso
ciated with shipbuilding and stated
that men engaged in any of them
for not less than a year in the last
15 years are to register • between
March 17 and March 19.
The only exceptions are men al
ready engaged in shipbuilding or
in the armed forces. Even men al
ready engaged in government work
other than shipbuilding, must reg
ister.
FRENCH SILENT ON
JAPS* ULTIMATUM
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ficials later this morning to which
French and Thai mediation dele
gates would be invited to hear
the French explain their silence.
But first the Japanese officials
needed their rest. They had kept
the lights burning unavailingly in
to early morning at' the squat,
weather - beaten frame building
which houses the foreign office in
the heart of Tokyo, where they
saw midnight come and go.
Hours before explanation time
it became apparent that no French
reply would be forthcoming. For
all that was known, the French
ambassador, Charles Arsene Hen
ry, who normally would have pre
sented the reply, was home abed.
Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuo
ka himself did his waiting at home.
First Test
What is occurring is the first
test of the East Asian leadership
assigned to Japan by the three
power pact with Germany and
Italy
Apparently the French, for the
moment at least, had found the
price too high in Japan’s so-callad
final compromise offer to settle
the territorial dispute between
Thailand and French Indo-China.
The Japanese proposal, de
scribed as a halving of Thailand’s
original demands for 60 per cent
of the Indo-China provinces of Laos
and Cambodia, was said to be the
minimum acceptable to Thailand.
The French had counter-proposed
to cede about one-tenth of the
original claim and to restrict the
cession to Laos, along the Mekong
river in northern Indo-China. Thai
land contendr that the French
stripped her of traditionally Thai
territory between 1893 and 1904.
The nature of future Japanese
action will depend on r.n analysis
of the French explanation, expect
ed today at the foreign office con
ference. A cabinet spokesman said
the possibilities were “too delicate
a question” to discuss.
Competent circles expressed the
opinion that no “forceful action”
would come before the 400 - odd
business and professional men and
other civilians have been removed
from Indo-China. This evacuation,
already under way, is scheduled
for completion March 7.
On that day also the twice-pro
longed armistice in border war
fare between Indo-China and Thai
land will expire. 1
PRECAUTIONS ORDERED
SAIGON, French Indo-China,
(6:10 P. M.local time—6:10 A. M.
E. S. T.)—Feb 28—UP)—The au
thorities here and elsewhere in
southern Indo - China ordered air
raid precautions tonight, and the
air of mounting crisis was inten
sified by unconfirmed reports that
51 Japanese naval vessels were
in the waters off this French col
ony
Communications with the north
ern port of Hanoi were interrupted
—whether by censorship or out
right severance could not be
learned—and the French adopted
a wait and see attitude in the face
of the Japanese demand that Indo
China accept terms for a border
peace with Thailand (Siam) by
midnight tonight (The French had
sent no reply at that time).
Guards were posted about the
Continental hotel, where the Jap
anese armistice supervisory com
mission is staying. X
THAILAND ACCEPTS
NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—UP)—The
Tokyo (Japanese) radio said to
night it was officially announced
that Thailand had “completely ac
cepted ’ Japan’s mediation propos
als in the dispute with Indo
China. 1
STATION RAIDED
CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 28—
(A?)—Police last night raided a
clandestine Communist radio sta
tion, arrested eight persons and
seized a quantity of weapons and
Marxist literature, the govern
ment announced today. The sta
tion, which had been broadcasting
Communist propaganda and critic
izing various government officials
for 45 days.
Pigeon Cove, Mass., contains a
house built entirely of newspa
pers, excepting the frame, win
dows, and floors.
PROBE OF GRAHAM
DEATH SCHEDULED
Inquest to Be Conducted T0
night in the Columbus
County Courthouse
WHITEVILLE, Feb. 28.-An
quest into the death of Pearl n
ham, 25, negro, of Evergreen,
open at 8 o'clock tomorrow nisiu '
the Columbus county courth ' *
here, J. P. Quinerly, acting coroner*
has announced.
The following jurors have :)e
summoned, impaneled, and j,,
viewed the body: J. G. Inman Gr
Weaver, C. D. Dutton, J. A. duB'**
L. F. Myers, and W. L. Turbevilie '
Graham died late Thursday ui»h(
while en route to the Columbus cour,
ty hospital here from stab woun ‘
allegedly inflicted by James Shin
man, 25, negro, of Evergreen,'du->*
an argument in the Evergreen SPa
tion.
An autopsy revealed Graham died
from a severed artery as the resu'r
of a knife wound in the shoulder'
Shipman is being- held for investica*
tion and pending the outcome of t'h>
coroner’s inquest.
GERMANY’S FOREIGN
MINISTER AND JAP
ENVOY IN VIENNA
(Continued From Page One)
(“That” said a spokesman, "is
a military matter, pure and sim.
pie, about which we are unable to
'give any information.”
(The Vichy report said the eva
cuation began two weeks ago.)
Although nothing official was an
nounced, the view was widely held
that Bulgaria will adhere formal
ly to the alliance of Germany,
Italy and Tokyo in a ceremony at
Hapsburg Castle in Vienna tomor
row.
(The official German wireless
said these reports “were not cot -
firmed, but neither were they ex
pressly denied,” and called attec
tion to “vague replies” at to
foreign office as to whether Europe
could expect a “quiet political and
diplomatic week end.”)
Authorized military observers
commented that the high com
mand’s announcement of 29 ships
sunk or damaged in two days
meant German marine and air
services have inflicted a “fourth
great convoy catastrophe” on Brit
ain in a short time. a
F. R. APPROVES ARMS
HOUSING PROJECT
(Continued From Page One)
and civilian employees of the War
department, working at Camp
Davis.
Indications last night were that
Carmody would select the agency
to build the units within a few
days.
Corrington Gill, assistant com
missioner of the FWA. announced
last night that a sample survey of
the approximately 8,500 dwelling
units in Wilmington during the las!
week of February shows a gross
vacancy rate of 3.0 per cent, with
net habitable rental rate of 0.7 per
cent.
The gross vacancy rale in the
white sections was 2.7 per cent
while in the negro sections it wa>
5.6 per cent. The net habitable
rental vacancy rate in the white
sections was 0.8 per cent, while
in the negro sections it was 0
per cent.
Practically all unoccupied dwei.
ings not for rent were in need o
major repairs or were unfit f°
use the survey showed.
Few units are under construc
tion, for sale or rent, according
to the survey, which was made ti
the division of research in the
WPA in cooperation with the Wil
mington WPA office, at the re
quest of the division of deiein
housing coordination. _
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