The Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
January 16, 1940

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rSicated To The Progress Of (“:-—-——77— u P T n v Served by Leased Wire of the uMLMINuIUn W v» ,i ASSOCIATED PRESS And Southeastern North _ A Carolina Wi:th Complete Coverage of State and National News WILMINGTON. N. C„ TUESDAY. JANUARY Ifi. 1940 i X ESTABLISHED 1867, Red Planes Bomb Several Finnish Cities ^1 i* __ M. South Coast Ports Suffer Much Damage fleets Of Large Bombers Leave Death, Destruc tion In Their Wake CASUALTIES INCREASE jitter Cold Appears To Have Stalled Large Op erations On Front BY WADE WERNER VIIPl'RI. Finland, Jan. 15.—WO -Undeterred by the bitterest cold wave in 10 years, Soviet Russia's a- fleets roared over southern and western Finland again today, bomb in- more than a score of cities and leaving death and destruction in their wake. Hardest hit of the larger cities were the south coast seaports of Viipuri and Turku. The raid on Turku, in which a large number of planes participated, was tho severest the city has experi enced. At least 20 buildings were de stroyed or damaged, and casualties were said to be heavy. Shops Uemolislied Yiipuri, near the Karelian front, was bombed heavily at noon. One whole street of shops was demolish ed and buildings were set afire. At least two persons were killed and many injured. flajamaki, one of the towns which suffered heavily in yesterday’s wide spread air raids, was attacked again by three planes, which were said to have dropped incendiary bombs is well as explosives. Tampere, munitions center north et Helsinki, and Karjaa, south coast port, also were raided. On the military front the biting cold appeared to have stalled large scale operations, at least tempor arily. The Finnish communique reported only patrol activity which it de scribed as "lively and effective"—on the eastern front and said there "ere no developments of importance on the Karelian isthmus. Finnish sources expressed belief that the extensive air raids of yes terday and today were part of a Rus sian attempt to break civilian morale in an effort to weaken resistance at the front. Alarms Sounded In Helsinki two air raid alarms were sounded shortly after noon. The capital is 150 miles west of (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) »ARE INJURED IN JAPANESE FIRE 50,000 Persons Left Home less As Huge Flames Ravage Shizuoka Tokyo, ,Jan. 15.— (iP)—Approxi *ielj :'H.000 were made homeless of' w* f're "hick ravaged the city izuoka, Japan's tea-shipping venter. 'he ferocity of the flames, th,C. "ere Partially controlled in tivn f,eStern FOCt'on of the city, only Earli!'ernen "ere known to be dead. 3qu ,ei Japanese reports’ had said Th,)e''sons were believed dead. e homeless were fed and housed 'Continue,! Pag.e Five. Col j) LWEATHER North FORECAST c°14 Tu«,i,vlna,: and continued ''otidiness at,./ (,: 7:311 88; 1:30 p. 3«. I',’ m- 4-; maximum 03; mean 50; normal 46. .1:30 a Humidity ?:30'p m.:45 a- 751 1:30 p. lotal to- n Precipitation 'otal ii,‘“ur* endil'g 7:30 p. m„ inches. “e flrst °f the month, Hides For Today “ftington .High Low Jtv. .r'::’a 0:43a s “b0t° Inl*-n:38a S moao:nsSeUt>ns!Li:27P S nmom lC0nti«uea on Page Five; fol. 2)

Forms Government ADMIRAL I’ONAI NEW JAP REGIME FORMED BY YONAI Cabinet Expected To Carry On Negotiations For U. S. Trade Accord TOKYO, Jan. 17.—(Tuesday)— (/P) —A new government, considered by Japanese and foreign observers alike to be of stop-gap caliber, -was form ed last night by Japan’s new pre mier, Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai. It was expected to be sworn in today. A striking feature of the new cabinet, expected to carry on nego tiations with the United States for a new trade agreement to replace the one expiring Jan. 26, is the greater representation given politi cal parties than has been the case in the immediate past. Yonai filled four portfolios with strong party men, emphasizing an evident increase of party influence in Japanese affairs. The new cabinet, considered a moderate group, includes eight min isters with previous cabinet exper ience but Japanese sources declar (Continueil on Page Three, Col. 5) ACTIVITY IN rUKD, LABOR CASE AIRED Testimony That NLRB Em ploye Was Pro-CIO Was Large Issue In Case WASHINGTON, Jan. 15— (IP) Testimony that a labor board em ploye was pro-CIO became the sub ject of a month’s volujninous cor respondence between officials in Washington and a trial examiner in St. Louis before it finally was admitted in a Ford Motor company case there, the house committee in vestigating the board developed to day. The testimony in question was that Grant Cannon, field investi gator for the board in St. Louis, had (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) The European War Situation (By The Associated Press) VI1PURI, Finland Russian air fleet bombs score of south ern Finland cities, casualties heavy in Turku, coldest weather in ten years stalls large scale operations on land. COPENHAGEN—Sweden and Norway protest neutrality viola tions by Russian planes in al niost-siinultaneous notes. LONDON—Britain refuses to respect Pan American safety belt warns punitive attempts against British ships would cause friction with allies; official an nouncement says British plane bombed and apparently sank submarine in North Sea. AMSTERDAM Anexiety in Belgium and the Netherlands over possibility of invasion wanes but armies remain at war strength. RIO DE JANEIRO—Inter Amer ican neutrality committee meets to strengthen 300-mile safety belt. r»* Give ^iews On Aid For Finland Possibility Of $25,000,000 Loan To Little Nation Under Discussion LEGATION ENDANGERED President’s Communication On Subject May Be Sent To Capitol Today WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The possibility of a $25,000,000 loan to Finland was under discussion in administration and congressional circles today, while President Roose velt prepared a communication to congress setting forth his views on the subject. At the same time the state de partment received word from Min ister H. F. Arthur Schoenfield at Helsinki that Russian aerial bombs had been dropped closed to the new $300,000 American legation at the Finnish capitol. Incendiary bombs, he reported, had damaged a villa which he occupied until recently. Aid Discussed The whole subject of assistance for Finland was covered in a con ference between Mr. Roosevelt and democratic congressional leaders. The latter said the President’s com munication would go to the capitol very soon, possibly tomorrow. In stead of a message, to congress, it will take the form of a letter to Vice-President Garner and Speaker Bankhead. White House officials said Mr. Roosevelt would express his personal opinion, and also the opinions of Secretary of State Hull and Jesse Jones, federal lending administrator. From conversations about the capitol, it became obvious that sev eral controversies were implicit in the question of help for Finland. Almost everyone was anxious to give that nation assistance, but (Continued on Page Five; Col. 3) FEAR OF GERMAN INVASION WANES Belgium And The Nether lands Maintain Their War Strength, However AMSTERDAM, Jan. 15. —A Royal Air Force plane bombed a submarine in tile North sea to> day, an official announcement said, and apparently sank it. The announcement said the plane came over the submarine as she was submerging. The pilot dived his plane and in level ing otf dropped a salvo of bombs which “fell in close proximity to the submarine.” When the geysers caused by the bombs subsided a greenish brown oil patch 40 yards in cir cumference and surrounded by masses of bubbles appeared on the surface. FRIZZELLE LISTS DUTIES OF JURY Grand Jury Impaneled As January Term Of Crimi nal Court Opened Following a comprehensive charge by Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, oC Snow t-Iill, embracing its various duties and authorities, the New Hanover coun ty grand jury was impaneled as the January term of criminal superior court opened here yesterday morn ing. “It is a distinct honor and privi lege to be called for service on the (Continued on Page Five; Col. 2) Scandinavian \nd Russian fension Hiked iweden, Norway Charge Soviet Planes Violated Their Neutrality >R0TESTS SCHEDULED Moscow Says It Is Not Pleased Over Replies To Its Recent Notes By ALVIN STEINKOPF COPENHAGEN, Jan. 15.— OP)— Umost simultaneous protests from Sweden and Norway charging that Soviet Russian warplanes had vio ated their neutrality tonight in creased the growing tension be ween Russia and the Scandinavian states. Both Sweden and Norway in fracted (heir ministers in Moscow o protest the alleged violations, fhese developments followed quick y Russian charges that Norway ind Sweden were acting in an un leutral way by aiding their neigh >or, Finland, in her struggle with fussia. Islands Bombed The Swedish protest was based >n the reported bombing of the Swedish island of Kallaks, on the vestern side of the Bay of Both lia, by nine Soviet planes yester lay. Norway charged that several Russian planes flew over Nowe ;ian territory between last Fri iay and yesterday. The Swedes said ten bombs were Iropped on the islet, which is 6® niles from the nearest point in riniand and is near the port of Lu ea. One of the planes apparently nade a forced landing on Swedish oil but Swedish planes and troops lad not been able to find it to light. Norway, in her note, said one Soviet plane landed on Norwegian coil. Norwegian anti-aircraft guns (Continued oil Page Five; Col. 5) BRITISH REJECTION WILL BE STUDIED Consideration Of London’s Reply Will Be Left To Neutrality Body WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. —VP)— The American republics will leave to the inter-American neutrality commiettee which began to meet to day at Rio De Janerio the initial study of the British rejection of the western hemisphere neutrality zone. Although no official comment was forthcoming tonight at the state de partment, it was unofficially predict ed that the committee at Rio, set up under the provisions of the inter American neutrality conference at Panama in October would proceed despite the British rejection with its efforts to find methods of cut ting edege around the safety zone. The United States is represented at the meeting by Charles G. Fen wick, professor of international law at Bryn Mawr college. Officials here prepared to study the reply simultaneously with the committee at Rio. One official pointed out in com menting on one of Britain’s argu ments—that the zone meant an abandonment by the belligerents of (Continued on Page Five; CM. 1) HEARING FOR MEN CHARGED WITH PLOT TO OVERTHROW U. S. SCHEDULED FEB. 5 BY ROGER GREENE NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—WR— Seventeen handcuffed and close ly guarded members of an al leged terrorist plot to overthrow the United States government and set up a “Fuehrer type” dictatorship chanted their theme song today as they were held in $50,000 bail each a total of $850,000—for hearing on Feb. 5. All pleaded innocent to charges of seditious conspiracy. “Reign, glory, we are here to see it so!” they sang to the tune of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” drowning out the lamentations of relatives who wept as they marched off to de tention cells. Serio comic ramifications o f the 17-man band’s machinations grew apace as federal, state and national guard authorities pus-li ed seprate investigations and FBI agents began a nation-wide search for caches of “revolu tionary” arms. Meanwhile, as J. Edgar Hoov er, FBI chief, and other officials stressed the potential serious ness of the alleged conspiracy, and Rep. Emanuel C e 11 e r (D-NY) demanded legislation to stiffen the penalty for peace time sedition now 6 years in prison and $5,000 fine. Mayor LaGuardia of New York stuck to his scoffing comment: “j don’t think the United

States government is in much danger from 17 guys like these.”' The mayor indicated that he was unperturbed at the threat of 17 men overcoming the city's 18,000 policemen. In their first interview behind the bars, the alleged conspira tors pushed forward Macklin Boettger, 32, as spokesman, and they nodded agreement as he explained that the members were “out to assist the army and navy if and when the time came that we considered it necessary” to defend the con stitution “against encroachments by communists and the commu nist' party.” While the defendants describ ed themselves as members of “the Christian front,” with the asserted conspiracy operating from an inner circle known among themselves as the “Sports club” and “Country Gentlemen,” strenuous disavow als of any collection with the New York group came from “Christian front” branches in other cities. In Hartford, Conn., Thomas L. Flynn, treasurer of the “Christian front” in that city, denounced the New \rork lead ers as “persons doing all in their power to discredit the (Continued on Page Three; CoL 5) WILL RESER VE BA TTLE RIGHTS WITHIN SECTOR -Jf Washington Refuses To Consider Protest On Neutrality Law WASHINGTON, Jan. 15— UP) —The United States has refused to entertain a British protest that the Neutrality Act discrim inates against British shipping. The State department, releas ing the substance of the British note and the American reply, revealed today that it had insist ed that American shipping re ceived no better treatment than other neutrals and that all belli berents were on an equal basis. Consequently, it said, there was no discrimination. The United States note, in the form of an aide memoire, added that congress, in enacting the Neutrality Act, felt that its provisions were necessary from the standpoint of preventing the involvement of the United States in controversies with belligerent governments. Great Britain made its protest in a note dated November 9, five days after the proclamation of the Neutrality Act by President Roosevelt. BRITISH AIRMEN’S LEAVES CANCELED Nation Prepares To Meet Any Lightning Thrust To ward Belgium, Holland LONDON, Jim, 15.—GD—Britain cancelled further leaves for the Royal Air Force in France today in a move British said made it plain that any lightning thrust toward Belgium and the Netherlands would be met with the full strength o£ her land, sea and air forces. British described the suspension of leaves in the air force and similar action earlier applied to land forces In France as “merely a precaution like moves taken by the Nether lands and Belgium against any sit uation which might arise.’’ (Authorized sources i n Berlin charged that the war scare was "made in Paris” and reiterated that Germany desired to avoid, if possi ble, any extension of the conflict). Announcement of the extraordi nary military measures came on the eve of the reopening of parliament where former War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha was expected to make a “personal statement” in the house (Continued on Page Five; Col. 7) MSO GIVES WARNING Says ‘Friction’ Will Result! If Attempts Made To Penalize Warships j _ I PROTEST is answered; Reply Given As Represeri* tatives Seek To Secure Observance Of Area LONDON, Jan. 15.— —Great Britain today rejected the America** neutrality zone as "ineffective," re. served her belligerent rights in the area and warned that ‘‘friction*' would result if attempts are mad# to penalize British warships for ex ercise of their rights. In a note to the President ot Panama, who acts as the representa tive of the 21 American nation# which proclaimed the 300-mile wide neutrality zone at Panama last Oc tober, Britain said her acceptance of the “proposal" would depend upon assurance it would not afford 81 “vast sanctuary” for German war* ships. Answers Protest The note was in answer to the protest of the American republics of Dpc. 23 at the battle of Punta Del Este off Uruguay, in which three British cruisers drove the German pocket battleship Adnjiral Graf Spee v into refuge at Montevideo. The answer was delivered ag seven representatives of the Ameri cas were meeting at Rio De Janiero to consider what steps may be made to secure observance of the zone by; belligerents. Among proposals which It has been reported would be considered at Rio De Janiero were “sanctions’* to be applied against violators of the zone. Denial of fueling and other privileges were reported among the considered penalties. To these suggestions, Britain an swered: “The risk of such fri' ion, which His Majesty’s government would be the first to deplore, v uld be in creased by the application of sanc tions.’’ i Friction May Result Friction between the French-Brit ish Allies "pursuing their legitimate belligerent activities" and the American republics the note said, might well result unless the follow ing drastic conditions were “ade quately safeguarded”; 1. The proposal involves abandon ment by belligerents of their right# (Continued on Page Five; Col. 5) Americas’ Right To Fix Neutral Zone Proclaimed

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 15.—(JFI —President Getulio Vargas of Brazil, i opening a conference of the inter American neutrality committee, pro claimed tonight the right of the American nations to establish a "safety zone” around their shores even though such a zone is not recognized by existing international .law. “Taking in view the general princi ple that nothing justifies that the interests of belligerents prevail over the interests of neutrals,” he declar ed, “we will do what we can to keep distant from American seas the spec tacle of armed clashes and resulting dangers to our sovereignty. “We have the right to fix a zone of security in order to prevent surprises capable of endangering free communication and the indis pensable exchange of merchandise." Vargas said international law was subject to revision in the light of modern developments and added that the American nations expected bel ligerents to “respect" the 300-mile safety zone established by the 21 American nations last October. He spoke only a few hours after reports were received here that Britain had expressed sympathy with the principle of the neutrality zone but believed it “unenforceable’ 'in its present form. This opinion was expressed in the British reply to a protest against violation of the neutrality zone de livered by the American nations Dec. 23 after a battle off Uruguay between three British cruisers and the German pocket battleship Ad miral Graf Spee. The British note was delivered to

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’CATS DEFEAT WARSAW BOXERS _ x X x xxx' XXX X X I Smoke Rings Landis’ Method By SAM RAGAN I Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is not a guy to be fooled with and none can say this better than the Detroit Tigers and a few certain other baseball clubs. As one club owner summed it up yesterday: You can always bet that when Landis does a thing he does it 100 per cent _ 11 (_ it t$ai The judge in the battered felt hat took over the reins of baseball 20 years ago, immediately following the famous "Black Sox” scandal in the 1919 World Series. And in the years that have followed he has establish ed himself as much, if not more, a “czar” of baseball than 'Will H. Hays as head of the movie industry. For one thing Judge Landis has been the most careful man to see that the sport of baseball is not touched •with the breath of scandal anymore, and despite what critics say about him or how much you may disagree 1 with his tactics, you have to admire his unequivocal stand. t Landis is opposed and right heart- e ily, to the chain-store baseball chain 3 system, but his motto has been as long as you keep your house in or- x der and abide by the rules, I’ll let j you alone. And good evidence of this is the way the New York Yankees have maintained one of the largest f farm systems ever known without much trouble. Detroit saw its hopes of building its team into a championship organi- 1 zation fade like the dew on Landis’ 1 favorite golf course. They have estl- mated their loss in baseball talent f at $500,000. But the upshot of the I whole affair is to bring the matter of 1 player contracts out into the open. And in baseball, government or t business as long as transactions are j kept so that Mr. and Mrs. John Q. t Public can see them, the better it will t be for everyone concerned. I Perennial Champ c Talk about perennial champions, f you can’t beat the way the Durham f high school basketball team stays up at the top year in and year out. The Bulls haven’t lost a game in 50 starts and look good to keep on moving 1 along the victory trail. Not even the most hopeful of sup- 1 porters of other teams in the league will say that Durham is not due to win the Eastern Clas3 A high school conference basketball championship 1 again this year. Against all opposi- I tion this year they have piled up top- 1 heavy scores. In view of Durham’s record The I New Hanover high school cagers 1 should ask for a handicap when they I meet the latter part of this month. Odds And Ends 1 me muLci i-»ibww»***D j off to a fairly good start and what is most noticeable in the game this year is the number of up and coming youngsters One of the leading golfers in the nation, or one that will come to the front is Clayton Heafner, of Linville, N. C., who suf- fered a bit of hard luck in the Oak land open Sunday George Gla mack, North Carolina's 6 foot 5 inch J center, is becoming one of the na tion's leading basketball scorers Your chances of winning in the Irish 1 Sweepstakes are mighty slim, be- j cause of the few purchases of tickets in the United States Jackson- ville business men are working on the idea of establishing one of the finest race tracks in this section of the Country in Onslow county They hope to set up a track that will attract horse owners moving their horses from the south to the north or from the north to the south and j who feel that the sudden change Is 1 too much at one time New Han over county has the same opportun- lty under a law passed by the state legislature at its last session. Dettweiler Holds Lead In Women’s Golf Meet AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. 15— UP) Helen Dettweiler, Washington (D. i C.) professional, campaigned through 1 a harsh wind today to take a one- stroke lead at the end of the firs', round of the 72-hole Medal Play Women’s Titleholdcr’s Golf tourna- ment. 1 Effects of a gale-like wind were emphasized in Dettweller’s rounds of j 46-40—86, or 11 blows over regula tion figures for the course. Seven shotmakers sought the title vacated by red-haired Patty Berg of Minneapolis. 1 Mrs. Helen Hicks Harb, of Long Island, and cherry-cheeked Jean Bauer, of Providence, R. I., tied for second place at 87. More than $5,000,000,000 a year is Spent by the vacationing traveler each year in the United States. Feb. 5-6-7 If CAGERS WHIP BRIGADE, 33-32 Wangle Team Climbs Out On Top After Close Battle On Y Court The Y.M.C.A. and Brigade bas letball teams battled through forty xciting minutes of basketball on he “Y” court last night, the “Y” merging the victors by a score of 3 to 32. It was a ding-dong battle all the ,-ay with each team leading about alf the time. The “Y” went ahead early in the irst quarter, ringing up six points efore the Brigade was able to ally. The period ended at 6 to 4 s the Brigade staged their bid for he lead. Continuing in the second eriod they tied the count at 6-all nd then snatched the lead for the irst time. The “Y" staged a cone ack late in the second period and 2d by 21-19 as the half ended. Play became unusually fast in he third quarter, both teams ring rg the gong on difficult tries while rissing some “crips” of the first rder. Sandlin and Keen kept the Srigade in the game with a series f looping shots, although the “Y” oys seemed to work the ball in or close shots with a little more uccess. Gleschen led the scoring for both earns with 12 points. Keen with 9 nd Sandlin with 8 p>ced the Bri ade attack. Allen and Bowen .•orked a neat floor game for the Y.” The line-up: MVI.C.A. (33) Brigade (32) ianck__6 Rowan 2 Williams __. 4 Brown 5 lieschen_12 Sandlin 8 lavis_2 Keen 9 .lien_3 Hufham -3 lowen_4 Stokeley _4 Imith_0 ’leper_2 teferee: Charles Hatchell. ~B0WUN(T CIVIC A LltAbtK 'Ivltans 1 2 8 Total Voodbury *_ 123 177 163 468 lerring _ 141 llo 130 380 lummy _— 100 300 lummy _ 10(1 100 100 300 ludley _ 123 130 258 ■robst _ 130 172 140 457 Totals .1 625 700 644 I960 /ions 12 3 Total loebuck _ 182 139 132 453 ,anden _ 124 140 120 393 layden _ 126 122 143 391 Ineeden _ 158 116 132 406 lummy 100 100 100 300 Totals 690 617 636 1943 INDEPENDENT LEAGUE til Stars I 2 3 Total Volfe 120 125 92 337 ling 91 93 103 287 IcDuffie _ 99 104 109 312 lenn _ 87 75 82 244 Slllard _ 95 83 85 263 Totals _ 494 480 471 1443 Iwitt 1 2 3 Total liller _ 76 81 76 233 lunady _ 80 _ _ 80 laddler _ 82 97 84 263 larshal _ 98 82 85 285 llontz 82 89 84 255 Sdge __ 88 85 173 Totals _ 418 437 414 1269 'aylor-Colqultt 1 2 lodfrey _ 82 102 Vlnborne _ 90 89 IcKeithen _ 125 95 iosnell _ 77 87 lummy _ 70 70 Totals _ 444 443 Irecnfleld Ser. Sta. 1 2 lorne 94 101 ting 87 88 iitdrcws 100 87 ennc _ 85 92 loyal 99 107 Totals 460 475 469 1409 zlttle Five 12 3 Total tbrams, B. _ 92 73 104 275 .'arter 98 88 89 275 tbrams, H. _ 80 _ 80 vraft 86 93 78 257 Sounds 74 82 156 Totals 438 437 441 1310 Sflr‘l’» 1 2 3 Total mnofsky _ 90 79 7'* 247 Mathis 79 59 81 219 Smithson 80 93 88 261 Sandy 104 79 82 265 Moss 92 88 113 293 Totals 445 398 442 1285 Bobby Jones Chosen For 1940 Gold Key Award NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 15— /1 th o Tie'flrs’ farm system, halted consummation of a trade in which Detroit had agreed to send Benny McCoy, rat ed as a $40,000 infielder, and Pitch er George Coffman to Philadel phia for Outfielder Wally Moses, and enabled the players declared free agents to negotiate after 15 days with any club not included in the penalty citations for ne.,' contracts, with cash bonuses in most eases. Landis today removed the name of Pitcher Paul “Dizzy" Trout from the list of players held secretly by the Toledo club of the American association for Detroit. Landis dis covered that Trout had been turned over to Toledo on a duly filed op tional assignment and therefore legally belongs to the Tigers. Trout had expressed a hope to sell his services to some other club for a $20,000 cash bonus. Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, expressed disappointment in failing to get McCoy, who, no doubt, will be the most soughtafter of the four Tigers declared free agents. “We'd still like to have him on second base next season," Mack said, “and stand ready to make him an attractive offer. We were banking on McCoy to strengthen out infield. Now our plans are up in the air until we can ascertain how much McCoy wants to sign DETROIT WITHOUT ANY FUTURE PLANS Zeller Assumes Responsibility For Club’s Minor League Actions DETROIT, Jan. 15. Still shaken by the decision of Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis declaring 91 chattels free agents, the management of the Detroit Tigers faced the future tonight with only 78 athletes on the payroll and with out immediate plans for reestablish ing connections with the miner leagues. In addition to setting free the 91 players, who have an estimated vaiue of $500,000, Landis yesterday also ordered the club to pay a total of $47,250 to a group of former Tigers. The number of players turned loose was cut by one today when Landis ruled that Paul (Dizzy) Trout, right handed pitcher who won nine games and lost ten for Detroit last year, should not have been included on the list of free agents. Detroit’s 78 players are distribut ed as follows: 35 with the parent club; 30 with Beaumont, of the Tex as league, and 13 with Henderson, of the East Texas league. Beau mont and Henderson are the only minor league clubs the Tigers own outright, the Detroit Baseball Co. having followed a policy of estab lishing "working agreements’’ with the minors for many years. Full responsibility for the hand ling of players involved in Landis' action was accepted today by Gen eral Manager John A. (Jack) Zeller. In a formal statement, the Tiger general manager said: "The decision handed down by Commissioner Landis is in no way aimed at President Walter O. Briggs, owner of the Detroit baseball club. The handling of all minor league af filiations was my job and he did not attempt to familiarize himself in any manner with these operations until after Commissioner Landis started his investigation.’’ Zeller said the methods he used were no different than those em ployed by Detroit in the past 15 years (Briggs assumed control of the club upon the death of Frank J. Navin in the fall of 3935). Pointing to his owij record, Zeller said: «<T Lai.a 1 .1 ..A 1a... 41.,-,.. t AAA —1 ers go through my hands at Beau mont and not one has ever com plained to Landis or anyone else of the treatment they received from me. It is a ‘witch hunt.’ Zeller said that !V'~ would de lay mapping future pians until Lan dis issues a statement containing his attitude on relations between major and minor league teams. The statement is expected to be made public in Chicago tomorrow, Zeller said. Restoration of Trout to the Tigers left the free agency of Benny McCoy, infielder, as the most damaging item in the seven page Landis decree reached after nine months of inves tigation. Roy Culienbine, substitute outfield er. who also gained his freedom, was valued at approximately $10,000. and whether we can afford to meet competition for him. “As for Moses, we will send him a contract within a day or two. I cannot say whether we will try to make a deal in which he would be involved." Alva Bradley, president of the Cleveland Indians, commented: “You can always bet when Lan dis does a thing he does it 100 per cent.” SENIOR FRAT WILL HANDLE ALL SALES Interest Increases In Fistic Event As Entries Con tinue To Come In Tickets for the 1940 Star-News Brigade Boys’ club Golden Gloves tournament, which will be held in the New Hanover High school gym nasium on February 5, 6 and 7, will go on sale this morning. The Senior Fraternity of the Brig ade Boys’ club will have charge of the ticket sales and "ight fans may secure their ducats from any mem ber of the fraternity or at the Star News office. The tickets will also be placed on sale at a number of downtown busi ness houses at a later date. Members of the Golden Gloves committee said that the advance sale will offer tickets for the first night or in a block of three cover ing the entire tournament. With the announcement of the ticket sale last night the tourney committee said that interest locally has mounted to a pitch never experi enced before in the history of the colorful fistic event. Entries from every part of the state continue to pour in and fight officials are expecting at least thr e teams, representing every weight division, to be entered. The CCC camp team of Elizabeth town is expected to send both an open and novice team and iatest re ports from the camp indicate thal the boxers are looking forward to grabbing at least three champion ships in the meet. Entries from Wilmington are ex pected to surpass all other years, with both a complete open and novice team to be entered. Father James A. Manley, who has charge f managing the Wilmington team said that there would be probably two or three boys for several of the weight divisions in the open classi fication. He urged last night that all Wil mington boxers who plan to enter the tourney be present at the Golden Gloves gym on North Front street tonight for a thorough work out. Other boxers who have not yet filed their entries were urged to do so immediately.

WILDCATS, E. M. 1. SCHEDULE GAME New Hanover To Meet Cadets Here Wednesday Night; Play New Bern Friday The New Hanover High BChool basketball team will meet the Ed wards Military Cadets on the High school court Wednesday night at 8 o’clock. This is the first time the Cadets have met the Wildcats in basket ball. The military lads have met the locals in baseball and football in the past and also in tennis with the baseball and tennis teams holding decisions over the Soldiers with the latter taking the upper hand in foot ball over the Second team in 1938. The Wildcats dropped their first conference game last Friday night to Wilson and have been working out this week to plug up the gaps in their defense. The Junior var sity won a decision over the Wilson juniors but will not play Wednes day night. The varsity and Juniors will go to New Bern Friday for a return match with the New Bern Highs. In the first meeting earlier in the season the locals broke even with the Juniors losing their only decision of the year and the varsity taking the count over the New Bern first stringers. Engel Asks Permit To Operate Radio Station WASHINGTON, Jan. 15— (iP) Joe Engel, president of the Chattan ooga (Tenn.) Baseball club, esti mated his financial worth for the federal communications commission today at $100,000. He did so in supporting his ap plication to construct and operate a 250-watt radio station at Chattanooga on a frequency of 1370 kilocycles. Engel testified the station would cost from $15,000 to $20,000 to con struct and about $2,000 a month to operate, including salaries of ten employes. ASHEVILLE TOBACCO ASHEVILLE, Jan. 15— UP) Prices on the Asheville tobacco mar ket continued strong today for the sixth consecutive day as 177,206 pounds of burley were sold for $31, 126.72, an average of $17.90, pulling ;he season’s average to a new high sf $16.5i per hundred. =l imeresung noony: Model Boat Airplane Building Models—10c up PICKARDS 209 Market St. Phone 86? Marrs To Grapple Lever I On Mat Program Tonight* DURHAM, WILSON TOP CAGE LOOP Durham Continues To Look Impressive In Eastern Class A Conference Race CHAPEL. HILL, Jan. 15—North Carolina's Class A, B, and C high school basketball teams will swing into another strenuous competitive program this week by playing a total of 42 games in the three divi sions. The big program was released to day by E. R. Rankin, secretary of the North Carolina High School Athletic association. Feature Class A game this week pits Charlotte, defending Western champion, against Salisbury in the Queen City Tuesday night. The game marks Charlotte’s 1940 confer ence debut. The Salisbury-Winstor. game sche duled for last Friday has been post poned until next Wednesday. Other Class A games are booked between Wilson and Rocky Mount at F -cky Mount Tuesday night and Gastonia and Winston-Salem at Winston-Salem Friday night. Class B and C teams will continue their quest for the group and dis trict championships by participating in 19 games apiece. Durham, State Class A champion for the past two seasons, looked equally as strong as its previous winners by avalanching Rocky Mount 65 to 19. Horace McKinney, 6-foot 6-Inch center, paced the attack by scoring 16 points. Carver with 15 points and Bill Gattis with 12 points also turned in fine offensive performances. Wilson romped over Wilmingto i 39 to 22 for its first Class A victory to keep pace with Durham. In the only Western Class A game High Point opened its season with a hard earned 21 to 15 victory over Gas tonia. Class A standings: Eastern Team W L Pctg. Durham __ 1 0 1000 Wilson _ 1 0 1.000 Rocky Mount _0 1 .000 Wilmington _0 1 .000 Raleigh _ 0 0 .000 Western Team W L Pctg. High Point_1 0 1000 Gastonia _0 1 .000 Salisbury _ 0 0 .000 Greensboro _ 0 0 .000 Charlotte _ 0 0 .000 Winston-Salem _ 0 0 .000 A jungle-born tiger or lion, if caught young, is easier to train than one bred in captivity. Grandovitch, Villmer To M J In Opener; Gal Grapplers I To Perform On Card 1 Johnny Marrs, former world he;-I weight champion, and bounding p-B Lever, of Nashville, Term., grunts, groans and grapples i^tB main bout on tonight's mat caB in the exhibit building at Legion -B This match should prove an inte.B esting climax to a throe-bout IrB In the opening tussie, John GiyB dovitch, the Yugoslavian heavy -.t;B holds the southern mat crown, tangle with Ray Villmer, young sB Louis university wrestling coatB who long ago established himself iB a favorite with fight fans of It'B mingtor. 1 However, the mutch that will proB the most interesting sidelight to -B performance will be a set-to betwetB Babe Verner and Gladys Gillian, boB contenders for the woman’s chaiB pionship crown held by MildrB Burke. What makes the match even mB promising so far as interest is coB cerned is the fact that William HkB ry Ezzell will referee, and the ladiB of the mat have expressed thoimehB as very much opposed to the chfcB of Ezzell as a ring official Roy Piner will referee the o;vB two bouts and despite the pronuB of a fair and clean struggle betwt-B Marrs and Lever, indications aretiiB lie will have his hands full in thB program finale. Marrs has displayed considerate ring versatility on his previous show ings here and will be established ai the favorite over the bounding Lever who has little use for ring scruple when it comes time for him to bear down on an opponent. The main bout shapes up as t exciting spectacle, but the mat! that will probably steal the show! the Grandovitch-Villmer bout, lx cause of the fact that their record are very much alike. The opening bout will start at 8 o’clock. Insulin, a diabetes remedy, has been found to be a good tonic an; weight builder. Learn To FLY! 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IRS. BEN JACKSON services planned r npra| Will Be Conducted f From Late Residence At 3-30 O’CIock Today funeral services for Mrs. Odessa Jac];son. 42, wife of Benjamin ^"jack-soil. Of 106 South 16th street, 3 fatally injured when the ,:1;' sl,e Was driving left the road ta' era'lled into a tree on the rfa'onboro Loop road Sunday af will be held from the late residence this afternoon at 3:30 kAi j), p. Gilmour, pastor of First Presbyterian church, will ttie,uct the services. Interment will SL in Oakdale cemetery. 1 ,ctive pallbearers will be: Howard Jack Farmer, LeRoy Le _ james A. Taylor, Jessie Mar ;Tan’and Burnell Curtis. Honorary pallbearers will be: Dr. h Moore, Dr. Donald B. Koonce, p' Cunningham, Ben Ramseur, Marsden Bellamy, Sr., P. J. Dowdy, j, Hannah. Sr., Louie E. Wood sy E. M- Berry, O. L. Rhodes, Hollis. Herbert O’Neal, Ed Johnson. L. W. Garrett, Emmett Bellamy. B- J- Springer, and C. E. Tavlor. -|,e accident occurred shortly be {crc 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon rten the car apparently skidded on thc „et pavement and left the high nay, striking a tree which was up rooted by the impact. She was alone Beware toughs from common colds That Hang On Creomulsion relieves promptly be cause it goes right to the seat of the trouble to loosen germ laden phlegm, Increase secretion and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflam ed bronchial mucous membranes. No matter how many medicines you have tried, tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding that you are to like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION forCoughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis r Capital’s Day

(By The Associated Press) House announced that President Roosevelt would disclose his personal opinion on the question of aid to Finland in letters to Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead today (Tuesday). ___ REFUSES protest The State department revealed the United States had refused to entertain a British protest that the Neutrality Acts discriminates against British shipping. NOTICE SERVED A house sub-committee has served written notice that funds for four 45,000-ton battleships would be withheld until the navy showed why even larger and more powerful ships should not be built. CIO PRAISED House investigators of the Na tional Labor Relations Board heard testimony that a St. Louis board official had said the CIO was “God’s greatest gift to the working man.” in the car at the time and Coronei Asa W. Allen said that no inquest was necessary. Mrs. Jackson is survived by hei husband, an official of the Jacksor and Bell Printing company; two sons Edwin B. Jackson and Benjamin B Jackson, Jr., all of Wilmington; on< sister, Mrs. Adolph Nelson, of De troit, Mich.; one brother, W. L Jones, of Wilmington; and an aunt Mrs. Grace Dunn, of Portsmouth Va. NO PREFERENCE RALEIGH, Jan. 15.—(-*P)—The at torney general’s office, answering a query from a labor union, said to day there was no state law requir ing that national guardsmen be given preference for day work in indus trial plants. The labor union said it has a contract with a certain com pany which specified that employes having the longest seniority should be given the preference of working day shifts. The company, however, the union asserted, automatically placed on the day shift all employes who were national guardsmen. BROUGHTON CITES LEADERSHIP NEED Gubernatorial Candidate Ad dresses Meet Of Elizabeth City Rotarians COINJOCK, Jan. 15— —J. M, Broughton of Raleigh, gubernatorial candidate, said tonight that North Carolina would need able leadershif in the next few years "to avoid a! most an economic catastrophe.” Speaking before the Elizabeth City Rotary club at a good-will meeting here, Broughton added that th« ‘‘leadership of the state and tht spirit of its people will be tested severely in the coming years.” "We are going through a drastic change of our economic and agri cultural life,” he said. “The tobaccc crop for this year has already beer drastically cut and statements were made a few days ago by leaders tha1 even this reduced crop will probably bring a very low price. "Cotton has lost its stimulating foreign market to a large extent These circumstances will mean i high percentage of agricultural un employment and will affect the wel fare of nearly 70 per cent of oui people. In fact, the whole standarc of living in our agricultural areas i: involved in the struggle that wil have to be made in the next few years.” A 10 years program for prosper ity, drafted by the Southern Gover nors’ conference, is an “admirabli approach” to the solution of thi agricultural and economic problems the gubernatorial candidate said. itlUMH-lKA V tLLlSK —NEW STYLE FRANKFORT, Ky. Eleanoi Pogwist, 26-year-old self-styled ‘‘air plane hitch-hiker,” was somethin! new at Kentucky’s capital She said Kentucky was the 22m state which she had visited. Thuml and air transportation holding out she plans to visit all 48 states bj air and call on the governors o; each. She came here from Ohio, and pre sented Governor Keen Johnson witl a gift from Governor John Brickei of Ohio—a miniature replica of i “white elephant.” LOUISIANA POLITICS BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 15. —(API—Addendum for the politi cians’ book of tactics, as devel oped in Louisiana’s current cam paign: Gubernatorial Candidate James H. Morrison appeared with a monkey, named it after Oppon ent-Governor Earl Long. The monkey fled to the swamps. Morrison said this was because the anintal "resented his name.” Long reparteed it was because Morrison was "too cheap to buy peanuts.” Mrs. Mary K. Harrelson Funeral Rites Conducted WHITEVILLE, Jan. 15—Funeral rites for Mrs. Mary Katherine Har relson, 65, who died at her home near Green Sea Sunday morning after an illness of two months, wert held from the Mt. Zion Baptisi church this afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. R. C. Hinton officiat ingr. Interment followed in the churcl cemetery. Mrs. Harrelson was a member o the Mt. Zion church. She is survived by two sons George W. Harrelson and A. D. Har relson; four daughters, Mrs. N. L Tyler, Mrs. A. W. Hardy, Miss Dore i thia Harrelson and Miss Illeta Har relson. Funeral Services Are Held For I*. L. Well 1 Funeral services for N. L. Wells 1 49, who died at his home at Rock: Point Sunday night after brie illness, were held from the late resi dence yesterday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Interment followed in the- Guyoi cemetery. He is survived by his wife aw nine children, Daniel, Ezra, Iris, Den I nis, Mrs. H. L. Wagstaff, Dell, Jew 1 el, Elsie and Dera Wells, all of Rock: Point: three brothers, John aw Pearlie Wells, of Burgaw, and Claud 1 Wells, of Watha; three sisters, Mrs A. F. Blanton, and Mrs. C. M. Futch of Burgaw, and Mrs. Chancey Drew of Magnolia. Fencing is one of the most pop ular sports in northern England. NEW JAP REGIME FORMED BY YONAI (Continued From Page One) ed that none of the ministers was of sufficient caliber to direct a strong governmental policy. Yonai is known to be an advocate of closer co-operation with the United States and is expected to di rect a pro-American policy, although his foreign minister. Hachiro Arita, a veteran diplomat, is known as the foreign minister under whom Japan signed the anti-comintern pact with Italy and Germany. Sole holdovers from the out going cabinet of General Nobuyuki Abe were Shunroku Hata and vice-admir al Zengo Yoshida, retained in theii old posts, the war and navy minis tries, respectively. The other members of the ney cabinet are: Finance—Yukio Sakurachi. Home—Count Hideo Kodama. Justice—Shotatsu Kimura, Education—Chinjiro Matuura. Agriculture—Toshio Shimada. Commerce—Ginjiro Fujiwara. Communications Masanor Katsu. Railways—Tsurehei Matsuno. Overseas—Gen. Kuniaki Kosio. Welfare—Shigeru Yoshida. In reliable quarters it was sai' army opposition prevented the ai pointment of a stronger cabinet, an vetoed especially the veteran Seihi Ikeda, who was considered the mos capable candidate for finance mir ister. HEARING FOR MEN t IN ANTI-U. S. PLOT SCHEDULED FEB.! (Continued From Page One) name of Father Coughlin in (be eyes of the nation.” The defendants had styled i themselves as supporters of the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, 1 Michigan radio priest, who join ed the dissenting chorus by say ing he had “roundly denounced” this “Christian front” once I refusing a $1,000 check it sent i him—and that all he had ever advocated was “a” Christian front to combat racial and re ligious intolerance. In Boston, Franc’s P. Moran, 3: a Christian front organizer, sai the New England group was entiri ly independent and had no know edge of the New York conspiracy, and he added: "If any of our members ever pulled such a stunt, they would be tossed out by the neck." Boston police swung into action with a raid on New England front headquarters, seizing membership cards and pampnlets which Police Superintendent Edward \V. Fallon described as "evidence that the group was anti-Semitic.” Fallon reported finding "no evi dence whatever’’ of any revolution ary plans by the Boston front. Three separate investigations in the New York area were ordered: By Maj.-Gen. William N. Haskell on behalf of the state’s national' guard focused on the fact that five of the 17 under arrest are mem bers of the guard: By Gov. Herbert H. Lehman in Albany; And by United States Attorney Harold M. Kennedy in Brooklyn. Aside from Mayor LaGuardia’s chuckle, no comment was forthcom ing either from officialdom or from the alleged “revolutionaries” them selves as to how a band of 17 men. armed with 17 mostly out-dated rifles and a few tomato-soup cans of explosives, hoped to overcome the nation’s biggest city with a police force of 18,000—let alone the whole United States government. HOT STUFF IN THE Ait otic MOSCOW —UP)— Thanks to hot houses inhabitants of remote Soviet Russian Arctic stations will not suf fer for vegetables during the win ter months. Hot-houses in which cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and other vegeta bles will be grown have been built on Wrangel Island, Dickson Island, Cape Wellen, Providence Bay and other far northern stations. Don’t Scratch Itchy Skin Scratching minor skin irritations leads to greater discomfort later on and “opens” them to possible infection. Instead, get your relief from their itching, burning sore ness with Black and White Oint ment. Cleanse skin with Black and White Skin Soap. Sold everywhere. Throat raw, raspy, due to a cold? Get yourself Luden’s and get yourself quick, soothing relief. In addition to their special formula and cooling men thol, Luden’s, like hot lemonade, have an alkaline factor. Copr. 1940, Luden’s, Inc. Advertising writers can’t make gasoline. A bombardment of claims and counter claims has broken loose—and it may confuse the purchaser of gasoline. Since the public has a right to be accurately informed about the gasolines sold today, the American Oil Company wishes to make a statement of policy regard ing its regular gasoline and special motor fuel. Comparing the quality of crude is not enough. Com paring anti-knock is not enough. It is the sum total of all the desirable quality characteristics that makes a good gasoli le or motor fuel. This constitutes the only real yardstick for compari son. Fair comparisons should take in every quality a f good gasoline or motor fuel should have. During the 29 years of its existence, the American Oil Company has not found it necessary to change the names of its products. Throughout all of this period, it has kept faith by constantly improving its products. The American Oil Company has the largest and most modern refining units in the world. The achievements of its scientists and engineers have been recognized as among the most important advances in chemical engineering. The American Oil Company has the resources and facilities to furnish the best products and the highest values obtainable from crude petroleum. We know what goes into Amoco-Gas and American Gas. We know these products never have had—and still do not have—any equals in their respective fields. Re gardless of competitive claims, we say this unqualifiedly and without reservation. As to American Gas, we sell it for exactly what it is —a pure, “sweet,” 100% petroleum product. It is not “hopped up” with added chemicals which are not com bustible. Its full range of quality characteristics comes from petroleum only. We don’t try to make it a premium gas by merely calling it one. American Gas is the best buy at regular gas price. As to Amoco-Gas, it is our premium motor fuel. It costs more to make. It’s worth more. It does more. It must sell for more. You can not get a real premium fuel at a regular gas price. Amoco-Gas is instantly recog nizable as a premium motor fuel by the velvety smooth ness of the car’s operation. You can’t get something for nothing. We have faith in the inherent common sense of the motorist—and in his ability to separate fact from claim. American Oil Company products are the finest ob tamable. They are backed by the entire resources of the American Oil Company, and accepted by the public as I honest values, honestly described. The remarkable increase in the sales of American Oil Company products proves that the motorist continues to be discriminating and alert in recognizing the “Sign of Greater Values. (Signed) AMERICAN OIL COMPANY I f t I

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@l|p 1® UtntngtDtt i’tar Published Dally Except Sunday By The Wilmington Star-News At The Murchison Building R B. Page. Owner and Publisher Telephone All Department* 2800 Entered a* Second Class Matter at Wilming ton. N. C.. Postoffice Under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879_ Subscription Rates by Carries Payable Weekly or In Advance Com Mna Btar Hews tion .VS ’>5 1 Year ...IPAQ 7-80 15.60 Hews rates entitle subscriber to Su»day Issue of Btar-Hews By Mail Payable Strictly In Advance Comlina Btar Hews tion 1 Month 75 60 8 .90 3 Months 2 00 159 2.76 6 Months 4 00 3 00 5.60 1 Year 8 00 6 00 10.00 (Dally Without Sunday) 1 Month.8 .50 6 Months .83.00 3 Months. 1.50 1 Year 6 00 .(Sunday Only) 1 Month.20c 6 Months 3 Months.65c 12 Months 2.50 Hews rates entitle subscriber to Sunday Issue of Btar-Hews The Associated Press is entitled to the exclusive use of all news stories appearing in The Wilmington Star TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1940 1 Star-News Program 1. Sh'pyards. 2. Increase of Port Facilities. 3. Adequate Hospital Facilities. 4. Annexation of Suburbs. 5. Development 0f Fort Caswell as Health Resort. 6. Promotion of Canning Industry. 7. City Expansion Commission. 8. Junior College. ACHIEVEMENTS WE HAVE FAVORED Blum Clearance. Free bridge across the Cape Fear river over Highway 20. Free causeway to Wrightsville Beach. Recreation Centers. Municipal Auditorium. Preservation oj Old City and Thai ian Hall. Civic Centre. Organized industrial services for Wi* mington. Adequate school facilities for Wil mington and New Hanover county. Traffic signals on streets of Wilming ton. Thirty-foot channel from Wilmington to Southport bar. Construction of third lock and dam between Wilmington and Fayetteville on the upper Cape Fear river. TOP O' THE MORNING If you decide to live better, begin at once. Hillis A WASTED LESSON While Japan was still in the formative stage it learned quickly. Now that it is es tablished, it has put learning behind it. Suc cess, and it greatly exaggerates its successes, has blinded it. If its eyes were not closed, it would see that it is traveling a dangerous course. For example, it is determined to have a navy sec ond to none. A little study of the history of, say, fifty years, would show that the German Kaiser laid the foundation of the World war by the same decision. It was when Wilhelm set out to build a German navy comparable with Great Britain’s that London formed alliances with Paris and St. Petersburg. Europa had got along quite peaceably for some years, after the Franco Prussian war, without thought of conflict. But the Kaiser’s ambition to rate at the top, or with the top, in naval strength turned Great Britain’s government to thoughts of war. And those thoughts matured with dis astrous results for Germany. Japan might profit by Germany’s experience, but Japan is blind. GRADE CROSSING WINS AGAIN The surface crossing wins another victory. Four graves are to be dug at Gastonia and another passenger in an automobile is i« a hospital gravely injured as result of a col lision between a Southern Railway train and a motor car. There is but one conclusion to be arrived at: If the crossing had not been at grade, the four lives would not have been snuffed out and the other occupant of the car would not have been hurt. In a decade there has been some progress in doing away with the menace of grade crossings, but all too frequently we learn of deaths there in proof of the fact that nothing less than removal of all such crossings will eliminate their great hazard to life. America will not properly safeguard its citizens in transit until spans or tunnels com pletely supplant them. The cost of the change will be tremendous but will not be as great as the continued sacrifice of lives their ex istence entails. ONLY FOUR DAYS LEFT THE contest of the Star-News for sugges tions of projects to better conditions in Wilmington and southeastern North Carolina will close on January 20. Today is January 16. Only four days remain. Unless a heavier volume of suggestions comes in during these four days the contest will not achieve the highest goal. There must be much more constructive thought among Star-News readers than has been reflected in the letters thus far received. Many have arrived, but not nearly enough to be representative of the entire community thinking. To gain a more comprehensive cross-section of the great variety of ideas en tertained by Wllmingtonlans and southeastern North Carolinians, the Star-News issues this second appeal to enter suggestions in the few remaining days of the contest. Civic leaders and professional men and women, no less than public officials, are en couraged to voice their views. With their in timate knowledge of the needs they are es pecially fitted to say what should be done. Failure to do so will be equivalent to turning down an opportunity to serve the community. Any reluctance to have one’s name in print will not offset the loss one’s refusal to make a suggestion will cause. Incidentally, there are cash prizes to be had for accepted proposals, $10 for the first, $5 for the second, $2.50 for the third, and $1 each for all others approved. NEW MOBILIZATIONS Military experts have feared from the start of the war that Germany sooner or lat er, would pour troops into Belgium and Hol land to try for a foothold on their coasts from -which to launch air attacks on Great Britain. Now, if Belgium’s mobilization is motivated by information her army is reput ed to have gained, that Germany is concen trating large forces on her frontier with the purpose of crossing over, the forecast appears to have support in fact. While the Nazis have been sticklers for strict observance of neutrality among other nations, there is nothing in German history during the Nazi reign or in the last World war to justify a belief that Germany would not violate any frontier when by doing so she might gain a military advantage. Belgium learned this in 1914. Obviously she does not intend to be caught napping again. Her armies are gathering, her skeleton units are to be filled, that German forces may re ceive a hot reception if Hitleb, restive under the long delay in a major land action, finally takes the plunge. Of the two nations under most serious threat, Holland seems to be better prepared to resist. She is ready to flood her lowlands, at whatever cost to herself, and engulf any Nazi soldiers that invade her territory, while her armies concentrate on advantageous high levels and in the popular phrase, mow ’em down. This is not to suggest that Belgium is unprepared but only to point out that the Netherlands has a means of defense, her wa ter system, not possessed by Belgium. Both, or either one, will strike a telling blow, if in vasion comes. The suaaen stirring oi armies is auriDuiea to Hitler’s determination to prevent Eng land’s sending aid to Finland, and the at tack he is presumed to be organizing against Belgium and Holland is predicated, in the minds of military observers, on Britain’s pol icy in the Far North. Thus it appears a spread of the European war into Belgium and into Holland depends on London’s decision. That a change is due in the war’s tempo is obvious. The British premier, Mr. Chamber lain, foretold it some days ago. The German high command has hinted it in the customary flamboyant manner of Berlin. Spring was to jp the time. But perhaps spring is too far away, and Hitler too deeply concerned for his good friend Stalin, to brook furthet delay. Whatever the predisposing cause, a crucial period in the war has arrived. This week is likely to witness a main event un der the bigtop of Europe. CONSTRUCTION MOVES UP The D. W. Dodge corporation, releasing its final tally of construction in 1939, forecasts an increase in this industry during 1940, and bases its prophesy on the showing of the last six years during which steady advancement was shown. With pendulum swinging forward in construction and general business on the up and up, the nation’s best authority on building feels justified in believing that the pace will not slacken this year. Which is good news for everybody. But it is not all of the good news the Dodge report contains. The report revealc that construction last year, which totaled $3,650,543,000, was $353, 000,000 above the previous year’s high, and that all but $3,000,000 of the gain was due to the pick-up in privately financed construction. Tf this proves anything, it is that business was gaining courage. Individuals, too, were broadening their viewpoint. Dwellings in creased in proportion to total construction. The report shows that contracts for homes amounting to $1,334,272,000, were an advance over 1938 of $348,000,000, with more than 70 per cent of the gain financed privately. That the new-found courage, in combina tion with release of previously hidden money, will send construction to new levels this year with private capital accounting for most of the gain, ft the conclusion of the Dodge report. A gain of from ten to twelve per cent in private construction is foreseen, with a possible ten per cent shrinkage in public construction, resulting in a moderate net gain in the year’s total. Let the good work go on. Editorial Comments From Other Angles another blow between the eyes New York Herald Tribune The guilty plea entered Wednesday by Nicho las Dozenberg to an indictment charging him with having used a false passport should have been of interest to every communist and com munist sympathizer in the country. Yet not a word of it appeared yesterday in "The Daily Worker.” The assumption is inescapable that here again, as in the case of the Stalin-Hitler pact, or the reversal of Russian arms in Fin land, the official organ of the communist party is at a loss to know how to take a blow be tween the eyes, and awaits instructions from Moscow. For Dozenberg, for the better part of two decades, was a communist leader in this country and intimately involved in communist intrigue both here and abroad, and, according to the office of United States Attorney Cahill, has made a complete disclosure of his activities. He will appear, so say the authorities, as a witness for the prosecution against his old as sociate, Earl Browder, and possibly three other communists also indicted for passport frauds. Of course, the suppression of this news by “The Daily Worker” is merely a confirmation of its importance. It suggests the probability that soon we shall see the entire lid blown off the Kremlin’s conspiracy in this country with more or less corroboration of Gen. Krivitsky’s story of its operations elsewhere. For instance, Krivitsky, in “The Saturday Evening Post,’' has told of meeting Dozenberg in Vienna in 1931 when the latter "was operating for us (the Red army) in Rumania, where he main tained the American-Rumanlan Export Film company.” Dozenberg's statement, meanwhile, is said to describe the methods he used in gain ing the confidence of a Balkan monarch and the privilege of using the royal airplane to photograph for Moscow the military objectives in his country. The indictment to which Dozenberg has pleaded guilty does not trace his activities as far back as 1931. On the other hand, we find the name of a “Nick Dozenburg” cropping up in the news here as long ago as 1923 in rela tion to the massacre of non-union coal miners at Herrin, 111. At the time the United Mine Workers of America, in an official article, said that "Nick Dozenburg” was one of a group of communist agitators in Chicago responsible for the massacre. Altogether, it seems reasonable to conclude that the government has got hold of a key informer, and it has done so, let us not for get, on the spur of evidence before the Dies committee. It was Browder’s admission be fore the committee that he had traveled on a false passport, which started the train of prosecution now likely to spill all the com munist beans. Should congress refuse to con tinue the committee lest its hearings lead to further disclosures of the kind in store? WASHINGTON DAYBOOK By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Jan. 15_Understanding the budget is easy and ycu should not become be wildered about anything you see or read, eith er in the magazines, the newspapers or even that source of all worldly wisdom, the Congres sional Record. The budget Is always In balance. To begin with, you add up everything congress is going to spend. That will be a lot of money. Usually it is a half billion or so more than the Presi dent suggests. That is the spending side. To balance It, you simply add together the amount of money that will come from taxes, which will be about two-thirds or three-quar ters of the amount spent. Then add to that the deficit. It always comes out even that way and after all, Uncle Sam has lots of money.

Three Types The budget itself comes in three sizes. There is the pamphlet edition which contains the President’s message, only not quite all. It also contains the tables, only not quite all, either. The middle-weight edition, in a forest-green color, is approximately two times the size of the pamphlet edition. It is about a half-inch thick, a good full pound of earnest reading. It contains everything in the pamphlet edition and much more. In it are all the tabulations, and many of the itemized expenditures. From it you can learn that the “personal funds of inmates oi narcotic farms,’’ amounts to $50,451. The middle-weight edition tells you that "Funds contributed for sewerage system, Fort Monroe, Va.,” amounted to $18,500.

How to Look Then comes the master edition. It is a daisy. It is a little larger than the telephone book for Cleveland but not quite so large as the one for the Manhattan district of New York city. In it you really get down to brass tacks. Take the navy appropriation, for instance. It begins on Page A65 and the outstanding item there is $39,580 for "Care of Lepers Is land of Guam.” Last year they were down for $37,000. Two pages farther along you come to “Total, navy department.” Read that, but don’t be convinced. Total expenditures for 1941 are listed there at $581,751,660. Now that is sup posed to be all that the navy will spend ir the year beginning next July 1, but it isn’t al! that congress will give them. Over in anothei column is "Total appropriated." That is $904, 540,037. But there is ,a footnote to that which reads: “Together with re-appropriations of $4, 071,000 in 1989 and contract authorizations ol $20,000,000 in 1941; $22,070,000 in 1940 anc $15,000,000 in 1939.” Are you following? But “total appropriations” is misleading. 11 is the total, only not quite. Turn to page A3S under the heading of "Public Works.” Follow half way down the page and you find "Navj Department.” Isn’t that cute? A sort of trea sure hunt. That item is for $50,000,000. It alsc has a footnote which reads: ‘"Together with unexpended balances front prior years.” Even that isn’t the total. Already this year with the new congress just at the teething ring stage, there is a request before it for ar appropriation for the navy—ar.d other depart ments. You add the amount in that to thassed. 3. The President also can take mergency measures to counteract span’s empire-building in the irient. For instance, he could place ountervailing duties against Japan se goods. A Close Friend The American government con iders it necessary to ctrike a bar t “Japan needs our raw materials." Here lead for Japan is being loaded on the west coast. gaining stance with Japan in the light of Japanese history. In 1894, modern Japan struck her first blow for empire and equality with the aid of the United States. At the turn of the century, Amer icans had a fondness for the spunk of their little “brothers Japanese.” The islanders of the Pacific fascin ated our parents. It was no wonder then that w'e led the procession of nations tow-ard the recognition of Japanese equality in 1894 by signing a trade treaty. Then again, in 1911, despite the fact that California passed laws against the immigration of Japanese laborers, we led the way. The treaty of 1894 was revised to wipe out en tirely the extra-territoriality and the tariff controls providing only that immigration of Japanese be cut down to a trickle. Meanwhile, the Japanese tried out the shining new military weapons the Germans had taught them to use. They whipped China and Rus sia in 1895 and 1905 on land and sea, and as a result, got Formosa, and eventually, Korea.

Pressure But the World war gave them their real opportunity, for not only did the Japanese join the winning Allies, but also they foresaw the economic dislocations that followed. Out of the war Japan got several Pacific islands close by, and when the depression set in, she grabbed Manchuria and Jehol, and bought the railway line through Manchuria from Russia. In 1935 she set out to subdue China, a task she’s still trying to complete. All through these years, Japanese American trade has been increasing although, even today, it represents no more than 15 per cent of the total volume of our trade. It is much more important than that to the Japanese, for it represents al most one-third of their world busi ness. But just how important, really, is that trade to the Japanese? That’s what the Japanese and American governments will find out in the next few months. $11,776,501,570 Spent Under U. S. Relief dels WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. W President Roosevelt reported to con gress today that $11,776,501,570 hat been spent under the emergency re lief appropriation acts from April 8, 1935, to December 31, 1939. The report, covering funds ex pended by the works project ad ministration ,the public works admin istration and other agencies receiv ing funds under the relief acts, show ed $S72,212,975 had been spent from July 1, 1939, to December 31, 3935, the first half of this fiscal year. Total expenditures, by states, for the full period (April 8, 1935, to De cember 31, 1939) and expenditures from July 1 to December 31, 1939, in cluded: North Carolina $141,252,596 and $12,932,958; South Carolina $127,006, 778 and $11,877,722. Mr. And Mrs. Winner File Suit For Land Suit seeking the return of two tracts of property at Carolina Beach, allegedly transferred to D. Carl Winner and his wife. Margaret Weils Winner and held in trust for the plaintiffs, has been filed in Ne'T Hanover superior court by Mark a L. Winner and wife, of Carolina Beach. The plaintiffs allege that they conveyed two tracts to the defen dants with the understanding that the amount asked was to be paid or the title thereto was to revert to the plaintiffs. They further allege that nothing has been paid for the lots, which are worth from $5,000 to $6,0«0 and that one of the defendants has left the county and cannot be found. They ask in addition to the re turn of the property, recompense deemed fitting by the court. Three Bodies Found In Burning Farmhouse BAINBRIDGE, N. Y Jan. W)—Three bodies were found in burned farmhouse near here l0<^ and state police are investigating determine if three or more person! may have been slain. Neighbors saw the home of j ind Mrs. Frank Teed in flames -n [y after 4 a. m„ but snow ana roads prevented them from ieac'1 mg the scene immediately. Teed, 68; his wife, Helen, tn^ 15-year-oid daughter, Kutn. a" James Fink, a hired man, ail a‘ missing. RESOLUTION WASHINGTON, Jan. 15- A resolution directing the state partment to inform the houseb|0# letails of an alleged plot t0 ,0. ip Boulder dam was introduce lay in the house by Represent1 Kramer (D-Calif).

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^/d’Tprobe H OF CAPPS^ DEATH (Continued From Page One) to believe the death result •*'2 foul Play. *>frnnlv major injury on the TW about the head and only body were found on other jii"cr .,';e body, and Sheriff C. pat*5, Tones stated, in his opinion P,rl“ ,,m not have caused the tie!’ couia of the jury are as fol 5leI"r E Jurgensen, T. S. Mur W'Lrge W. White, I. C. Lof I#’E. Todd and J. L. Baldwin, oral services for Capps were from the Topp Funeral home teld,,„v afternoon at 3 o’clock, the Rev. E. W. Halieck, rec *ul1 gt John's Episcopal church, Officiating- Interment followed in Svue cemetery. pallbearers were: F. M. •«Ls Jr" R' M’ Roberts' E S Williams, A. C. Camache, E. Piver and Jake Horne. Honor pallbearers were: T. D. Love, ,rl pr J E. Evans, H. S. McGirt, pr’ i McR. Crouch and Horace T. K;: is survived by three daugh f vjrs, J. B. McDonald, of At Ga„ Mrs. O. L. House, of Sport News, Va„ Mrs. J. C. uirkie Newport News; two sons, p j]' Capps, of Newport News, ,'E S. Capps, Jr., of Wilming one brother, C. B. Capps, of tVilraington. and one sister, Mrs. B y Horne, of Wilmington. JOO ARE INJURED IN JAPANESE FIRE (Continued From Page One) n tents set up by relief workers usiid here from nearby cities. The business district of the city ,f 200,000 was destroyed and the lames swept on through a residen lai district in the eastern section anight. Starting in a private home, the ire, fed bv a high wind, swept trough nearby frame houses and ito the business district. Attempts to dynamite fire breaks roved fruitless. The "railroad station, post office, runicipal buildings and raiiroad ars were destroyed by '.he flames. Train service was disrupted but no relief trains were dispatched to he scene. Flying over the burning city at ,500 feet, an airplane pilot reported e could feel the heat of the con agration. IRITI3H REJECTION WILL BE STUDIED (Continued From Page One) leir rights—that the American re ubiics had not attempted to base le neutrality zone on written ln irnational law. The Declaration of anama which created the zones ated simply that the American ipublics, “as a measure of conti ental self-protection’’ #.nd inherent ght are “entitled to have those aters adjacent to the American mtinent free trom the commission any hostile act.” This official likened the Declara on of Panama to the proclamation i President Monroe which created le Monroe Doctrine. SUNDAY SUPPER DESSERT Hot gingerbread shortcake is a rand way to top off Sunday night ipper. Serve with a generous mound ’cold whipped cream sprinkled with lopped nuts, or sliced bananas and •earn, or halves of drained canned ears or apricots and cream. “1 THIS WHISKEY IS 4 YEARS OLD ^mSS!n!mSSi^' <'^;Xv;wX;v;v,.v. _ WEATHER (Continued From Page One) washing™Janu^iB (fP) a£asVd dstSe?*1 cott^^inl Alpwa" clear __ “8gh \"aW P"X; Asheville, clear 24 000 Atlanta, dear _ 40 Atlantic City, clear 42 37 0 07 Birmingham, clear __ 45 28 non Boston, clear_ 50 it R?2 Buffalo, snow _ 32 3] Burlington, snow _ 37 34 n’24 Chicago, cloudy_ 19 jo nno Cincinnati, cloudy _ 37 25 000 Cleveland, snow_ 28 28 0 01 a.ISy-:-: 1 S DuluHi*’ d"a7II 00™ larr/df--: g 1? ft Havre, cloudy 2 —7 0 00 Jacksonville, cloudy _ 50 40 000 Kansas City, dear _ 28 —11 000 rVSipWpstVcl<\udy 72 69 °-01 Little Rock, clear 46 25 0.00 L<os Angeles, clear 75 51 0 00 Louisville, clear- 37 23 U00 Memphis, clear_ 43 29 0 00 Meridian, cloudy- 48 22 OOO Miami, cloudy _ 71 70 n’lfi Mmn-St. Paul, cloudy 1 1 O OC Mobile, cloudy _ 49 30 nor New Orleans, clear 50 40 <100 New York, cloudy_ 44 41 0 91 Norfolk, clear_ 47 39 n'ng Pittsburgh, cloudy __ 27 26 O.OO t ortland, Ore., cloudy 45 33 0.00 tmrtland. Me., cloudy 44 33 2 97 Kichmond, clear 45 33 0.01 bt. Louis, dear 27 16 0.00 ban Antonio, cloudy _ 57 31 0.00 ban Francisco, clear 57 46 000 bavannah, cloudy- 49 38 oioc Tampa, cloudy 58 50 0.00 Vicksburg, cloudy 46 31 OOO Washington, clear_ 40 38 0.01 Wilmington, clear _ 49 38 0 00 FRIZZELLE LISTS DUTIES OF JURY (Continued From Page One) grand jury,” he told the body, and added, "It is your sworn duty to do all in your power to assure that all the rights and privileges pro vided under the law are made avail able to every citizen of this county.” Judge Frizzelle commented that since his last visit here five years ago, it was apparent that the crime situation in New Hanover county has been somewhat improved. "At that time,” he said, "at every term the courtroom was crowded with people interested in the cases to be heard. "Now,” he said, “the room is rela tively empty. The situation must have been improved.” Continuing in regard to the duties of the grand jury, he said, "It is impossible for any law to be con tinuously and consistently violated without coming evident to at least one member of your group. It then becomes your duty to bring that violation to the attention of the grand jury itself and request that the law assert itself. "It is not your function to de cide upon the guilt or innocence of an accused person—your duty lies in determining if probable cause exists—and then your duty lies in returning a true bill and bringing the accused person to trial.” The judge spoke at length regard ing the various "obnoxious, danger ous, unlawful and unwholesome in fluences that sometimes arise in the county” and asked that the body make "a diligent, earnest, sincere and determined effort to remedy those situations.” He mentioned in particular drunk en driving, operation of slot ma chines, and the immoral conditions to be found in many roadhouses and filling stations in outlying sec tions. “I hope you will make a tho rough investigation of these places,” the judge said. The new members <f the grand jury are as follows: H. W. Wells, assistant foreman, E. H. Delano, J. H. Davis, A. Y. Baldwin, J. C. McEachern, D. S. ,C rr, W. G. Hatch, Jr., H. Lacy Hunt, and W. E. Starnes. Those members carried over from the’ previous jury are as follows: Sidney G. McMillan, foreman, L. E. Ussery, A. H. Dizor, W. C. Rivenbark, L. B. Stevenson, E. W. Clemmons, G. T. Armstrong, Tho mas B. Dixon and J. H. Womble. Principal among the approximate ly 50 cases to be tried during the term is that of Simon (Coochie) Gibson, negro, charged with crimi nal assault. He was convicted at a previous trial but was granted a new trial upon his appeal to the supreme court. Solicitor Sinclair said yesterday morning he intends to try the negro on the same charge and will hold the other cases, consisting of first de gree burglary, assault, robbery of box cars, larceny apd receiving and assault, open until completion of the trial on the rape count. At yesterday afternoon’s session, a large number of minor cases were disposed of. Alexander Boone was sentenced to serve thirty days on the state high ways in default of costs. He was charged with being drunk. Nine other cases tvere continued concerning violations of the sts.te laws regarding business establish ment licenses due to the fact they are now pending in the supreme court. a divorce from Alvie Lee Woodell. Edmund McLaurin was granted a divorce from Evelyn McLaurin. Reuben McAllister, charged with operating an automobile under the influence of intoxicants* was found not guilty. E. W. Coleman, charged with aid ing and abetting in the sale of non tax paid whiskey, pleaded guilty to the charge, but upon hearing the evidence, the court directed a ver dict of not guilty. Judgment in the case of Pete Por ter, who was found guilty on a charge of operating an automobile while intoxicated and driving with out a license, was continued until this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Margaret Graham, found guilty of highway robbery, was sentenced to ROOSEVELT TO AIR VIEWS ON GIVING HELP TO FINLAND (Continued From Page One) some legislators were fearful that to vote a direct and unrestricted loan might put them in an incon sistent position with respect to their previous stand on neutrality, or be used later as a precedent for loans to Great Britain and France. This being an election year, the question was examined from the point of view of its possible political repercussions. Although the nation seems overwhelmingly in favor of helping the little Baltic state, the possibility of unforeseen political consequences was not discounted. For this reason, hope was express ed that the executive branch of the government might find a method of proceeding that would not involve action by congress. However, word from downtown Washington was that those in charge there were of the opinion that congress should share the responsibility. Another question remaining to be settled was the type of the loan. There was sentiment for a require ment that the money be spent in this country. However, Minister Pro cope of Finland was represented as having said that such a restriction would greatly diminish the useful ness of the loan. What Finland needs, it was said, is quick delivery of war supplies, purchased in nations much closer to the fighting front. One important figure in the demo cratic leadership was known to fav or a proposal by Senator Brown (D-. Mich.) for a direct RFC loan but re duced from the $60,000,000 which Brown suggested to about $25,000, 000. Others talked of increasing the lending authority of the export-im port bank to cover the advance. Ex port bank advances, however, must be spent here and, under the bank’s present policy, may not go for war supplies. The bank has already ad vanced $10,000,000 to Finland for the purchase of agricultural products. RED PLANES BOMB CITIES IN FINLAND (Continued From Page One) here. Some bombs were reported to have fallen In the outskirts. The raiders in both the Viipuri and Helsinki attacks flew very high as they approached. There were 21 in the group which attacked Viipuri. They dived through the cold, clear sky to strike. Fires were reported started in sev eral southern Finnish towns. The Russians returned just one day after hitting Finland with the worst bombing attack of the war. The Finnish high command in its communique today said that more than 300 bombers took'part in yes terday’s raids. It said three were shot down and three more reported i shot down. The communique charged that some of the Russian planes which flew over the Arctic front approach ed "by way of Norwegian territory.” The town of Vaasa, on the Fin nish west coast, was said to have "suffered most.” At least eight civilians, including women and chil dren, were killed and many wounded there. "Considerable” material dam age was reported. “Elsewhere casualties and materi al damage were relatively small,” the communique said. ACTIVITY IN FORD LABOR CASE AIRED (Continued From Page One) told Ford employes who called at his office for advice that the CIO was “God’s greatest gift to the working man” and that they should join its United Automobile Workers Union instead of an independent. The Ford attorney offered to pro duce Ford employes who would give this testimony. He said he would show that Cannon had “been acting as a recruiting officer for the CIO” and that the board “should take down off the door the initials of the NLRB and put up the initials of the CIO.” The extensive correspondence that resulted was between Tilford E. Dudley, the trial examiner, who 1 favored excluding the testimony as irrelevant, and Washington officials who thought it should be admitted as a matter of policy. Some of the letters ran to four type-written pages. Dudley, the day’s principal wit 1 ness, told the committee that he ex cluded it “at page 6,039 in the re cord” but at the vigorous sugges tions of board officials he finally ad mitted it "at page 18,120.” Dudley wrote George O. Pratt, chief trial examiner, on March 14, serve two years on the state high ways. Robert Young, negro, was sen tenced to serve two years on the roads upon being convicted of break ing and entering. OBITUARIES JACKSON.—Mrs. Odessa Jones Jack son. Funeral services will be con ducted from the late residence, 106 So. Sixteenth street Tuesday after noon at 3:30 o’clock by Dr. A. D. P. Gilmour. Interment will follow in Oakdale cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Honorary, Dr. H. W. Moore, Dr. Donald B. Koonce, C. D. Cun ningham, Ben Ramseur, Marsden Bellamy, Sr., P. J. Dowdy, L. J. Hannah, Sr., Louie E. Woodbury, E. M. Berry, O. L. Rhodes, Ben Hollis, Herbert O’Neal, Ed. John son, L. W. Garrett, Emmett Bel lamy, C. E. Taylor, S. J. Springer. Active: Howard Ozment, Jack Farmer, LeRoy LeGwin, James A. Taylor, Jessie Marshall, Burnell Curtis. Arrangements by Andrews mortuary. L938, that Gerhard Van Arkel, board ittorney in the case, “this morning suggested that they might ask Can ion his views on the CIO, on com nunism, on Russia, etc., and that it vould be difficult to exclude such testimony.” "I am very much afraid,” Dudley idded, “that they will call Miss ^Dorothea) De Schweinitz to the stand and go over her record as an ndividual as well as acting regional lirector (of the board) to prove that die is pro-CIO. It will be difficult 'or her to withstand the hammer ngs of Mr. Bartlett (Ford attorney) larticularly if you make it impos sible for me to protect her by rui ng this to be admissible. “The result will be that the news lapers will scream with headlin i ind publicity regarding the charges )f the Ford company against Can ion, Miss De Schweinitz and the ward. Such charges in themselves nake good publicity." Dudley wrote that “tactics of the i'ord company are being copied" by ither companies against which cases .vere pending and that “if we allow such testimony in the Ford hearing, t will serve as a precedent for all the other companies to come into their hearings with plenty of mud ;o throw at the labor board.” “The net result in the public mind ivill be a blackening of the board’s -eputation," his memorandum con tinued. “It will open the gate at :his and future hearings for persecu tion of the board’s employees.” Robert B. Watts, associate gen eral counsel, and other board of ficials in Washington held, how ever, that the testimony should be received. FEAR OF GERMAN INVASION WANES (Continued From Page One) vasion of the lowland countries in in attempt to outflank western front defenses in France had been reduced by recent extension of the Maginot line along the Belgian bor der. Nevertheless the French said they were watching the situation closely and were prepared to meet any eventuality. It was noted that Belgian soldiers have been busy removing obstacles which had been placed earlier on roads leading to France presum ably to facilitate the movement of French troops into Belgium in the event of a German invasion. BRITAIN REJECTS NEUTRALITY ZONE (Continued From Page One) and cannot be imposed by “unilat eral action.” 2. Britain must be assured the zone would not provide German warships and supply ships with a “vast sanctuary” from which they could emerge for attacks or to which they might flee for safety. 3. Britain must be certain the zone would not permit German merchant ships to participate in in ter-American trade, affording the Reich a profitable foreign exchange fund with which to purchase war supplies abroad. 4. Britain must be certain the zone w’ould not be used to deprive the Allies of their fruits of superi ority at sea. 5. If Britain foregoes the oppor tunity of capturing the large num ber of German merchantment refuged in American harbors, it will be necessary for the Americans to intern the ships for the duration of the war. Unless such conditions are worked out, the British note observed, there would be an “accumulation of bel ligerent ships” in the zone and this would “bring the risk of war” nearer the American states. Citing actions of the Admiral Graf Speei the British concluded no way had been found to eliminate the “disadvantages” of the zone. Expressing sympathy with the ob jective of the Americas to prevent belligerent acts near their shores, Britain denied her navy had in any way imperiled the American conti nent, but rather had contributed to its security. SCANDINAVIAN, RED TENSION INCREASED (Continued From Page One) fired on Soviet planes Sunday near Kirkenes, on the far northern Nor wegian-Finnish border. The exchange of notes capped a day which saw Russia declaring she was not pleased over the Nor wegian and Swedish replies to her protests, delivered earlier this month. Reply Unsatisfactory Russia's statement said Sweden’s reply was particularly unsatisfac tory and declared the policy of the government of both Norway and Sweden “conceals danger.” Scandinavian newspapers replied that their peoples would continue to help Finland. Army reinforcements gathering on Finland’s frontiers led to belief that Soviet diplomatic pressure on the Finns’ Scandinavian neighbors was timed to coincide with quick ened military activity. The Finnish capital heard re ports of fresh Russian troops con centrating particularly on the far northern front while Soviet bombers paid another series of visits to southern Finland. Russia expressed dissatisfaction with replies received from Norway and Sweden to a Soviet protest ac cusing the two nations of permit ting bitter anti-Soviet press cam paigns and sending volunteers and war supplies to Finland. Both replied that they were ob serving neutrality correctly. Russia’s publication of the dip lomatic exchange and expression of dissatisfaction led Swedish and Norwegian official circles to take a serious view of relations with Rus sia, particularly coupled with re ports of a Soviet air raid Sunday on the Swedish island of Kallaks in the Bothian gulf. Reports in Stockholm said the island, 60 miles from the nearest Finnish territory, was bombed by eight Russian planes. Swedish newspapers said Rus sia’s publication of the notes vio lated international custom and was strikingly similar to treatment ac corded Finland shortly before the Russian invasion started. Originally, China cultivated cotton as a purely decorative plant. It was used in the ceremonial drapings of Buddhist images. BRITISH AIRMEN’S LEAVES CANCELED (Continued From rage One) of commons on his resignation from the cabinet. While officials described the mili tary moves as precautionary, some sources recalled that in a' similar situation last Nov. 11, when the Germans were reported ready to in vade the Netherlands, Britain sim ply said the troops were on the alert for any eventuality without imposing special orders. This, some quarters said, indicated the situation was more serious this time. One British informant with high connections declared the chances of a. Nazi “Blitzkrieg through th* Netherlands or Belgium were net ther more nor less than even." "•FALSE TEETH Rock, Slide or Slip? FASTEETH, an improved powder to be sprinkled on upper or lower plates, holds false teeth more firmly in place* Do not slide, slip or rock. No gummy, gooey, pasty t.iste or feeling. FAS TEETH is all-nline (11011-acid). Doef not sour. Checks “plate odor” (denture breath.) Get FASTEETH at any drug store. An excellent laxative in colds, re lieves biliousness, sour stomach, bilious indigestion, flatulence and headache, due to constipation. 10c and 25c at dealers fepKTHE new epidemic is now upon fcyB but there’s no need to become panicky. People KdB usually escape illness if they fortify themselves IcS with the “Circle of Protection,” that is, take B^ B the following precautions: BT Get at least eight bowels open. 4. Exercise at Pf hours’ sleep every night. least fifteen minutes in B 2. Open windows wide be- the open every day. 5. B tore retiring so as to get Wash hands frequently so Plenty of fresh air- But as to kccp them free from K Ij|jB aToW drifts. 3. Refrain germs as far as possible. from overeating, es- 6. Avoid overheating in Keep the home or ofiice. ^T B IMPORTANT ■B Never breathe through the up due to a cold or nasal 30' Ai mouth. Only the nose can catarrh, insert Mentholatum V s’ 1 warm up cold air before it in them night and morning, ti I strikes the tender mem- Mentholatum win soothe the -5 branes. Only the nose can irritated membranes and filter out irritating dust and help relieve the local congcs other impurities which break tion in the nostrils, thus en down resistance to disease. abling you to breathe more t 3 u freely through the nose in- If your nostrils are clogged- stead of the mouth. N. B. If any member of your family has sore throat, fever (over 99 degrees), chills, headache, f f extreme weakness, and aching of back and limbs, Put blm to bed ud call your p.. j i L _ _j THE CENTURY READY TO "HIGHBALL,” as they say in railroading! Engineer Walter L. Bronson (above) swings up into the cab of Number 5449, one of the big Hudson type locomotives which flash at 80 miles an hour across the landscape be tween New York and Chicago in a day-in, day-out epic of modern railroad speed. HERE’S EXTRA MILDNESS, EXTRA COOL- T NESS, AND EXTRA FLAVOR. Camels are slower-burning. They have thoroughbred quality through and through. Finer, more expensive tobaccos are used, in the first place. And these choice tobaccos are combined into a matchless blend. Next time you smoke a Camel, notice how slowly it burns. That is your clue to true cigarette enjoyment-the "extras” of mildness, coolness, flavor and— extra smoking in every cigarette. Camels burned 25% slower than any other cigarette in recent tests (details at right). You’ll always rejoice over the day you switched to Camels! ..illinium.mini I. i In recent laboratory tests, CAMELS burned 25% slower than the average of the 15 other of the largest-selling brands tested slower than any of them. That means, on the average, a smoking plus equal to 5' EXTRA SMOKES PEA PACK/ TAKING IT EASY, Engineer Bronson says: "No speed for me in my cigarette. That slower-burning feature makes sense to me. I’ve been a Camel smoker for years. I know Camels are milder and always taste swell. And-on the side-I don’t object a bit to getting those extra smokes per pack.” Copyright. 1940, R. J. Reynolds Tob. C®. Winston-Salem, 2V. C. we cti. 'wf

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'|!j Golf Match Is Planned At Club Here Wednesday j Luncheon Will Be Held Fol lowing Match At Cape Fear Country Club The Cape Fear Country club will be the scene of the first Ladies Golf luncheon of the season on Wednesday. This will be a blind bogie tournament and the matches will start promptly at 11 o’clock. Luncheon will be served at 1:30 and in the afternoon either golf or bridge will be enjoyed. At the luncheon hour plans wil be discuss ed for the annual Washington s birthday tournament (mixed two bull-foursome) to be held at the ClUb. All those desiring to enter the matches and make reservations for the luncheon are asked to call Mrs. Hen Washburn telephone 3019-M.

MISS LOUISE BRYANT ENGAGED TO MARRY REV. MENDEL MOORE WHITEVILLE, Jan. 15.—Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Bryant, of Abbotsburg, announce the engagement of their daughter. Ora Louise, to the Rev. Mendel Leo Moore, of Conway, iouth Carolina. The marriage will take place on Friday, March 8. Miss Bryant has made her home in Whiteville for the past four years.

JEWISH ASSOCIATION WILL HOLD ANNUAL MEETING TODAY District Seven. North Carolina Association of Jewish Women, will have its annual meeting today in the form of luncheon at the Cape Fear hoted at 1 o'clock. Reservations may be made by calling Mrs. Alfred Sternberger or Mrs. Max Warshauer. Guest speak er of the meeting will be Rabbi Joseph Weiss, of Goldsboro.

PERSONALS Dr. N. A. Culbreth is ill at his home in the Orton hotel.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. English and son have returned to their home in the city after a short visit in Miami, Fla.

Friends of Miss Dorothy Weeks will be sorry to learn that she is a patient at James Walker Me morial hospital.

Mrs. J. W. Rosborough has left for Fredericksburg, Va., where her daughter is ill in the Mary Wash ington hospital.

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-■a= JS-. I BAZAAR PREVIEW_ Flowers to the fore, on dr s or hat. Complementing this attractive face is a pert black velvet cap with pink roses of goodly size set on high. A feature in Harper’s Bazaar for January. Interesting Meeting Is Held By Stamp Defiance Chapter, D. A. R. W The Stamp Defiance chapter. Daughters of the American Revo lution, met with Mrs. J. K. Banner man at her home in Forest Hills on Friday evening, hostesses being Mrs. Bannerman and Miss Nancy Dong Mrs. Bannerman, the regent, pre sided. The meeting was opened with the D. A. R. ritual, the alle giance to the flag and the American -reed. Routine business was trans ited and reports were given by the ’ollowing chairmen of committees: ifrs. H. S- McGirt, endowment fund, tnnounced a steadily growing fund :o which a contribution has been idded honoring Mrs. B. F. Boykin. Chairman of Good Citizenship Ril frimage, Mrs. Z. K. Bell, announced he election of Miss Isabelle McII vain as representative from the Vew Hanover High school in the food Citizenship contest. Mrs. M. 3. Jacobs, chapter historian, pre ented the chapter with a copy of ler book entitled "Wilmington, vorth Carolina, History and Arehi ecture 18th and Early 19th Cen uries,” w-hich she dedicated to Mrs. Sugene Davis, state regent, and Mrs. Wayne Spencer, state vice-regent. State news of interest to the hapter was an invitation to attend he opening of Constitution House it Halifax on February 2. This is he cottage in Halifax where the 'lorth Carolina Constitution was Irawn up. The Daughters have jought and restored this house and lurnished it with antiques. Dele tes were elected to the state D. R. conference to be held at High Point on February 27, 28 and 29, jeiegaies elected are Mrs. J. K. Bannerman, Mrs. N. L- B'oy, Miss Mary Lem Boykin, Mrs. R. p. Hamme, Mrs. H. S. McGirt, and Mrs. F. A. Matthes, Jr., and Mrs. J. C. Birmingham, page to the state ionference. Delegates elected ti the Continental Congress in Washing ton, D- C., to he held in April are Mrs. J. K. Bannerman, regent, and Mrs. C. Wayne Spencer, delegates; alternates, Mrs. F. S- Robbins, Mrs. I. E. Willson, Mrs. A. K. Bell and Mrs. T. E. Maultsby. Mrs. N. L. B’oy was appointed to serve on the house committee during the con gress and Mrs. Donald Bair.i to serve as a national page. Following the business session, Mrs. E. W. Mange, program chair man, introduced Mrs. George l.eft wich, guest speaker. Mrs. Leftwich from her wealth of experience as chairman of the Division of Indian Welfare of the State Federation of Women’s clubs brought a most in formative talk on the Indians of North Carolina. She stated that there are approximately 30,000 In dians in the confines of the state, looking to us for security and chal lenged our interest in their welfare. Mrs. W. M. Archer, from Marcia Burns chapter of Washington D C-; Mrs. James Sprunt, James River chapter, Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs Ma bel McClaskey, Mrs. J. R. Adams and Mrs. George Leftwich were special guests of the chapter. After the meeting, an attractive ice course was served by the hostesses.

Birth Announced Mr. and Mrs. Herman F. Har rell, of Ivanhoe, announce the birth of a daughter, Joyce Marie, on January lo. Mrs. Harrell is the for mer Miss Bessie Henry. Club Clock The What-So-Ever circle of the King's Daughters will meet tliis afternoon at 3:30 o’ciock with Mrs. James E. Holton, 1305 Grace street. A lull attendance is desired. The Ladies auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold the regular meeting this evening at 8 o'clock in the dug-out. All members are urged to be present as matters of im portance will be discussed. The Wrightsboro Homo Dem onstration club will hold the regular meeting this afternoon at 2:30 at the clubhouse. A full attendance is desired. The East Wilmington Home Demonstration club will have the regular meeting Thursday aft ernoon at 3 o’clock with Mrs. T. D. Hall, 2100 Metts avenue. The Castle Hayne Home Dem onstration club will conduct the regular session on Wednesday evening and all members are urged to attend. The executive board of the Woman’s auxiliary of St. An drew’s Presbyterian church will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. me executive committee or the Bradley's Creek Parent Teachers association will hold a meeting Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The monthly meet ing of the P.-T. A. will be held on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Mrs. Horne, chairman, requests that all room represen tatives meet at 2 o'clock so that matters of importance may be discussed before the regular busi ness session. Ail members are urged to attend. The Fidelis class of the Cal vary Baptist Sunday school will hold a business meeting with Mrs. L. E. Sykes, 1012 North Fourth street Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. All members are urged to attend as plans for the year’s work will be discussed at this time. Rabbi M. M. Thurman will begin a new series of weekly lectures on Wednesday after noon at 4:40 o’clock in the ves try rooms of the Temple of Is rael, on the Book of Psalms. This series is being sponsored by the Ladies Concordia society of the Temple. The series is open to the public and the Rrhbi asks that all attending please bring their Bibles with them.

PEARSALL AUXILIARY MEETING POSTPONED The meeting of t the Woman’s luxiliary of Pearsall Memorial ih'urch, scheduled this evening', has jeen postponed until Tuesday eve ning, January 23, at 8 o’clock. j Tournament To Be Given Here Thursday Night Catholic Daughters To En tertain At Card Party At White’s Hostess Room On Thursday evening, January IS, the Catholic Daughters of Amer. ica will entertain at.a bridge tour nament in the Hostess room of White’s Ice Cream company. The game will begin at 8 o’clock ind attractive prizes will be award ed to the high scorers of the eve ning. Reservations may be made by calling Mrs. D. B. Upchurch, 2021-W, or Mrs. Charles White. 2124-J. On account of the limited number of tables, early reservations ire requested.

King Bruce Marriage Is Announced Wedding Held On Sunday, January 14, At Marion, South Carolina Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Bruce mnounee the marriage of their laughter, Elizabeth Inglesby, to Frederick Lacy King, Jr., on Jan uary 14. at Marion, S. C. The ceremony was performed by he Rev'. John L. Johnston, pastor if the Marion Presbyterian church.

DAY OF PRAYER CALLED MEETING IS SCHEDULED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Mrs. \V. P. Roudabush, general ;hairman, has called a special neeting of all presidents, chairmen if auxiliaries or societies of all de tominations in the city and conn y to meet in the Kenan- Memorial 3‘jilding of the Church of the- Cov mant on Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock, at which time plans will be discussed, for the World Day of Prayer to be held on Friday, February 9 at the Church of the Covenant.

SORORITY HERE HOLDS MEETING The regular meeting of the Poke About-Towners sorority was held rhursday at the home of Miss Mar garet Bradshaw. The president called the meeting to order and the routine business was discussed. 1'hree new members, Misses Lillian Southerland, Mary Elizabeth Hew lett and Annie Katherine Sloan, were elected into the club. The nostess served refreshments. The next meeting will be held with Miss Margaret Eddings.

Sorority Meeting The regular meeting of the Alpha Amicae sorority was held with Elizabeth Gilbert on Monday. Officers elected are Lois Mintz, president; Ann Boyd, vice-presi dent Elizabeth Gilbert, secretary; Clara Zellers, treasurer; and Caro lyn Ozment, program chairman It was announced that the next meeting would be held with Caro lyn Ozment, 211 Ann street. All members are invited to attend.

CORRECTION A statement published in Sunday’s Star-News under a Bolton heading and which said Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Parker have moved to Kinston from Bolton, was incorrect, according tc Mr. Parker. He said yesterday he has not moved from Bolton and does not expect to do so. The Star is glad to make this correction. A Munich professor has taught fish to respond intelligently to sounds and colors. “announcement" To facilitate the prepara tion of social reports for The Sunday Star News editions, the deadline for delivery of such items to the newspapers will, effective this week, be moved up from 6 p. m. to 3 p. m. Saturday afternoon. This change is made in the interest of a better prepara tion of society items. Movie Revues EXCELLENT PICTURE IS FEATURED AT CAROLINA Many who went to the Carolina theatre yesterday must have done so, as this writer did, with the pro found conviction that the “first, fine, careless rapture” of “Four Daugh ters” could not be recaptured, even by the incredible magic of the movies. We soon found out that we were wrong. We found out that the cut rent film has all its predecessor had, with an added fillip that may be due to a number of things. It may be the babies. It may be the extremely live-wire marital prospect pursued with such airy determination by Kay Lemp, the only one of the four daughters to remain footloose and fancy free as the picture opens. The characters are, of course, the same, with an important addition. The unforgettable “gate-swinging” lovers who called each other “Lemp’ and “Dietz” are again in the capable hands of Priscilla Lane and Jeffrey Lynn. A highly entertaining Pete Smith specialty is on the short program, “Set 'Em Up.” As the name might suggest the subject relates to bowl ing and Pete is aided and abetted in his effort by Andy Varipapa, fa mous trick bowler. The usual World News Events reel is also on the pro gram. “WUTHERING HEIGHTS” WILL SHOW AT THE BIJOU Samuel Goldwyn’s "Wuthering Heights,” based on the unforget table love story of the Emily Bronte novel of the same name, will show at the Bijou theatre today. Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier are cast as the romantic lovers who discover the beauty and despair of love as they wander wildly over the desolate moors of the Yorkshire country- The stars are brilliantly supported by a cast of outstanding players including David Niven, Flora Robson, Hugh Williams, Ger aldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp and Miles Mander. “Wuthering Heights” was pie turized from a masterly screenplay written by two of Hollywood's lead ing scenarists, Ben Hecht and Charles ^facArthur. The picture was directed with skill, understanding and emotional sweep by William Wyler, who previously turned out such notable screen offerings as "Dead End,” “Jezebel,” “These Three” and "Dodsworth.” The pic ture was photographed by Gregg Toland, w'hose dramatic lighting and outdoor cinematography give “Wuthering Heights” a background of brooding, sinister mood which is in keeping with its stirrng tale of love and hate. The program also includes a Scrappy cartoon. "PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES'* IS FEATURED AT ROYAL Starring Jane Withers and fea turing the Ritz Brothers, "Pack Up Your Troubles” is a veritable chaos of comedy. It hardly could help being so with such laugh-makers topping the cast! Jane’s the bravest Ma'amselle in all France, while the Ritzes are in the army in 1917. They’re privates in a mule battal ion and quickly make friends with Jane upon their arrival in France. At this point spies enter the scene to provide a counterpoint of thrills and excitement for the foursome’s comedy and the film closes with one of the grandest punch lines ever heard in a movie theatre. Included in the film, which is now playing at the Royal theatre, is a new song written especially for Jane by Sidney Clare and Jule Styne— “Who’ll Buy My Flowers.” Jane also renders several inimitable im personations. Also the Royal offers a Grantland Rice Sportsreel, a Porky pig car toon "Porky, The Giant Killer,” and the latest International News. ATTRACTIVE OPAQUE SHADES Washable window shades in at tractive light colors such as tan, corn-color and ecru, that are com pletely opaque and daylight-proof are now on the market. Impregnated with a recently-discovered chemical substance, these new shades are w a ter-proof and sun-proof, as well as shadow-proof to inside artificial light. To clean, simply scrub with soap and water. LEADERIN BRIN0*I 1 ING TO YOU THE CELLO St PHANE-protected PACKAGE FOR ASPIRIN St. Joseph ASPIRIN LOUISIANA READY TO BALLOT TODAY Will Decide Whether To En trench Long’s Heirs Or Erect ‘Reform’ Regime NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 15.—UP)— Flaring campaign fires fed by the fuel of statewide scandal flickered out tonight, and tomorrow Louisiana will entrench the political heirs of Huey Long or erect a “reform” government above the wreckage of a machine which has ruled since 1928. The state’s democratic voters, 600,000 strong, will roll out the vital primary ballots to cap a rough and tumble campaign run off with all stops open and no holds barred. End of the platform warfare found no letup in activities of four guber natorial candidates seeking to de feat Governor Earl K. Long and break the power his brother estal: lished as governor 12 years ago. Long himself closed his campaign with a rally at Baton Rouge, not far from where the slain “King fish" lies buried on the capitol grounds, his grave a shrine for the hero worshippers whose votes Earl seeks tomorrow to “carry on the memory of Huey.” inis campaign nas taken years off my life, I’ve lost 22 pounds,” the 44-year-old Long said in a state ment claiming he would carry New Orleans by a big majority and lead in all but ten of the state’s 64 par ishes (counties). This claim was ridiculed by Sam Houston Jones, 42-year-old Lake Charles attorney, new-comer to poli tics and widely regarded as the strongest of the “reform” candi dates for the democratic nomination which is tantamount to election. The gubernatorial term is four years and the successful candidate will be inaugurated in May. He declared Louisiana faces “the problem of whether or not Louisi anans will vote out of office for once and for all a crooked, theiving machine that brought disgrace upon the citizenry.” Noe arranged to send his election commissioners to local polls with ink pads and instructed to fingerprint every box as a safeguard against any box switching. James H. Morrison, noisiest of the opposition candidates, tonight led his “convict parade” dow-n the streets of Shreveport as a baekclrop to his final speech in which he bit terly denounced Long and claimed victory. The fifth candidate, Henry Vin cent Moseley, closed with radio speeches denouncing all his oppon ents. Quadruplets Born In Home Of Coal Miner NAUVOO, Ala., Jan. 15— Quadruplets born last night in a coahminer’s home were reported in good health today by the small-town doctor who delivered them. Dr. H. J. Sankey said the c.ua ruplets—three girls and a boy—were born to Mrs. Clyde Short at her rural home two miles from here. Sankey/ delivered the infants within an hour and 15 minutes with the help of Mrs. Short’s mother and neighboring housewives. Each of the children weighed a few ounces over three pounds. The girls have been named Faith Hope and Charity, but no name has been sleeted for the boy. “Upward” is away f,, Ul(? m of gravity, and out in no absolute "above" In habitants of the earth .j could be looking din 1 other .and each won'..: j,c straight up. away from tin center of his own planet. Claude Rains. Jeffrey Lynn, Ed die Albert, May Robson, Frank McHugh, Dick Foran, Henrv O'Neill, John Garfield. Now Playing 0 At 1:05-o :10-5 :lo-7 :'J0 fk. |P|i 9:35. 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STOCKS RETREAT AGAIN BUT CUT LOSSES AT CLOSE EFFORTS TO CLIMB ARE UNSUCCESSFUL 'Associated Press Average For 60 Issues Is Off -2 Of Point At 49.3 „v FREDERICK GARDNER ,.nV YORK, Jan. 15—LP)— '3' suffered another relapse in f;°Vs market but managed to r back near the close and re —Cot ton futures started up the price lad der again today after last week's downward slide. Final prices were up 2 to 21 points. Quotations stayed on the plus side most of the session but in the last hour buying by the trade expanded and final levels were the best for the day. Higher markets at Liverpool and Alexandria plus steady demand from trade interests were the chief sup ports. Pressure was negligible throughout. The January delivery showed a disposition to trail behind the rest of the list, at one time even selling below the previous close. Trade in January stops at noon Wednesday. Since certified stocks now total 7,045 bales, many brokers expected a fair number of notices to come out before the expiration. This theory was believed to have caused considers ole transferring of long holdings forward and subse quent narrowing of differences be tween near and distant months. Lower price trend* in Worth street textile markets became more pronounced although business re mained disappointing. Exports Saturday 64,223 bales; season so far 3,503,580. Port re ceipts 32,191; port stocks 3,328.554. Range follows: New: _ tt;~U T nif r25,059, steady; creamery-90 score !0 1-2—31; 92, 30; 91, 29 8-4; 90, !9 3-4; 89, 29 1-4; 88, 28 .1-4; 90 :entralized carlots, 30—30 1-4. Eggs >,214, firmer; fresh graded, extra firsts local 19 1-4, car sl9 1-2; firsts local 19, cars 19 1-4; current •eceipts 17 1-2; refrigerator ex ;ras 15 1-2, standards 15 1-4, firsts L4 2-4. RAILROADS SUFFER IN BOND EXCHA E Foreign Dollar Obligations Also Give Ground Dur ing Day’s Trading NEW YORK, Jan. 15— CP) —The bond market tacked on additional losses of major fractions to a point or more for most of the active is sues today. Low-priced rails and foreign dollar obligations gave ground more readily than other groups. Other than a backsliding stock market and renewed fears in some quarters that the "sit down” war in Europe might suddenly rise up and get going in a big way, there was little to influence either buyers or sellers. The day’s turnover, how ever, was well up to recent sessions, totaling $6,166,500, face value, com pared with $6,040,800 last Friday. Some of the larger losses in the foreign dollar department were Nor way 4 l-4s, off 4 3-8 at 68 1-2, Den mark 6s, off 2 1-4 at 63 3-4, Uruguay 4s, off 2 5-8 at 46 1-4 and Milan 6 l-2s off 1 3-8 aX 49 5-8. Panama 5s moved up 2 1-2 points on reports the government would soon take steps looking toward revamping its dollar indebtedness. Home front losers of a point or more Included Western Maryland 5 l-2s, Western Union 4 l-2s, St. Louis Southwestern First 4s, Southern Railway 6 l-2s, Baltimore Ohio 7s and Erie 4 s. A few high priced loans held minor advances at the close. Among these were Armour 4s at 100 6-8, International Paper 6s at 108 1-4, Pennsylvania 4 l-2s at 102 1-8 and Anaconda Copper 4 l-2s at 106 5-8. U. S. governments moved in sym pathy with the general list but deal ings here were very small. Losses ranged from 2-32 to 17-32 of a point. BOND AVERAGES 20 10 10 10 Kails Indus Util For Net change _ d.3 d.l d.4 d-8 Monday _ 57.8 102.1 96.3 60.5 Prev. day 58.1 102.2 96.7 6A-3 Month ago 58.1 101.4 95.7 49.4 Year ago 60-3 98.9 93.1 62.2 1939-40 high _ 64.9 102.6 97.5 64.0 1939-40 low 53.4 95.8 90.4 41.7 1938 high_ 70.5 100.3 95.1 67.0 1938 low_ 46.2 93.0 85.8 69.0 1932 low_ 45-8 40.0 64.6 42.2 1928 high 101.1 98.9 103.9 100.6 10 Low Yield Bonds Monday _ 111.8 Prev. day _-__- 111.9 Month ago-.......... 110.9 Year ago _ 111.3 1939-40 high _112.6 1939-40 low _ 103.6 1938 high 110.7 1938 low _ 106.7 1928 high 104.4 1932 low _ 86.8 NEW YORK SUGAR NEW YORK, Jan. 15— (A0 —The sugar futures market livened up to day as traders eyed continued heavy bookings of refined and sizeable sales of raws to domestic refiners and European buyers. Domestic contracts rose 4 to E points to the tune of sale totaling 44,600 tons. Offerings were small, mostly from Cuban producers. Profit-taking clipped the world list after it had moved in higher price territory most of the session. Final pi-ices were 1-2 to 1 point down on sales of 3,550 tons; March 1.52, May 1.52 1-2. Announcement by leading eastern refiners of a base price of 4.50 cents a pound to all customers for the next six months extended the lower price allowed last week to manufac turers only. The new price was ac companied by provisions for a price guarantee, except in southern terri tory. Large quantities of sugar were or dered, brokers said, some estimates running to almost half the country’s 1940 consumption requirement of 6,725,100 tons as expressed in the government quota figure. The United Kingdom bought 120, 000 tons of Dominican sugar at an average price based on No. 4 futures prices. Duty-free raws sold at 2.85, 2.85 and 2.90 cents, the last representing transfer of 40,000 bags of Puerto Ricans for February shipment. Cubas sold for March delivery at 2.90 cents duty-paid. No. 3 range follows: Tlln-V. T AMT niABA March_ 1.96 1.93 1.94 May _ 2.01 1.99 2.00 July _ 2.05 2.03 2.05 Sep. _ 2.08 2.06 2.08 Jan. 1941 _ 2.08 2.06 2.07 RICHMOND LIVESTOCK RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 15.—ISO— (USDA)—Livestock: Hogs—receipts moderate, market 20 cents higher. 160-250 lbs., 5.35 5.85 top. 120-140 lbs., 4.55-6.05; 140 160 lbs., 5.05-5.35; 250-300 lbs.., 4.85-5.35; over 300 lbs., 4.60-5.10. Sows under 350 lbs. 3.85-4.35; over 350 lbs., 3.35-3.85. Cattle—steady. Steers—8.25-8.75; mediums 6.50 7.50; common 5.00-6.00. Heifers—5.50-6.50; good beef breed 7.50-6.00. Cows—5.50-6.00; mediums 4.60 5.00; common and canners 3.50-4.00. Vealers—10.00-10.50; choice 10.50 11.50 top. Bulls—6.00-6.50, lights 5.00-6.00. EGGS NEW YORK, Jan. 15—>—Eggs 12,792; steady to firm. Mixed colors: fancy to extra fancy 21 1-4—28; standards 21; firsts 20; seconds 17 1-4—18 1-4; mediums 17, dirties No. 1, 17; average checks 15 1-2—16. Refrigerator, fancy and heavy weights 17-19 1-2; standards 16 1-2; firsts 16—16 1-4; seconds 15 1-4— 1-2;, mediums 15;. dirties 14 1-2, Closing Bond Quotations (By Th« Aasociated Press) GOVERNMENT BONDS Treasury 3%s 43-41 Mch----,-104.18 3%s 47-43 109.22 3%s 45-43 _ 109-80 3%s 46-44 _110.11 4s 54 44 _114.22 2%s 47-45 ___109.1 2%s 45 __.. 108.18 3%s 56-45 _ 114.27 3s 48-46 _-_110.14 3%s 48-46 ____111.16 2s 47 _-_104.19 2s 50-48 _—-_102.81 2%s 53-49 _ 106.17 2%s 54-51___107.3 2'.is 53-51 _103 2%s 60-55 _107.21 2%s 65-60 —_-_106.6 Federal Farm Mtg. 3s 49-44 __ 108 Home Owners Loan 8s 52-44 _107-27 l%s 47-45 _101.10 DOMESTIC AT and SF 4s 95_105% B and O Cvt 4%s 60 -_- 15% Bkn Un El 1st 5s 50__ 89% Can Pac 4s Perp___- 61% C and O 4%s 92 —___... 123% C B and Q 4%s 77__ 80 Chi E 111 5s 51_ 17% Chi Gt West 4s 59_ 24V Cri and P Rfg 4s 84 __ 5 V Clev TJn Term 5Vis 72 89Vi Clev Un Term 4Vis 77C 73 D and R G West 5s 55__ 2 Vi Erie Rf 5s 67 _ IbV. Fla East Cst 5s 74_..... 7 Vi Hud and Man Rfg 5s 57 47 Int Gt N Adj 6s 52 ..._... 19i Int Mer Mar 6s 41___ 69 V L and N 4Vis 2003 _- 93 M Kand T Adj os 67- 7 Mo pac Gen 4s 75---... 3 V NYC Rf 5s 2013_ 57? N and W 4s 96-124 Nor Pac 6s 2040 ___ 63? Penn RR Gen 4Vis 65 102 V Purity Bak 5s 48 ____102? SAL Con 6s 45___ SV So Pac Rfg 4s 55_.....__ 63 So Ry Cn 5s 94 88 V So Ry Gen 4s 56_ 57? Third Ave 4s 60 ...._—_ 51 West Md 4s 52_ 84 V FOREIGN Australia 5s 55 .._...- 84 V Australia 4 Vis 56 80 Belgium 7s 55 —__1019 Brasil 6Vis 26-57 __ 13V Italy 7s 51 _ 699 Japan 6Vis 54 —-_....... 81? Poland 8s 50 7 V Rio Gr Do Sul 6s 68- 8 V CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO, Jan. 15—(A*)—A sudden I renewal of buying today gave the wheat market Its strongest rally since January 2 and restored dollar* a*bushel quotations to the black* board. The advance amounted to more than two cents. Some buying was inspired by threatening European news but many dealers regarded the market as being due for an upturn after the steady decline of the past two weeks which had erased 10 cents or more from quotations. Mills were under stood to be in the market for small quantities. At times purchase or ders disclosed a scarcity of offers which were attracted only higher bids. This brought in some previous "short” sellers to cover their sales. An advance of about a cent of loaf in bread in some eastern markets also attracted attention. Chicago grain dealers raised bids to the country from 8 to 4 cents over May in order to attract wheat. Reaching its high point just be fore the close, wheat finished 1 3-4— 2 1-4 higher than Saturday, May $1.00 1-4—1-2, July 98—98 1-4. Com was 5-8—7-8 up, May 58 8-8, July 68 3-4; oats unchanged to 1-8 up; soy beans 1 cent higher, rye 6-8—1 up and lard 7-10 higher. Exporters estimated foreign sales of Canadian wheat over the week end at 300,000 bushels and 120,000 bushels of Canadian rye were sold to Norway. Receipt of beneficial mows over the week-end through much of the grain belt and more optimistic crop reports from the southwest were virtually Ignored, Ample snow covering now protects most of the winter wheat region from cold weather but there were conflicting ideas regarding the benefits the crop may derive from recent moisture. The Robinson Elevator Co., Kansas City, while expressing belief the Kansas crop had little chance of be ing one of normal size, said im provement had taken place. On the other hand, a Wichita Milling Co., said cold weather undoubtedly hurt some weak, spindly plants before snow bee? me deep enough and added that unsprouted wheat could not germinate in present temperatures. Open High Low Close WHEAT: May _98% 100% 98% 100% July _96% 98% 96% 98% Sept _ 96 97% 96 97% CORN: May _67% 68% 67% 58% July _58% 58% 58% 58% Sept -58% 59% 58% 59% OATS: May _39% 40 S9% 39% July _34% 34% 34% 34% Sept _32% 32% 32% 32% SOY BEAN8: May .117% 118% 117% 118 July -_115 115% 114% 115 RYE: May _ 69 69% 68% 69% July _68% 69% 68% 68% Sept _68% 69 68% 68% LARD: Jan ____ 5.85 _ 5.85 Mch _ 6.25 6.25 6.22 6.22 May _ 6.37 6.42 6.37 6.40 July 6.55 6.62 6.55 6.67 Sept _ 6.76 6.80 675 6.77 BELLIES: Jan _... 5.85 Mch _ _ _ 6.50 CASH GRAIN CHICAGO, Jan. 15— (JF) —Cash wheat No. 2 yellow hard 98 3-4. Corn No. 2 mixed 64 1-4—3-4; No. 3, 64 1-4; No. 1 yellow 59 1-2—80; No. 2, 59 1-4—60; No. 8, 58 8-4—59 1-4; No. 4, 57 1-2; No. 1 white 66 1-4; No. 2, 65—65 1-2. Oats sample mixed 86 3-4; No. 2 white 43 1-2; No. 8, 41 3-4—42 1-2; sample grade white 40—40 3-4. Soy beans No. 2 yellow 1.18 1-4— 1-8; No. 8, 1.16 1-2. Barley, malting, 54-66 nom; feed, 40.50 nom: No. 3 barley 62; No. 3 malting 64. Timothy seed 4.80-90 nom. Red clover 12.50-16.00 nom. Red top 8.50-9.00 nom. Alsike 15.00-18.00 nom. Alfafa 17.60.22.60 nom. Sweet clo jr 4.50-6.25 nom. NEW YORK POTATOES NEW TORE, Jan. 15.—UPb-Po tatoes steady. Upstate, No. 1, sacks (100 lbs.), jobbing sales, Katahdln, brushed 2.00-2.10. No. 1, sacks (100 lbs.). Long Island, Green Moun tain 1.75-2.25. Maine, Chippewa, Katahdln and Green Mountain 1.95 2.00. New crop: bu. box or crate, Florida, Red Bliss, washed 1.76-90, some 2.00. CHICAGO LARD CHICAGO, Jan. 15. UF> Lard tierces 5.85;, loose 5.171 bellies 6.87. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, Jan. 15—UP)—Small* open-market receipts of hogs, par ly curtailed by storm over the weel end, helped lift prices today as muc as 25 cents, with spots higher earl: The market topped at *6, with clo; ing trade lossing part of the a Foreign and domestic trade buyin and reports of a good spot deman bolstered cotton futures here todaj Closing prices were steady, 15 to 1 points net higher. Open High Low Close Jan 11.07 11.07 11.07 11.16B Mch 11.06 11.18 11.06 11.18 up 1 May 10.79 10.94 10.79 10-93 up 1 July ..10.38 10.54 10.88 10.53 up 1 Oct 9.75 9.87 9.75 9.87B Dec _. 9.73 9.73 9.73 9.79B LIVERPOOL COTTON LIVERPOOL, Jan. 15.—)—Col ton—limited demand for spot, price 15 points higher. Quotations i: pence: American, strict good mid dling 9.73; good middling 9.33 strict middling 9.23; middling 9.13 strict low middling 9.03; low mid dling 8.(8; strict good ordinar; 8.23; good ordinary 7.88. Future closed 6 to 11 higher. Mch 8.68 May 8.(5; Jly 8.58; Oct 8.34. MIDDUNG COTTON NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 15.—(ff The average price of middling 15 16-inch cotton at ten designate! southern spot markets was 17 high er at 10.97 cents a pound. Averag' for the last 30 market days wai 10.82 cents a pound. WHY suffer from Colds' For quiek relief from cold symptoms I take 666 VWV Liquid Tablets Salve Vase Dtopi Measure To Regulate Fishing Is Approved WASHINGTON, Jan. IB— UP) The house passed and sent to the senate today a bill (HJR 302) by i Representative Byrne (D-NY) to au thorize compacts and agreements 1 between New York and other At lantic Coast states to regulate fish ing in the waters along the eastern seaboard. The bill -was amended to romply with the request of President Roose velt that approval of congress be 1 requested on all pacts negotiated. The President vetoed a similar mea sure last year because it did not i contain this provision. CHICAGO POTATOES CHICAGO, Jan. 15— (A1) —(U. S Dept. Agr.)—Potatoes receipts anc US shipments no available markel i bull, slightly weaker undertone, sup plies liberal, demand slow; socket 1 per cwt. Idaho Russet Burbank! US No. 1, few sales 1.S0-95; mostlj j 1.82 1-2—85; Colorado Red McClure! US No. 1, few sales 1.60-70: Nebraska i Bliss Triumphs 90 per cent or bettei US No. 1, washed 1.95-2.00; 80 to 81 per cent US No. 1, unwashed 1.60 62 1-2; Michigan Russet Rurals US No. 1, late Saturday car 1.45; Min r nesota Red River valley sectioi Early Ohios US commercials 1.25 North Dakota Red River valley see i tion Cobblers 75 to 85 per cent US No. 1, few sales 1.27 1-2—37 1-2 Bliss Triumphs 85 per cent US No 1, 1.30; Early Ohios unclassifiet e 1.15; Wisconsin Round Whites un 1- classified 1.10; new stock dull, weal undertone, supplies light, demam y slow; less than carlots, bu. crate; Bliss Triumphs Florida US No. 1 t washed few sales 1.75-82 1-2. 1 N. Y. COTTONSEED OIL t NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—(.TO—AI s though sharp early gains in coi o tonseed oil futures were trimmed i bit, the market closed with under s lying steadiness and 7 to 10 point higher today. Disquieting foreigi news inspired much of the de 5 mand. Last-minute covering lifted Jan uary 30 points at one time. Tha delivery went off the board a noon with a net gain of 20 points Sales totaled 65 contracts; Mel 6.97, May 7.07b, Jly 7.18b. (b-Bidl Crude oil was quoted 5 7-8 cent j‘ bid throughout the belt. NAVAL STORES s SAVANNAH, Jan. 15.—)—Tur y pentine firm 29; offerings 6; a! sold; receipts 12; shipments 200 stock 23,031. Rosin firm; offering 5 51; all sold; receipts 494; shii n ments 635; stock 211,492. Quote i- B 4.25ffi D 4.50; E 5.00; F 6.10; t 5.25; H 5.35; I 5.45; K 5.50; M, 1 r 5.55; WG 5.65; WW, X 6.20.

e DAFtY PRODUCTS 1- NEW YORK, Jan. 15— (AO —But 2 ter 484,937, easier. Creamery: high s er than extra 31 1-4—32; extra (9: s score) 30 3-4—31; firsts (88-91) 30 30 3-4; seconds (84-87) 27 1-2—29 1-2 Cheese 72,918, steady. State, who! 0 milk flats, held 1839, 21-22; Junei 'I 19 3-4—20; other fresh 18—18 1-2. 0 _ 5 N. O. COTTONSEED OIL 1 NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 15.—(AO r New Orleans cottonseed oil close steady. Bleachable prime summe I yellow 7.05n. Prime crude 5.87 1-2 o 6.00. Jan 6.35b; Mch 6.45b; Ma 9 6.57b; Jly 6.71. 5 b-Bid; n-nominal. 5 SPOT COTTON CHARLOTTE, Jan. 15. (A0 Spot cotton 10.75. Manton Asks Supreme Court To Review Case WASHINGTON, Jan. 15— CD Asserting that the lower courts had afforded him "no reasonable chance” to clear himself former Federal Cir cuit Judge Martin T. Manton of New York, asked the supreme court today to review his conviction on a charge of conspiracy to sell judicial favors. In a petition to the court, Man ton’s attorneys argued that publio policy demanded that Manton be given every opportunity to clear himself, if he could, because such a conviction "tends to destroy the confidence of 1 the people In the courts.” 1 It added, however, that if Manton "is unable to clear himself before this court he deserves any denuncia tion this court might give.” "We ask this court, for the honor of the American judiciary, to give him his chance here,” the petition concluded. Good Business Year Is Forecast By Saul Cohn NEW YORK, Jan. 15— UP)— The prediction of “a fairly good business year” was given to 1,000 representa tives of retail stores throughout the United States^ tonight by Saul Cohn. I president of the National Retail Dry Goods association. He opened the 29th annual con 1 vention of the organization by tell ing the delegates: “Using the 1923-1925 average as a 1 normal base of 100, our sales during 1 the latter part of 1939 were around 94 per cent against 87 per cent a year ago. Inventories are in good shape and a creditable job has been done in turnover. “We enter 1940 with a business volume at the highest level since i May, 1930. We have a reasonable assurance that there is a satlsfac tory road ahead, barring unpredic 1 table factors.” I DAILY EAGLE SOLD t NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—W)—The t Brooklyn Daily Eagle was sold for $350,000 today to Publisher Frank B. i Schroth. Schroth, formerly editor and publisher of the Scranton Tri s bune acquired control of the corpor ation publishing the Eagle, Aug. 1* 1938. I if EDUCATION i We've studied and learned how we could give you the most value for least money I r MOO ROOMS, RASH A NO RAOtO FROM $2.M HOTEL Alfred Lewis. Mcr. I TA P T al 50th St. NEW YORK AT RAJ9I0 CITY J '\^IINa*ltNGMAHAGiMlHT/f Get Quid Relief when HEADACHES Strike Nerre-racldng headache* usually yield "BC" is also effeettre for the relief oi promptly to the quick-acting Ingredients “u‘cuUr, 01 t. the "«c" tnrmnis Tr» e "IT" th. lunc,ionaI periodic pains, and as a In the BC formula. Try a -BC th* 1#datlT. ta ^p,. n.r'ouw. Os* next Arne a headache is pounding according to directions on package, and away. Note how quickly yon are re- always consult a physician when pains liered and begin to feel much better, persist 10c 25c sixes. 1 TAX LISTING 7 The Machinery Act provides that Poll and Tangible I Property tax returns shall be made to the list-taker during the month of January under the pains and penalties imposed by law. i OWNERS OF AUTOMOBILES SHOULD BE PRE PARED TO GIVE TAX LISTERS FULL INFORM4 TION AS TO MODEL, YEAR OF MANUFACTlsay AND STATE LICENSE NUMBER. r s Wilmington township tax listers will be on the main floor of old court house daily 8:30 A. M., to 5.30 P. M., (Sundays excepted, beginning January 2nd, 1940.

County tax listers will, meet their usual appoint 1 ments as advertised. Harnett listers will meet at the court house Jan uary 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th and 31st. Cape Fear, Federal Point and Masonboro listers will meet at the court house January 30th and 31st. i J. A. ORRELL, County Auditor, f

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m\ SVAUPSIS THE CHARACTERS: FABIENNE SEYMOUR, rich, young •nd beautiful. NICKY BARTLETT, wealthy and in love with Fabienne. ELLEN CHAPMAN, young and ca pable mistress of Willoughby house. YESTERDAY: Ellen tells Fabienne about "Bill.'’ CHAPTER SEVEN Fabienne had been a member of the staff of Willoughby house for nearly three months the November day the Children's clinic opened in the east wing. The three months had passed more swiftly than she had expected. In spite of herself she had become interested in the variety of tasks to which she was assigned. She had progressed from reading classes to dramatic groups. She’d served a trick at recreation directing and she was now assigned to office work. She had first found the office work tedious, but the staff was shoit and she had taken it on without complaint. The afternoon of the opening of tilt clinic she found an interesting office duty, she was tabulating the monies subscribed for maintenance. Ideas were beginning to come to her wlierby tlie sums might be in creased when a crisp voice roused her from her reverie over her fig ures. The voice said: “Hey, Miss! You!" Fabienne Willoughby Seymour looked up, an expression of annoy ance sharply etched on lier patri cian features. Annoyance gave way to surprise and then a kind of appreciation as her eyes met the figure of a tall, broad-shou’dered young man in a white coat. were you speasing to me. "I was.” Fabienne’s memory turned up a line she had read somewhere: “The proportions of the room seemed to diminish when he came into it. Proportions or no proportions, she decided that this young man needed flattering. She flashed a look a: him that should have done it, and coolly resumed her figuring. But she felt his eyes command ing her attention and she had to look at him. "You can drop tha»," he said. “You're needed in the clinic." He turned on his heel and left. "Miss Huxley is assigned to the clinic,” she called after him. She btgrn to arrange her cards neatly. He came back to the door. “I said you were needed in the clinic," he repeated. "There is no one to re ceive the patients. Come at once, please.” A heated answer came to her tongue, but it would have been wasted, since he had already left. She put her papers in a desk drawer and went over to the clinic. The receiving room was already filling with patients. Fabienne sat down at the desk and looked at a pile of papers which she saw were intended to be used as histories. Bach was marked with questions and each was headed: Orthopedic Clinic Dr. J. W. Mal lory. She said, “Who is first, please?” A woman with a child who wore a heavy brace on a wasted leg came first. Fabienne referred to her question sheet. The doctor opened the door. “All right, Miss Miss?” Fabienne grinned wickedly to herself without supplying her name. The doctor said. "I’m ready.” Fabienne directed the first pa tient in. lhere were sixteen patients, and it was six when the Jast one was finished and Dr. Mallory opened the door to the reception room and came into it. Fabienne didn’t look at him as she put the papers in the drawer and slammed it loudly. She swept the desk top clear of pencils. "You working tonight?” the doc tor asked. "I beg your pardon?’ 'she said. “If you are, you’d better set the desk for Dr. Hopkins. He takes the evening clinic. And this place will have to be cleaned up.” His eyes swept the untidy room. The wall chairs that had been arranged in an orderly row were now disarrang ed; the floor was littered with bits of papers. There was a pile of pea nut shells in one corner, an apple core on the window sill. “Certainly,” she said sweetly. “If you'll excuse me while I change to overalls, I’ll be right back with my pail and mop.” “Sorry, Princess,” he said, and smiled. A nice, showy, disarming smile. "Cigaret?” he said, offering her a package. Fabienne wanted one but she said, “No, thank you, Dr. Mallory,’ ’in a tone that was no more than for _JBnal. “I guess I was a bit abrupt up tairs. You know how it is when ws're in a hurry around here. There Here a lot of poor youngsters wait ing.’-’ “One might still be polite," she said in a chilly voice. ’.‘One: might,” he agreed. “Some times a busy doctor lias to skip amenities. Next time I’ll present my credentials, Miss Seymour.’ So. he knew who she was after all. She sat back in her chair and gave him a long, cool scrutinizing look that heretofore had reduced hei men to bleating or babbling. Dr. Mallory, liowever, did neither. He sat on the corner of her desk with one leg thrown over it and enjoyed his cigaret. He was not, she saw at once, going to be reduced to any thing. d you take time out from your Important patients to find out who I was?” she asked pointedly. i i...i ltd suaueiiij. Young Tomassino, one of my pa tients. treasures a photograph ot you. He showed it to me. I’ve been very curious about you.” “Really?** The way she said it was meant to indicate that she wasn’t at all interested. “Yes. 1 wondered what impelling motive brought you here.” "I'm afraid I’m going to disap point you, Doctor. I am not con sumed with love for suffering hu manity, disappointed in love or working for my livelihood. That rather leaves me without any inter esting motive, doesn’t it? “On the contrary, 1 expect the reason you don't want to talk about it would be very interesting. How ever, we’ll skip it.” He smiled again. “When one works zealously and unse’fishly as you have around here, it’s usually because there’s some kind of unselfish love back of it.” ivauieuue lUUftcu m uci "“Oi watch. It was after six. For no rea son that she was aware of, she thought of something that she had not remembered since she was a schoolgirl. She had always hated the hour of six. It had been her lonesome hour. Her mother had al ways been dressing then, her gov erness having their dinners. She’d been lonesome for love then, for somone to iove her. She hadn't thought of love as such in all these years and it was disturbing. Not at all like Fabienne Seymour. She said. "If you must have an answer, Doctor, it’s love for myself.” “I can hardly believe that,” he said, fll£ping his cigaret out the open win dow. "You ought to talk it over with a good psychologist.” Fabienne get up and pushed the desk chair into place. "I didn't mean to presume," he said. In his tone there was con ciliation that she could not reject. She smiled for him then. "I didn’t think you were. But you medical men are so knee-deep in problems i -..i,.... ud just naturally nave tu tatn them onto normal people, don’t you?" He ducked, laughing. "Next time I’ll be better prepar ed for an answer. I’d hate to let you down.” “An answer?" lie asked. “About motivations.” “I’ll take you up on it,” he said. “By the way, you might send the porter in here to clean up. Good night.” “Good night,” she said. She went up to her own office and looked out the window. He was getting into a small car as she watched. She thought: He might have asked me if lie could drop me somewhere. Then she shrugged her shoulders. But she couldn't shrug away the memory of him. (To Be Continued) MODEL EXHIBITED WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. ) Chairman Emory S. Land of the maritime commission showed Presi dent Roosevelt today a model of a proposed new liner which could be converted into an aircraft carrier. The commission announced recent ly that two such 35,000-ton ships would be built for the trans-Pacific trade. Land told reporters the com mission was ready to send out adver tisements for bids "sometime this month.” ATTACK TOWN HONGKONG, Jan. 15—(A1)—In a week-end offensive against Japanese forces on the Kwangtung front, Chinese reported today they had at tacked the Canton-Hankow railway town of Kuntien, 25 miles north of Canton. BOMBER CRASHES LONDON, Jan. 15—(IP)—A Royal Air Force bomber crashed while tak ing off today. The crew ran to safe ty before the cargo exploded with a blast felt six miles away.

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