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Evening star., 1940-04-28
Desirable Transfer

Inc senate Appropriations Sub
committee is showing good judgment
in planning to place the education
of physically handicapped children
under the Board of Education in
stead of under the Board of Public
Welfare as the House provided. At
the same time the Senators propose
to raise the appropriation from $15,-
600 to $22, 400, which is the amount
the Board of Education asked orig
inally. The appropriation of this
increased sum probably would en-
able the Board of Education to con-
tinue the project on the scale on
which the Works Progress Admins
tration has operated it.
Obviously, as The Star stated at
the time the House placed the prof.
ect under the welfare board, the
matter is one of education and not
one of welfare. The Board of Edu-
cation for years has requested funds
to carry on this work, but has never
been able to "sell" the idea to some
of the various agencies handling the
budget. A move was made last year
by the Senate to put an item in the
bill, but it was lost in conference.
When w. P. A. took over the work
experimentally in 1888 it was made
clear that it was only doing so be-
cause school officials failed in their
efforts to get funds to do it them
selves. w. P. A. conceded that the
project properly was one for the
school budget.
School officials also have had the
advantage of close cooperation in
the working out of the w. P. A.
project during the two years of its
operation and hence are we'll pre-
pared to take over the work. It is
understood that considerations of
economy moved the House to place
the project under the welfare board
in the belief that money could be
saved by hiring teachers from the
public assistance rolls instead of
using the public school staff. The
Star believes that the disadvantages
of this plan far outweigh the small
economies expected from it.
Evening star., 1940-04-28
Capital Side|ights
By Will P. Kennedy.

"The forgotten man. in the present
Maryland senatorial contest is Vincent
Francis Gierttowski - the independent
nomination. He is "puddler" at the
Bethlehem Steel plant, Sparrows Point
where his fellow workers daily spread
out new banners heralding his candidacy.
Gierttowski came from Poland, and
worked in the Pennsylvania coal mines.
Later he came to Baltimore. Maryland
has night school system where day
course of four years can be made in
night school in six years. GierttowsN
took that course. Later he took night
scnool course in law. He figured out
that by living at Sparrows Point he
would have to pay tuition, but living in
Baltimore he would save tuition-and
he could ride the streetcars to and from
work at less than the cost of tuition, so
he hired an apartment on the fourth
floor walkup, of an old house in a
densely populated Italian district. He
graduated from night law school and has
tried, unsuccessfully, to pass the State
OoA CAoAAAlldtlOll. uCClucu Glldt
this free country any one can run for
Office, SO he figured he would start at
the top and work down. He paid his
$270 to register for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Senator, and on the last with
drawal day rejected the opportunities
of many persons - and refused to
withdraw. His argument was that
candidate had to have political psy-
chology. He had it figured out that
Bruce would not have enough votes to
win, and Radcliffe would not have
enough to win, and that he would have
the balance of power and capture the
nomination. So he hung on, and is still
hanging on. He has the utmost con-
fidence in himself. He has unique
platform, but makes no campaign
speeches because, as he says, 'if open
my mouth some one will find out what
my platform it-and steal it," Whenever
he gets day of from work he gets on
a but and puts stickers on store windows
and cards on trees along the highway.
One of his proposals is for a bridge
highway to Ocean City, Md, to help the
oyster industry "on land and sea-" So
he took bus to the mountain district
OF Western Maryland and put his posters
on trees in the mountains. At Cumber-
land he called on the grand mogul of
the c. I. O., who refused to meet him
so Gierttowski said-"that's o. K. by
me-you don't know what you are miss
ing" and went serenely on his way. He
told Candidate Howard Bruce, Demo-
cratic national committeeman, to his
teeth that he would lick him and Mr..
Bruce replied-"May the best man win."
Candidate Radcliffe ignored him.
Augustus E. Geigengack, the public
printer, Is practical printer with many
years Of experience. His mother, grand
father and brother were printers. He
has carried union card for 81 years.
The public printer has pledged to
Congress that he will save $4,000 a
year by change in formal of the Fed
eral Register, making 1t three-column
publication
Evening star., 1940-04-28
Woge-Hour Law

The wage-hour law is not perfect,
but its main objectiveS are sound,
and the House should weigh care
fully the various amendments that
will be offered before the pending
battle for revision ends.
In this complex economic era, with
millions still unemployed and new
labor saving devices speeding up the
output of factories, the Wage-Hour
Act offers hope of spreading employ
ment by shortening hours and Of
raising the buying power of the low
est paid workers by fixing reasonable
minimum wage rates.
It is not surprising that its wide
application to industries engaged in
interstate commerce should lead to
early demands for changes in the
act, and there can be no doubt that
some of these changes are logical
and desirable.
For example, the basic purpose Of
the act would not suffer if white
collar workers, earning $3.50 or 5000
a month, were exempted, as proposed
by some of the amendments.
On the other hand, there does not
appear to be any real justification
for singing out the processing of
agricultural products and exempting
hundreds of thousands of workers in
such plants from both the wage and
hour standards, as proposed in one
of the pending bills. 1t is estimated
that this step would exclude more
than 100000 persons from the bene-
fits of wage-hour standards.
AS the law now stands, these agri-
cultural operations are exempt in
the "area of production" and it may
be that this definition needs some
Qualification. The House Labor Com
mittee has made concession in that
direction by proposing partial ex-
emption from regulation of hours for
Is operations not performed on the
farm, but drive is on in the House
to take these occupations out from
under both wage and hour limits.
Supporters of the law have good
grounds for fighting this proposal,
Evening star., 1940-04-28

lison, Barbour, Bate, Blodgett, Butler,
call, Casey, Eustis, Faulkner, Hale, Hamp-
ton, Harris, Hawley, ingalls,, Mcmillan,
Moody, Teller, Vance, Walthal, Wilson
Of Iowa."
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The same issue Of The Star contained
the following report OF traffic accident
Of that day: "Yester-
kunowdy Hurts day afternoon Mrs.
Two Women Lizzie Wilson was in
jured about the face
and head and Mrs. Edith Wilson about
the back ana arm by being thrown from
their carriage on New Jersey avenue near
D street. Their team ran away and COL
lided with an express wagon, throwing
both OF them out. They were taken into
Peacock's stables, and Drs. Collins and
Gruseking attended them, after which
they were removed to their home, 406 M
street NV
Evening star., 1940-04-28

Christ revealed to the children of men.
The great purpose Of His life was to reveal
the heart Of the Eternal Father. We can
doubtless strain his conception of Gods
care for the individual to the point of
making 1t illogical and unreasonable. On
the other hand, we do believe that there
is no more satisfying conception that can
stabilize and strengthen life than this
one which the text sets forth, Il, the Lord,
thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying
unto thee, Fear not: will help thee"
We believe that the events of life are
governed, not by chance or fate, as Omar
Khayyam suggests. but that there is both
plan and purpose IN the great scheme Of
things Of which we are a part Such a
conception gives to life newer and larger
meaning and invests 1t with power and
confidence that makes for security, sat-
isfaction and enduring peace. We some
times are bewildered by too much system
and In our confusion we lose this more
personal consciousness Of relationship
with the God of our daily life.
The fear element in life does more to
disorganize and destroy both efficiency
and happiness than possibly anything
else. 1t not only takes the enthusiasm
out of life. but 1t actually robs iEof its
satisfaction. To go forth in the con-
sciousness that in our daily consistent
living we shall have the Fathers closer
fellowship with us in all life's concerns
means TO enjoy confidence and assurance
and to have strength for each new test
as 1t comes TO us. We shall never out
grow the yearning for God who SUPER
viSes and directs the affairs of our life,
and we believe that now, more than ever,
the world is beginning to realize the con-
trolling power Of an Eternal Father in all
life's concerns; power and control that
no human agency, however well organ
lied, defeats or destroys.
May this more intimate consciousness
OF Gods personal relation to the individ-
ual, and hence to all human affairs, be
more clearly recognized.
Evening star., 1940-04-28

The latest in the construction line
is home designed for enlargement
as the owners income grows. That
is all right enough, but a good many
people are interested in q dwelling
designed for shrinkage as ones
income diminishes. -
Evening star., 1940-04-28

German propagandists have an
nounced new and secret war
weapon-one that will "freeze" artil-
lery batteries and render them
inoperable. The Nazis made a lot of
Norwegian guns inoperable, but it
was not done with freezing-nor
with mirrors, either, nor is it much
of a secret,
Evening star., 1940-04-28
New Navy SLOGAN
rom the Richmond News LEADER

from the Hichm0nd News Leader.
Modern sea warfare Is so hazardous
that II the United States should become
involved In the European war the Navy
would probably have to change It's re-
cruiting slogan to Join the Navy ana
zee the next world"
Evening star., 1940-04-28

=. me associated Press is exclusively entitled to
tne use for republication of all news dispatchss
cseaiteo TO II or not otherwise credited In this
pM1per All Sna atso ths local news published herein
nerein also are reserved
Evening star., 1940-04-28
Member Of the Associated Pres.

Entered as second-c -cIass matter most of,ce
Washington b C.
Evening star., 1940-04-28


quired for the plant to extract the susie
nance from the prey. This done, the ten
tacles open again and drop the indigest-
able remainder-what might be called the
skeleton of the prey. There are some
types of plants which 60 even further.
having an exudation which liquefies every
part of the prey and makes food of 1t.
Charles Darwin, the great naturalist,
discovered that plants have definite
nervous system and Philip Darwin, his
son, has made some fascinating expert
nients with these predatory plants which
reveal an amazing sense of selection,
seemingly sort of mind. For instance,
If any substance which is non-edible to
the plant is placed on the sticky tentacles,
the plant pays no attention whatever;
the tentacles do not fold inward to cap
ture 1t.
But what is still more fascinating, Mr..
Darwin has made experiments in feeding
plants. He has selected plants growing
In close proximity to each other, IN the
same soil. Some he has fed by hand, as
1t were, with meat, beef in this instance.
and the. others he has left to find their
own prey. Those which have been fed
have grown amazingly, while the Others
have shown only normal, wild growth.
Pisnt life is the Oldest life Of the earth.
older than the rocks, as the rocks them
selves attest in their fossil records and
throughout these aeons this sort Of war
fare has been rife. AS Patrick Henry
said: Gentlemen may cry Peace, peace
but there is no peace" even among thu
MOWERS. and, despite Joyce Kilmer, . tree
can be savage thinsl
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
MAFFITT'S YACHT
BASIN COMPLETED
New Wrightsville Beach
Facility Will Accommo-
date Seven Boats

The first modern yacht basin to
be built at Wrightsville Beach has
just been completed by Captain c.
D. Maffitt
The yacht basin is situated be-
tween Stations 1 and 2 and at the
present time it is equipped to take
care Of seven yachts, numerous
small motorboats, and sailing craft.
One of the largest yachts using
the ~intracoastal waterway, the
Northwind, 83 tons, commanded by
Captain Tom whitehead, formerly
of Wilmington, was the first to use
the basin for three weeks recently.
The basin is open to the inspection
Of the general public and affords
one of the safest berths for yachts
along the South Atlantic coast, with
most of the basin being in slips.
Captain Maffitt said yesterday a
new boat house, 20 feet wide and 80
feet long, will be under construction
within the next few days. z. A.
Sneeden and Son, of Seagate, was
the contractor for the yacht basin
project, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
PurI Ward Is Held
In u. S. Liquor Case

Purl Ward, %, of Whiteville, was
ordered held under 5000 bond Tor
trial at the fall term of the feder-
al district court in Wilmington on
charges of transporting illicit LID
uor following a preliminary hear
ing yesterday before William A.
Wylie, U. S. commissioner.
Alcohol Tax Unit investigators of
the U. S. Treasury department
here, assisted by state highway pa.
trolmen and Columbus county sher-
ifs deputies, arrested Ward, seiz-
ed a 1910 model Mercury taxicab,
and 10 gallons of non-taxpaid iq-
uor, after a weekend chase on the
highway from Whiteville to Chad
bourn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
BACkACHE.
LEG PAINS May
BE DANGER SIGN
OF Tired kidneys

If backache and leg pains are making you
about them. Nature may be warning you that
your kidneys need attention.
The kidneys are Natures chief way of taking
excess acids and poisonous waste out of the
blood. They help most people pass about 3 pints
a day.
If the Is miles of kidney tubes and filters
don't work well, poisonous waste matter STAYS
in the blood; These p%oisons may start nagging
backaches, rheumatic pains, leg pains, loss Of
pep and energy. getting up nights, swelling,
p~ufiness under the eyes, headaches and dizzi-
ness. frequent or scanty passages with smart
ing and burning sometimes shows there is some
thing wrong. with your kidneys or bladder.
Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
years: They give happy relief and will help the
10 miles Of kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from the blood. Get Doan's Pills.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25

Expenditures for operations Of
the Wilmington district army engi-
neer office carried out during the
past fiscal year ending June 80 to-
tailed 81, 408, 900, according to the
annual report submitted Tuesday
to the chief of the U. S. army engi-
neer corps in Washington, D. c.
The biggest job of the year was
the completion of a 12-foot project
in the Tar River from Washington
to Greenville, including a project
for a turning basin in Hardee
Creek.
The Wilmington district army
engineer said the work for Tar
River required the dredging of g..
484, $40 cubic yards of material at a
cost of $241, 401. 08.
During the year a project was
completed at Drum Inlet and pro.
vided for a job IL feet deep and 200
feet wide. Dredging operations
comprised 5i3, $50 cubic yards of
material at a cost of $50, 663. 81.
Approximately 1,218,0 600 cubic
yards of material were removed
curing the year from the intra-
coastal waterway from Beaufort to
the Cape Fear river, and including
the inland waterway to Jackson
vile.
The dredges Col. G. P. Howell
and the Henry Bacon did main1en-
ance dredging at a cost of $113, OOO
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25

George West, woodwork and cabinet
making; Malcolm Mcleod, meta
work, including arc and a%cetylene
welding, machine lathes and sheet
metal; and George Sandvig, draw
ing and blueprint reading.
The classes are now being held
in the temporary High school shop
quarters of the Isaac Bear school.
With the opening of schools In the
county, the classes will be changed
to the afternoon, with new instruc-
tors being named.
Workers are registered for the
classes by the North Carolina State
Employment Service. Upon compile
ton of the courses, the service will
recommend them for employment IN
industries taking part in the ma
tional armament program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
ST. sos, 900 Spent During Year
EngineerH Here

in providing a 10 loot cnannel 10
Jacksonville and a channel through
the New River inlet.
Approximately 4~,lls,ooo cubic
wards of material were removed IN
Inc intracoastal waterway from the
Cane Fear river to Little river.
The Charleston district OF the U. 5.
army engineer corps completed a
p foot project from the Cape Fear
river to Winyah Bay, S. c., except
for the dredging of a yacht basin
at Southport, which work will start
early next month.
Two new timber breakWaters
were constructed during the past
year at the mouth of Pantego
Creek at Belhaven harbor. The
proiect was started in December
and is rapidly nearing completion.
Maintenance dredging operations
were carried out in the following
localities: Far Creek, Robinson
Channel, Bay River, new work
and maintenance Beaufort Har-
Dor, inland waterway from Pamll-
co Sound to Beaufort harbor, Back
Sound to Lookout Blight, Morehead
CITY harbor, Cape Fear river at,
below, and above Wilmington, and
Lockwood Folly's river.
Snagging operations were con-
Quoted in Contentnea Creek, the
Neuse and Northeast rivers. In ad-
dition, several wrecks were re-
moved as follows: m%otorboat vest
err from the Neuse river near the
mouth of Slocumb's creek, the
barge Neuse from Albemarle sound
three miles southeast of the North
river bar bell buoy. Engineering
surveys were conducted throughout
the eastern section of the state. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
BARON HELD

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, July "a
Ry-Friends of Baron Jean Emfair
of Belgium, one of the world S
wealthieet men and husband OF
Rozazella Rowland, u former Brook
Ign dancer, said today they have re
ceived word that he was wounded
while fighting in Belgium and nov
is held as a prisoner of war by the
Germans in Brussels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
Douglas Taylor Takes
Nitrate Company Post

]. Douglas Taylor, for the past
18 months connected with the Ideal
Laundry here, has resigned to take
a position here with the Chilean MI
trate Sales Agency cooperation.
Fred P. Bryan is district sales
manager, with headquarters IN Ia
leigh. Headquarters for eastern
counties of the state will be MAIN
tanned here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
DEFENSE TRAINING
PROGRAM STARTED
30 Persons Enrolled For
Instruction At New Han
over High Shops .

Thirty persons are enrolled IN tne
industrial training classes for adult
workers, conducted in connectioh
with the United states defense pro-
gram. at the High school work shops
in the basement of the Isaac Bear
school.
The classes, sponsored by the
state and federal governments
through the cooperation of the Ne"
Hanover board of education, openeo
Monday morning.
The classes in various crafts are
held each day from 7 a. m. to
D.. M, and will continue for aoou'
40 days.
Instructors of the courses are;
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25

The railroads of the United States
last year transported 96,334 car
loads of fruits and vegetables for
distances ranging from a few miles
to more than 5000 miles.
Evening star., 1940-07-03
Grain, Wool and Cotton
Trading Rises Sharply
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associat ted Press.
Trading in grain. wool and cotton
futures contracts increased sharply
during the fiscal year which ended
June 30, the Commodity Exchange
Administration reports.
Grain trading on the Chicago
Board of Trade-where normally IS
per cent of all grain futures trans
actions are conducted-increaSed Al
per cent.
The volume of trading in wheat,
corn, oats and rye was reported at
1882 100000 bushels, compared with
6,253 100000 in the previous fiscal
year.
An increase of 1876 per cent was
reported in wool futures transac-
tions, the volume on the New York
Wool Top Exchange expanding from
64,665 900 pounds to 184,6 900
pounds
Trading in cotton futures in
creased 16 per cent. The volume
was 44,559,00O bales, compared with
38,454 900 bales in the previous year.
The New York exchange was the
scene of 1927 per cent of the trading.
The C. E. A. pointed out, however,
that the volume of trading in grain
and cotton still was about 10 per
cent below the 10-year 1890 1939)
average of 12,506 900 900 bushels for
grain and 63,284 900 bales for cotton.
Trading in wool futures has in
creased every year since it was start
ed, in 1881.
Evening star., 1940-07-03
Steel Requirements
For Defense Held
100000 Tons
Iron Age Declares
Military Production
Is Delayed in Capital
Npex ALL
'z'--'" Governments
BY the Associated Press.

os tle hoSOClateu FIeSS.
NEW YORK, July 3.-ssteel re-
quired for United States defense
work will total from 100000 to
100000 tons, according to un-
official estimates, Iron Age said
today in weekly survey.
Full force of the national defense
program on the steel industry is
not expected to be experienced in
less than 80 days." asserted the
review.
The avalanche of news from
Washington regarding appropria-
tions has evidently created public
acceptance of the idea that the pro-
gram is well under way. so far as
industry is concerned, but this is
far from the fact.
Military Production Delayed.
"The Navy program is being &C
celerated, but military production
of arms, airplanes, etc, is still
delayed in Washington. notwith-
standing the anxiety of manufac-
turerS to learn what they are ex-
pected to do"
Export trade other than British
requirements has flattened out con-
| slderably. the publication said.
A feature of British purchasing
was an order of $4,000 tons of
9O-pound steel rails for quick ship
ment for repair of air raid damage
While steel ingot production has
declined this week to rs per cent OF
capacity owing to shutdowns for the
holiday" the review added, "the rate
probably would have been as good
or better than last week had there
been no holiday. Operations will
| snap back next week.
Bookings Best Since 1929.
June bookings were generally the
best for that month since 1929. g" =
While buyers are protecting them
selves by building up larger inven-
tories, they are in no sense being
stampeded into buying abnormally
large quantities. The caution
that exists seems to be predicated on
an expectation that the war may
end within a few months"
Resale by the italian government
of nearly 10000 tons of scrap put
pressure on the scrap market, Iro17
Age reported. The steel magazine s
scrap composite price dropped &C
cents to 1882 ton.