davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-29
Warren Asks
Investigation

Washington, July 29.-(AP) -
Charging that unnamed potato buy
CrS and contractors were violating
antitrust laws, Representative War;
rem. Democrat. North Carolina. ask
cd Attorney General Jackson today
to conduct an Investigation in North
Carolina and Virginia.
Warren said he was ''CCnfidcnt that
the antitrust laws were being con-
stantly violated by price fixing and
depression of the market during the
digging season" Prices have been
forced below cost Of production, he
added
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-29

is well known. is strenuous anti
New Dealer. He also was an anti
third tcrmer. Furthermore. he was
opposed 10 the vice presidential NOM
ination Of Henry a. Wallace, on the
ground that he's d Republican.
Now for glance backward into
history.
Until quite recent years there pre-
vailed al Democratic national con-
yentions what was known as the
"two-thirds rule" That is % say.
two-t1irds Of tho delegate had %
vote for presidential ard vice Frrsi-
dental aspirants in order to nomj-
nate them.
Senator Clark didn't like this rule.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-29
Rurnania
ToCede Land

Bucharest. July 29.--(AP)-- The
Rumanian governments Willingness
10 ccdc quickly Il narrow border
strip Of Pennsylvania TO Hungary was
indicated in official quarters today.
The government, it was said au-
thcritativcly, will propose that Hun
gary. which claims Pennsylvania as
historic Magyar soil, content herself
with the cities of Satu-Mare, Oladea,
and Arad and their environ and
agree to an exchange Of populations;
in other districts.
This report followed meeting be-
tween King Carol II and his premier
and foreign minister this morning
almost as soon as they returned from
visiting the Rome-Berlin axis leaders
in Salzburg and Rome.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-29

To Hospital.

London. July 29.-(AP)-Formcr
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
entered a hospital today to undergo
an operation.
The reason for the operation on the
7l-ycar old lord president Of the
council was not made public, al
though persons close to him said he
expected to be away from his office
only about two weeks.
1t was likely. however, they added,
that he would be able to transact
business before the end OF that time.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-29
Old Line Democrats Regret
"Two- birds Rule" Change

He said il was undcmocratic--th d
simple majority ought TO be suffi-
cicnt to choose candidates., as at Re-
publican conventions. Som" foil; con-
tended that his real reason for OBJ
iccting to the rule was different
Their account was that he hated il
because his father the late Speaker
Champ Clark, although he could get
d majority, couldn't get tWo-tnlrds,
and therefore was prevented from
Continued on Page Fivel
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-29

convention, is the
visagc Of Senator
Bennett G h d m p
Clark Of Missouri.
Not only did the
Democrats do what
he didn't W d n t
them 10 do, in SEES
sion in the Windy
City, but ne was
mainly responsible
for their ability to
do what they did
do.
Senator Clark. IL
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-29
By CHARLES p. STEWART
Central Press CUlumniSt

Washington, July Zy.-AS gloomy
a face as there is on Capitol HILL
with congress getting back TO work
artcr the ChicagO
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-29
BiPNS TO DEATH

Wilson. July 29.-(AP)-CharIcs
Rollins. a Negro. WAS burned to
death lasl midnight when lightning
set lire to Il tobacco barn near inc
W'ilSou-Nash county line.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-29

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,Continued on Pee FlVe)
Evening star., 1940-05-09
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

We call Belgium's capital city
Brussels" and the name is printed
that way in books of geography and
travel. In Belgium, the people spell
1t "Bruxelles."
Counting the suburbs, Brussels Cor
Bruxelles) has a population of close
to 100000. 1t is a center for the
making of lace, and also produces
a great deal of cotton and wooden
cloth. 1t has steel mills and paper
mills.
The City Hall of Brussels is known
as the Hotel de Vile" 1t has a
steeple 1854 feet high.
A bit of the history of Brussels
was set down in a letter sent to me
by Belgian boy.
Brussels is an old town." wrote
Jacky Verdickt. "It dates back
a thousand years. During the
Middle Ages there were walls
around it. bat they were torn
down.
''As reminder of the walls,
We can still see one of the old
entrance gates. In the old parts
of Brussels, there are very narrow
streets. Some of them are hardly
3 feet wide.
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Don't Take Nv
Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.

RETRIEVER
A feminine name OF Arabia.

Here is the surprise word of the
week. The popular pronunciation
'fa-TEE-muh" is entirely erroneous!
But don't take my word for it;
here is the proof: The pronunciation
prevalent in the United States is not
authorized by the new Webster's,
Winston's. MacMillan's, the Century,
Funk & Wagnalls', the Jones or the
Oxford dictionary.
Two pronunciations are sanctioned
The first choice is the Arabian form:
The "a" in the first and third syl-
tables is broad (ah) as in father
The first syllable only is accented.
The second choice is the Anglicszed
version. The first syllable rhymes
with bat, mat; the 81 is short as
in bit; the "a" in the third syllable
is the obscure "a" (uh) of sofa. The
accent falls on the first syllable.
Try these pronunciations on your
favorite cigarette salesman:
First choice-FAH-te NAH.
Second choice-FAT-i-mu
Capitals indicate syllables to be
accentedO -.---<
Question-A friend asked me to
name five English words ending in
'dous." Can you name any others
than these four: Tremendous, stu
pendous, horrendous and hazardous?
Il. w. F.
Answer know of only two:
Jeopardous and timidous.
For a personal answer to your
questions about words, send a
stamped, 3 cent, lf-addressed
envelope to Frank Colby, care
The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Family Allowance System

Japan's new family allowance
system for low-Wage workers pro-
vides for grant of Al cents
monthly for each dependent under
IA of all workers earning less than
$3.50 a month.
Evening star., 1940-05-09
General Purdoned

Sentenced to death after the fall
of the republican regime in Spain,
Cuban-born Gen. M. Cardenal has
been pardoned by the Madrid gov
ernment in response to a request
by Cuba.
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Modern Puzzles
By GERALD L. KAUFMAN.
JiusuW turnover

If you pay too much attention to
details the puzzle shown below will
be difficult. If you take it easy,
it will be easy. Bear this in mind
when you read these rules:
The object is to rearrange four of
these eight pieces in your mind so
as to form a perfect rectangle in
Evening star., 1940-05-09

combination with the other four. To
accomplish this, the four pieces you
decide to move must be turned up
side down before they are reftted
to the four you leave in place.
SOLUTION TOMORROW,
Copyright. 1940)
Answer to puzzle May 8: Take
your Els: These three red men were
respected, revered, esteemed; even
when the seventeen elders were left
neglected.
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Points for Parents
BY EDYT

BY ED1 III THOMAS WALLACE.
Mother is courting trouble 1Uhen
she admits defeat before her child.
Evening star., 1940-09-11

Mother: Which of the quiet toys
on this shelf would you like to take
to grandmother's with you, your
doll, or your book, or your scissors
and old magaZine?"
Evening star., 1940-09-11
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

When Unc' Billy Rpssum. sitting
in the dark beside Peter Rabbit
down among the alders that grew
along the Laughing, Brook, first
heard what sounded like the voice
of Stickytoes the Treetoad he had
thought just as Peter Rabbit did,
that Stickytoes was over in an alder
tree on the other side of the Laugh
ing Brook. But when he heard a
whisper right over their heads and
looked up to see Stickytoes himself,
Unc' Billy almost chuckled out loud
"You CANT fool Uncle Billy.
=, So don't go TO to try!
All AZ SnGSs Knows yo yo yes; Mst.s Ah snsEi Y'o
He said that to himself and quite
under his breath, for all the time
that Peter Rabbit and Stickytoes
the Treetoad were whispering to-
gether Unc' Billy Possum was steal
ing away under the alder bushes.
Unc' Billy is very soft-footed, oh,
very soft-footed indeed! When he
wants to be. You see, one must
need to be very soft-footed to steal
eggs in Farmer Browns henhouse.
So Unc' Billy stole away without
making a sound, and when Peter
Rabbit turned to speak to him there
was no Unc' Billy there.
Peter rubbed his eyes and stared
all around, this way and that way,
but no sign of Unc' Billy could he
see. This so surprised Peter Rabbit
that he felt queer all over. First
there was the voice of Stickytoes
over on the other side of the Laugh
ing Brook when all the time Sticky
toes wasn't there at all. Now here
Unc' Billy Possum had disappeared
just as If the earth had swallowed
him up.
This isn't any place for met"
said Peter Rabbit. and off he started
for the Green Meadows as fast as
he could go, pperty-lipperty-lip!
All this time Unc' Billy Possum
had been crawling along without
the tiniest sound. When he came
to the Laughing Brook he went up
way until he found a big tree
with a branch stretching clear
across the Laughing Brook. OF
course Unc' Billy could have swan
across, but he didn't feel like SWIM
ming that night, so he climbed up
the big tree, ran out along the
branch, let himself down by the
tail and then dropped. He was
across the Laughing Brook without
even wetting his feet.
Unc' Billy didn't waste any time
Just as soft-footed as before he
crept along in the darkest shadows
until he was right under the alder
tree from which the complaining
voice of Stickytoe the Treetoad
seemed to come. Unc' Billy listened
and the longer he listened the
broader grew the smile on Unc'
Billy's shrewd face.
Thief! thief! thief"
1t certainly sounded for all the
world like Sammy Jays voice. and
IL was right over Unc' Billy's head
Unc' Billy peered up through the
alders. The leaves were so thick
that he could not see very we'll but
what he did see was enough. It
was a long tail, a tail of feathers
hanging down. 1t wasn't Sammy
Jays tail, either.
"Doan yo'all think that yo'all
have joked enough?" asked Unc
Billy, trying hard to keep from
chuckling aloud.
A cry of Thief" stopped right
In the middle, and two sharp eyes
looked down in surprise at Unc'
Billy.
Evening star., 1940-09-11
POINTS FOR PARENTS
BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.

II a child is gipen choice, 1t
should be SUFFICIENTLY limited so that
it is possible to abide by his decision.
Evening star., 1940-09-11
Tot Prefers Music

Scorning toys since he has been
able to walk. the 5-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Meyer of Humans
dorp, South Africa, is learning to
play many instruments. He plays
entirely by ear, has mastered the
piano, the piano-accordion and the
harmonica. and is starting on other
instruments. When he was 3 an
accordion washed up from ship
wreck was given him and he soon
could play many tunes.
Evening star., 1940-09-11

EVENING STAR FEATURES TODAY
Star Flashes: Latest with Bill Coye WMAI pm.
Star Sports: Sports with Ray Michael WMA1
THE EVENINGS HIGH LIGHTS
800 pmWRC Pleasure Time Fred Waring and company play
and sing another miniature
$3.50 pm-WJSV Meet Mr. Mortimer
argument to wife,
700 pmWMAL Quiz Kids: boy
thing from Latin to music join the juvenile
experts
700 pm-WJSV Uncle Jim Question This pioneer
quzzes carries with another of questions
1880 pm.WMAL Manhattan Midnight of
Edna Ferber and character actress marriage
drama.
1880 pm.-WOL Green Hornet: Popular thriller
$3.50 pm-WMAL VOL WJSV, President Speaks
dent Roosevelt addresses convention International
Union of Teamsters and Chaufeurs.
SHORT WAVE PROGRAM
700 pmMOSCOW: Broadcast English. RV9 1924 meg 1871
RNE u meg, 25
1880 pm-BUDAPEST:
Eek RACE; national anthem HAT4, 912
800 pm-LONDON The commentary. GSD Ills
meg, 255 m; Csc 95S meg. 3l,3
s:15 5pm-BERLIN News in English DJL, 1911 1913
$40 pm-ROME Songs from the 2RO3 meg
2RO4, III meg, 254 NJ; 2RO6, Is 80 meg, 1876
900 Talk by Ward. DJL, 1911 meg, 1913
DJD, lit meg, 254 DXB, 961 meg, 32 m.
pm-GUATEMALA: first of Don
Pasquae" by Donizett. TGWA 968 meg. 81 m.
Hoo pmLONDON News and topical talks Csc 958 81 m
Evening star., 1940-09-11

Paris cafe owners are asking for
longer hours for serving soldiers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-30

3195-John F. Perugini, 200 Cherry
street; Matthew A. Malario,
r. 1872 Congress avenue.
3S42- dominic Carlo, 1882 North
Main street.
4277-John Petrone, 20 Ward street.
3322-James v. Collella, rs Lund
avenue; Albert j. Barkauskas,
119 Drayer avenue.
3923-George Y. German, Jr., SO
Giles street.
3438-James J. McLarney, ~ Cherry
street; Robert j. Morrissey
(Marcinka), 121 Park terrace.
3030-Vincent P. Sentini, 1874 Divi-
sion street; Albert T. Kyaus-
kaS, 124 Sunnyside avenue.
112-Richard E. Senior, 178 Faber
avenue; William r. Pothier,
1876 Hillside avenue; william
FAM, 1919 South Elm street;
Jermiah S. Grifith, 1903 Mel
rose avenue.
2679-Angelo Mendillo, 48 Irion
street; Samuel r. Gichrist,
Sunset avenue.
185- Malvino D'Andrea, 289 Bishop
street; Joseph P. Szezas, 40
Summit street; Leon A. Fri
dor, 1894 Baldwin street; Leon
ard v. Gampoli, 165 River
street.
3433-W William w. Northrop, PIT
Dwight street; Guido Du-
rante, Al BekAn street.
n
street.
4319-Armando G. Andrade, 248
Cherry street.
3423-Ernest A. Farland, n Walnut
street; Oscar S. Lind, As Cliff
ton avenue.
3183-Edward r. Lubak, 284 Orange
street; Nick Lanese, 1404 Bank
street.
1929 William E. Davis, 10 Cherry
street.
2403-Leonard Lucian, 189 Hope
street; Sarsfleld r. Moynihan,
FOG Plaza avenue; Louis G..
Orlando, 70 Mansfield avenue.
4273-Alexander F. Klimeck, 8 Haw-
kins street.
3O46-Edward F. Deadly, So Summer
street; Vincent F. Cipriano, %
America street.
1910 William A. Habrukobich, 26
st. Paul street; John P. Wait
kus, 538 Highland avenue.
2406-John F. Ditota, IL Oak street:
Vincent j. MARITIME, % Gilbert
street; Michael ]. Adamovi-
cius, 80 Ridge street.
2765-John Pinto, 981 North Main
street; John B. Phelan, 1852
Irvington avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-30
Echoes OF '.Draft Day."

The big topic Of conversation
about the streets yesterday was
the draft lottery. 'Have you been
called yet?" was the question
heard frequently as youths met on
the street.
Lottery-lovers were known to
have placed bets on the draft raf-
file, and considerable sums of money
changed hands yesterday as the
goldfish bowl yielded its little cap
sules.
The crowd at draft headquar-
tiers late yesterday afternoon grew
so. big that Court Officer Joseph
Garvey was pressed into service to
untangIe the mob.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-30

Excitement reached a high pitch
Yesterday as thousands of Water
bury's young men eagerly awaited
results of the draft lottery in
Washington. Newspaper offices were
swamped with telephone calls, and
crowds gathered outside the office OF
The Democrat to scan the numbers
which were posted as soon as they
arrived over the wires of the United
Press.
Hundreds stOrmed draft board
headquarters in the City Hall to
see if they could learn their lot
there. Many sought their registra-
ton numbers for the first time,
and others wandered about with
confused looks.
James Lefty Overton, supernum-
erary policeman, was one of the four
local youths to hold Number 1853,
the first plucked from the goldfish
bowl. "Lefty's" mother, Mrs. Char
lotte E. Overton said that James
WAS ALWAYS W4l1ll1l1S oOAACU1lu46' EOh
his part, Lefty declared that he was
surprised to learn that he was
drawn first. But who wouldn't
be-" he added.
Supt. of Police William ]. Roach
said that he understood that all
policemen drafted into service
would be returned to their jobs
after they complete their terms.
The chief said that's the way 1t
worked during the World War,
and he saw no reason for a
change now.
Stanley ]. Colney, 27, formerly of
Waterbury, was one of the 10 Hart
ford youths to be called first. Mr..
Conley, who lives in South Wind
sor, telephoned his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Matthew J. Colney, Of Water
bury to tell them the news. He was
quoted as saying, IT was a little
scared at first, but now feel like
going"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-30
Lottery Task Ended
AS Sun Began To Rise
Continued from Page -

six numbers short Of the 5000 that
were supposed to be In. The last
number drawn was 2114, serial num-
Der 1894. Selective service officials
said they could not explain the six
missing numbers but that no regis
trant would be without an order
number. They said the missing
numbers would be added to the list,
but could not detail the method
Immediately.
Searching for the missing six
numbers, lottery officials came up
with two more missing from one list,
although only six were missing
from another. The official and ac-
curate list Is a Photographic record
which has not been completely
checked.
Reporters Did Drawing
So a few minutes fater a. m,
(EST), eight presumably missing
numbers were placed in brown
felt hat and the final drawing took
place in the presence of lottery Off
Gals and few newspaper reporters.
The reporters pulled the numbers.
They were read by Brigadier General
Lewis B. Hershey. Here is the way
the felt hat draw came out:
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-30

1858 Stanley o. Robinson, 1913
Pennington avenue; Edward
j. Rasmussen, Ills West Main
street.
676-Henry D. Therrien, SO Dixie
man street; Edward A. Leon
ard, John street; Grover c.
Pickett, 80 Lafayette street;
John J. Salemajek, 602 Frost
road.
William j. Nolan, 81 Downes
street.
2S49- Romolo Zilaro, 100 Hill street;
Fred r. Gerber, SOC Country
Club road.
4O41-George o. Ward, SO East
Hawkins street.
William M. Sockwell, $50
Cherry street; Santo S.
Bologna, 267 Willow street.
Matthew Ranaudo, 10 Grand
street; James c. Widman, SO
Bidwell street.
2689-Jerry Capobianco, 70 Oak
street; Howard l.. Crochet, 48
Center street.
4359-John A. Frank, 10 Division
street.
3445-Joseph E. Donahue, 90 Maple
avenue; Dominic F. P. Delpo,
622 Congress avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-30

Fire engines screamed past the
lottery auditirium few minutes
after a. m.
Word passed that the Munitions
building four blocks down Constitu-
ton avenue was burning - but the
lottery went on, droning voices in
side and screeching sirens outside,
in a drizzle of rain. Most of the
War Department Offices including
that of the Secretary of War and
the war plans section are located in
the Munitions building. While lot
terry crews pulled numbers up the
street, Gen. George C. Marshal,
chief of staff, turned out from his
Fort Myer quarters to direct troops
hastily assembled around the burn
ing building.
No Beating Of Drums
President Roosevelt promised there
would be no fanfare nor beating of
drums in this draft. There was none.
Nour by hour the draw continued
after a brief burst OF drama at the
start. The auditorium was crowded
then and many possessors of coveted
white admission cards were turned
away because there was no room.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke briefly. Sec
rotary Of War Henry L. Stimson
stepped forward, was blindfolded,
and lifted a blue capsule from the
fish bowl. Mr. Roosevelt slowly read
the first number:
1874 woman screamed. That
was her sons number and that mo-
ment was tense throughout the land
as the nation took another step in
the traditional process Of the Amer
lean muster.
Spectators became bored and left.
But new ones came. Lottery crews
tired and were relieved.
Platoons of young women were
marshaled from the platform to
emergency base m ent dormitories
where they could get couple of
hours of rest before resuming the
hard grind. Voices wearied. Tabu-
lators sagged. But the draft went
on. Faster and faster the numbers
came.
Numbers were coming at TOO an
hour which was representative of
thousands and thousands of men an
hour. All night the draw continued.
Number, pause; number, pause;
number, pause--so on for hour after
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-30

Hershey explained that the draw
of two extra numbers was precau-
tionary and might be voided later
if the numbers were shown by the
official Photographic record to have
been drawn from the fish bowl.
eff any of these numbers already
has been drawn" Hershey said, "this
second draw is no draw. There may
be among those eight some numbers
already drawn. We believe that two
of the eight will be found to have
been drawn in the Photographic rec
ords. We will have to get to the
films before we will know the full
score"
Brown Felt Hat as Bowl
Captain Francis v. Keesling, Jr,
reserve officer, provided the brown
felt hat for the second draw which
was in considerable contrast to that
of yesterday noon when President
Roosevelt stood by and attendants
were guarding historical relics used
in the World War draft. Keesling
is a San Francisco attorney in pri-
vate life.
The hat that replaced the gold
fish bowl is size Ia. About one
year old and from the shelves of
Bullock and Jones, San Francisco.
Kessling did not know whether it
would be necessary to file his hat in
the national archives building or
even transport it to Independence
Hall to rest beside the gold fish
bowl. He thought, however, that he
would just put it back on his head
and wear it.
Twenty-Five minutes later the Sc
lective service officials announced
they had found numbers 1888 and
6771-thereby reducing the draw to
the originally scheduled 5000. Both
numbers previously had been drawn.
With those numbers eliminated the
felt nat draft was corrected to run
as follows: