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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-31

sweden's leading film and s1 s
star, si@ne Hasso, arrives in San
2 Tnanc;sco after an arduous journey
ac = , Russia and Siberia by plane;
across . Manchulluo by auto r anu
tram tram over the Sea of Japan n to ho be
by boat, and across the pa ini,S BY
the liner President Cte0eI@""'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-31

Capt. George E. Price
Captain George F. Price, of Los
Angeles, Cal, has been awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross for
landing a disabled army plane safe
ly during a test flight, according to
the war department. The craft rep
resented two years intensive re-
search and development.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-31

Monnie Drake
Comely Monnic Drake, 20, Of De-
troit, who will represent Michigan
in the Atlantic City Miss America
contest, is not interested in beauty
titles to the exclusion of romance.
Her heart interest is Barney Nc
Cosby, Detroit Tigcr o.tr L.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
President Max es An- noun(ement dt News
 men Conference PLANS MAY CALL FOR
 10 BILLION DOLLARS
Roosevelt Undecided Re- garding Delivery of
 Annual Message

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.- Presi- dent Roosevelt expects to get an overall budget for total defense expenditures for the next fiscal year within a few days. Some authorita- tive sources place the estimate at about ten billion dollars.
 At the conference today with the newsmen, President Roosevelt told the reporters he has not yet seen the overall figure for the budget
 Budget Director Harold Smith was received at the White House shortly after.thc conference with the news men and perhaps an estimate of the National Defense sum was given.
 President Roosevelt told the news men that he had not yet decided whether he will deliver his annual message to Congress in person but the message will be statement concerning the state of the nation.
 The President said he might de- liver the message on January 3. the opening day of the new Congress, or it might be on the fourth or fifth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
DODEChNESE ISLANDERS PLAN EXPEDITION, GUST
 ITALIANS FROM AEGEAN
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27-Buried in the dispatches from Greece the other day was an item that Dode- canese Islanders residing in Greece were organizing an expedition to expel the Italians from the Aegean.
 Washington observers who mo- ticed it got ready to write another chapter in one of the most tangled tales in history-the story of the Dodecanese.
 These islands Chats what the name means) are sometimes re- ferred to as the "T'he Rose of the Aegean and her II sisters"
 The island of roses is Rhodes, largest of the group, whic n stretches almost like a breakwater off the southern Aegean coast of Turkey.
 The others are Astypalaia, Caly- mnos, Carpathos, for which the Carpathian Sea is named; Casos, Chalki, Cos, the homeland of Hip operates, the father of medicine Nisyros, Patmos, where St. John the Apostle is believed to have written the book of Revelations; Symi and Telos. There actually is a thirteenth, but it is TO more than an islet and generally is con- sidered a part of Leros.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
HITLER IS PLANNING
 OFFENSIVE
Forty Troop Trains Daily, for Long Period, Move
 Through Hungary

BUDAPEST, Dec. 27.-All pas- senger and freight train service be- tween Hungary and Rumania will be suspended on Sunday to continue until January 15, according to most reliable reports.
 This is interpreted here in con- nection with the drastic curtailment of the Hungarian domestic service to permit nearly 40 German military trains to pass daily through Hun gary enroute to Rumania.
 Hitler's action in moving hundreds of thousands of soldiers and war equipment to Rumania is taken to mean that he will go to the aid of Italy in the war on Greece or that Germany is ready to go to war with Russia over the Danube Delta or even with Turkey for possession of the Dardanelles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
NEW NAVY AID GIVEN
 TO BRITISH
Dutch Warships Are Being Completed 10 Fight
 AQdinsf Germany

LONDON, Dec. 27.--A naval of- ficer of The Netherlands announces that several unfinished Netherlands warships. brought across the Eng fish Channel when the Germans invaded the low countries, are being completed in British harbors and will soon go into action.
 The naval officer also added the Royal Dutch Navy is cooperating with the British Navy and will also be swelled by one of the destroyers Great Britain received from the United States in the naval base deal.
 The larger part of the Dutch Navy escaped to England at the time of the invasion and the naval officer said only three gunboats and two mine layers were lost in action at that time
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
Fall of Bardia Is
 Now Near
Capture Only Awaits Order of Commander for
 Final Assault
(By Associated Press

British guns and planes today continued the bombardment of an estimated 10000 Italian troops in the besieged Libyan port of Bardia.
 Military sources in Cairo said the fall of the port is near and the final attack is only being held up until the order Ito go" is issued by Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, British Commander.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
WARpLANE5
 END TRUCE;
 IN ACTON
British Bonn bers Pound Bordedux-Germdn
 Graft for London
(By Associated Press)

Both Royal Air Force and Nazi warplanes returned to action after three-day unofficial Christmas truce.
 British bombers pounded the Ger man-held invasion port of Bordeaux and lone Nazi plane was reported near London soon after daybreak this morning but was driven off by anti-aircraft fire.
 The British Press Association said the German raider was turned back before it could penetrate the I,on- don defenses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
Sea Raider, Flying Japan-
 csc Flag, Makes Attack on Rich Nauru
NIPPON C0L0RS ARE
 NOW REPORTED FLYING
Official Report of incident Comes from Ausira!-
 idI Official
(BY ASSOCIATED PREss)

LEY ASSOCIATED PRESs)
 The war has hit the South Pa- cific.
 A sea raider, flying the Jap anese flag, has violently sheIIed the British mandated Island of Naura. in the South Pacific.
 The smelling of the island by the sea raider took place at day break today. according to official advices received from Melbourne.
 British sources in London have left unexplained the report the Japanese flag has been display ed already over the island.
 It Is known that a German sea raider has been operating in the South Pacific during the past several months.
 Australian Prime Mini ster Robert Menzies, in arr official report this morning, said the sea raider, also bearing a Jap- anese name as well as flying the Nippon flag, opened fire on the Island of Naura shortly after dawn today, inflicting consid- erable damage but according to early reports, no casualties re- suited.
 Rich in vital war nitrates, the IsIaEd of Naura lies south of the Japanese mandated Mar shall Island, 2,200 miles sOuth- west of Hawaii.
 The island exports about L. 100000 tons of phosphates an- nually.
 The island was owned by Ger many until 1914 when the in- habitants surrendered to the Australian forces during the first World War.
 As Japan is now a member of the Berlin Rome Axis, there is a double motive seen in the re- ported smelling and taking pos session of the island.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
ALASkA JUNEAU
 CUTS DIVIDEND
 TO 12h CENTS
Is Payable February 1 10 Stockholders of Jan.
 ! Record

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 27.--The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com pany has declared dividend of 1912 cents payable February l to stockholders of record January T.
 Quarterly dividends for 1940 have been 15 cents per share, or SO cents a year, compared with 80 cents in 1889 and $l20 in 1888.
 Directors said increases in costs and taxes made it desirable for the company to strength it's cash posi- tion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
PEOPLE ALWAYS GREEK

The history of the islands is long and complicated, stretching back into the mists of Greek mythology The Dorian and Persian invasions; the wars with the Greek city states; the struggles against Rome the centuries of Turkish domina- tion; the Italian occupation in 1912 all are there, but the people always have remained Greek. AL though it is no more than pebble flip to the Turkish mainland, the islanders still refer to their neigh bors as the men of over there" as if they were folk of another hemisphere.
 Periodically the inhabitants fishermen, S epherds, farmers, traders and sailors--have found their islands populated and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
Soldiers
 Enroute
 To Alaska
Nearly One Thousand Men Aboard Transport for
 Fort Richardson Duty

SEATTLE. Dec. 27.-With nearly 1000 officers and soldiers aboard, also large quantities of supplies and equipment. the transport St. Mihiel has sailed for Alaska, docking at Seward.
 The soldiers are for Fort Rich ardson at Anchorage and for the most part are members of the Fourth Infantry formerly based at Fort George Wright near Spokane. Wash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
pIowshares Of Nazi
 Are Helping Swords

BERLIN, Dec. 27-To re-enforce the sword with the plowshare, Ger mans are establishing dozens of model farm villages along the Westwall. A dense population will strengthen the boundary, the Ger mans reason.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
Fdlisfs HurIing Reinforce menfs Against 0n-
 coming Grelidns ONE HUNDRED MILE
 FRONT FIGHT IS ON Artillery DueIs Claimed- Important Captures
 Announced
(By Associated Press)

The Italian High Command is re- ported to have thrown huge rein forcements into the Albanian con- flict and some sources state that Nazi troops are in these forces.
 Greek dispatches declare that one of the fiercest battles of the Greek Italian war is today raging in a heavy snowstorm in the Klisura sec tor. the gateway to the northern part of Albania.
 Official dispatches, right from the front. said heavy fighting is de- veloping in a broad scale both at Klisura itself and also the north.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27

 Coast Line
 Ispounded
Angry Ocean Keeps Pun. meIing Beaches
 Buildings Collapse

LOS ANGELES, Cal. Dec. 27-- An angry ocean continued today to pound portions of the California coast line aiming sayerest blows at the tow of ReGondo Beach.
 One house and a liquor store, normally. even at the highest tide, 50 feet away from the water, were beth undermined this forenoon and both collapsed.
 Estimate of damage already done along the coast runs as high as $25O 900.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27

Census figures show that from 1930 to 1940 only 35 U. s. cities showed population increases of as much as 25 percent when in the preceding decade POP cities gained that much.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27

Seal skins for the American trade are sold at public auction in St. Louis each September. They bring an average of about $22 each.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
Cine .@~N1eh Drew pearsos
 and N RobertS.Allen < meo,e

WASHINGTON - Those reports about Defense Commissioner Sidney Hillman warning with the War De- partmen ftor giving defense orders to Henry Ford are only part of the inside story. Before he tackled the War Department he did some plain taking to his fellow Defense Com missioners
 Behind the scenes, Hillman has been on the warpath over Ford since the Army, with the approval of Defense Commissioner William Knudsen, awarded Ford a contract for 4,O0O airplane engines the day after election and thereby put Hillman, who knew nothing about the transaction, on the spot.
 At that time Hillman was in the midst of a bitter CIO fight to oust John l.. Lewis, who used the grant, ing of defense orders to Wagner Act violators as one of his chief arguments against the President. Also embarrassed by the contract were R. J. Thomas, president of the United Auto Workers, and other union officers. who had resisted Lewis pressure and gone down the line for Roosevelt.
 Hillman raised the roof about the Fcrd order. He was told that the need for plane engines was pres sing. that until new plants were Ill operation. the Government was compelled to get engines anywhere if could. Hillman accepted the ex- planation. but warned that the mat ter was not to be considered as a precedent. Also, he quietly set about trying to affect an agreement De- tween Ford and the Auto workers.
 Then. last week, he suddenly dis covered that again unknown to him, the Army had given Ford another order. This time Hillman did no informal, man-to-man protesting He demanded an official meeting oi the Defense Commission. and forced formal, on-the-record showdown The discussion was very silluminat- ing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27

The largest pearl found in re- cent ears weighed l20 grains and was sold for $l50,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27

A recent nation wide crochet ing contest drew 250,000 entries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27
DIVIDED COMMISSIONERS

Knudsen declared that the sec ond order actually was not new one, merely an addition to the or
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-27

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
REMINDED
OF U. S. VIEWS
Hull Warns Tokyo Not To
Demand Troop Passage
Through Indo- China

WASHINGTON, Sept. .-R-
Japanese demands on French In
do-China evoked strong opposition
from the United States and new
attention to it's interests in the far
East today.
Secretary Hull sought to check
threatened japanese military
moves into the French colony by
a statement late yesterday that it
was "a matter to which this gov
eminent attaches Importance
He reminded Japan again that it
was committed l1ps the United
States to the principle of the status
quo in the Pacific.
This followed reports that Japan
had given French Indo-China auth
critics a virtual ultimatum to al
low passage for Japanese troops
and other military facilities for an
attack on south China.
If events bore out these reports,
Secretary Hull said 'the effect up
on public opinion in the United
States would be unfortunate"
There were reports that Japan
already had modified it's original
demands, which we're rejected by
the French authorities. AS a re-
suit, informed sources here con-
idered possible a settlement which
might involve some concessions to
the Japanese. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Gardner's Candidacy
Arouses Speculation
Star-News Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.

OH VdlpCI 14OV(As
RALEIGH, Sept. 5.-Ralph Gard.
ner hasn't yet been elected presi'
dent of the North Carolina Young
Democratic club-the convention is
not to be held until September r.
1914; but already there is more
than a modicum of speculation as
to the effect, if any, his selection
would have upon the efforts of his
fellow Shelbian, Odus Null, to be-
come speaker of the 1941 House.
Without hesitation, all engaged
in the speculation agree that the
cry of stop the Shelby Gang
will be pitched in a louder key in
opposition to Mull's gavel welding
ambitions; but how effective this
cry will prove is something over
which there is considerable differ
ence. of opinion.
Some say that the whole state is
about fed up on having every po-
litical plum swallowed by the Shell
by clique; but it ls rebutted that
they said it in 1886 and still Clyde
R. Hoey, who as everybody knows
is not only from Shelby but o. Max
Gardeners brother-in-law, won just
the same. The Shelby gang
war cry wasn't potent enough then
and it wouldn't be potent enough
in January, this group holds. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Flake Shaw Planning
Good Neighbor' Farley
Star-News Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.

RALEIGH, Sept. 5.-Flake Shaw,
who recently took over as secre-
tary and executive head of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau Fed
GRAFTON, is beginning his adnfnis-
tration with what appears to be a
sincere effort to gain the good will
of agricultural agencies, official
and unofficial, in the state.
He has asked prominent figures
in the states various agricultural
agencies to meet in the Governors
office Saturday morning for what
will apparently be something Of a
good neighbor" session.
The Governor, Commissioner of
Agriculture Kerr Scott, Dean I. 0.
Schaub of the AAA and the state
college extension service, and nu-
merous other big men have been
asked to attend, and will likely be
on hand. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Harnett Grand Jurors
Study Election Charge

ELLINGTON, Sept. 5.-R-The
Harnett county grand jury re-
sumed deliberations today on a
bill of Indictment charging Charlie
Carr, until recently the Dunn cleo.
tons registrar, with irregularities
in the runoff primary in June.
Solicitor Claude c. Canaday con.
tends the alleged irregularities oc.
CURED in the race between David
Henry Senter and Neill Nick. Ross
for the state house of representa-,
tives. Carr, the state contends,
credited about Is votes cast for
Senter to Ross, who was defeated
by a 300 majority. Senter asked a
recount.
Carr, cited before the elections
board, said he apparently had
''just miscalculated."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
METTS ANNOUNCES
FOUR PROMOTIONS
Five New National Guard Of.
ficers Appointed In New
Allotment To State

RALEIGH, Sept. 4.-R-Adju
tant General j. Van B. Nets to-
day announced the promotion q
four national guard officers anc
the appointment of five new guarc
officers.
Under the defense program Is
additional officers were allotted
by the War department to the
North Carolina guard.
Promotions announced were.
LIST 1t. Charles Brantley Ay.
cock, Raleigh, promoted to cap.
tan of infantry and assigned as
aid to Brig. Gen. Don E. Scott oil
Graham, commander of the 60th
ir'antry brigade.
Major James Crawford Cooper
of Henderson, promoted to Lieu
tenant Colonel of infantry. execu-
tive, headquarters 10th infantry.
1st 1t. Gilbert Maruice O'Neill,
formerly of Henderson, now of Bur.
lingt~n, promoted to captain ano
assigned to command company A
12Oth inantry, succeeding Captain
Calvin F. Smith, who resigned.
Captain Frederick C. Shepard,
Guilford college, promoted to ma
jor and assigned as executive OF
the first battalion, 18th field ar.
tillery.
New guard officers commissioned
are:
Edward Suther Johnson, Concord
former End lieutenant, 447th in
fantry reserve, commissioned End
lieutenant, assigned to Company E
120th infantry.
John Ernest Floyd, former SER
geant of Company B, 10th infan.
try, Warrenton, commissioned End
lieutenant in company.
Pinkey Ray Rankin, former SER
geant with Company F, 10th, Char
lotte, commissioned End lieutenant
with company.
William Nelson Quinn, former
sergeant with Company K, 10th,
Shelby, commissioned End ieuten-
ant with company.
John r. league, Henderson, for
mer 1st lieutenant in infantry re-
serve, commissioned 1st lieutenant
and assigned to Company c. 10th
infantry, Henderson. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Bosing Aircraft Co.,
Union Reach Agreement

SEATTLE, Sept. 5.-R-Boeing
Aircraft Co., and the Aeronautical
Mechanics Union (AFL) today re-
ported a full agreement" on diff
%terences which threatened the big
bomber producing plant with a
strike closure last month.
AS a result" the company and
union said in a joint statement, is
sued after a union meeting last
night, I'VE are in a position to
carry out effectively and without
delay the needs of the national de-
tense program for Boeing flying
turtresses."
Major Sidney P! Simpson, aide
TO the assistant secretary of war,
expressed qualification at the set
tlement without the expense and
delay Of an arbitration" /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
BLASTS
FOR BING

1 love flying, even though I doubt
that for elapsed-tme speed
in cross-country travel the private
| plane ever will replace the cover
ed wagon.
The picture was swell, in spite
of some unscheduled distractions.
They put up a screen on the in
side rail near the judges stand,
and we ate in the clubhouse lower
boxes. A few times, a breeze bill
lowed the screen enough to dis
tort the images slightly, and this
produced some amazing undula-
lions during one of Miss Martins
song numbers. The special train
had a raucous horn instead OF a
whistle, and while Crosby was
warbling the title song the train
moved onto a siding with a couple
of raspberry blasts. Also during
the picture, several horses walked
past on the race track. They were
scarcely discernible in the dark
ness. but we were sure they were
the nags we had bet on during
the afternoon. Their belated fin
ish was briefly cheered.
The critics noted that Rhythm
on the River has an exceptionally
good story and a hilarious script;
that Bing Crosby and Mary Mar.
tin make a marvellous team; that
the o includes two or three
sure-hit tunes. Oscar Levant is
very funny, though maybe TOO
dour and cynical in spots. MY
best praise is for the direction OF
Victor Schertzinger. A dlstln-
guished musician, he seems to
have a special feeling for tempo
in play-actng.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
british FACTORY
AREA UNSCATHED
40 Writer Makes Tour OF
Manchester, Finds The
Damage Negligible
nv TAYLOR HENRY

.,rHEsTER, Eng, Sept. s.
r,o great Manchester indus
of the worlds most
p 's.,y populated is functioning
'sDS .o,,v despite three weeks of
D.r.dic bombing by German night
' unimpeded tour Of this
VI" AVE been unable to find a
area factory that has been hit.
s'sT wore working full-blast.
aatore coming here I completed a
Ds0 of the Birmingham area,
sN. .sr of England's big produc-
anY''l oerters. There I saw only two
tl". ries damaged enough to cause
la disruption and they were
'''al !, nlants. Others had been
slnncs during intensive night raids
sliut .be damage appeared compare
p l'l.,,, small and production con-
...ued almost uninterrupted.
Thsse surveys were made with
.n. official guidance and also with
olt official knowledge.
W. uore in the Manchester area I
.,aoLed factory after factory, mill
sfter mill, along the ship canal in
a.. industrial suburbs, Stockport
and Trafford Park.
Cation mills, steel and iron works,
.,onical factories and rubber plant
officials said they have not lost an
hours production.
Nv" Whom I started out, I hired a
driver and picked the streets my
s.f 50 there would be no chance
u loyal Briton hiding evidences of
.,mage from a foreigner.
y the end of three hours I still
c..nt satisfied and called for Of
.;.is, help at the local office of the
ministry Of information. There my
nprsonal observations were con-
| frmed
mot a factory has been hit in
Tho whole area" the office director
aid. When I expressed amazement,
be produced his official log. book
and handed it over for my inspec-
ton.
It showed that while literally
thousands of bombs had been drop
ned, most of them were incendiaries
which we're put out quickly.
The total damage done has been
a few persons killed, some dozen
houses demolished, farm fields set
on fire and village windows shat
tered.
Life in Manchester goes on in
The stolid Lancashire way.
No work is stopped when warn
ings are sounded now. People get
off the streets but production goes
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
hoy LeCraw Leading
In Atlanta Contest

ATLANTA, Sept. 5.-R-Roy LIE.
tlaw' insurance executive, today
lela a % vo.e lead over Mayor
IMAM B. Hartsfield, on the basis
u a complete but unofficial tabu.
,saoA Of yesterdays city demo.
'aue primary election.
LeCraw polled 1890 votes and
aallslleld 1927 in what politica.
.vsefVers termed the closest may
~alVy race in the city's history.