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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23
Yet, He Slept

Olen Montgomery. one Of the ill-fated
Scottsboro Boys, has been arrested on
charge of criminal attack on colored
young woman, in Detroit, Michigan. When
the police found him he was asleep in the
home of the accuser
Il is difficult to believe that this young
man. who faced death SO many times, for
the charge Of rape on two young white
women, in the state of Alabama. would
50 soon commit the same offense. Only
one explanation would suffice to account
for such action, and that is dementia prae-
cox His examiners in Alabama, found no
trace of this perversion
1t would be a rather unfortunate dis
coyery should the Michigan authorities
find that Montgomery spoke the truth
when he said that he was not a rapist, but
that lie had been frequent visitor at the
home where he was charged with the or
Tense 1t is so easy to smear the names OF
these once involved in crime What seems
illogical is the fact that, with the woman
running through the streets half-clady
Montgomery slept. Can he possibly be
guilty.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23
nv Son, Ny Son

Fortunately We have Il President, Who
has sens. On various occasions these Spf
have figured Ill the news. various kinds 81
news Just now Elliot Roosevelt stars ia
4 bit of news that raises many questions.
1t seems that the young man, IN his Nasa-
tion trip appears at the same hotel in
which Nendell Willkie IS stopping. Or
dinaiIV his would not seem to he an odd
coincidence, inasmuch as Colorado Springs
Il i popular vacation center for the ultra
rich. But coming at this time, just before
the beginning of the national political
campaign, III which his father is to be an
opponent Of the Republican standard
bearer Mr.. Willke one suspects design
and prcmeditation But to what end?
There lies the question. The public must
ne faloet that though Mr. Roosevelt has
Dlunped the country into many debts, he
is a shreWd person. with bags full Of po-
litica tricks Using his son to check On
the maneuyers Of the Republican candi-
date may be one Of them
Is it not likely that the creator Of the
American radio thriller MY friends
may now be cooking up another exciting
event for the people2 When one remem-
bers that the President refused to meet
ExPresident Hoover for conference it
seems plausible that he, fearing that he
ni9ht be refused a conference with Mr..
Wiillia srnds his son along to get it. One
cannot be too suspicious Of Mr. Rooseveits \
motives for he II a man with an obsession
Of grandeur. IT il thus easy to visualize
him as saying, Ny Sen, my son, check up
on Willkie.0
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23
Peace It's Wonderful

The followers Of Father Divine break
into the news in one way or another. II
it is not the purchase of Hyde Parke es-
tate. it is a scheme to buy South America
TO, the United States. Again it may be
religious outbreak of some kind, when it
is not downright scandal charge against
the Father, or some of his ardent follow
ers
This time it is an old fashioned fist fight.
All Of which proves that the divinites are
not divine. They have yet to assimilate
the reputed perfection of the much talked
about cult leader As to the fight, it seems
that one Henry Warren disturbed the
peace, the wonderful peace, OF the divin-
ties, who post-haste proceeded to correct
the fault in the errant one. When the Of
fender finally appeared in court he had
cut eye, swollen and bruised face, torn
clothes and the signs Of many fists upon
his person. He testified to the court that
the divinites certainly knew the art OF
singing their fists.
This is a new role for these fervent re-
ligionists, which arouses ones suspicious
about the sincerity of their purported
depth of worship. A people Of peace do
not limit their devotion to quiet and order,
to oft repeated declaration Of peace Il
is wonderful" From the above account
their peace comes from Kos. When
the ,=setim is out then they crv. "P &C 9 =
wonderful" The extent to which g.-a
DergAg< TslRssaas ID @paasx8aa.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23
1t Can Be Done Here

A few years ago Upton Sinclair. of Cali
fornia made the above statement popular
throughout the nation. Today. people are
wondering about his accuracy. In the
light Of events in Europe and South Ameri
can countries one need not be surprised
to awaken some morning and find that it
not only can be done here, but that it has
been done.
Too long have the people Of the United
States slept on their self-engendered mar
cote of Utopian peace. Too long have
they ignored history For thousands Of
years ambitious nations, like thieves, have
plotted the downfall and conquest of their
rich and prosperous neighbors. Consider
the Greeks marching into rich and pros
porous Egypt and finally Rome marching
into rich and glorious Greece. Each epoch
Of the world has brought some such ac-
ton. on the part of an apparently unsus-
peeted nation Shall America go the way
of such history Not if she is wise.
But this nation has too many foolish
peace mongers in it. One does not talk
Of disarming when pack Of wolves is at
large. One only disarms when the forces
of destruction have been thoroughly an
initiated. If the Legislators and people.
together, will remember that revolution,
attack and subjugation can befall us our
course will be directed to victory and the
preservation of the democratic way Of
living.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23
Better Run

SeW+ thai il will take -four years 10 de-
slgn aDd set up machinery for the produc-
tlon of huge military tanks has caused
much laughter throughout Germany and
Italy. An italian periodical III comment
ln9 on this announcement. thoroughly de-
rides America. Thus, raising the question,
WhF il should take the greatest industrial
country III the world -four years to get set
ieF aeh work
Is il because America Il not vet sold on
i program Of defense Or is there feel
ing that the AXIS powers will not dare 1T.
tack this country Il is barely possible
that military experts Of America believe
that Great Britain will II The end defeat
Germany This requires u great stretch
Of the imagination, for though England
may successfully defend the Island against
Germany still will hold sway on the conti
nent, and that will continue as d threat
Is English freedom. Then, with all Of the
Axis powers closing III on her England
will find herself like dying lion before
hungry pack
II the people Of America would nam
tain their freedom they had better hasten
the completion 0f a program Of defense.
Tho victorious Hitler military machine was
not built In Il day For seven years the
whole German nation has worked to just
this end Then. they had the skeleton Of
the World War, in the army and industry.
on which g begin. aside from a national
tradition and philosophy Of a firm belief
III var. II Of this America lacks There
fore, If she would be ready for the crisis
that seem snre to come she had better
run for her dpfenses.
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21th under provisions Of new 'aw
passed by Congress several weeks
ago. While sil of such aliens are
not considered to be Of danger 70
the United States, the registration
will give the government, for the
first time, a careful check and COM
plete information on all aliens within
the country. European countries
have long required such registration
Of aliens. No other nation in the
world has as large number Of aliens
within its borders as has the United
States. Registration will be con-
Quoted at first and second class post
Offices and al aliens fourteen years
Of age and older, rnust be fnger-
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23
ith a Buckeye
In Congress.


Inc so-ca..ed National Guard
Training Bill, empowering the Pres
ident to esil into Federal service tie
National Guard units Of the yarious
states as vel as members Of the
Reserve Corps, passed the Hous.
late last week. Only thirty-three
votes were cast against the final pas.
sage Of the measure. The real con
test had come earlier over an
amendment 70 restrict the use aud
activities Of the Guardsmen and
others involved 70 the sol Of the
United States and its possessions.
The Administration forces, however,
were able to defeat the amendment
and the new law will carry authority
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23
Dedicates Poem To
"Moon River Trio

Norine Freeman, feature writer
for the Cincinnati Post, recently
wrote a poem entitled Three
Voices which she dedicated to the
DeVore Sisters, trio stars Of WINS
late-hour program, .Moon River"
Miss Freeman's works frequently
are read on Moon River" The
poem:
This is the hour of solitude and
dreams,
When through the night three sing
ing voices come
Like pure, bright silver bells struck
tenderly
t. living beauty, fading to hum
AS delicate as bees among white
lowers,
Or stardust shaken on world at
rest,
Bearing away with their last fragile
note
A final lingering sorrow from the
breast.
This is the moment when heart turns
Il, heart
On wings of song that brush aside
regret
Like smoke still lowering over an
cient fires,
And lure the sou. embittered to
forget
All but the sacred light Of memory
Shedding the deathless glory Of It's
beams
Through mist Of time and space to
touch this hour
This perfect hour of solitude and
dreams.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23
{ DIT 0 r Al

public, every split second, looks for the
initiation Of Blitzkreig against the Bri-
tisE Isles.
There is q very plausible explanation.
The British navy has plugged up the en-
trance to the MEDITERRANEAN Sea- thereoy
,asung of supplies from foreign countries
that may be intended for the Axis powers.
! Offset this Italy labors to subdue the
lsNelisn forces stationed in Africa. Ii these
forces are destroyed the Axis powers will
have access to the vast stores Of raw ma
terials to be found in that country, thereby
aveiting famine and want among the con
quered and belligerent peoples Of the con
tinent II is signal piece OF strategy; it
is a struggle for needed supplies. And if
the northern British armies are defeated.
with the exception of the South African
forces the others will quickly capitulate
to Italy and Germany.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23
STATE CAPITAL NEWS
(From Department of State)
GEORGE NEFFNER, Secretary
By n. A. MCKENZIE

All possibl ity that county chair
men might ashakedown'' state en-
ployees from their counties for cam
paign contributions was killed Au-
gust 10 when the Republican high
command, in session at the Colum-
bus Athletic Club, adopted formal
resolution denouncing such assess
ments. The reolution was proposed
by Governor Bricker, who has al
ready declared against .s2 per cent
clubs and similar methods of ex-
tracing campaign funds from state
employees. Since all 88 county
chairmen attended the meeting,
which also included members Of the
state GENITAL and executive commit
tees and state and district candi-
dates, the resolution places county
chairmen, as well as the state Re-
publican headquarters, on record.
During the last Democrat state ad-
ministration, several state officials,
including cabinet members. were in
dicted for collecting campaign con-
tributions from state civil service
employees.
A recent inquiry addressed to the
Secretary Of State called for a GER
tilted copy Of the original incorpora-
ton papers Of the Standard Oil
Company. The capital stock OF the
company as first incorporated was
st,000,0O0; the incorporators were
John D. Rockefeller, Tenry A. F.ag-
Ter, Samuel Andrews, Steven v.
Harkness and William Rockefei.er
and the papers were fled January
l0,1870.
Lieut.. Gov. Paul NJ. Herbert has
compiled some significant figures
relative to the 91st, 92nd and 93rd
sessions of the safe legislature, show
ing the number Of days in session
and he total cost Of each session.
sist Assembly, Dem. (Davey)
regular Session .......,....... 63 days
1st Special session ............ 160 days
TOTAL -.................... 223 days
Cost ................... s1.316,310. %
s2nd Assembly, Dem. (Davey)
Regular Session ............... 63 days
1st Special Session ........... IA days
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23
CO M M E N T S

printed Ech will receive resistra-
ton card and any change Of address
must be reported to the Immigration
and Naturalization Service in Wash
ington within five days. Failure to
register Or the giving of false infor-
nation wiz bring heavy penalties.
A large number Of Republican
Representatives and Senators were
in attendance at the notification
ceremonies for Wendell L. Winkie at
Elwood, Indiana, last Saturday and
joined in the demonstrations given
the Republican Presidential eaGd-
date following the sel.veIy Of his &C.
| ceEtance speech,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23

Although the u. S. Dept. of Lab r
has boasted for months abou. big
increases in employment ard despite
the mucil-toutes. -.purifica.inn' of
WPA by Congress ana President
Roosevelt. the official records since
July | tell story that thus far is
strangely like the record Of the
1888 election. In 1893 WPA records
began TO climb in June and hit d
new high on election day-thereaf-
ter they began long and continued
fall. This year, the election ex-
pansion' began July 3 with l,611,
213 on the WPA rolls which was IN
creased to l,700,2s4 on Jgy 81,
and going up steadily.
=
Attorney General Thomas Her
bert was in Washington last week,
meeting with other Attorneys Gen
eral of the nation, Governors of The
states, the Interstate Commission on
Crime and Departures Of Justice of
fcials. The object Of the confer
ence was the coordination Of the
state and national activities in COM
batting crimina. activities Of Fifth
Coiunlnists. Plans for effective CO.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23

for the President
to send the Nation
al Guard into ser
vice in any country
within the Western
Hemisphere. A n
amendment " a j
adopted providing
for the bonorahIo
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23
Missippian Member
OF Willkie
Notification Committe.

ELWOOD, Ind. (ANP)-One Me-
gro, S, D. Redmond, was member
Of he Republican Notification COM
mittee named to notify Wendell
Wilkie Of his nomination on that
ticket for president. One person
from each state, territory and pos
session was chosen and Mr.. Redmond
was selected to represent Mississippi.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23

creased this year 10 100000 aces,
as compared with $4,000 acres in
1892, reports The Ohio State univar-
sity department. or ruf.t economics.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23
Why Africa2

just now italy is busy in conflict with
'sh force In Somali'and and adjacent
tos-'.iforv The mar in the street wonders
about such manuevsrs at . time MAen tho
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23

eighteen years of age before induc
ton into Federal service. A provi
sion is also carried in the law per
mitting resignation from the service
within twenty days after passage OF
the bill, by those having dependents
The Senate Is expected 10 act on the
House amendments Ia the measure
promptly and the signature Of the
President Is expected within the
next few days.
According TO testimony given by
War Department officials before
Congressional committees. il is plan
ned that National Guard units. mum
bering approximately fifty-fve thou
sand officers and men, and coming
from twenty seven states, will be
ca led into service early in septem-
Der. Tie remaining units will be
called up as rapidly as possible
thereafter with the belief that AZ
National Guardsmen viii be in Fed
eral service by January lst. The
total number OF men in the National
Guard at the present time is said
to be two hundred and forty-two
thousand. Neaiy a hundred Reser-
visits are also expected TO be called
into active service within the next
! two months
While the fight goes on in the
Senate over the Wadsforth- Burke
Conscription Act, and debate is long
and torrid as to whether or not the
volunteer enlistment plan shall first
be given trial before conscription
is resorted to, interesting sidelights
are developing. For instande, just
last week national y known Negro
.eaders appeared before one Of tie
Congressional committees tc protest
discrimination against their race in
connection with military enlistments.
The Negro spokeenlen pointed out
thai less than five thousand Of their
race have been admitted to military
service and insisted that Negroes be
permitted to esist in ratio equal
to their percentage Of the total po-
pulation OF the country. The state
ment was later made that at least
one hundred thousand Negro volnn-
teers could be obtained within sixty
to ninety days i opportunity Of en-
listm Mt i given.
Senate Administration leaders be-
iicve that the Conscription Act will
be brought 10 a vote in the Senate
late this week or early next week.
Legislative observers predidt that
some sort of compromise plan will
be worked out and incorporated in
the bi providing for registration
within the near future, but postpon-
ing actu,i eonscription until after
the volunteer enlistment system is.
given full and fair trial. II is re-
ported that Army officials are now
recommending such a compromise
and postp nement of conscription
because it will be Impossible for the
Army to receive, clothe, house and
equip large number Of conscripted
men for several months to come.
Present plans call for the House
to start debate on the new Corpora
ton Excess PROFITS Tax Bill late
this week. The measure will contain
certain amortization privileges for
defense industries, permitting the
rapid writing of OF plant and equip
ment expansion costs in connection
with the manufacturing OF national
defense needs Another section,
however, will add heavy excess pro-
fits levies which will increase taxes
on profits from SIX TO eight per cent.
Corporations, under present tax laws,
.xMN 4
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Registration of three million six
hundred thousand aliens within the
United States will begin oa August
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-23

FIVE hundred million dollar tar bur-
den on the affected corporx xtions.
The new Law win apply to fhs ls4o
corporation incomes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-07
Muskrat Season
For 1910

St. Paul-Open season this year
for the trapping of muskrats is
set for a Is day period, beginning
at 6 a. m. on March 16 and ending
at 8 pm. on March 80 in the fol-
lowing 81 counties in an order is
sued by Director Lewis H. Merrih
of the division of game and fish,
and approved by Commissioner
William L. Strunk, of the state
department of conservation:
Wilkin, Ottertail, Todd, Morrison.
Mile Laos, Kanabec, Pine, Chisago,
Isanti, Benton, Stearns, Douglas,
Grant, Traverse, Big Stone, Stevens
Pope, Sherburne, Dakota, Anoka,
Washington, Hennepin, Scott, Car
yer, Mcleod, Wright, Meeker,
Kandiyohi,, Swift, LacQui Parles
Chippewa, Yellow Medicine. Rem
vile, Sibley, Wabasha. Gcodhue,
Rice, LeSueur, Nicollet, Brown,
Redwood, Lyon, Lincoln, Pipestone,
Murray, Cottonwood, Watonwan,
Blue Earth, Waseca, Steele, Dodge,
Olmsteds Wincna, Houston, Fill
more, Mower, Freedom, Faribault,
Martin, Jackson, Mobiles, and Rock.
In the following "a counties the
season is set from 6 am, March
81, until 8 PM, April IA:
Kittson, Roseau, Lake-cfthe-
Woods, Koochiching. st. Louis,
Lake, Cook, Carlton, Aitkin, Itasca,
Cass, Grow Wing, Wadena, Hub
bard, Beltrami, Clearwater, Nah
nomen, Becker, Clay, Norman,
Polk, Red Lake, Pennington and
Marshall.
No trapping being allowed in
game refugees and public hunting
grounds, Ramsey county will have
no open muskrat season. Big Stone
and Traverse lakes in Big Stone
and Traverse counties, respectively
also are exempted in the order.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-07
SAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, MINI.
s s:,.,s Centre SPORTS af; ;s. 5 %::t

ed surprise Swanville club in the
final round. Melrose did it with
the biggest club Melrose has put in
the field since then. There was
Pete Zirbes, tallest by a head, Her
mic Hoehl, Chick Sauer, Matchin-
sky and Rehkamp.
That was the year Swanville,
with its star forwards, the Larson
twins, home with the measles, drop
ped Alexandria and the unquench-
able Beseman, dubbed 1.-THE Run
ner" scored 20 points in the tilt.
That was the year when Alexan-
dria, with the famed Smith, cried
real tears over their surprising loss.
That was the year when Jimmy
Benson, Clarence Eckberg, Dick
Borgmann, Cliff Domke and Spick
Frank were the boys on the local
team.
And that was the year Sank Gen.
ire bit the dust before Long Prai-
RE in the sub-district and never
saw the light of district play. That
was the year the dope lay Uttered
in little burned out piles all over
the district. And what's so differ
ent about the looks of things this
year-except it's ten years later?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-07
Church League
Is Proposed
For the City

A Church League, for the pro-
motion of basketball among young
er boys, with team representing
each Church in the community, is
the recent proposal made to Rotary
Club.
Not entirely new, the program
was proposed to this community by
Bill Cook in cooperation with Coach
Ray Schwartz, and introduced as
a tentative program to Rotary
Club. Rotary voted sponsorship,
and appointed a committee to in
vestigate it's possibilities here.
Underlying the program, that
calls for competition among boys
not to exceed IA years, are the
tenets of craftsmanship, fair play,
clean mind and body. Deep-seat-
ed, too, is the thought that pro-
motion of basketball among these
younger boys will be a stimulus to
basketball, provide better material
at an earlier age.
Under the proposed program
each Church is to organize a bas-
ketball team of boys not over IA
years of age. One older responsible
lie individual is to have charge of
them. Rotary sponsorship will en-
tail the expense of small plaque,
not to exceed two dollars in cost,
to give to the winner of a round
robin tournament.
Each boy must be member of
Sunday school, and no boy is to
be allowed to transfer from one
church to another just to play with
his pals. No fees are to be charg-
ed to spectators; school facilities
will be used for the games. Games
will be scheduled by school auth
critics.
1t was suggested in the tentative
program that from the st. Paul's
School two or more teams may be
organized to give more boys the
opportunity to play.
This year, the outline said, it is
somewhat late to work out a reg
ular league schedule, but a tourna-
ment could be held after the dis
trict basketball tournament to get
the organization started. Next year
a regular round robin tournament
could be worked out. The idea is
based on the city leagues in such
cities as Minneapolis and st. Paul.
Investigation of the various
churches Of the city is to be made
shortly, it was announced.