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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
Further Probe Of IVA
Activities CONSIDERED

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, July 10
-lR-Testimony given a De'
Subcommittee investigating u'
American activities in the Tenhes'
see Valley probably will result i'll
further examinations.
Closing a one-day hearing nel.
yesterday, Rep. Joe starnes o.
Alabama said he planned to re
commend to the committee im'
Their investigation and possibly
public hearings along the nh''
examined"
Six witnesses came IRON Ter
nessee Valley Authority Offices
Knoxville, one from the Cha.s,
nooga office and five from NV
Chattanooga WPA office. Inc co.,,
gresham asserted that the tes"
mony was "rather interesIhs
and worthy Of further examine
ton"
He said transcripts Of the hear
ing, held behind closed oooss'
would be given the comml Tva
President Roosevelt and the ~"
for appropriate ac'0"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
The Traffic Ordinances

Wilmington's traffic ordinances, adopted
over a long period of time, have been a source
of such confusion in the past that the present
project of assembling them, presumably in
preparation for revision, whether by expan-
sion or elision, is of major Importance not only
to the city authorities, including the judiciary
and police, but to the travelling public as well.
When the job is done the city commission will
be enabled to get a composite picture of the le-
gal regulations laid down for the protection OF
careful drivers and pedestrians and the punish.
ment of traffic law violators. The traffic Stu
alton should be greatly improved as a result of
the work now going forward.
Doubtless it will be found that some Of the
existing regulations are not adequate, do not
meet the need, are not in the interest OF safe
ty, and tend to create accident hazards. Nat
urally it will be the privilege of the commits
sioners to revise offending ordinaces and re-
peal all that imperil the lives of users Of the
streets. -
Among the latter is the. ordinance permitting
the right turn on a red signal at intersections
allegedly ''protected'' by traffic lights which
has long menaced pedestrians. In fact, the
perpetual violation of the red signal light by
persons afoot and the crossing Of" streets IN
midblock are due more to the peril created by
this regulation than to Indifference OF pedes-
trians or any wilful desire to violate a city or
dinance. They nave found less danger in cross
ing the wrong way than by observance of the
law. -
It would be in the interest Of the public well
fare if this Ordinance were repealed when
time comes for reconsidering the traffic laws.
If it is, policemen on traffic duty will have
more reason to insist that pedestrians cross
streets only at intersections. in the business
section and then only. when the signal light
shows green.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
The Platform

The platform approved by the democratic
convention is one upon which the American
people can safely stake their hopes of national
stability and personal prosperity throughout
the next administration. 1t injects no con.
troversial issues which might divert support
from the ticket the party has placed in the field
or jeopardize the major objective of the United
States in the gigantic task that lies ahead OF
= making the land safe in any military emery
lncy.
On unemployment, the platform proposes a
conference. under the direction of the presi.
dent among leaders Of government, industry,
labor and agriculture, with the purpose of for
mulating a program for the absorption OF
greater numbers of idle persons by private Ell
terprises. The labor plank promises enforce
ment Of fair standards, continuance of the
principles Of the national labor relations act,
training for youth and collective bargaining.
There is a thrust at the nomination of a utility
executive for the presidency by the republi.
cans in the plank declaring that his (Willkie's)
nomination RAISES squarely the issue, wheth-
err the nations water power shall be used for
all the people or for the selfish interests of a
ASWs w ASW +oA4AA P4O6Ad1ll Ii ISCOlllIlGuUGQ.
The farm plank is a reaffirmation of the adj
ministration's agricultural policies.
On the all-absorbing question of national de-
bnse, the platform declares that weakness
I'D unpreparedness invite aggression and
commits the party to provide IAN invincible
air force, a navy strong enough to protect all
our sea coasts and our national interests, and
"a fully equipped and mechanical army" In
explanation of the party's position, this plank
continues: Experience of other nations gives
warning that total defense is necessary to re-
pei attack and that partial defense is no de-
fense."
Dealing with President Roosevelt's position
on defense, and refutation of the republican
charge that he is responsible for our unpre-
paredness, the platform declares that for years
the President has warned of increasing "or-
ganized assault against religion, democracy
and international good faith which has threat
ened 'our OWL peace and security"
The plank upon which chief: interest centers
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
Star-News Program

Consolidated ty-County Government
under Council Manager Administrations
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shous.
Seaside Hi0huay from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
Sj-Foot Cape Fear River channel, aid-
er Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Pared River Road to Southport, vio
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency, supported by one.
countrywide toz.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center TOR Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for 1hites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape 0roUin0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sanatortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
Fertilizer Firms Hit
'Dragnet' Subposna'

BALTIMORE, July 18.-R. INV
fourth circuit court Of appeals ' IN.
under consideration TO-DAY an Lins
peal from two corporations a" 70.
that the federal government ~ .bev
strained from enforcing "ild. Is.
termed "dragnet' subpoena. Ernst
sued in the government at l~.;Iizet
proceedings against the is
industry. ;,,1tural
The international Agf!S The
Corporation and Swift ana w., de.
complainants, appealed from 1ahnson
cision of Federal Judge .;ct Of
j. Hayes of the Middle s%rstused
North Carolina, who had ot the
to enjoin governmental uSe BY
corporate records suDpoe
federal officials. Arni.
Judges John J. Parkel' Sop.
stead M. Dobie and Morris aci, sion
err heard the appeal. "A .se as
will be announced later III !
trict court at Asheville, M
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
Raj DROPS BOMBS
ON M0YALE POST
Attacks On Tobruk Harbor
Renewed; Fuel Tanks
Reported Fired

CAIRO, Egypt, July 18.-R-
The Royal Air Force reported TO-
day a bombing raid on Italian-held
Movale. border outpost between
FBritain's Kenya colony and Ethio'
pia. in which direct hits were scor'
ed on 1.-The camp and surround
ing buildings
Moyale, on the British side Of
the border, was occupied by the
Italians after a siege last week.
The communique said:
Another attack was made on
Tobruk harbor dibya) and Ell
Gubbi airdrome. nearby on the
night of July 1917 by Royal Air
Force bombers. Bombs fell close
to fuel tanks, and a large column
of smoke and flames subsequently
was seen near the submarine jet
ty.
"R. A. F. bombers raided Agor.
dat. Italian East Africa, where a
hangar Vas destroyed completely
by direct hits. Bomb and fuel
dumps at Moyale were attacked.
and four direct hits registered in
the camp and surrounding build.
ings. A fire was started followed
by~an explosion. The adnninistra.
tive officers were machine-gunned.
THE naval barracks near As.
sab (Eritrea) were bombed with
success. A fire was started follow.
ed by a big explosion.
From all these operations our
aircraft returned without loss.
THE army reports finding the
burned out .wreckage of an Italian
fighter near Birel Bogi in Libya.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
TOP o. HI MORNING

For one arho perishes through strdightfor.
Ward refusal, to come to God there are probably
thousands acho perish through putting off.
"Ho1 shall ne escape IT zee REFUSE-no, it
ne merely "NEGLECT' so great sazuation?'
I do not knoao one promise in all the Bible for
the lingerers. And if you put yourself outside
the sphere OF God's promises, a1hat haze you
to found any hope at all upon?
FRANCES RIDLEY HAvERGAL
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19

political technique -. but it sure
was applied with a vengeance. If
the Cactus Coolidge" as Haywood
Broun once dubbed him, had been
week-ending in Uvalde, he couldn't
have been any more scarce around
Chicago. 1t had his hackers biting
their nails and using the kind Of
language that would have shocked
the Texas rangers.
Add. to the most utterly ridicul-
Gus of all political sappery, that
business of splitting state teenths,
and on. What kind of a vote Is a
forty-eighth of a vote, anyway?
Maybe it's all for a laff because
you al get plenty of 'em anytime
you want, watching convention XII
bitzers trying to keep scorecards
on that kind of balloting.
OUT-VOTED HIS BOSS
Funniest flip that came out of
the split-vote business, though,
concerned Edward Higgins, secre-
tary to Senator Theodore F. Green,
of Rhode Island. The Senator was
delegate-at-large but he only had
half a vote, while his employee,
elected delegate from the Panama
Canal zone could stand right up
and say lone vote" every time the
Senator put in his half.penny's
worth.
Habit lay heavily on House
Speaker William B. Bankhead to-
day -. and threw him into con-
fusion. When he walked into his
high press conference, he seemed
lost looked helplessly around
and said: who's in charge here?
l can't be, | haven't any gavel."
l can't find "One-Eyed' Connol.
ly but it he gets into this conven.
ton without a ticket, he deserves
the gate-crashers' Pulitzer. It takes
a bIzkrieg OF five Maginot lines Of
gatekeepers and sometimes the
storming of a whole rear-guard of
sergeants-at-arm to get a seat.
Just to give you a hint of what
women's suffrage has done toward
dresslng-up political conventions,
make a note that Helen Gahasan.
actress and wife of Actor MELVIN
Douglas, is national committee.
woman from California, ahi
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
SON VS.. FATHER

CHICAGO, July 1s.-@-El-
hot Roosevelt, as a member of
the Texas delegation to the DEM
ocratic national convention,
voted against denomination Of
his father, President Roosevelt,
in the first announcement of
that states vote.
Like all other Texas delegates,
Elliott voted for Vice President
Garner. However, when Garn-
er's name was withdrawn, young
Roosevelt, like the other Texans,
voted to make the choice Of his
father unanimous.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
Future Formers End
Contest In Speaking

RALEIGH, July 18.-CR-Ths
state Future Farmers Of America
public speaking contest was wou
last night by Bob Harris Of Newell,
Mecklenburg county.
Harris now has the right to com
pete with entrants from South Caro-.
lima and Virginia in a southern re.
gional contest at Columbia in Au.
gust. The winner will enter the ma
tional competition in Kansas City
in November.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
Clipper Lands Safely
At Auckland, n. Z,

AUCKLAND, N. e., July 18.-
|B-The American clipper arriv-
ed here from San Francisco to.
day, inaugurating a n e w Pan
American anyways fortnightly
trans-Pacific service.
The route completes an alterna-
tive air route between England
and Australia and New Zealand
and replaces the empire route SUI
spended because of the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
WASH|NGTON
DAYBOOK

WASHINGTON, July 18.-Leaves from a Chi.
cago diary:
Be sure to notify Wall street and the bookies
that the odds already are on the Democrats
to remain in power. They are not wonderful
odds, but they are an edge. They're 5 to 4.
Here's how. OF the 10 men who have beer
nominated in Windy City conventions, 10 have
been blown right into the White House by No
vember balloting. The first was Abe Lincoln,
in 1850, when managers for Dark Horse Abe
packed the galleries of the old Wigwam (Which
looked like an diversified pit for cockights) and
swept their candidate into power with as wild
a hullabaloo as the city ever has seen.
r Cleveland (twice), Grant, Garfield, Blaine,
Roosevelt l, Harrison, Harding, Taft and Roos-
evelt II all got mandates. here-and resi-
dences in Washington.
Old-timers around here like Pat Nash, the
.white-haired veteran of Illinois politics, tell
me that the hottest" convention ever held
here wasn't Democratic, but Republican. 1t
was 1912, when Roosevelt I, trying to rough
ride over Taft, got his ears pinned back in a
scrap over seating of delegates and took a
walk with his Bull Moose party. The politi-
clans who figure Chicago is the luckiest con-
vention city in the land add the Bull Moose
convention nomination of Teddy, too, because
although he didn't win the election, he did give
William Howard a licking at the polls.
WHERE'S CACTUS JACK?
, Keep working to uncover that convention
mystery: Why Cactus jack Garner did a
fadeout during the early part of the convention
and for days couldn't be reached by telephone
CT; personal appeal. Even close friends could
not find out where he was. Maybe it's a new
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
BEHIND THE SCREEN At
WASHINGTON

~WASH1NGToN-A fine
headaches is the principal crap Of
date, in the program for Top to
skilled workers for the detens slnlns
gram. Pro-
A good start has been
but the big task of unify;n alS a.,
whole program remains to No. he
Part of the trouble comes 4 tUae:
the number Of agencies which 'o.a
drawing cards in the game~Wp1'
the National Youth Administ,.,iA'
the ccc and the Office Of Fs sa'
cation, all under the general 4 ~
rection Of Sidney Hillman % al
National Defense Advisory ro NE
mittee. ~om'
More basic, however, j, ~.
charge-made inside the adm;ri0
tration-that the program caII.
for hard-boiled "totalitarisn MA.
ming" which it has not yet hs..
given.
NO AGREEMENT ON
LABOR SHORTAGE
There is not yet any agreen.r,
on the extent, if any, of the s,,n'
posed bottleneck in produc,ias
caused by a shortage Of skilled
labor.
The Labor Departments figure,
show that there just isn't such
shortage. Organized labor so f,r
has been bitterly opposed to III.
idea Of creating a huge new reser.
voir Of skilled labor, fearing TN,
this would ultimately be used IA
break the unions. Yet some Of III.
leaders in the training program
argue that the unemployment Sta.
tistics fail utterly to present a tru.
picture Of the situation.
The put it like this: the flo.
ures may show half a million
machinists~ as unemployed. Yet
mese nan million may not by anv
means be the sort Of workers whom
a factory personnel manager would
class as skilled machinists; Of the
lot, a third or a fifth might be
ready to step into machinists' jobs.
while the balance might have The
wrong kind Of skill, or need re.
fresher' training, or in other ways
be unadapted to the needs of the
situation.
NOT YET
care TO NEEDS
Another criticism made by peD
pie who are on the inside of the
is that national needs
have not yet been balanced against
supply.
For instance: a given city may
have the facilities to train 500 new
Ito pick a trade at ran.
But in that city there may
be no demand for an additional
the demand may exist
1000 miles away in some city
lacks the training facilities
the program won't click u.
til the one city's facilities are fit.
ed into a program which takes &C.
count Of the other city's needs.
Before the program takes final
form, it is probable that it will
some scheme either for
moving future workers to the train.
ing centers or for moving newly.
trained workers to the production
centerS.
Look, also, for 4 new departure
"a system Of government subsid'
les to provide for the training Of
|arge patches Of apprentices in the
factories.
NYA and CCC can give 4 Ger
ain amount Of training with the
ABILITIES they have available. The
,fice of Education can provide still
more, through the technical schools
# the nation. But one current eStl'
nate is that altogether, only about
/ third of the total needed can be
provided for in this way. The sub
;idized apprentice system is e%
to be the way out.
Also 80. keep an eye on Owen
Young. Right now he is listed
IS Sidney Hillman's assistant. II
would be no surprise if he got
much more important part OF the
'ow to hoe before very long.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
Carolina News
Shorts
by The Associated Press)

ASHEVILLE ~ About II appi-
cants for architectural licenses in
the state. entered today the second
lap of their four-day examina-
tons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
N. C. GRANGE

SALISBURY-The state grange
will hold its annual convention
here October 1926.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
NEW CHURCH

POLKVILLE - A new Baptist
church will be organized here July
28.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-19
CLEVELAND CELEBRATION ..

SHELBY - Plans for the Cleve-
land county centennial celebration
late in August will be completed
soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-20
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON w, BURGE


Peter Rabbit sat on the edge OF
the Old Briar Patch nursing sore
foot. Peter was happy and he was
unhappy. 1t is hard work to be
happy with sore foot, and Peters
foot was very sore indeed. Yet
right down deep in his heart Peter
was glad of that sore foot. You
see. because of it Peter could not
show Bowser the Hound where
Reddy Fox was hiding. Peter had
felt that he had to do that very
thing because all the little meadow
and forest people had said that he
must, that it was his duty, so that
Browns Boy where Reddy was and
then Farmer Browns Boy would
stop hunting with his dreadful gun
on the Green Meadows and in the
Green Forest.
Peter Rabbit has no love for
Reddy Fox. Of course not! But
still Peter couldn't bear the thought
of being the one to give Reddy up
to such a dreadful end as would
be his if Farmer Browns Boy caught
him. Peter had started out to lead
BoWser the Hound up to the old
house where Reddy was, but on the
way he had hurt his foot on an
ugly wire barb and had had hard
work to reach the dear Old Briar
Patch before BoWser should catch
him. Of course, then it was quite
impossible for him to show Bowser
where Reddy was. and Peter felt
that no one could blame him.
He was thinking of all this as
he sat on the edge of the Old Briar
Patch and looked up at the twink
ling little stars, for it was night.
He was wondering what all his little
friends would say when they learned
he had failed in his duty, and how
ever they would get rid of Farmer
Browns Boy now.
"Boom!" Peter jumped so that
he forgot all about his sore foot
and stepped on it.
"Ouch!" cried Peter. Then he
shook one little fist good-naturedly
up at the sky. What are you trying
to do, frighten fellow to death?"
he demanded. You see, as soon as
he could get his wits together he
hau known that the noise which
startled him so was made by Boomer
the NighthaWk, coaSting down out OF
the sky. Boomer laughed. Then he
sailed down close over Peter.
why aren't you over in the
Sweet Glover Patch this fine night,
Peter Rabbit" asked Boomer.
"I've got a sore foot and I'm
afraid that Granny Fox might hap
pen along and catch me there" re-
piled Peter.
Don't worry about that. Granny
Fox is a long way from here and
Reddy is with her" said Boomer,
cutting funny antics in the air.
Peter pricked up his long ears.
How do you know that?" he de-
manded.
IT saw them little while ago
sneaking along in the shadows way
up in the Old Pasture on the edge
of the mountain" replied Boomer.
What" shouted Peter.
Its a fact. I was as close as I
am to you" said Boomer, swishing
by Peters head so close that Peter
ducked.
Then Peter did a funny thing.
He tried to dance on three legs.
"Hurrah" shouted Peter. That
must mean that they have left the
Green Meadows and the Green
Forest for good"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-20

EVENING STAR FEATURES TODAY
Flashes Bailey; WMAI. pm.
Star Sports Review, headlines by Micnae; WMAL $50
THE EVENINGS HIGH LIGHTS
7:15 pmWOI Lest We Forget Decentralization of THE American
Twain"
0pm-WMAL Information Please Walter Wanger, Hollywood
F. P. A. and John Keran
Musical
Opera is of the guest artists with Raymond
PageS Orchestra
500 the People: other things they tell
Franklin's published
Club: Dolly late OF
Halls Orchestra, joins the Morey Amsterdam
915 pm-WJSV Public Affairs Senator Burton K. Wheeler,
of Montana is the speaker.
Doghouse the sad tale of SOL
dier when
supposedly soldering.
sHORT-WAVE PROGRAM
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-20
Points for Parents
Ry EDYTH TIL.

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
Helping a child gradually become
familiar lUith feared object is a
more acceptable method OF opercom-
ino fear than is the using OF force.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-25
COACH MAKING GOOD PROMISE TO CHICAGOANS

PALO ALTO, Dec. - Stanford football coach Clark Shaughnes- sy is ready to make good his promise to two captains of his University of Chicago team last year. Shaughnessy little dream ing that Stanford would be in the Rose Bowl this season joking ly promised John Davenport and Bob Waseman tickets for the Rose Bowl game. The two Chic ago lads wired Shaughnesy a telegram reminding him of the promise. And Shaughnessy in turn wired them to be his guests on the bench when Stanford meets Nebraska in the Rose Bowl game on New Years Day.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-25
STANFORD IS FIRM
 AGAINST $50, PLAYERS

PALO ALTO, Dsc. - Stanford officials remained firm against all lowing Stanford football players to accept any money for the Rose Bowl game with Nebraska on New Years Day.
 President Wilbur announced that Stanford will not accept the conference ruling which allows the players to receive a maxi mum of $50 for wages lost from Christmas vacation jobs.
 Wilbur said he decided such payment was unethical at this time. The Stanford president add ed that only four or five players on the Stanford squad would be effected. However a squad msm- Der said that most of the mem bers of the Stanford team had prepared to file for the reim- bursement. The player said the squad of course would abide by President Wilbur's ruling.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-25
MIROW ACTIVITIES

Pilot Brown left Nome for An chorage stopped at Unalakleet overnight.
 Sasseen attempted a trip to Gamble but returned on account of weather. He is scheduled to leave for Anchorags Thursday.
 Pilot Lund flying for MiroW made mail trips to Golovin and down coast points.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-25
NEWS ITEMS
A. T. MCLEAN PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY TODAY

MT. A. T. McLain passed away suddenly this afternoon from a heart attack. The sympathy of the entire community is extend ed to the bereaved family.
The Nome nugget., 1940-12-25
PRINTING BLANKS CARRIED

The Nome Daily Nugget carries several forms of printing blanks tor your convenience - Dredgt Logs, thawing and drill reports Mining Deeds Placer and Lode Location Notice. Vouchers,