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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-08
Six Units In Maneuvers
To Last An Entire Week
Bad Weather Forces Use Of Indoor Program
Until Conditions improve; Mayor bo"efS III
Command; Army Officer Here.

time being as 4 mess hall and Tor
recreational quarters for the sol
GierS.
Two programs had been mapped
out for the maneu% is OF the soldiers
during their stay h::e. One OF them
was designed tor use IN the event OF
Indictment weather and they struck
that Immediately on arrival. The
other was outdoor activities and II
is hoped that the weather will clear
sufficiently by the end OF the week
to permit Of employment Of this pro-
gram.
An area of some $500 acres has
been obtained Oft the Dabney road
to the :..G =. W. SWAIN
home place. ana it is there that the
outdoor intensive maneuNerlng VIII
be carried on If the weather permits.
1t is expected that Adjutant Gen
eral J. Van B. Nets of Raleigh, and
members of his staff will spend cay
or two here during the week. They
will confer with the officers IN
charge and also observe the opera
tons that will be carried out.
The enCampment here is part OF 4
yast military training program Of the
War Department, designed and put
into operation since the outbreak
OF the war in Europe, to the enc that
the United States vii! De as well pre-
pared as possible io:' any emergency
J.at might arise II the present I'M
settled condiiIcH CT world affairs.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-08
Worst Storm
This \|iintef
Hits Section
Traffic Moves Slowly
AND Sieet Ana Sno "
Are Eiazarcs or
Pedestrians as Well
AS Motor Vehicles.

Snou. anG slcet 20 4 depth Of 2eV-
eral inches Tell here Sunday after
noon and night. and continued well
into the forenoon To-Day .or the
worst storm OF the winter 50 lar.
Low temperatures. with cloudy
skies, produced ideal conditions for
the snow. which began falling III
'nid-afternoon Sunday. increasing
about dark and turning into sleet.
This continued all night, and the
covering Oy morning was estimated
at two or tree inches.
Sleet froZe freely on WindShields
and automobiles took to cover. only
those venturing out VINO had to be
out The hazards Of traffic in
creased, ard also proved dangerous
to pedestrians, many OF Wnom slip
ped on the slick pavement.
No serious accidents occurred in
the city proper, but one OF two were
reported or highways near Hender-
son, but with no fatalities.
Schools were hampered in oper-
atoms today. and four o: the five
rural high schools were closed for
the day, only Dabney operating.
Zeb Vance, Middleburg. Aycock
and Townsville hoped to resume
class work Tuesday. but this de
pended on whether or not the buses
could ge through with the pupils.
Schools in the city reported many
absentees, but all of them were in
operation.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-08

Fifteen officers and 321 enlisted
men. or 342 in all. representing SIN
narate Units OF the North Caro-
Ina National Guard. were en-
ramped today a. .le armory on the
Dabney road just west CT the CITY
in the first winter manetNerS the
organizations have ever held.
They struck genuine winter
weather. and the SHOW and Sleet
that greeted the soldiers as they
moved in Sunday added - the
realistic hardShipS OF warfare as
every officer and n:an occupied
tents for the night and today. ana
III do so Throughout the period OF
the encarnpment. which runs until
next Sunday.
Major Claude T. Bowers. OF War
renton. is the highest ranking OIL
Ger in command. although present
cor the weeks activities is Colonel
Mccullough, OF Charlotte, regular
army instructor.
Units encamped include Company
A. Burlington. Company B. War
renton: Company c. Henderson:
CON-, D. machine ginnerS. OF
Durr, battalion headquarters OF
OX.r-c and part NJ = mSdIcal de
tacn~,ent from Graham.
The Arn.ory proper is not being
used a. all . house the n}au. and
all OF them are CHARTERED III tents
for the duration &c. ne ercamp-
ment. Tie A:@rrE : used ior me
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-08
RED CROSS TO OPEN
SEWING ROOM AGAIN

The sewing room OF the Red Cross,
where local workers are making
bandages and other var supplies for
Europeans, will be reopened next
Tuesday, Mrs. E. Z. Austin, Red
Gre chairman. said today. The
rociG. will DC open from 10 to |
O'Clock and from 20 5 p. m. on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mrs. Alex
Cooper will be in charge. Those who
can help are urged to give Of their
time.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-08

The religious instinct is so strong
in man, and the desire to follow the
truth and act justly towards others,
has, generally speaking, become so
inherent in mans nature, that it is
almost impossible there can be any
real permanent weakening of these
qualities.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-08
Lille Talg?s

Lille This?
Walk six blocks to buy cgal cites for &c less?
SPEND two hours bargar1-huntnG to save Use.
Drive r. miles to buy eggs fer few cents less?
Fess up! We all do Thereby exhibiting one of the finest
possible examples Of false economy In most
spend twice as much in actual cash, time and shoe
leather as the few pennies we supposedly "save.
If you want to hunt values the place to do it is
in the columns of this newspaper Following the adver
tsernents every day. Then when you 60 to buy you'll
make really worthwhile savings And the chances
are you'll find some of the best 'buys' at the stores
TIGHT around the corner from home!
NRnnrrHnn Datly Dtapatrlr
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-08
Continues III.

Mrs. P. E. Culley continues i'll
at her home on Zcne street. it was
said today.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Government by People
Needed, He Declares.
To the Editor Of Tha Star.

May not express disagreement in part
with the letter Of Mr.. Alexander Sidney
Lanier published on April 9? Turning
the New Dealers out Is desirable, but
only If we can restore self government
and economic freedom so people can
again earn a decent living. But If we are
to continue government by decree and
propaganda, why should we change
rulers? know Of no one who could be
expected to be better ruler.
If We are to restore self-government,
government by legislative processes, re-
publican government such as was origi-
nally established here in 1889, then we
must look to Congress. If we, the people,
the root of all power, are unable to
govern ourselves by electing 4 Congress
that will govern by legislative processes,
then we must be governed by decree, or,
in other words, we must be ruled. II we
must be ruled then let's stick to Roose-
velt and let him AL the job to his choice,
rs did Hitler.
1t would be futile gesture to elect a
new President. a presiding oficer, unless
we can have functioning Congress.
WALTER JOHNSON.
Arlington, Va.
April 10.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Mr.. McNutt would be uninterested In
the second place on the ticket. And
II he has ambitions In that direction
he certainly has reason to be en-
couraged by the unimpressive show
Ing made by Mr.. Garner in the
Wisconsin and Illinois primaries.
Mn McNutt, If he is about to begin
an intensive campaign, starts under
a heavy handicap, however, and it
is one that should .be removed. For
some months agents of the Bureau
OF Internal Revenue have been in
vestigating Mr.. McNutt's income tax
returns and the financial affairs Of
1ndiana's 1.-TWO Percent Club" So
lar as Is known, the agents have
found nothing which reflects in any
way on MIR. McNutt. But the mere
fact OF the investigation, in the alb
sence of any clarifying statement
from the proper authorities, makes it
extremely difficult for him to pursue
his legitimate political detectives.
The situation in which he finds him.
self is alien to the American sense
OF fair play, and the Bureau OF In
ternal Revenue, IN justice to Mr..
McNutt and the voters whose support
he is seeking, should make public
the findings of its investigators with
out further delay.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Urges Trial Of
"BrOtherhOOd,"

brotherhood"
To the Editor Of The Star:
If the time spent by theologians In
teaching fables concerning Adam and
Eve" Joshua" who controlled the sun,
and Jonah and the whale" not to men
ton those fiery depths, where sinners
simmer eternally, had been utilized in
seeking ways and means to outlaw war,
1t is at least conceivable that peace
would prevail today.
With so-called Christian nations en-
gagged in still another death struggle,
it would seem that the time has ar
rived for churches to discard age-old
superstitions and make concerted effort
to check mass murder" IT, indeed. CIV
ilization hopes to survive In other
words, let us make religion more work.
able-more practical.
The last World War, fought to make
the world safe for democracy, was in
dorsed by the vast majority of Chris
tlan organizations, who held the opinion
that an allied victory would bring last
ing security. They discovered, to their
sorrow, that peace is not promoted by
savage conflict. AS bombs" have been
tried and found wanting" why not
give "brotherhood'' trial?
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
April IL.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Leuve Of Absence

Paul v. McNutt, Federal Security
Administrator, is following the proper
course in applying for leave Of alb
sence from his official duties for the
presumed purpose of devoting all Of
his time to furthering his presiden-
tial ambitions. There is no hard
and fast rule governing the conduct
of political campaigns by public
office holders, but it is obvious that
Mr.. McNutt could not make a real
effort to secure his party's presiden-
tial nomination and, at the same
time, attend properly to his duties
as Security Administrator. That
being the case, he deserves COM
mendation for requesting that he
be separated from the public pay roll
while he is campaigning.
In some quarters Mr.. McNutt's
move is interpreted as indicating a
strengthened belief on his part that
President Roosevelt will not seek a
third term. But there does not ap-
pear to be any very persuasive basis
for such a belief. Mr.. McNutt has
maintained throughout that he will
be a candidate for the top place on
the Democratic ticket only in the
event that Mr.. Roosevelt does not
seek reelection. He is undoubtedly
still Of the same mind on that score,
but the race for the vice presidential
nomination still is wide open and
there u no reason to suppose that
Evening star., 1940-04-15
The Spring Gives Back

still can see you by the ancient oak,
The sunlight's shifting gold upon your
hair;
You hummed low refrain. Beside
your chair
Soft kittens chased the wind blown
leaves. When broke
Your laughter like clear Ginning bells.
spoke
To see your mirthful glance How
deft and fair
Your slender, busy hands The
worn old stair
Once knew your foot, Old shep your
gentle stroke.
You are not gone. Though once q quiet
Held your still sleep, the clustered
flowers, the trace
OF your glad smile brought back Q
joyous hour -.
The day you stood beneath the dogvood
bloom
And showering petals touched yur
lifted face 49,.
The spring gives back your eyes IN each
blue flower. IVY LNDsIEY.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
THIS AND THAT
doubt he decides that cold. with plenty
By Charles E. Trdce1Uell.

doubt he decides that cold, with plenty
Of sunnower seed, is preferable to warmth
with nothing to eat.
smell. Penny is the cat. Penny is q
female cat. That means a great mouse-.
She has never caught any yet, PROBABLY
never having seen one In her life, but
she would know what to do.
You can tell that by the way she
plays with a string.
The string she likes best is q knotted
affair in led.
She rather prefers wool, with It's elasti-
city, and its easy bite-ability. You see,
Penny likes to bite of length OF wool,
and swallow it, This cannot be said
to be good for her, so the knotted wool
had been discarded for an ordinary piece
of red string carefully knotted about
every inches.
Just what these knots add, in the cat
mind, is hard to say; that they do make
the piece of string more enjoyable, there
can be no doubt at all.
+ ~ X
Most Of the mice in the garage are Of
the field variety, rather shorter than
ordinary house mice, and much better
looking.
Not quite so slinky.
They hop, rather than glide. This
gives them, in the minds of those who
are acuately mouse e-conscious, a not 20
sinister character
It's that gliding motion, we believe,
which gives ordinary household mice
their somewhat ruthless character. They
seem to 60, like snakes, without legs,
although the legs and feet are there,
all functioning in perfectly normal
|. manner.
There was one tremendously fetching
little fellow who lived in hole at the
north end of the garage-outside-a
the end of bed of violets.
He would permit you to come within
or 3 feet of him, before making one
OF those tremendous hops.
This was hole in one" as the
golfers say. And he never missed. If
you kept 2 feet behind him, he was
not in the least afraid, but if that un-
written distance was violated-poo! In
he would go.
His ordinary course lay around the
east side of the garage, to the bird feed
ing station placed near the frcnt
beneath maple tree.
This must have been a long journey,
for such small animal, at least equlva-
lent to trip downtown to a human
being. He would creep along py the
garage, behind the old stones laid there
over the grass and leaves, emerging into
the great clearing, where the birds
hoped around, and Master Squirrel
lorded it over all. But he was not afraid
Carefully he selected seed, and care
fully be bore it home. We have not
seen him for long time, but We hope
he is alive and we'll If men had as
much sense as mice, they would stay
alive and we'll, instead of wounding ard
killing each other.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
D. A. R.

The forty-ninth Continental Con-
gress of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution assemblies in a time
when once again the world is rife
with war 1t therefore will not be
remarkable If problems of national
defense are subjects of discussion.
No other patriotic organization than
that which most directly traces back
to the founders of the Republic can
be more intensely interested in the
survival of the United States.
But it also is part of the purpose
Of the D. A. R. to preserve the fun
damental institutions of our country
unchanged. Since 1910 is a year
which necessarily will see a great
national campaign in which i'm
portant economic and sociological
issues will be debated, the annual
gathering at Constitution Hall ap-
propriately may be concerned to re-
affirm a traditional devotion to the
principles of freedom threatened by
the influence of foreign doctrines
hostile to democracy.
1t would be a mistake, however, to
suppose that the D. A. R. is opposed
to rational processes of development.
Unthinking critics occasionally have
charged that it is "too conservative"
yet the record of the past shows that
q constructive liberalism has been
characteristic of the society from its
start. The educational work which
1t has fostered, especially in the field
Of training for citizenship. is proof
Of its progressive ideal.
Certainly, the D. A. r. is welcome
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Says Germans Fighting
For Raw Materials.

10 the Editor Of The Star:
What does all this hullabaloo about
Germany's invasion of Denmark and
Norway mean, anyhow?
There are two raw materials that are
so vital to any nations economy-be 1t
q peacetime or wartime economy-that
nations will 60 to any extreme to OBJ
tain them, particularly so under the
present war conditions. They are iron
ore with which to pup sinews into
nations mighty war machine, and oil
with which to keep this machine going.
Germany has been getting these two
commodities from Sweden and Rumania.
The iron ore was being shipped to Ger
many through the only trade route open
at this time Of the year-from the At
lantic ice-free port Of Narvik, Norway.
The other trade route, through the Gulf
Of Bothnia, directly from Sweden, Is
frozen over.
When England stepped in recently and
by aggressive submarine warfare under
took to destroy this vital, all-important
trade route, was it strange that Ger
many took steps to safeguard It? After
all, Germany Is fighting for its life, too,
much more than England and France,
as q matter Of fact. Under the existing
circumstances, with England in full con-
troll Of the seas, the only way to achieve
this was by invading Denmark and Nor
way in order to establish bases that
would decrease the effectiveness Of the
British. fleet.
Naturally, England Knows that this
Evening star., 1940-04-15
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
Since you have been publishing the
letters on the subject Of whether cardi-
mails take water or dust baths have
been watching our bird bath with more
than usual interest
This morning about o'clock male
cardinal lit on the rim Of the bath and
took drink or two.
"'Gosh,' he thought, that tastes so
good think III just get in all over
so he jumped in and splashed with
evident enjoyment.
His girl friend was hopping around
at a discreet distance, and when he
flew to his favorite perch in Viburnum
bush to dry himself she hurried into
the bath and splashed and splasned.
"The bluebirds have been back for
some time looking over the house they
had last year, and this morning the male
picked up q bit of dry grass from the
driveway and flew toward the house.
1T must be spring at last.
Sincerely yours, E. r. D."
++ ~
Yes, spring must be here.
The mice in the garage have filled an
old discarded wrenhouse with sunflower
seed, after carefully gnawing out the
entrance way to mouse-size.
Wrens, evidently, are somewhat
smaller than mice, if we may judge from
the neat job of enlargement done by
the rodent or rodents.
Can't you picture him there, ell
huddled up in the wrenhouse, enjoying
a good meal of sunflower seed?
Men, birds, and mice, all enjoy these
seeds.
The mouse had gnawed around the
hole in the wrenhouse. until he had
enlarged it from its original q of an
inch to at least ~ inches.
This was done with sort of outward
bevel, so that ingress would be easy.
Just why the animal wished to cart
away a good handful of the seed from
the bag which contained 10 pounds, we
do not know.
You might think, off hand, that he
would prefer to eat from the enormous
store, instead of Juggling of, seed by
seed, choice store of his own. But then,
the ways of mice and men are not alike
Or are they?
In the presence of plenty, at least
from the mouse standpoint, he went
to the trouble and work of providing
himself with choice little treasury all
his own.
Our mice are very we'll behaved.
They seldom if ever come indoors.
Usually one tries it, in the fall, Just
when cold weather begins.
He can be heard running up the
north wall of the house
A rat could make no more noise.
The attic is his objective, which he
attains easily enough.
Aloft, he makes as much noise as a
dog would. He finds no food, however,
and soon we hear him no more. No
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Mr.. John L. Lewis says that in the
formation of his threatened third
party he intends to marshal Labor's
Nonpartisan League, the American
Youth Congress, the Townsendites
and a number of other highly in
dividualistic organizations. To make
such a parade stay in line he will
need marshals baton between
each two fingers.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Comments on
Realism in War.

Realism in War.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Realism in War Attitude" I note, is
April 10. The author is Mr.. De Witt
Smell, Schenectady, N. Y. Writing Of
the war, he goes away below the surface.
Ascribing to Hitler supernatural powers,
he declares him to be "the common
enemy of all mankind" Firmly con-
duty to save England and France in
the interest of our own threatened way
Of Ife-he issues call to arms.
He may be right. And so it is up to
the traffic officer who works the stop
OF go" sign. Now. as the man in the
street sees it, England and France de-
clared war on Germany. The reason
doesn't matter. The ostensble cause was
the defense of Poland. But back of
that there was their own threatened su-
premacy in Europe. Both are rated as
powerful nations. Maintaining many
alliances, both have remained fully
armed on land, on sea and in the air
since the end of the World War. Ger
many, up to the spring of 1896, was de-
fenseless. And so it stands to reason
that these two ought to be able to
handle the Nazis by risking their own
hides in their own-as they see it-just
quarrel. Cheap John" methods, like a
hunger blockade. by themselves will
not turn the trick.
In this world, so it has always been
held, the fittest survives-unless ganged
up on. II they should lose out, why,
this would simply mean that, in mill
tary sense. they have denoted" them
selves with the lesser breeds" second
class. Now, as always, war is still "the
final showdown
In the meantime Mr. SHELLS worth
while letter opens q way for much dis
cussion. And, Of course, 1t behooves this
country to be prepared for anything.
BY the way, Mr.. Welles ought to know.
April 10. FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

One of the latest declarations of
scientists is that grass is chock-full
of vitamins and that twelve pounds
of 1t contains more than three hun
dred of fruits and vegetables. Pos
sibly King Nebuchadnezzar was not
80 asinine as the Old Testament
would indicate.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Member of the Associated Press
Danger in the Balkans

The Balkans today appear closer
to the, danger Of an actual German
military invasion than at any time
since the European war began. A
number of circumstances growing
out OF events of the past week in
that sector clothe the situation Of
Rumania, Hungary and Yugoslavia
with gravity.
Since last Monday, when it was
revealed that Rumania had seized a
number of barges loaded with dyna-
mite and Germany charged a Brit
tsh-French plot to destroy the
Danube Channel at the Iron Gate,
Rumanian-German troubles have
assumed a more serious aspect as
the result of Bucharest's virtual en-
barge against shipment of a number
Of commodities-chiefly oil and
wheat-to Germany.
The blasting of three Nazi boats
on the Danube added fuel to the fire,
leading Germany to call upon the
countries OF Southeastern Europe for
more strict policing of the river
which is vital to Germany's wartime
commerce. 1t was even reported
that Germany went so far as to
demand permission for the Reich
to police the river as far as the Black
Sea.
But, although apprehensions in
Berlin over the security of traffic on
the Danube may yet provide the
basis of German drive to protect"
the river, more Importance attaches
to Rumania's growing resistance to
Germany, as signified in the restric-
ton against loading of freight cars
and barges destined for the Reich
and in the aggressive tone of the
Rumanian press.
Since the war began last Septem-
Der Rumania has concluded with
Germany several trade agreements
designed to stimulate the export of
vital raw material to the Reich.
Rumania in the case of several COM
modities, particularly oil, has failed
to ship the increased quantities. The
Rumanian action was taken as
consequence of Germany's notifica-
ton that export to Rumania of a
number of products-notably metal
lurgical coke, which is vital for Ru-
manian industry-was to be discon-
tinued.
Germany's policy toward the
Balkans hitherto has been to pre-
serve peace as long as the allies
show no disposition to spread the
war to that quarter. Only in peace
could Germany hope to get out of
her southeastern "Lebensraum" the
raw materials her war machine re-
quires. But if it proves impossible
for her to harness the Balkans to
her economic chariot the chief rea-
son for avoiding warlike action there
disappears, and the likelihood of an
effort, however unpromising, to OBJ
tain by war what she has not been
able to obtain by peace increases
immensely.
1t seems that the chances for con-
tinued peace in the Balkans depend
now more than ever before upon
Germany's ability to patch up her
troubles with King Carol, whose
patience appears to be near exhaus-
ton. If Rumania stands firm against
greater subservience to the Reich the
peril of war in the southeast will
become acute.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

in the city where 1t 1irst was estab-
lished and where 1t has maintained
its home ever since. Washington as
the Nations Capital and also as a
community in which, as perhaps
nowhere else, patriotic service is the
only business Of thousands of men
and women is the proper place for
such a convention as that which
opens tonight,