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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
DUKE RUSH SEASON
WILL OPEN TO-DAY

Durham, FEB. 2.-For the first time
in the history of sOroritics at Trinity
college and Duke university, second
semester rushing is on trial, with the
II national SOrorities Of the inStitll-
ton participating in the rush season
that opened today.
Heretofore, Duke sororities have
rushed new girls at tie beginning
of the school year, with pledging be-
ing held in early October. General
dissatisfaction with this system led to
the adoption last year of d system,
of deferred rushing.
The first semester, under this new
ct up, was period OF normal re-
lations between new girls and soro,
rity members. Although no formal
entertaining Of new students was
allowed by Pan-Hellenic ruling
there was little other restriction as
to the relations of newcomers and
Greek letter affiliates.
The Woman's Pan-Hellenic coun-
Gil has scheduled a series of social
GNGlllS lOl lllS Il SOlUllllcS curing
the coming week. Headquarters for
rushing will be the Pan-Hellenic
house, where the SOrorities maintain
their chapter rooms.
Invitation to membership will b..
issued on Saturday. February 10. :;
system of preferential bidding being
used.
Each chapter may pledge Is new
members. or a number sufficient f
bring the chapter membership to 40.
Dukes national sororities partici-
pating in rushing include: Alpha
Delta Pi. Alpha Epsilon Phi. Alpha
Phi. Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma.
Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Mu. Pi
Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa and Zet'
Tau Alpha.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
Attends Student Conference.

Miss Bessie Mae Johnson. who
came yesterday from Woman'S Col
lese. Greensboro, left this afternoon
for Raleigh. where she will attend
State Methodist Student Conference
being held at Edenton Street Metho-
dist Church, through Sunday. She
plans to spend the remainder of the
holidays until the second semester
here with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
+. S. Johnson.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
Economy Talk Is Sheer
Hypocracy, Babson Says
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ger. Each year there is less and less
hope the budget will ever be balanc-
ed, that rigid economy can ever
be practiced in public places.
Worst of all, however, is l94O.
This is a reelection year. No one ever
expects Congress to be economy
minded in an election year. Congress
was econony-minded last year, but
the administration was tooth and nail
against economy. Now, what does the
administration do? The President
knowing Congress will oppose direct
economy and will fight new taxes,
harps on economy, cries about the
need to put defense on a pay-as-you-
go basis, brings out the familiar but
still ffective-bromides about bal
ancing the budget.
why the Sudden Concern?
It is not necessary to discuss this
demand of the President for economy.
Most everybody sees through that.
But this pay-as-you-go defense IS
another matter. CA recent Gallup
FOIL showed llldl 90 pei Scllt VI 'I1
voters favored such policy) 1t
seems ridiculous to me that the Vot-
ers should suddenly become concern
ed about saddling the cost of a bill
lion-dollar defense program on fu-
ture generations when they have
cheerfully allowed the administra-
ton to borrow untold billions to
squander on blowing up cotton
raking leaves, and destroying little
pigs.
Inc point that bothers me is that
the administration if backed by pop
ular approval, may try to force new
taxes on Congress this year. Nearly
five hundred congressman must be
reelected this year. Few of them will
vote for the right kind Of a tax in
election year. They will not hand
their opponents Il ready-madc, bang
up, votc-getting issue on silver
platter. Under great pressure (Which
l am not forecasting will be brought
to bear) they might well enact new
tax but it will be the wrong kind OF
taX-another tax to discourage new
employers and TO force existing en-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
Old Butte Members
At Halifax Rites

Among the members from OLD
Butte chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, who went tc
Halifax today to attend the official
opening of Constitution House. were
Miss Sailie &. Garllck, regent, Mrs
H. B. Pritchett. Mrs. J. Harry Bryan
and Mrs. Alex Cooper.
Exercises were TO take place in The
court house. in celebration of the
opening of the building wherein the
first constitution Of the State OF
North Carolina was written on April
-. 1916.
The President General of the D,
\. r. and a number of members OF
the national board were expected to
De present.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
Mrs. Arlington Is
New Work Hostess

Mrs. Peter Arlington, of Warren
ton. who is at the Ambassador hotel
III New York city for an extended
stay, gave luncheon Thursday in
the Triancn Room Of the AmbaSSa-
dor in honor of Mrs. George Nit
chell. Of Warrenton, who is also
visiting there. The other guests were
Mrs. George Garland Allen. Mrs.
Thomas B. Yuille, Mrs. Alexander
Boyd Cayce, Mrs. Ashley Cayce
Young. and Mrs. D. Q. WRIGHT.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
Here For Weekend.

Miss Mary Elizabeth Poythress is
expected to arrive tonight from
William and Mary Extension. in
Richmond. Va, to visit her mother
Mrs. H. p. PoythresS, for the week.
end. She will have as her guests
Miss Jean Arnold, of Trent, Mich,
Miss Annette Bull and Miss Dorothy
Simpson. OF Savannah, Ga. all stud
entS at William and Mary EXten-
sion. Miss Ann PoythreSS, who at
tends East Carolina Teachers Col
lege, in Greenville, will also spend
the weekend here.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
Drewry News

Miss Louise Williams and Miss
Ann Watkins visited Mr.. and Mrs
Dorest Nichols, of South Hill, Va,
on Wednesday,.
Friends will be sorry to learn
that Mrs. W. Nj Fleming is sick at
her home near Drewry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perkin Lambert
have returned to their home near
Drewry after spending several
months in Richmond, Virginia.
Plummer Watkins and children
of Palmer Springs, Va, spent
Wednesday in DreWry.
Mrs. Weldon Capps spent Wednes-
day with her sister, Mrs. N. L
Williams, in Drewry.
n. L. Williams, Jr., Of DreWry, is
spending several days as the guest
of Aston Watkins, at Palmer
Springs, Va.
Roncy WalSton is visiting his sis
ter. Mrs. Felix Ranes, in Drewry.
Friends will be glad to learn that
Mrs. Walter L. Wilson is improving
very rapidly at her home near
DrcWry.
Mrs. Weldon Capps visited Mrs
Clyde Fleming and Mrs. Willard
PaSchall Tuesday afternoon.
Friends will be glad to learn that
Miss Louise Williams, Misses Ann
and Roberta Watkins are able to be
out again after being sick the past
week with severe colds.
The DreWry school plans to re-
open Monday, February 5, after
being closed since the snow last
tuesday.
Friends will be sorry to learn thai
Mrs. Lucy Bullock improves very
slowly at the home of her son, Hope
| Bullock.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
Guests Are Given
ADinner Party

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul JohanScn. who
for the past two weeks have been
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. RaS-
muson on the Raleigh Road, have
returned TO their home in New York
city.
On Wednesday evening nj the Hill
Top, Mr.. and Mrs. Johansen were
given farewell dinner, with sew
cral guests invited.
Those attending the dinner were
the honorees. T. c. Taylor, Mrs.
Eduston Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
D. Patterson and daughter and Mr..
and Mrs. Rasmussen.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
,,pprAGES. PARTIES
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
To Visit ROdWellS.

Rev. and Mrs. Rudert Addison
Graybill, who have been spending
the winter months in Miami, Florida,
are expected this afternoon to be the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Rod
we'll, for few days, before returning
to their home in Pittsburgh, Pa. Mrs.
Graybill is the former Miss Cecil
Mae Rodwell
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02

Finland's winter tourist season
lately been growing in importance;
but their Russian guests this winter
came early, unannounced and are
certainly not welcome.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
POWellS Improving.

Mayor Henry 7. Powell, who has
been sick for several days this week,
was able to be back at work today.
Mrs. Henry T. Powell, Mrs. Powell,
il, and little Marie Powell, who are
all confined to their home with flu,
are said to be improving.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02

Farmers cooperating in the AAA
farm programs of the past six years
have shifted about 30000,000 acres
from soil exhauSting cash crops to
Soil-cOnScrving crops.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
NOTE OF THANKS.

We wish TO thank each and every
one of our many friends for the kind
ness shown and everything that was
done during the illness OF our beloved
aunt, especially DR.. J. H. Wheeler and
Mrs. Hill Weldon. the nurse. and also
for the beautiful flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. SCllie AyScue
and family.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
Mission Society

TIE Icy Gloss Parker Mission
. >.us.y 81. ne First Methodist
,. vi. e.. Monday AFTERNOON
-. .g. O'clock .~ tie ladies' parlor
ne e. .... The Rev. 3. c. Rea-
.., ..,... d. lie church. will speak
.- ..g ,.tC.UuCG.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
With tine Sick
Branch Bow Better.

Herman Branch. who was shot in
the abdomen in mysterious manner,
was said to be doing some better az
Maria Parham hospital, after having
a fair night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02

80 percent of Denmarks butter.
IS percent of its eggs and nearly 90
percent of its bacon goes to feed
England.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02

Finland's largest political party is
the Social Democrats, with a con-
stitutional socialistic program, and
aoherents Of the End Internationale.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02

CHURCH SOCIETIES
ANNOUNCEMENT

production will be over, says {. +.
Parrish. extension poultryman at
State College.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02

Give chicks a good start and one
of the most difficult parts of poultry
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
Birth Of Daughter,

Birth of Daughter.
D.. ..t Ms. Charles c. Loughlin,
:. .@.,-oc. lie birth OF d daughter.
e.. Elizabeth CASTILLO. on Thurs
d.: Eeo.uary !. 1910. at Maria Par
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
Highways For Airports

A New Hampshire man who has done considerable work in utilizing plastics in construction of airplanes believes that this nation could make tremendous advance in the use of planes by utiliz- ing modern six-lane highways for land- ing fields instead of building expensive pig airports. In fact Harry N. Atwood of Greenfield, N. H., is going to carry his story to Washington this week and try to interest public officials in 1t. There's something to be said for his claims.
 After all one of the main reasons why more cities throughout the nation haven't joined in the movement for air port construction is the high cost of building and operating them. Not only must community sink lot of money into the acquisition of proper site and the development of same, but 1t must normally assume an annual deficit for only in few scattered instances have municipal airports paid for themselves All of which centers attention of the use of broad highways as potential landing fields for planes.
 We presume, though, that this is more or less an emergency scheme for MT. Atwood talks about attacks from the air and bombing of big airports by enemy planes. It remains question, though, whether state authorities could ever be persuaded to launch building carn- paign that would put enough highways In the six-lane class to permit their use as sites for planes to land and take orr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
There Were Three Of Them

Persons who recall their colonial his- tory will readily recognize the reason why there is Gofie street In New Ha- ven. And they may be interested enough in the petition just placed before the al- dermanic committee to change the name of Goffe street, between two other thor oughfares, to Broadway, to read this through to the end. Goife was one of the three regicides, the judges who sem tenced Charles to death, but who were forced to flee to this country to save their own lives with the Restoration.
 The three judges were Generals Goffe and Whalley and Colonel DixWell New Haven paid its respects to all three by naming streets after them. And all three streets are among the city's imporant ones today. That's one of the reasons given for changing portion of Goffe street to Broadway. Merchants and residents feel that the new name would prove more attractive from business Standpoint. Another reason given IS that Goffe is both hard to spell and pronounce.
 We don't doubt but what for practi- cal reasons the petition for the change will prevail. Historical significance is easily disposed of in this age. We are not, as citizens, SO conscious of any duty to our forefathers and the early set- tiers as were the officials of the early goth and the late 18th centuries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
Defending Alaska Is Defending U. S.

It comes as something of shock to hear General Marshall chief of staff, urg- ing immediate enlistment of National Guard units In Alaska The shock is not from the suggestion It is from the fact that 1t was not done long ago. Alaska's population is about 60,000--half of them Indians, Aleuts and Eskimos. There are fine harbors there, fine air bases and potential air bases. And Anchorage is Just under five hours bombing time from the Pacific northwest.
 The Army and Navy are developing strong fleet and air bases in Alaska These are to be further strengthened But 1t is certainly minimum defense plan to organize National Guard units in every place where population will SUD- port them, the federal government pro- viding the armories and equipment usually furnished. by the states. Presi- dent Roosevelt is quite right in saying that it is not sound defense policy to fortify the actual frontier and wait. The approaches which might be used by potential attackers must also be secured. England knows that TOW, to her cost
 So it implies no jingoism to insist that Alaska be as well protected as it is pos- gible to make it. For it lies on the di- rect air road to North America across the top of the world. The parachute technique, by which an airport is first unexpectedly bombed to prevent it's own planes from fighting back, and then quickly captured by heavily armed troops dropping from the sky, was well demonstrated in Norway. Even a few companies of well-armed National Guardsmen might be of infinite help in 6 situation like this. So elementary . pre- caution must no longer be neglected.
 But the defense of Alaska in the long
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

A few nights ago an article appeared in The Democrat espousing the cause of calendar reform and pointing out that Memorial Day this year is strong argument for the new system of the World Calendar Association to be adopt ed. There are many other reasons pop ping up every month of the year to show how nice new calendar would be. But 1t takes more than a few argu- ments of this nature to shake the en- tire world from its accustomed path into a new one. For if we are to adopt new calendar most of the civilized world will have to fall in line. There Is this much to say, though, about the pro- posed reform calendar It has been gen. erally endorsed by many European and Asiatic countries. They see in 1t the answer to the demand for more uni form year and better means of holi- day observance than that we now fol- low. The change would have to come within very few years in order to se- cure conformity of actual time with the new handmade calendar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
In Today's Mail

228 of an authorized biography en- titled, "The Rothshhilds, The Fi- nancial Rulers of Nations" based on research in their own archives, there was c famous meeting in the City of London in 1857. The Great Rothschild family was assembled from the countries of Europe for the marriage of Lionel Rothschilds daughter, Lconora to her cousin Al. phonse, son of James Rothschild of Paris. Disraeli is reported to have said Under this roof arc the heads of the family of Rothschild--a name famous in every capital of Europe and every division Of the globe. If you like, We shall divide the U. g.. in two parts. one for you James, and one for you Lionel. Napoleon will do exactly, and oil that I shall advise him. This in London, we see Q plan fostered by the money power of Europe moving in on America, and pitting the north against the South under the old Principle of "Divide and Conquer"
 The North was to become q Brit ish colony annexed to Canada, while the South would go to Na- poleon III of France. Slavery was just q blind. Bismark told the story in 1876. "T'he division of U. s. into two Federations of equal force was decided long before the Civil War by the high financial power of Eu- rope. These bankers were afraid the U. s. if they remained in one block, and as one nation, would ate tain economical and financial inde- pendence, which would upset their financial domination over the world. The voice of the Rothschilds pre- dominated".
 Lincoln knew and opposed this group, thus Lincoln was assassin- ated.
 Then came the World War, we were dragged in by English propa- ganda. England has 4,500 paid prop- agandists in this country to poison our minds against the Germans They also bought up ct least 20 ot the leading papers in this country to further their propaganda. The cry then was stop the Kaiser smash the Huns, make the World Safe For Democracy.
 Who started the World War2
 Since l036 England has followed a policy set down by Q noted Eng lish lawyer, John Seldens, who is-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
One Thing We Can Do

Tn times like this, with world tumb- ling about our ears, most of us are plagued by feeling of helplessness. What can l DO2" we mutter to ourselves. Little enough. But one thing we can do. That is to support the American Red Cross. This organization of mercy is going to be faced with terrible problems of helping the refugees, the starving and dispos- sessed victims of Europe's horror. It is going to try to do all 1t can to relieve suffering
 For the means to do this, it is going to call on the American people. We have been unable to stop the holocaust But in humility and thankfulness for our own perhaps all-undeserved good fortune, we can do something to bind up the wounds, to feed the starving, to rescue the children. What we can do, we should do gladly thankful for an opportunity to help, even a little
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

run depends on its further development. Alaska needs people That is why the Senate ought not to dismiss without care full consideration the King Bill provid- ing for organization of development cor porations through which private capital could be attracted for settlement and development of Alaska by American citi- to meet an important situation, and if the bill as drawn runs into valid objec- tions, 1t should be revamped but not pigeonholed. Delay until next session means a years delay in situation in which time counts heavily.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

With the first announcements that the "big show" Is to play Waterbury this year there comes one of those nostalgia feelings You start to remember the first time you ever saw the circus parade coming up along the north side of the green with the dust arising from passage of many animals and numbering trucks. There wasn't paved thoroughfare there then. And the thrill of getting inside the "big top" for the first time All that and more comes back perhaps even your first visit to the freight yards In the early dawn of June morning to watch the skillful unloading of the cir GUS train. A circus has many features besides the ones you pay for and old timers miss few of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
GERMANs BUILD FOR SPEED

So the U. s. Army continues to use the French 76 mlllimeter field gun. It S light and can be drawn by horses. But the Germans, for. getting about horses, have deyel- Oped an i0b.millimeter gun which shoots farther than the 70. Mount. cd on motors, it runs circles around the horse-drawn French artillery.
 In fact, everything In the Ger. man Army k built for speed. That is the secret of Nazi vlc- tories. Officers are picked be. cause of their ability to produce speed. many of them from the Air Corps. Goering, head of the army, was . World War aviator, later head of the alr corps. Gen. eral Won Falkenh0rst, commando or of the Maxi troops in Norway, is an aviator. Tn Norway he commanded not only the avia. ton, but the German Army and Navy.
 Tn the U. S. Army this !s un- heard of. For years the Air Corps was the step-child of the Army. It's officers were not considered 1t to command troops. This was true also in the French and British armiess For years, the younger French officers have chafed at old.fashioned methods of their scptagenarian commanders,
 But in the U. s. Army there are few General Bishops, and those at the top have been older than the French; older in methods rather than years.
 ONE ANTI.AIR GUN
 Today the most modern anti- aircraft gun used to protect Lon- don and Paris is the 00-miilimeter. Of this type of gun, tho U. s. Army has exactly one. And only 50 to GO are provided for in tho i04i appropriation bill. The Army has 448 3-inch anti-aircraft guns, but in Europe these are considered almost obsolete.
 Real secret of the Army's stag nation is the promotion system. It is based entirely upon the time when c man walked Into c re- cruiting office during the last war, or graduated from West Point. The whole basis for promo ton is length of service.
 An officer may be the most brilliant youngster in the Army, or the laziest. ft makes no differ. ence. He keeps his rank until Q sufficient number ahead of him die off. Then he is promoted.
 The effect of this on army morale is devastating. There Is
 no premium on efficiency. There ls no impetus for outstanding ability. Every officer knows that if he keeps reasonably sober, is not absent without leave, keeps his company accounts straight and lives long enough, certain number of years will see him promoted. If he works harder he will not be promoted faster. If he tries to work out new plans for standardization and motor izatlon it will not hasten his ad. vancement one iota. He merely has to wait.
 IL is this system of promotion by inertia that has contributed 50 materially to the present gomrio- lent state of our military defense. And building a billion-dollar edi- flee of national defense upon the faculty foundation of personnel