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Evening star., 1940-04-12
Relief Setup Creates
'Castes,' Mrs. Taft SAYS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, April 12.-Mrs. Robert
A. Taft, wife of the Ohio Senator
who seeks the Republican presi-
dental nomination, said last night
the New Deals handling of the ma
tional relief problem had set up a
"caste system" in which "the
Brahmins are the single men on
w. P. A. and the poorest pariahs
are the families on direct relief"
She also asserted a few Com
munlsts were prosecuted while
others "were on the pay roll in
Washington"
Declaring the relief situation was
due to the Governments reservation
OF its taxing power 'for the few on
the w. P. AZ while so-called un-
employables were assigned to direct
relief by local governments, she said
the solution lay in pooling ma
tional, State and local relief funds,
with the Federal Government con-
tributing 10 to 80 per cent.
Guest of the Massachusetts, Wom-
ems Republican Club at a dinner. she
declared confusion, extravaganza
and futility have been the result OF
the planned economy" of the New
Deal.
Copenhagen, Denmark, claims II
/ now has more women cigar smokers
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Tire and Rubber Co.
Strike Settlement Seen
V the Associated Press

Bv the Associated Press.
AKRON, Ohio, April 12.-Hopes
for settlement of the strike at Gen.
eral Tire & Rubber Co. rose today
as David T. Roadley, Department
of Labor conciliator, scheduled ne
gotiatlng conferences.
The c. I. o. United Rubber Work.
ers called the strike Wednesday
charging the company violated con-
tract procedure for settling griev-
ances and "chiseled" on pay rates.
No workers attempted to enter
the plant through picket lines yes
terday and Joseph Childs, union
president, estimated 1,10O of 1000
General employees are idle.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
WiIfred Funk to Found
New Publishing Firm
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 12.-Wilfred
Funk yesterday announced his res
ignation, effective April "a, as presi-
dent of the publishing firm of Funk
& Wagnalls. He will establish a
book-publishing firm under his own
name to bring out fiction as we'll as
non-fction.
Other officers of the new COM
pany will be Frank Henry, executive
vice president; Spencer Armstrong
vice president; Kenneth Rankin, sec
retary, and Frank A. Seller, treas
urer.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Tobey's Nei9hbors
Yield to Census Quiz
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TEMPLE, N. H., April 12.-The
census taker assigned to the home
district of Senator Tobey, Repub-
lican, of New Hampshire, who led the
fight in the Senate against census
shopping" might be pardoned if he
viewed his task bit apprehensively.
But Census Enumerator James
Shields of Jaffrey reported yester-
day that he has found residents of
the Temple-Sharon district reason
able and sensible" when he has
called.
Evening star., 1940-04-12

OF CQe naval
warfare in Scan
dinavian waters
than President
Roosevelt. OF all
the laymen who
h We followed
n a v al affairs
Mr.. Roosevelt
has the unique
eX p e rience of
having been be-
hind the scenes
in the World
War when he
served as Assist
ant Secretary of
the NqVy
Evening star., 1940-04-12

year. A year ago
the m magazine
Newsweek polled
so of the better
known Washing
ton correspond
ents on the ques-
ton Of the prob
able choices Of
the two parties,
a n d tn e m a n
who emerged as
the favorite on
the Democratic
side was John
N. Garner. Prob.
ably not a single
Evening star., 1940-04-12

e mere moon picture popularity
M @ m aioo 10 et Dewey repeat such
Taft probably will also ' ~ "0'' 'AeA'"'
VIII enter that is he raise
ms rival is SO amply supplied
as thoough as ne knows how The filing
t 1o April 2O Thus far
nat ne would not file in either State filing have
passed. the possibility remains of
sure winning lead completely Nebraska Illinois
Evening star., 1940-04-12
They Are Not Bound

Barring dark horses Taft is
For Senator Arthur H Vandnberg Nebraska piles of
the
senhance to the oucom OF these two primaries
say That
when Dewey and TAFT have killed other vandenbeg
pc the man. But while would be
following
don't want Dewey they will bearer whom Dewey has
twice ~ ~' -
These victories of Dewes undoubtedly impressive
aEo pe wrong TO weight
showing was distinctly disappointment The
the presidential preference he obtained
had been expected TO- Republicans everywhere unpasany
OF m contrast between his OF 100000
OF more than 100000 The Illinois delegation
be largely controlled by Green and
may well another
So too the Nebraska delegates legally Dewey
among them already known exist
and IN Tas favor The New Jersey primary the
Will be binding Nebraska
chtan reported looking Dewey
make an impressive showing Finally, 1t that
number of the Dewey New York delegates still
their unloved leader at early opportunity.
Pennsylvania and Norway
In truth while well out power among
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Courtroom Borrowed
For Amateur Aetna
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS The Preten-
ders Club, an amateur play-acting
group, believes In realistic settings.
A play 1t put on, "The Night Of
January 18TH" has q courtroom for
setting. So the club obtained
Marion county criminal courtroom
for . theater.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Holland Important to Germans

The British the by far more i'm
portant to the German
that the mistake made repeated the
lands decided
their forces there before the Germans attack.
The British
OF the German
that the allies so cold
booded
showed for such assistance Until
that they could manage somehow other
ms the explanation given by London why spite pos
mformalon
in the German of Sen anspo-hat an
attack on Scandinavia planned passive
Now possible that the Neherand the
Danger II running Will consent to British
eon against German onslaught
y guarantees that the danger
withdrawn " OF~ ~ ~
Evening star., 1940-04-12

moderateS, Ted by AT NJ. Landon
and House Leader Joseph w. Mar
tin, and that of the Pennsylvanians,
controlled by the Sun Oil Co.'S pros
porous Joe Pew.
Hoover seems to hope thai the
lightning will strike him. Landon
has not made up his nina, but
ostensibly favors his fellow mod
crate, Martin. And Pew and the
Pennsylvanians banker to revive
the glorious traditions of Warren
Evening star., 1940-04-12
German Troop Reports Unsatisfactory

The reports from Norway
the high Monday unsatisfactory From allied
and Swedish dispatches
able to land forces large hold landing
Norwegian Army
unprepared and taken
dispatches
about forhave landed already
sent in to consolidate Germanys present gains.
If the latter will difficult
time after gets foohod Tondhm
point on Norways coast will be continually haassed
mans have sufficient forceby air and land attacks While is true
British
Norway
the material
could
The German Navy Is small line ships
cerned All work such ships has the Rec
last September The yards have since that building
small
regular naval battle but important harassng
the British line
Under the circumstances the opinion military
that dislodging the
from Norway will preventing
attacks of the Reich the remaining opinion
predcaed the fact that
Norway and able bring further
Evening star., 1940-04-12

Dewey out in front, but not so damn
far he can't be tripped up from
behind"
Conversely, they require a spe-
cial effort of the youthful gang
busters leading competitor for the
Republican nomination, Senator
Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Hitherto,
Taft has avoided primaries, both
because they are costly and because
unless both candidates take the
time for energetic campaigning,
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Dewey May
Tip Scales to
Third Term
Shifting Strength
In Polls Argues
For Such q Ruce
BY CHARLES G. ROSS.

1t is perhaps cruel to bring up the
subject, and do 1t only to illustrate
the extreme hazards of prophecy as
to the presidential nominees OF this
Evening star., 1940-04-12
This Changing World
Holland Believed Destination of Several
British Divisions Reported on High Seas
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

British transport carrying divisions
between $4,000 and 10000
today
Their destination is OF military only
high British French officials destined
either for what likely they might be landed
Holland while still
Norway Norwegian
sand in the wheels of the German military machinery.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE,

BY the irony of fate, Uncle Sans
good neighbor" policy faces the
rocks at the very moment we're
preparing to celebrate the golden
Evening star., 1940-04-12

HE opinions OF the 0ers this page o,on not
necessarily The stars Such optons presented
Stars EFFORT to gue all sides OF questions It's
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Roosevelt
Reads War
As Strotegist
knowledge Of Navy
Allows Him to
Anticipate Moves
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Nobody in the governmental
world, with the possible exception
Of Winston Churchill himself, could
be more interested in the strategy
Evening star., 1940-04-12

Palestine has passed special legis-
lation regulating the prices and
supplies of food and essential COM
modities.
Evening star., 1940-04-12
Pennsylvania and Norway

In truth while we'll out in front among
Republicans still
the admirers former President Herbert that Republican
Evening star., 1940-04-12
The Capital Parade
Dewey, Though Far Out in Front. May Be Tripped
Up From Behind, 6. o. P. Observer Says
BY JOSEPH ALsoP and ROBERT K1NTNER,

probably
rest of the world energeicaly itself
extremely Interesting
Evening star., 1940-04-12

Copenhagen, Denmark, claims 1t
now has more women cigar smokers
than any other European city.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-29
And Numerals, Too

By way of the esteemed gossip
columns comes the word that the
maroon and white color combina-
ton on State automobile license
plates is to give way to yellow on
black for 194l. This year, as last,
the maroon paint faded and has Civ
ell no end Of trouble, so the tale runs.
One State official is reported to
have had such diScolored license
plates that he was ashamed or afraid
to drive 10 the worlds fair with them
on his car and snapped them in for
new ones. 1t was even limited that
any one who had similar trouble
would be privileged to make a like
exchange if desired. n
, While they are about the business
of making changes. we should like
TO venture a suggestion of our own,
though it may be too late now. Why
not get some new numerals along
with the new paint? For the last
several years they have closely re-
sembled the effort Of a first grade
child to make figures. For many
years the plain Gothic numerals were
,s,d. These new figures may have
more art about them, if that is what
was intended. but if the object OF
license plates is to simplify identIfI-
cation, whoever invented the pres
ent series went from q pretty good
STYLE to one that lacks lot Of being
that.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-29
POLICY .
AGREEMENT URGED

Chapel Hill, Aug. 29.-Asserting
that this country faces a situation Of
.ul4 >recedented peril" an open letter
,igned by many prominent North
Carolina citizens was sent today TO
Presidential Candidates Franklin d.
Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie ask
ing them to take international policy
out of the present political cam
paign.
Just now, when the American peo-
pie have fully awakened to the dam
ger. this country is divided against
itself by the conflict Of political 10y
alties,' the letter declared. 'Hitler's
timing of total warfare in an Ameri-
can presidential campaign year,
whether deliberate or not, admirably
:erves his own ends.
we believe that you two gentle
men are in fundamental agreement
on international policy. We there
fore urge that you throw off the
shackles of national politics in the
interest of our country's safety. The
people are ready and willinS to give
their undivided loyalty to you who
have been nominated as the standard
bearers of the two great political
parties
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-29
Motor Car Taxes

The 1910 edition Of "AutomoDlle
Facts and Figures. compilation
of the Automobile Manufacturers
Association, is off the press and be-
inc distributed. 1t contains the latest
data from official and authoritative
sources OF motor transport, produc-
ton, distribution and use Of motor
vehicles. employment, tax payments
and L host Of other data and lntor-
nation that is extremely interesting
to any one who likes to delve into sta
tlSticS.
The material is assembled by eN-
pertS and may be taken as the most
reliable of its kind available. In
cluded in the publication for the
first time is a detailed inventory Of
highway and street systems of the
country, accompanied by a series o.
maps showing the actual flow OF
traffic. and designating the nations
strategic highway routes. The ma
terial is credited to the U. S. Public
Roads Administration. collected by
that agency through statewide high
way pl2nning surveys.
OF iulereS 10 this particular Sec
ton is the designation Of Route l
through Henderson as one Of the
great arteries Of travel apparently
settled upon as claiming attention
for possible improvement as a mill
tary highway.
One portion OF the publication Is
devoted to statistics purporting to
show that motor vehicle users have
paid more than their share OF high
way and street costs in special mo-
tor taxation. Another exhibit con-
Germs itself with the degree to which
personal automobiles. both in the
country and cities. have become es-
sential for business purposes.
All in all. the book contains much
information of value and interest.
and offers most impressive and con-
vincing evidence of the large and vi
tai place of the motor vehicle in the
modern life of the great nation that
is America.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-29
Home OzUuers
Conference
Is Planned
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Waiter Hotel.

Raleigh. Aug. 29.-The University
of North Cardinals Extension d.
vision will sponsor statewide Home
Owners Conference at Chapel Hill,
September II and Is. with view
to making people conscious OF the
value Of owning their own homes.
Subsequently Governor Clyde r..
Hoey will be asked to set aside an
Own Your Own Home Week. with
the same general purpose in mind.
The conference is not the project
Of any particular group or class Of
home building or selling agency. 1t
is proposed to embrace all classes
of people interested-Federal Hous-
ing Authority, building and loan
groups, private contractors, real es-
tate dealers, etc:
Outstanding experts on home plan
ming, financing, building and operat-
ing will lecture at sessions Of the con-
ference. Seward Mott, land planning
expert of the FILA, will speak at the
morning sessions both days: while
Secretary Northrop Of the National
Retail Lumber Dealers Association is
on the program. In addition, there
will be prominent speakers who are
authorities on all the various phases
of home ownership and planning.
Former Congressman Frank Ham
cock, who is now head OF the FILA,
is expected to attend and will likely
be among the most prominent Of the
-peakerS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-29
The Lost Colony"
To Close Sept. ,

Mantco. Aug 29.-The 353rd ami
versary celebration o. the founding
of the Roanoke Island colonies and
the fourth summer season Of Paul
Green's The Lost Colony will close
with Il special Labor Day perform
ance at the WaterSide Theatre here,
Monday evening. September End.
A Memorial Service will be held
at Fort Raleigh Sunday morning
(Scptcmber y at II o'clock to COM
memoratc those members of the
Last Colony family who have died
since the historical drama was started
three years ago, A large community
choir is being rahearsed by Musical
Director ThcOs Cronk to assist the
Lost Colony Chorus in the singing of
this service
Those who will be memorialized
in this final service Of the season in
clDIde w. O. Saunders. former Eliza
beth CITY editor: DR.. R. B. Drane
and Sam Griffin, both members of
the Roanoke Colony Memorial Asso-
citation; and pretty Tessie Basnight,
one Of the original dancers Of the
popular Milkmaid group.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-29
Darker Counties
Will Be Lighted
Under REA Plans
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Waller Hotel.

Raleigh. Aug. 29-There are I'M
der way active plans for lighting up
the third of North Cardinals coun-
ties now the darkest.
Statistics in the state Rural Elec-
trification Authority Office show that
the SO counties ranking lowest have
only l,8O426 miles of lines, OF less
than one-SiXth as many as the top
33 counties, in which there are 49,
5000 miles Of line carrying current
from central service stations. In all,
there are 2l,l95.39 miles Of lines in
the state.
This low third-the dark and for
gotten counties-has an even smaller
percentage Of the states ll5, 1871 GUS
toners; but IL practically all OF them
some plan for increasing mileage and
customers is being studied.
In a lew, there is little tEat can
be done because of tie geOgrapE, OF
the case. For example, New Hanover
county IS listed in the lower third;
but only because OF lis very limited
area. lis 30.45 miles OF rural line
couldn't be extended very much If
wire were strung along every high
way.
Others are in somewhat the same
case. Camden and Currituck are
small. with no CHARGE for extensive
rural lines: Pasquotank is similar and
is reasonably well electrified on 4
percentage Of possible customers.
Jones, Dare and Hyde are fairly large
counties, but with much Of their area
in undeveloped land and with few
roads.
Graham Cherokee, J a kson,
Swain. Clay and L-acOn are IN the
area which is expected to be light
ed up through the two big private
power projects now in process OF de-
veiopment.
BERTHE, Gates, Perquimans, Chow
an and Hartford will profit from the
new Halifax cooperative. Other CO.
ops will take care of Carteret, Yam
cey, Mcdowell, Richmond, Scotland,
Person, Brunswick, Montgomery,
Mitchell, Clay, Madison, Hoke,
Avery. The FSA has d project in
Tyrrell.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-29

ian, because party partisan feeling
was SO strong. Had the four North
Carolina members Of the American
party voted for Congressman Smith
he would have had the necessary
strength for election.
2. In the 1885, when North Caro-
lima sent soldiers 10 the French and
Indian wars they were trained with
clubs. During the Revolutionary War
they not only trained with clubs and
sticks. but in many Instances used
them in active battles. The War be-
tween the States saw North Caro-
lin;ans training with any kind Of
makeshift it was possible to find. I'M
provised arms were used in training
Tor the first World War. The same
makeshiftS are being used today in
the United States Army training
camps.
5. Alexander Caldwell Davidson,
born in 1926. Moved to Mobile, Ala
bama, and studied law, but never
practiced engaged in cotton plant
ing. In 1884 and 1885 he was elected
representative TO congress, defeated
for denomination. Died al WestWood,
his country home near UnlontoWn in
1897.
4. The speaker of the senate oc-
cupied the same position as that of
a lieutenant governor, and, prior to
the constitution of 1868 which Great
ed the office Of lieutenant COVER
nor succeeded TO the gOVernOrShlp
in case of 4 vacancy.
5. At Greensboro in 1880. The mill
was built by Henry HUMPHREYS and
was named Mount Helca Mill.
6. Tobacco was bought, borrowed
and seized by the state and used in
the purchase of clothing and other
supplies for soldiers.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-29

to the first consideratlon-hoW
could the legislature overrule the
people?
One does not have to look back lar
to ind substantial opinion that pro-
hib,lion Will one day come back.
One swallow does not make 4 sum-
mcr. uor do three elections represent
the views of all the people OF the
nation. But the dry movement APP
bears 10 De gathering momentum
again, aud recent reiercnda may be
considered Dis significant trends.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-29
Gets His Cue

In switching quickly and COM
pletely from determined opposition
to a readiness to support the con-
scription bill, Senator Bailey will of
course, be accused of executing a
political aboutface. His reversal Of
position, however, is not his first,
and it has been said more than once
that it is a small mind that is in
capable OF changing.
The senator has in times past and
in m,d-term appeared to stray bit
from the party reservation, only to
be able to come back strong as oc-
casion required. He has opposed
some administration measures, and
in so doing found support from a
section Of his constituents, just as
there were those who saw eye to eye
with him in opposing the conscrip-
ton proposal But there have been
ohe,S besides the senator who have
switched from a position of opposi-
ton to one favorable to the measure,
and senator's and congressman are as
human as the rest of us and have
the same right and privilege of NOV
ing from one spot to another. This
sort of mental process may be the
explanation.
The same reasons of increasing
consciousness of danger to the future
of the nation that may account for
whatever shifting of public opinion
that has occurred in recent weeks
| could be the cause now Tor reversal
! OF form by the senator. Certain it
is that some advocates of the draft
measure have acquainted Senator
Bailey with their own stand and have
demanded that he vote in accordance
with these views, which they have
made bold to proclaim are held by
an overwhelming majority of the
people.
Possibly the senator took his cue
from What he concluded the wishes
of his constituents are If that helped
him to move yer to the other side,
there could be nothing inherently
wrong with the decision. Or, if he
found himself of the mind TO act as
he believed North Carolina citizens
would have him do, that likewise is
an entirely tenable position.
In any event, the CONSUMPTION bill
gained an additional vote, and its
passage when d division was reached
came with larger support than
hitherto, although its adoption, al
least in the Senate, was for some time
a foregone conclusion.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-29
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED II. MAY

/. Why was North Carolina's con-
gresham, w. N. H. Smith defeated
for the speakership in 1859?
2. When did the lack of arms force
North Carolina soldiers to train with
clubs and sticks?
3. Who was the former Mecklen-
burg county man who was elected
congressman from Alabama in 1885?
4. Before the office OF lieutenant
governor was created who succeeded
:, governor in event Of a vacancy?
;. Where was North Cardinals first
steam power operated cotton mill
built?
6. What farm product furnished
meaps for securing clothing and sup
plies for Revolutionary War soldiers?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-29
NOTICE OF SALE.

Pursuant to an order issued by the
Clerk of the Superior Court OF Vance
County, North Carolina. in the Spe-
cial Proceeding docketed IL the o.
flee Of the said Clerk entitled a,
w. Gholson, Jr.. Administrator u
Samuel A. Lewis. deceased. va fe!d
B. Lewis, widow, Viola Lewis anne
Belle Lewis, Arthur Lewis. A!chei
Lewis, minor, Ellen Lewis RIchmon.u
and husband, Raymond McDu!le
Richmond, and by the authority u
said order, the undersigned colHilI y.
sioner will offer for sale al PuO,'
action, to the highest bidder. 10! CASH.
at the Courthouse door IN Hehoc!Son'
North Carolina. at - o'cIoch' Ho wa
on Thursday, September 70. LSf0' "''
following described rca! estate. -.
|. Lot adjoining Orang" Lewis a''"
Susan Henderson Hunt. bcSl'..I''s .a
Susan Henderson Hunt. Inc. "'t''.,
in an Easterly direction - ."r, , "
a stone on the public road; 'or 1',
along the said public ro.i 10 .'C.
to a stone, Orange Lc"'. '.." ~
thence in a Southwcslc".y r'".'' ... 80
feet to the beginning. r'i'l".' ',r9
5000 of an Ace by estimation. ", ga5
or less. See Deed BooH o. p'-' 49,"
2. Adjoin Church Io'. hc-" d.
post on the Townsville h1"u' a., >. . "A
Lewis corner: thence ; 3" =
chains to a Post OAK, sung, Gg y.
Lewis corner: then" M. y, 90 ,,.,,.
$50 chains to a stone. John " ..,.rs
corner on Townsville &oad; .''. .;..
along said road l.5o '..'.". ~ m.m.e
beginning, contamms il Acsc' "'''
or less. -qis.
T. P. GHOLSON, Coa".@-'.''''
26-2-9-16