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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-03-14
Slow But Plenty Effective

The final defeat of the Long machine in Louisiana
is something in which thinking Americans should find
both comfort and shame. The source of the shame is
obvious: That any community in democratic nation
should put up with or perhaps, be forced to swallow,
political machine rule for many years. The
fort is a little elusive
It is best obtained by comparison with other
nations In Germany for example, it would take moth
ing short of national revolution to unseat single
important city official who in the good graces of
the Nazi regime. And so long single Soviet COM
missar keeps the favor of Joe Stain he may prosecute
the people under him much as he wishes without
fear of losing his job.
On the other hand citizens of this country have the
option of replacing their public officials, sufficient
number of them at every election 10 insure better gov
eminent. It has become an American tradition however
that the voters become thoroughly aroused against unwse
downright corrupt government only after taking it"
for good many years. That is unfortunate ira
dtion, but still think it preferable to having moth
ing whatsoever to say about the running of public
affairs And when the voters finally do arise in their
wrath they generally force pretty good job of house
cleaning upon the politicians.
A woman wears holes in the toes of her shoes; her
husband his in the toes of his socks.
The national debt of the Philippine Islands amounts
to 81 a head. That is really independence
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-03-14

You can be happy driving as long as you don't hear
what the other fellow on the road is calling you.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-03-14

A woman wears holes in the toes of her shoes; her
husband wears his in the toes of his socks.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-03-14

The national debt of the Philippine Islands amounts
to 81 head. That is really independence
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-03-14
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BY HAROLD 7 IIrNOOUIST n n
Dean OF The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
tReleased BY Western Newspaper Union
Glacier County chief., 1940-09-13
WILLKIE AND PRESS

Gifted with a keen news sense
and not afraid to talk, Wendell Will
kie is popular with the reporters
covering him. Now and then, how
ever, he speaks his mind regarding
something written about him.
Greeting one newsman, Willkie
barked, you've been writing some
fiction about me-"
"Well," replied the reporter with
a grin, you're quite a fictional
character"
Willkie laughed and said no more
STENOGS
In July of last year, the govern
ment hired 430 female" stenogra-
pliers and typists. In July of this
year, the number was tripled-l, 500.
The various defense agencies are
calling for stenographers so fast
that old-line agencies are losing
some of their best and speediest
workers. Executives returning from
August holidays find their stenogs
in defense work at higher wages.
Glacier County chief., 1940-09-13

and from the most recent figures
there can now be set up composite
that might be called the typical
accident victim" This composite
would be described as:
"a pedestrian about 40 years OF
age, though by no means decrepit.
Nevertheless, his eyesight and hear
ing had passed their peak OF ef1-
cheney and he was less alert. He
was a bread-winner and frequently
preoccupied or downright absent
Glacier County chief., 1940-09-13

minded. He had never learned to
drive an auto himself and had little
judgment of modern car speed.
Dressed in dark clothing, he was
on his way home on a late autumn
evening between 6 and Z o'clock,
when thoughtlessly he stepped out
from between two parked cars pre-
paratory to crossing between inter-
sections on an unlighted street in a
fairly large city. And that was when
this Unknown Pedestrian died need
lessly under the wheels of a pass
ing motor car"
Glacier County chief., 1940-09-13

NEW Notwithstanding "Gone
~ With the Wind" turned David
o. Selznick's hair gray. He worked
81 hours without sleep and stocked up
Glacier County chief., 1940-09-13

PORTLAND, ORE.-A study of
the nations 80, 100 fatalities, that in
cluded men, women and children OF
all ages in all types of traffic acct
dents, reveals that the average vic
tim was a pedestrian about 40 years
Of age, according to w. G. Julier,
safety engineer of the Gilmore Oil
company.
In accident prevention work, Ju-
ier pointed out, it is valuable to de-
termine basic causes of mishaps,
Glacier County chief., 1940-09-13

THE Nizam of Hyderabad is said
L to be the richest man in the
world, but he gets his shoes half
soled three or four times and wears
Glacier County chief., 1940-09-13

OF field marshas
the leaders workoom the new
the
Recnau General Won Wltzben Gen
Ritter Leeb and General
behind schedule with his invasion
Of threatened to erase BRUSH
English cities
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26
ALASKA MINES ESTABLISH HIGH SAFETY RECORD

Alaska mines in 1888 employed 4,023 men, 1,067 of them under ground to a final report of the according to a final report of the United States Bureau of Mines on accidents and employment in the metal and non-metal min erals. Coal miners are not in- cluded.
 The Alaska employment ex- ceeded that for New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Washing ton or Wyoming, of the Western States.
 The mining fatality rate in AL aSka for the year was .82 killed per million man hours. This is just under the U. s. average for the year of .83. It is lower than the rates of Colorado, Idaho, Nev ada, South Dakota, Utah or Wash ington.
 'The Alaska injury rate is 50.29 injuries per million man hours. This is lower than for any Vest ern States except Wyoming and compares with the national aver age of 67.61.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26
WILDLIFE AGENT FORCE DOUBLED NEAR AIR BASES

The large increase in popula- tion at Anchorage and Fairbanks has made it necessary for the Alaska Game Commission to double it's force of Wildlife Agents in each locality for the time being, Executive Officer Frank DufrenSe announced.
 Dufresne, who returned to Ju- neau recently from the westward and Interior, said Wildlife Agents Grenold Collins and Jack O'Con- nor are now stationed at Anchor age and Sam White and Clarence Rhode at Fairbanks.
 Newcomers tend to be the worst game law offenders, large ly through ignorance and the wrong attitude toward wild life, Dufresne said. To many of the green" workers, animals exist only to be killed on sight, he said the agents had found.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26

Have The Nome Nugget sent to your mining claim.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26
Registration of Aliens Starts This Month Fines Face Those Don't Obey

WASHINGTON, Aug. g - As part of the National Defense pro- gram a nationwide registration of aliens will be conducted from August 27 through December 26, 1940, by the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the De partment of Justice. Registration will take place n the post offices of the nation. It is expected that more than three and one-half mil lion aliens will be registered during the four-month period.
 Registration is made compul- sory by a specific act of Congress the Alien Registration Act of l940, which requires all non- citizens to register during the four-month official registration period. The law requires that all aliens 14 years or older are to be registered and fingerprinted. Alien children under IA years of age will be registered by their parents or guardians. When alien children reach their fourteenth birthday they will be required to register in person and be fng erprinted.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26
To The Voters Of The Second Division

We have had, since 1882, greatly increased appro- priations throughout Alaska for Federal Buildings, Schooihouses Road and Landing Fields for Rivers and Harbors, for Public and Geological Surveys, for Coast and Beodetc Surveys, for the Coast Guard and Light house Service, and recently thirty nine million dollars for Army and Navy bases in Alaska as part of the National Defene system.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26

The Nome Daily Nugget carries several forms of printing blanks for your convenience Dredge Logs, thawing and drill reports Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode Location Notiea~ Vouchers,
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26
Sample Forms Available

To make their registration cas- fer, aliens are being asked to fill out sample forms, which will be available prior to registration, and take them to post offices where they will be registered and fingerprinted. Every register ed alien will receive by mail a receipt card which serves as evi- denee of his registration. Follow ing registration, the Act requires aliens, as well as parents or guardians of alien children, to re- port changes of residence address within five days of the change.
 The Alien Registration Act was passed so that the United States government may deter mine exactly how many aliens there are, who they are, and where they are. Both President Roosevelt and Solicitor General Riddle have pointed out that registration and fingerprinting will not be harmful to law-abid- ing aliens. The Act provides tha' all records be kept secret and confidential. They will be avail able only to persons approved by the Attorney General of the Unit ed States.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26

Firm in the realization that the Democratic Party is dedicated to the principle of representive self gov ernment and that it's political creed makes it true party of the people, the undersigned Democratic candidates for Territorial office, ask your support in the forthcoming general election September 10th
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26
Fingerprinting

Fingerprinting of aliens carries no stigma whatsoever. Thousands of citizens are voluntarily finger
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

printed every year. Members ot the United States Army and Navy are all fingerprinted, as are many Government workers. In recent years, many hospitals have established the practice of taking footprints of newly-born babies, Because fingerprinting is the only infallible method of accurate identification, the United State Government has adopted it as part of it's registration program.
 In signing the Alien Registra- tion Act, President Roosevelt said, The Alien Registration Act of l940 should be interpret ed and administered as a pro- gram designed not only for the protection of the country but al- so for the protection of the loyal aliens who are it's guests. The registration does not carry with it any stigma or implication of hostility towards those who, while they may not be citizens, are loyal to this country and it's institutions. Most of the aliens in this country are people who came here because they believed and had faith in the principles of Am erican democracy, and they are entitled to and must received full protection of the law"
 Disl0yalty
 Solicitor General Riddle adds, We should remember that all Americans were at one time or another immigrants from other lands. The genius of many coun tries, the ancient aspirations of many races, have built into what is America. Unfortunately there are some foreigners who are dis loyal to America, who do not wish to accept our ways and who use our freedom of speech and of the press to foment diSunity and Sedition.
 ''These persons we will appre- hend, but we will also see to il that loyal American aliens are not unjustly condemned for the disloyal behavior of a few. Our registration will be their protec tion from persecution
 No Antagonism
 The Immigration and Naturaliz ation Service asks for the cooper ation of all citizens in carrying out the Alien Registration pro- gram in a friendly manner so that our large foreign popula- tion is not antagonized. It is suggested that citizens may be of great help to their non-citi- zen neighbors or relatives by eX- blaming to those who do not speak English well what the registration is, where aliens go to register and what information they must give.
 The Registration of Aliens pro- gram has been set up as a sep arate division of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The program is being directed by Earl c. Harrison, under the gen eral supervision of Major L. B. Schofeld, Special Assistant to the Attorney General.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26
Fine-Imprisonment

A fine of S1,000 and imprison- ment of six months is prescrib- ed by the Alien Registration Act for failure to register or re- fusal to be fngerprinted or for making registration statements known to be false.
 lAs part of its educational pro- gram to acquaint non-citizens with the registration require ments, the Alien Registration Division is distributing more than five million specimen forms listing the questions that will be asked of aliens at registration time. Besides the usual questions for establishing Identification the questionnaire asks the alien to tell how and when he enter ed the country, the method ot transportation he used to get here, the name of the vessel on which he arrived.
 He is also asked to state the length of time he has been in this country and the length of time he expects to stay. He must also describe any military or naval service he has had, and list the names of any organizations, clubs CT societies in which he partici- pates or holds membership. 1r addition, he is required to de scribe his activities in any or ganization, and to affirm whether or not the organization furthers the interests or program of foreign government.
The Nome nugget., 1940-08-26

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-26

Engaged in active war work, zl-
year-old Dorothea Hancox, Univer-
slty OF California graduate, directs
action of British planes from the
ground as they fight Nazi air raid
ers high over London. She is a mem
Der of the women's auxiliary of the
Il. A. F., is married to a flight
officer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-15

picked them up. They went on to the Canal
Zone and shortly got passage home. The
abandoned yacht, in the meantime. had been
salvaged and lowed to South Carolina for
repairs. Young du Pont received that news
when he got back. Good" he said Nov
we can go try it over again.
But the element in which he always did
time when he built his first model airplane, as
child, he was above all else playboy with
wings. At sixteen he took up gliding; after
ward his brother, Felix. taught him to fly
rover plane. At the University of Virginia he
organized glider club with twenty members,
but before he finished his university course he
flew to California in his own plane to take
course in aeronautical engineering at the
Curtis Wright Technical Institute There he
met Hawley Bowlus who. in addition to
being an instructor in mechanics at the
Institute was designer of salplanes: and
the young air enthusiast arranged to move
with the technician to San Fernando. Cali
fornia. and build sailplanes.
In the summer of 1888, with one of the
new BOwlus sailplanes. he came back East
and entered the National Gliding and Soaring
Meet at Elmira. New York. For two or three
days he waited for enough breeze to take a
glider aloft. Finally, late on a July afternoon.
slight breeze sprang up. Young du Pont
made up his mind to try it With his father
as passenger he had ground crew give him
a send-off from the top of the mountain where
his glider was perched. 1t whipped few feet
into the air - and then the light wind sud-
denly shifted The glider trembled, began
skmming the mountainside. A wing smashed
and the plane turned over. By great good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-15

Yes. Richard du Pont was quite plavbov.
but he took his PLAYING seriously And when
DR.. Lyle S. Adams met him. and began
talking about the possibilities of an airplane
pickup service. Richard du Pont was all ears
Almost from the time when airplanes were
first invented, men had been monkeying
around with this idea. Various methods had
been tried, some crude. some elaborate. But
DR.. Adams had invented an apparatus that
made it rather simple operation an adap-
tation of which All American has been using
on its lines. During the Chicago World Fair
this method of pickup had been demon
Strated daily. 1t had also been used in the first
CONTINUED on poge 12)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-15

government officials, congressman. aviators -
in fact to anybody who might help make ma
tional pickup service an immediate reality.
His passion for the subject is natural. because
the pickup service is, to considerable extent
it would work.
He is Richard Chichester du Pont, tall,
blond young scion of the du Points of Della
ware - son of A. Felix du Pont, a director of
E. l. du Pont de Nemous Company If you
should meet this younger du Pont in one of
the infrequent moments when he is not busy
with the affairs of his All American Aviation.
pickup lines in existence, you might we'll
catalogue him in your mind as rich playboy.
He has what it takes: the money, the 1.-THE
outdoors physique, the natural aptitude for
wearing good clothes we'll. And, as matter
of fact, it is because he was playboy. in
sense, that today he holds the key to what
may be aviation's next big forward step.
A Tenacious Character
WHEN he was playing, Richard du Pont
always played full tilt and with the same
logged determination by which he has now
built new industry. For instance. there was
the time in 1884 when he and five friends
started on a cruise to the West Indies in
sailing yacht. About hundred miles off the
North Carolina coast the ship was struck by
terrific storm Its sails were carried away the
engine was disabled and the little boat tossed
around like a cork. For six days they drifted
before the wind. half-dead from fatigue,
unable to navigate, rations reduced almost to
the vanishing point An Army transport en-
route to Panama finally sighted them and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-15

HVHE plane roars over the meadow, swoops
down. then levels off scant fifty feet
- above the ground - still cutting the air
at hundred miles an hour. The pilot knows
his objective. At the precise split second for
accuracy the release mechanism inside the
plane lets its burden CO. Down to earth plum
NETS cylindrical snub-nosed oontainer :.
Container of death? No. it isn't bomb.
It's specially designed mail pouch. And as it
= drops, graphing hook trailing from the plane
picks up another pouch just like it. and the
plane - still flying at hundred miles an
hour - is on its way to the next air-mail
station.
It is the newest thing in air mail service -
service for towns and cities not served by the
main air lines. Pickup service it is called
Only handful of towns and cities in few
Eastern states benefit by it now. But you
needn't be surprised if it soon reaches into
every part of the country. Then, wherever
you may be in the United States you will be
able to mail a letter to any other point in the
United States and have it delivered within
twenty-four hours.
The way it works is this: Two posts are
erected in an airfed or IN vacant lot. Sus
pended between the two posts is rope. with
the outgoing mail pouch ATTACHED to it. The
pickup plane swoops down. dropping the in
coming mail pouch. then the graphing hook
on trailing cable catches the rope between
the two posts. Snap hooks let the rope loose,
and it is drawn up, along with the mail
pouch, into the plane.
OF course it will take lot of planes, and a
lot of pilots to put the system in operation all
over the country. That is exactly why many
air-minded men think it may be quickly ex-
panded. We need pilots. And as new young
pilots are turned out. they are going to need
further training, more flying experience. And
pilot who can drop mail pouch accurately
can also. when called upon. drop bomb. A
pilot who can fly low over all sorts of terrain
keeping to schedule on pickup route. should
be able to handle plane over enemy posi-
tons A pilot who can maneuver his plane
with the precision required to pick up mail
pouches with a graphing hook every few
miles may be expected to be pretty good
man in ''dogfght.
One air minded man in particular has been
pointing this out constantly for months to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-15

luck, neither du POnt nor his father was hurt.
1T felt little like being tossed off mountain
in a bass fiddle" the elder du Pont admitted
But the next day, in another sailplane,
young du Pont accomplished the two longest
flights made by any of the sixty six pilots in
the contest.
From that point on. he rapidly became the
countrys outstanding soaring pilot. In the
fall of 1893 he established new American
distance record by soaring 1928 miles from
Rockfish Gap, Virginia, to Frederick, Mary
land.
The next year. at the national meet. he
set new international record, flying from
Elmira to Somerset New Jersey, a distance
of 1883 miles. He was in the air nearly six
hours, zigzagging from cloud to cloud to take
advantage of the uprush of air under them
and thus stay aloft. And to get over some of
the mountains on his course, he had to soar
50 high that he also set, more or less uninten-
tionally what was then a new American sail
plane altitude record of 6.233 feet.
He Likes Power Flying
he WON the national soaring championship
for five years running. and was president o.
the Soaring Society of America from 1897
until he reluctantly retired from active par
ticipation in the sport when the pickup line
weaned him away from all playing.
During the years he spent breaking soaring
records he also did lot of power flying.
Starting for Kansas City in an open plane one
February day in 1893. he ran into sudden
snowstorm over the Alleghenies. got lost and
began to run out of gasoline. He made blind
landing on the side of ridge, about five feet
from steep precipice, and made his way to
farmhouse When Shorty OBrian. manager
Of the Greensburg Pittsburgh airport, ar
rived next day and finally managed to get
to the isolated spot where the plane still
rested precariously on its downhill perch. du
Pont remarked quietly, Il guess I'm lucky
to be here" Shorty, busy figuring out how
many trees would have to be cut down to
get the plane out whole. warmly agreed.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-28
SURPRISE ENTERTAINMENT AT
GET-TOGETHER MONDAY NIGHT

grinned and shook his head. 1T
will be a surprise" he said. The
banquet will be held in the Twen-
tieth Century Club House at $50
Monday night, and will be served
by the Grange. Tickets, costing
rs cents are now on sale for Asso-
citation members and their guests.
A turkey dinner with "aH the fix
in's" will be served to approx
imately 100 people. Others on the
Banquet Committee are: George
Boehmler, John Jacobs, Harry Au-
mack and Joseph Ennis. Mr.. Ellery
Ward, chairman of the Athletic
Committee announced at the meet
ing that four basketball teams are
being organized, and will play De-
fore each game at school. Spon-
sors who have already started
teams are Ennis & Deakyne, the
Business Association. and Clayton.
The fourth team has not yet been
announced.
Smyrna times., 1940-11-28

An air of mystery shrouds the
entertainment plans for the Get
Together Banquet of the Smyrna
Business Association on Monday,
December End, Chairman of the
Banquet Committee DR.. Ralph b.
Jones stated at the meeting Of the
Association Tuesday night that
some new and unusual entertain
ment is being planned. "The din
ner," stated DR.. Jones, "is planned
to promote friendliness and good
will among the merchants and
their guests, and also to serve as
pep fest for the Shop Early Day
on December 7th." DIR. Jones
would make no statement concern
ing the entertainment, except that
no long winded after-dinner speech
es would be given, and that every
one would take part in having a
lot of fun together. When ques-
toned about his different and un-
usual" entertainment, DIR. Jones