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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07

ponents of Chang Kai-Shek say, 1t
will mean the demise OF China.
But widespread opinion here Is
that instead of China collapsing, 1t
is Japan which is weakening.
Best available information, how
ever, fails to indicate that Japan Is
near a crackup. 1t seems assured
that she will continue her invasion
of China.
Today, Japan holds a sketchy &C.
cupation of eastern China. The past
month has seen almost daily air
raids on Chungking, where the IN.
vaders rained death hoping to crack
the Chinese morale. But they got
only increased Chinese defiance.
Best available estimates place the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
Chicago Makes Ready
For Demo Convention

CHICAGO, July 6.-R-Chicago,
where the New Deal was launched
eight years ago, began to spruce up
today for another national conven-
ton of the democratic party.
1t will open at noon, July Is, in
the Chicago stadium, and for the
next five days the city will be a
whirlwind of politics.
Business men figure that between
so, 900 and loo, 900 visitors will be
here, and Oliver A. Quayle, Jr.,
treasurer of the democratic nation
al committee, said indications point
ed to the largest conclave in the
party's history.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07

having reached a definite ~.
sion on campaign organization
mo final decisions have -.
made" Willkie said, "regard,o.
speculations, and there will no
until I have had an opportunit,
discuss the entire matter with sa,.
tor McNary."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07

total dead and wounded in the three
year war at three millions-about
two million Chinese and n million
Japanese. China now has about q
0OO. 900 soldiers on the Asiatic main
land, and Japan has about LOCO, 900.
The occupied e m proving
troublesome to the japanese, as the
Chinese residents refuse to cooper
ate with the invaders. and guerrilla
warfare Is sapping Japanese men
and morale.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
UNIFORMS"

LONDON, July 6.-R-Overalls
are being issued by the war office
as uniforms for local defense volun-
teer "~parashots." Their only distin-
gushing dress hitherto has been
armbands bearing the letters, IL
D "" They have rifles and bayo-
nets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
SACRAMENT

The entire service of the Yves.
lev Memorial Methodist church
Sunday morning will be centered
around the Holy Sacrament OF
the Lords Supper. The COM
munion meditation will be on the
topic, "What the Invitation to
the Lords Table Means" Every
one is invited to come humbly
and r~everently share in this
beautiful service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
CHINA JAPAN WAR
ENTERS nth YEAR
CONTINUED From Page One)

tuted n of the big "ifs" in Sino-
Japanese affairs as the fourth year
of the var opened.
During the Burma crisis, the Brit
ish removed women and children
from Hongkong, expecting a Japa.
nese blockade of the colony If Lon
don refused Japan's demand that
the overland route be closed.
If the Burma road is closed, op.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
LORDS SUPPER

The Communion service of the
Lords Supper will be held this
morning at the First Presbyte'
rian church at Ills o'clock. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend this service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07

An Arab revolt generally is di-
rected at the individual leader
rather than the leader principle,
which is hereditary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
ILL AT HOSPITAL

Friends of Mrs. w. Fl. Davis
will regret to learn she is a
patient at James Walker Memo
rial hospital following an opera
ton there yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
CIRCLE TO MEET

The Business Girls Circle
of Calvary Baptist church will
meet Monday night, at 8 O'Clock
with Miss Mary Henri Lennon,
211 Red Cross street. An inter-
esting lesson will be taught by
Mrs. Coker. All members and
others are urged to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
BEACH GROUP

The beach group of the La
dies Auxiliary of st. Andrews
on-the- Sound will meet Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock
with Mrs. Ormond, Harbor Is
land.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07

Cape Fear council No. "A,
Daughters of America, will hold
its regular meeting Monday
night at 8 o'clock in the Jun
ior Order hall. All members
are urged to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
Low BID

WASHINGTON, july s-m
The public buildings administratto.
received a $45,73O low bid for con'
struction of a p~ostoffice at Madiv0~
N. c., from Barger Brothers, Moor.s'
vile, N. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
HERE

Mrs. III. A. Young, wife of the
police chief of Raleigh, and her
four children are spending a
month with Mrs. Young's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. l.. Turner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
BROTHER ILL

Friends will regret to learn
that David T. Wells, brother OF
Mrs. A. w. Land, of this city, is
i'll at his home in Detroit, Mich
igan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
City Briefs
STAMP CLUB

The semi-monthly meeting Of
the Cape Fear Stamp and Cover
club will be held Monday night
at 8 o'clock in the Chamber of
Commerce, Cape Fear hotel.
Visitors are cordially invited to
meet with us.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
RETURN

Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Hulk
ford have returned to Cincin-
natl after spending two weeks
at Wrightsville Beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
BEACH SERVICES

Services today will be conduct
ed at the Little Chapel on the
Boardwalk at Wrightsville, as
follows: Sunday school at 10
o'clock and tonight the worship
service at $3.50 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
ASSASSINATED

DAMASCUS, Syria, July 6.-R-
DR.. Chahbandar, q well-known Syrl-
an political leader, was assassinated
today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
FILES SUIT

OIiway Bowens, DR., a minor,
by his next friend, Oliway Bow
ems, ST., filed suit yesterday
against the l.. b. Price Mercan-
tile company and j. N. Gore in
New Hanover superior court
seeking the recovery of $1,000
damages for injuries allegedly
suffered in All automobile acct
dent in Abe alley on May IL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
DONATION

The office of James e. L.
Wade, commissioner of public
works, yesterday announced re-
ceipt of a donation of 600 Pc
tunia plants from the ROudabush
Nursery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
MARRIAGES

One white couple secured a
marriage license during the past
week at the office of Adrian b.
Rhodes, register of deeds, as fol-
lows:- Franklin L. Stewart, "a,
Of Ellington, and Miss Doris
Ivey, g.. of Seven Springs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
BETHANY SERVICES

BETdANY SEN ICES
A. B. Rhodes will preach at
Bethany chapel, Castle Hay
mes, this morning at IL o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
COMMUNION

The quarterly communion
services will be observed at the
morning hour of worship at st.
Andrews Presbyterian church
on Sunday, July IA.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-04-11
South Hardin News

MIR. and Mrs. Logan King
Ston and Mr. and Mrs, Earl
Gray attended the covered dish
luncheon and regular quarterly
meeting of the Big Horn County
Local of the Farmers Union
held In the community room OF
the courthouse Friday.
Claude Smith, Sr., was a Har-
din business caller Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Finkbinder were
Hardin shoppers Friday.
William Colstad attended the
AAA meeting at the courthouse
last Tuesday afternoon.
The ranchers are busy brand
ing, dehorning, and vacc1nat1ng
cattle these spring days.
CHARLES Peck was in Hardin
on business Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. Dan Myers made
a business call at the Earl Gray
home Thursday.
Tom Gibbs visited friends in
Hardin Saturday.
Fred Mitchell of Billings was
making business calls in this
community Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. C. A. Quarnburg
and MI. and Mrs. Fred BurkS
were Hardin visitors Friday.
The recent rains and SHOWS
nave placed unusually bright
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-04-11
Will the Farmers Union
Debt Adjustment Bill.
AnnIx, tn Mao

It will apply to you:
II the federal Land Bank or
other federal agencies are FORE
closing on your farm.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-04-11
St. Xavier News
BY Mrs. H. E. Smell

Ernie Keller of Hardin spent
the past weekend at his ranch
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Zier and
johnnie and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Tier and family visited
at the home of MIR. and Mrs
Eugene Smell Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Barthol-
omew and Pauline and Billy
Dudd Schaller were in st. Xay-
Ter Sunday.
Edward Kraft called at the
home OF George Walks Monday,
Dick Heller has been prepar-
ing the land on the Ernie Keel
er ranch for the summer CROPS.
The English Lutheran church
held services at the school house
Sunday afternoon. The Rev.
Glerke offlciated. The confirm
alton class met in the evening
at 7 O'Clock at the Fox home.
MIR. and Mrs. James O'Brien
OF Soap creek were in Crow
Friday.
Miss Florence Smell of St.
Vincents hospital in Billings
spent the weekend with her
parents. MIR. and Mrs. H. E.
Smell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Muhl-
bier and Dave Number motored
to Billings Friday to visit Lester
Number, who is ill at a hos
pdtal.
Mrs. Ruth Rice shopped in
Hardin Friday afternoon.
The Rev. A. Gierke of Hardin
and the Rev. Fermhof of Laurel
will hold a meeting at the
school house Monday, April IS,
to determine if services should
continue in st. Xavier.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Muhl-
bier and Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Number of st. Xavier motored
to Billings Sunday and returned
with Lester Number.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Zier and
MIR. and Mrs. George Zier
Shopped in Hardin Saturday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-04-11
Kirby Kernels

The Woman's club met at the
home of Mrs. Dwight Ferguson
and Miss Ruth Ferguson on
Thursday of last week. Many
were in attendance to hear a
historical program. The next
meeting will be held April IL
at the Big Bend ranch. Mrs.
Tom Person and Mrs. Fern Ow-
en- will be hostesses.
Miss Adrienne Henderson,
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Robert
Henderson of Chevy Chase, Nd,
and Torrey Benton johnson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William v.
Johnson were married on March
% in Chevy Chase, Md. They
arrived on Monday April 8, at
the Rosebud Mountain ranch,
where they will be at home to
their friends.
Many voters came to the polls
for the school election on Sat-
'urday, but results are not yet
known. Mrs. Matt Jordan and
Mr.. Holmes were candidates for
the three-year term on the
school board, and E. E. Ko-
bold's name appeared on the
ballot for the two-year term.
Mrs: Willis B. Spear, Jr.. left
recently by plane from Billings
for Washington, D. c., where
she was called by the illness
Of her mother, Mrs. Mary Hen
derson, who suffered a stroke
a week ago Sunday.
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of private creditors.
How Can I Help Secure The
Debt Adjustment Plan?

Organizing is the only way
farmers ever secured benefic-
ial legislation.
Write letters to your own
congressman and to the men
who have introduced the bill
will aid in getting it. Wires to
the president, asking for his
outright endorsement of the bill
will be of inestimable value.
Urge your congressman and
senator's to support the bill.
Thank the men who have in
troduced it and assure them of
your support.
- F. u. -
The Lodge Grass F. U. local
held their meeting March IS at
the Townsend hall. The bust
ness was taken care of and,
Mr.. Boese was appointed to
find out if Lloyd Graham would
be the local Junior leader.
The meeting was then turned
over TO Mrs. Ragland and the
Juniors from North Bench To-
cal. The group took part in
singing and a few folk dances,
after which lunch was served.
- F. U. -
On March % the North Bench
local held their meeting. Joe
Torske local secretary, read let
tiers which he had received
from B. K. Wheeler and James
Murray. The business was TAX
en- care of and a discussion on
the Northwest legislative COM
mittee followed.
A lunch was served after the
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-04-11
Owl Creek News

Bert Romine, Harold Suit,
Edwin Miles and John Rice
were business callers in Hardin
Monday afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. Edwin Miles
and daughters, Ruby and Ma
dine, were supper guests of MIR.
and Mrs. Lloyd Graham in
Lodge Grass Tuesday evening.
Jim Brown has been trucking
wheat to Hardin the past week.
Mrs. Edwin Miles visited the
meeting of the ladies club at
ohe nome of Mrs. r. J. Brown
in Lodge Grass Tuesday.
jim Brown spent Friday at
the Charles Sherod home.
Eddie Lawrence was a visitor
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Sherod Friday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-04-11

If you have lost your lane
to the Federal Land Bank, ev-
en- though you lost it severa.
years ago, provided that the
land has not been sold to q
third party.
If you are three years OF
more in Arrears on principal OF
interest payments on "a mort
gage held by the Federal Land
Bank.
If you owe short-term loans
to any federal lending agency.
How Can I Have My Debts
Owed Federal Agencies
Adjusted?
You will apply to a county
farm debt adjustment commit
tee composed of three farmers,
your neighbors, who will de-
termine if your foreclosure or
default was caused by circum-
stances beyond your control and
that by reason of your Char
acter, ability and experience"
you are likely to succeed in
carrying on farming operations
under a re-adjusted mortgage.
How Will My Debt Be Re-
Adjusted?
First, the Federal Farm
Mortgage Corporation will pay
off the Federal Land Bank so
you will owe a different fed
eral agency.
Second, for five years you will
operate your farm under a
lease arrangement with the
Federal Farm Mortgage Cor
poration, paying the prevailing
rental in your community and
farming according to a plan
drawn up to use the best prac-
tees for your land. During this
time the earning capacity of
your farm will be determined.
Third, at the end of the
period, a new mortgage will be
written for an amount deter
mined by the earning that is
shown your land can produce,
adjusted to longtime farm pri-
ces and yields. (This means
that War-booms, drought, or
other abnormal situations dur
ing the five-year period would
be taken into considerations
How Will 1 Repay This New
Mortgage?
It will run over "a period OF
forty years at the prevailing in
terest rate on Federal Land
Bank loans. A provision is made
for variable payments-more in
years of good crops or good
and less in years of poor
crops or poor prices.
If 1 Am Now A Tenant,
May I Purchase A Farm
On These Terms?
Not under this bill, but a
similar procedure for pur-
chase of farms is provided in
amendments to the Bankhead-
Act which the Farmers
Union is also supporting !
If My Mortgage Is Held BY
An insurance Company !
Or Other Private Agency,
How Will The Debt Ad-
justment Bill Apply To
Me?
Indirectly, the principle that
mortgage repayments should be
BASED on what the land pro-
luceS will Influence the DOlicieS
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-04-11
Library Notes
April Is Garden Month

April Is Garden Month
We fling the seed so they
who follow after
May have the crop that we
can never own,
When fields reverberate with
crystal laughter,
OF those who reap the harvest
we have soWn."
Eta Josephean Murfey.
Biddle g. 3lom - Creative
Flower Arrangement"
Blackburn - Your Garden
This Week."
De La Mare-"1OO1 Garden
questions Answered."
Free Gardening, a Com
plete Guide to Garden Making"
-"l940 Better Homes and Gar
dens Gardening Guide"
The above titles are recent
additions to the collection of
Flower and Garden books in
the county library.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-04-11
TRAFFIC DEATHS DOWN

Eight persons died in Febru-
airy as the result of highway
accidents, four less than the
number killed in the same
month last year, according to
a report by Lou Boedecker,
supervisor of the state high
way patrol. Damage to cars in
volved in the accidents in Feb
ruary, 1889, totaled $4,000, as
compared with $22,075 in Feb
ruary this year. Highway deaths
for the first two months of this
year numbered 16, as compared
with % for the first two months
of 1899.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-04-11

smiles on the faces of all the
farmers here.
T. W. Scabery and daughter,
elizabeth, made a trip to Bill
lings Friday.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-04-11

ADDING MACHINE paper for
sale at the Tribune Herald Of
flee.
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Among Formers
Union Loculs
Legislation

AeSASldtlOn
The Farmers Union, BY:
Organizing and maintaining
a legislative lobby in Washing
ton, D. c., has increased the
welfare OF farmers by securing
the passage of laws favorable
to agriculture and preventing
passage of acts detrimental to
farmers. Although always han
dlcapped by limited funds the
FARMERS Union legislation COM
mlttee, because of its sincerity,
its integrity, its intelligence and
because OF the organization
back OF it, is one of the most
influential lobbies in Washing
ton.
RESULT: Agriculture has had
more favorable consideration in
the last eight years than in all
It's previous history.
Farmers Union Goal
For 1910
1. adjustment of farm debts
and refinancing farm mort
cages.
2. Wheat Income Certificate
Bill to guarantee real panty in
come.
8. Amend crop insurance act
to insure top rs per cent of loss.
4. Expand Tenant Purchase
Program by government in
sured mortgages.
S. Certificate bills for flax,
rye, and barley.
- F. u. -
The Debt Adjustment Bill has
been introduced into the Sen
ate by Senators Wheeler, La
Toilette and Bankhead.
It has been introduced into
the House of Representatives
by Congressman Marvin Jones.
- F. u. -
Will the Farmers Union
Debt Adjustment Bill.
Apply To Me?
It will apply to you:
II the federal Land Bank or
other federal agencies are fore
closing on your farm.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1940-04-05
WIDOW OF JUDGE ROBLEY
D. JONES DIED ON MONDAY
Continued From Page I

adeiphia and by two brothers. They
are DR.. Thomas Y. Franklin, of Ber-
lin, a member of the Worcester Coun-
ty Board of Commissioners, and Mr..
William C. Franklin, of California.
The funeral services were held yes
terday Thursday morning at 10
o'clock in Philadelphia, conducted by
the Rev. Robert P. Davis, of Towson,
Md, former minister of the Presby-
terian Church in Snow Hill. The re-
mains were brought to Snow Hill, at
four o'clock and burial took place in
the Presbyterian cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Messrs. c. Irwin
Jones, T. Howard Collins, Jr., William
H. Price, John S. Whaley, J. Clifton
Mock and DR.. William H. Ricketts,.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1940-04-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Merrill, Of
Wilmington, Del, spent the Weekend
with their parents here. Mrs. Mcr-
rill will remain for u longer visit
while Mr.. Merrill attends the annual
convention of the Farm Bureau Life
Insurance and Automobile Insurance
Company in session this week in Co.
lumbus, Ohio.
In noting the account of the death
of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick
recently, it will be recalled that
DR.. Granville @. Adams, son of Mrs.
A. G. Adams of this city, was her
personal surgeon for three months
last fall residing at her Newport,
Long Island home. He left her to
go into private surgical practice in
Houston, Texas. Mrs. Dick who was
quite prominent in New York society,
passed away at her home in Palm
Beach, Florida at the age of 4S years.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1940-04-05
TWO CCC CAMPS
WILL HOLD OPEN
DAY ON SUNDAY
POcOmOke And POwellville Will
Be Prepared To Welcome
All Visitors On April Z

Camp Pocomoke, located on the
Snow Hill--Pocomoke road, will hold
open house Sunday, April 2, in OBJ
servance of the seventh anniversary
of the founding of the Civilian Con-
servation Corps.
The camp will be thrown open to
all visitors from 100 P. M. until dark
and the officers in charge and the
200 boys who live and work there are
planning to greet large crowd. Sit
uated five miles from Snow Hill and
eight miles from Pocomoke, the camp
is easily accessible and within sight
of the main road. Guides will be fur
nished to take visitors through the
camp, and show them where the boys
eat and sleep, their work in the for
ests and how they are trained in skills
and accomplishments which will help
them to get jobs when they return
home.
Camp Pocomoke was first occupied
in November, 1888 by Co. 1913 and in
October, 1889, the 324th Company
CCC, moved here from Flintstone, Md.
The majority of the present enrollees
are from the industrial and mining
sections of Western Pennsylvania.
Camp S-62 is the only forestry camp
on the Eastern Shore of Maryland;
consequently, the only forestry camp
in the third forestry districts of the
state maryland has three forestry
districts).
The camp personnel include, Phil
lip J. Gundlach, Company Command
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1940-04-05

Cubbers as the Author Of Games and
Recrcational Methods" and a more re-
cent book Games and Game Leader
ship" His writings also include an
extensive four-year study of an en-
pertinent at Columbia University on
Programs for Boys of Cub Age.
Steps have been taken to organize
Cub Pack with Parson Bob Stewart
in the Presbyterian Church, this city
Eldred Hill, at the Landlord Hard
ware, has consented to be Scoutmas-
ter and DR.. Hall, at the present time,
is Chairman of the Attendance Com
mittee.
The next meeting of this Cub or
ganization will be on Monday, April
9th at the Presbyterian Church.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1940-04-05
THE CANNING OF
TOMATOES IS A
LARGE INDUSTRY
Represents An Invested Capital
Of Seventy-Five Million
Dollars In Nation

Tomato canning, one of the nations
major canning industries which rep
resents an invested capital of $751;
OOO,OoO.O0 and an average annual
planting of 100000 acres is now or
ganiZed into an association with head
quarters in Chicago, according to Eu-
gene P. Matthews of the Matthews
and Young Company, one of the
prime movers in the enterprise.
Tomato Gamers in setting their
house in order are following the lead
of many fruit and vegetable groups
which have found that in union is
strength, Mr.. Matthews points out.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1940-04-05

er; J. T. Rcitz, Subaltern; V. Is. Bish-
op, Educational Adviser; {. N. Butler,
Jr., Project Superintendent; b. w.
Lance, Forester; also six foremen, a
blacksmith and mechanic who are all
local men from the Eastern Shore.
A similar function will be staged
on the same day, April z at the 131Sth
Company CCC at Powellville, Wicomi-
CO County.
The entire CCC personnel will be
present to show the visitors around
the camp area, and describe the var
ious buildings in the camp.
The Soil Conservation Service un-
der the supervision Of D. A. Hanna
man, Project Superintendent, assist
ed by Engineers Hueper and Richard
son; Foreman Mumford, Insley, Gray
and Jones are at present engaged in
the drainage of the Pocomoke River.
For the War Department Lieut.. C.
G. Hahn is Company Commander and
E. F. Griffin is the Educational Ad-
wiser.
A special Retreat ceremony will be
held at 400 P. M. and after the lower
ing of the flag, educational certifi-
Gates will be given to those enrollees
who have earned them this past three
months.
Any one from the Eastern Shore,
and especially from Wicomico, Wor-
cester and Somerset Counties is very
cordially invited to visit the Powell
vile CCC Camp, Sunday, April 7th.