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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06

DAYTON The thirty-tifth am
niversary II ia eWaidorf lodge
Of the Improved Beneyolem Pfa-
tective Order Of Flks 81 the
World will be celebrated with f
dinner tonight {Fridag) Al tile
headquarters Of the odee al 3il
South Summit street.
The lodge was started ii 1905
Jacob Mcl'arlane was the first cx-
allied rued. Other officers were
Wilbert Johnson. l.. j Rice. -|as.
Brown and Harry Wilson. HI
1912 the lodge entertained thu
national convention Of the order
For years, until 1927 when ii
moved into its present home. the
lodge was located at Fifth ana
Charter streets.
A program Of bcnevolency II
Continued on page ~
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06
DR.. WRIGHT
TO SPEAK ON
PROGRAM OF
WPA SCHOOL.

DAYTON pr Milton s. j.
Wright, head Of the department
oi economies and political science
Of Wilberforce University will
speak OH Community RESPONSE
bilities In National Defense
Thursday, December IL at Sis
pm. ut Linden Center on a pro
gram sponsored by the WPA
Adult Opportunity School,
DR.. Wright is ii graduate Of
Wllberforce University, Columbia
University, and received his doc
torate degree from the University
Of Heidelberg in Germany. he
has attended Oxford University
il England, the University Of
Geneva in Switzerland, and the
ONO State University.
The student council of the
Opportunity school will present a
Sltit on the program entitled, An
Adult Education Office. Miss
Irene Young will preside and Al
bert Mcdowell will introduce n.
Wright Harold Shaw will sing
and Rev loel L. Mundy will give
Invocation AMI benediction Tie
GeC seXtette from Nandalla will
aite and The WpA band will give
= eoncert before the program
starts
A. exllibii ii work done IN the
adult CLASSES will be on exhibition
al lhe eenter No admission Zee
.is shared fol lhc program and
the general public is invited
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06
AGENCY OFFICERS OF THE
NATIONAL NEGRO INSURANCE
ASSN MEET In ATLANTA

January i, and will close mid
night March 81, Students n
Junior and senior high schools arc
eligible to compete. The subject
Of the essay is Life Insurance
and its Relationship to Educa-
ton
Over $1,000 in cash prizes will
be offered as follows: National
prizes, lst, 500; End, $50; 3rd,
$500.
State prizes will be offered in
the 26 states in which member
companies operate as follows: 1st,
s12.5o; End, $3.50; srd, S..
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-12-06
Ohio sOld Age Pensions
Pass $3,O00,OOO A Month

COLUMBUS 1T is interesting
% note how the number of oan-
sioners has grown and the amount
now dlsbursed for pensions each
month But even these figures
will be greatly increased aftei
January as TO dollars disbursed
when he noW $40 month goes
INTO effect This i'll practice viii
no. mean however that every
pensioner will get $40 month
from the state but rather ,l.at
their guaranteed income from all
sources shall equal $40 4 month,
based on need
Old age pensions paid IN
Ohio reached total Of more
than s2,o00,00o in month for
the first time with the November
distribution. Total benefits Of
S3,024,934 are being paid this
month to 131,839 persons.
The waiting list Of applicants
has been reduced to the lowest
level in the departments 6-year
history, according to Tom w.
McCaW, chief of the Division Of
Aid for the Aged. This total of
pending applications stood at IL
439 with the distribution Of No
-vehber pensions. On the basis
of past experience, about so PEI
cen tof these, or 7,400, ultimate
| " will be found eligible for aid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-29

leaving early, always being neat, and always
- always being loyal Your company is like
your country, was the way he put it, and
right or wrong it is your job to stand up
for it.
His career in the Croton Publishing Com
pany had been sure and steady, never bril-
liant. He had just plugged along, doing each
job we'll, making no mistakes and offering
no suggestions unless they we're asked for.
The other clerks and the statesmen working
the New York area all liked him. They felt
he was regular" Sometimes, on Saturday
nights, he would ask few of them out to the
house. They would play poker at two cents
a chip with three-raise limit, eat thick ham
sandwiches with the crusts on, and drink
beer - and the statesmen would tell of their
experiences on the road and then, after a
while, Mr.. Mudgett would lean back, stick
his thumbs in the armholes of his vest, and
start talking.
In telling his stories he was always careful
to be accurate except for one thing - his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-29

own adventures as circulation salesman.
This single departure from fact had started
so many years ago, in such natural manner,
that he was no longer conscious that it was
not the literal truth.
ARoUND 1925, Mr. Norris, J. LIS prede-
cessor, had told him that he would do better
when interviewing applicants if he said he
had been on the road himself. Mr.. Norris had
explained that good salesman never respects
anyone who has not sold. And so MIR. Mudgett
had swung into the habit of relating his ex-
periences back in the old days" when he,
too, had been out in the field with prospec-
tus concealed in his pocket. He loved to do
it, to tell about the time in Detroit when he
lost his order book and had to make out
some blanks on Y. M. G. A. stationery, or
about the time in Tulsa when he took forty
eight orders in one week.
The men never doubted him; he knew the
sales talk, gestures and rebuttals better than
any of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-29

And then this afternoon, about ten minutes
before quitting time, ]. L. had called him
into his big private office and told him that
the company was sending him out on the
road.
80 next Monday you 60 on up to Rutville
and work it from end to end Report back
here Friday morning. And by the way, you're
going to be on straight commissions. So it's
up to you
MIR. Mudgett had stood there before J. LIS
desk, watching everything he believed in
crumble into ashes. Twenty-six years, and
they were letting him out like this!
you won't have any trouble" ]. L. con-
tinued. There isn't man in the outfit who
knows this deal the way you do. Yes, sir,
I'm expecting you to show some of those
loafers out in the field what a real salesman
looks like
Mr.. Mudgett said, Il know. But - but,
]. L. -" Then he turned and left the office.
He was not going to plead - not after all
these years.
At BIS Monday morning Mr. Mudgett got
off train at Rutville, city of twenty
thousand, between New York and Albany
1t was still too early to start, 50 he went
into the small station waiting room, sat down
on one of the benches, and began saying the
sales talk over and over to himself to see if
he remembered every word and gesture He
wondered whether he ought to begin with
big company or small store If only he
could make an immediate sale, even if it was
Continued on pogs 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-29
THEY CAN'T DO THIS TO YOU!

Mr. Mudsett forgot hi. prospectus, hi.
soIes talk, everything "Why II how dare
YOU coll my company cooked" he roored
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
Italy Reports
GarneIin Suicide

ROME, May 80. CUP)-Benito
Mussolini's newspaper Popolo d.
Italia published a dispatch today
under a Berne. Switzerland. date
line saying, IAN excellent source
confirms the report that Gamelir
Gen. Maurice Gustave. former
French army generalissimo) was
believed to have committed suicide
following definite invitation Of the
French high command"
The dispatch said it also hao
been confirmed that Gen. Andre
Corap, who commanded French
forces holding the Ardennes sector
in the Maginot line extension into
Belgium. had been executed.
Gen. Gamehn was replaced as
commander in chief of the Alice
forces on May l9 by General Max
ime Weygand. who had been recall
ed from his post as commander OF
the Allied army IN the Near East
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
Memorial Tribute Paid TO Man Who
Defied Superiors, Urged Air Fleet

the world war AVIATION chlel VINO
returned to the United States after
the armistice to campaign for more
and better airplanes.
Mitchell was one OF the llrSI
advocates of a strong air fleet Tor
the United States, he chided his
superiors for disregarding the les
sons of air combat they had been
taught in France and was denoted
to the rank of colonel ana sent
to Texas. In 1925, when the U 5.
navy dirigible Shenandoah crashed
in Ohio. he charged that such ac-
cidents were the result of Grim
inal negligence and almost treason
able administration of the natlonal
defense by the navy and war de
partmentS.'
He was court -marShalled and SuS-
pended and finally resigned. He
died Feb. 10. 1896, and was buried
in Forest Home cemetery, three
wears before President Roosevelt
recommended to congress that the
u S. Air Fleet be expanded 10
$4,000 airplaneS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
Saboteur SIashes Power Line Near
A. AirpIane Factory: No Damage

LOS ANGEL ES, May 80 CUP)-
A power line in the vicinity of an
airplane factory was cut early to-
Gay, deputy Sheriff'S reported as
they redoubled their vigilance
against possible sabotage activities.
Although the power line did not
lead into the Northrop aircraft
company'S plant at Hawthorne.
there were indications that APP
parently the person involved hai
thought he was cutting the line
to the airplane plant an author
;tative source reported.
Although neither sheriff'S Off
GERS nor Hawthorne police would
comment. it was learned that an
emergency power switch inside the
Northrop plant was cut last sun
day. The switch was one used to
cut over from the power lines of
the Southern California Edison COM
pany TO emergency generators with
in the plant in case of trohble
along the utility company's lines.
Early today the Edison company
informed authorities that a van
dal had cut a main pole switch.
breaking the circuit 10 the Haw
thorne water plant.
Following the announcement by
the Edison company of the appar-
ent vandalism, both the sheriffs
office and Hawthorne police inn
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
kazis Victorious in Flanders Battle
As British Evacuate All But Troops
Immediately Engaged in Fighting

Both Britain and France were
constantly tightening their pre-
cautions against the threatened en-
Try of Italy into the war and against
quick German blow at either Lon
con or Paris.
The British government took dras-
tic action to prevent any defeatist
propaganda and continued raids Oil
possible fifth column" elements
which were described by one labor
leader as perhaps comparable tC
the pro-Nazls forces that permitted
q quick German invasion of Nor
wa
From both Allied and German
sources came a sudden burst OF
"atroc.ty" stories, some Of then
probably due 10 the terrible con-
fusion Of civilians and soldiers If
tie north. some apparently intend
ed 10 whip up bitterness among COM
batant peoples.
Germany charged that the MAJ
ambassador and his staff en- route
from Belgium through France tc
Germany had been maltreated; the
British charged the Germans with
bombing hospital ships.
But 50 intense was the fighting
on the French coast that IL over
shadoWed every other development
as both sides claimed heavy toll
Of enemy losses.
The German nigh command claim
q lLat the remnants of the BEF
Lad abandoned It's a;ocks of wal
materials ana tAat some soldier,
were trying 10 reach Allied evacu-
atlag VcSSt.s IL small boats or ever
~ swimming
In LOndGn II was admitted that
the remaining AI.!cu forces in Flan-
Ge"5-aaId here " be mostly French
had little chanc@ Of escaping tht
German trap Their hard choice
II was SAID lies between death Ol
surrender There was no effort to
mlnlmlze what had happened II
Flanders. 1t frankly was spoken
OF as d great British disaster.
The Allied high command under
Gen. Maxine Weygand it was said
was forced TO make a fateful deci-
son 10 avert the prospect of sud-
Gen, quick and complete German
victory. This decision was to per-
nit the Germans 10 win the battle
Of Flanders without an attempt at
a cOunter-offenSiye, well knowing
tEat il lnearnt the sacrifice Of large
Allied units. 70 gam u breathing
I'll IN which the main French
army cog.d Dc rcoiganIzed TO carry
II t:c W&r
Int dcc.a!on. LONDON said. was
be,%ccn Losing the battle Of Flan-
&C. and carrying on the war or
rambling aP&.nst heavy odds III
winch loss Of the battle Of Flan-
GeE. might mean loss Of the war.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
(Contlnued from Page i

tCOnt1NueC from rage Il
Allied warships and l6 transports
and bombed SO others.
The French reported that Gen.
Rene Prioux had led the bulk Of
his trapped French army through
the German circle near Lille, but
German announcement IN Ber-
lin quoted the high command as
SAYING Prioux had been captured
The German triumph may easily
rank as one of the most terrible
engagements in history from the
viewpoint of loss Of life. destruc-
ton of materials and dissolution
of two great armies. The British
and French had thrown some Of
their finest troops into Belgium
10 meet the Nazi advance through
the low countries just 20 days ago
These were the fighting men who
were encircled by quick German
thrust through the French border
defenses, split into small units by
German mechanical columns arC
then pounded by dive bonlbers that
led attacks by maSsed infantry.
Losses on the German side may
have been as great or greater than
the Allied losses. but out of the
battle the NaZi high command won
control Of the channel ports near
est England and established a POO
mile front on tie Somme river
some 65 miles from Par.s
Out Of the "hel!lsh fIre" through
which survivors SAID tneH passeC
came stories Of courage and dar!Eg
and destruction or sea.c that
seemed greater tAar az military
debacle Of the past
A great part Of the trapped and
exhausted French army GAdcr Gen
Rene Prloux slashcd q path through
the closing German p.ncers tOWarC
the coast. according to Pars
spokesman.
a choice between death or sur
render seemed the fate Of British
and French troop fighting IN or
der and side by side within the
German trap, London military
sources reported. There was no hint
Of surrender.
Perhaps the greatest air battle
Of the war was raging along the
channel coast, both London and
Berlin reported, as Allied Warplanes
fought a German fleet estimated
at from 600 70 1000 aircraft seek
ing to destroy the vessels evacuat-
ing AllNd soldiers who could reach
them through flaming DInkIrk. or
III row boats or by swimming
The grim struggle continues.
the British spokesman SAID
The situation Is critical but
not worse, despite the enormous
German effort. the French spOKes-
man SAID.
The great battle Is approaching
conclusion with obstruction Of the
English and French armies
Since yesterday the British expedl-
tionary force has been III complete
dissolution, the German high COM
mand reported
The last Shot is not far off.
the German Official news agency
said. IL predicted tnat a new u
boat offensive would soon attack
England from new bases won in
Norway and the Low Countries
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
Waterfront Foes
Discuss Contract

SAN FRANCISCO, May 80 CUP)
-Negotiators for the Waterfront
Employers association and the In
ternational Longshoremens and
WarehouSemen's union meet again
tomorrow to discuss a long term
contract to replace that which ex
pired last Sept. 80.
The employers yesterday formally
replied to proposals presented by
President Harry r. Bridges. Presi-
dent Frank p. FoiSe said his or
ganization would not consent to
changing termination date of long
shore agreements from Sept. 80 to
April 80; rejected proposal to eX-
tend the definition of longShore
work to include employees in other
industries" was unwilling to limit
authority of the Pacific coast ar
bitrator, and would not agree to
proposals concerning labor saving
devices
Foisie likewise rejected proposals
to increase wages, and said the en-
ployers would prove to a competent
authority to be jointly selected
longshoreinen are not performing a
fair days work.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
Terrain Assists
Allies in Retreat
On Flanders Field
Continued from Page y

four days later. The Allies now
have this experience to help them,
but they are meeting more devaS-
tating opposition now than then.
Desperate French fighting in the
vicinity of Lille is delaying the
encirclement movement by the Ger
mans, but a prolonged fighting
here cannot be expected. Lille is
beyond the effective range of the
guns of the Allied WarShipS along
the coast. If the French can get
most of their troops within the cur
tain of fire of the warships, their
chance of rescue will be much in-
creased.
The loss of Lille is a serious blow
to France, for it was an important
center for chemical and munitions
plants and had many heavy indus
tries in operation. The Germans,
however, will have difficulty re-
pairing these works, undoubtedly
destroyed by the retreating French.
During the World war, the Ger
IlldllO lIClll III loil SNSll VIVA
out making serious use of its man
ufacturing plants. German officers
on temporary leave used Lille as
center for relaxation.
The strengthening of the French
front along the Somme is now the
major work of General Weygand
The Flanders battle is ending in a
serious Allied defeat. similar to the
early defeats of the Allies in the
World war. There is no reason to
believe, however, that now any
more than then, the eventual out
come of the conflict has been de-
termined by the events of the past
three weeks.
Further fighting OH an even great
er scale may be expected now that
the war has become one of oper
maneuverS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
Arm TO Teeth
Legion Head Urges

CHICAGO, May 80. oUP)-Na-
tional Commander Raymond j. Kel-
" of the American Legion today
called upon the nation to arm Ito
the teeth to protect this hemi-
sphere" but to avoid the path OF
armed conflict unless and until
We are absolutely certain such
war is our war and not that OF
other nations across the seas
Kelly spoke before u memorial
day meeting of the Commonwealth
Edison Legion post and asserted
that "A keep out and keep ready
policy expressed the Legion's pledge
to keep faith with our soldier
dead
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
Polish Tenor
Arrives in NY.

NEW YORK, May 80. tUP)-Jan
Kiepura, Polish tenor, arrived on
the liner Santa Rosa today from
Venezuela where he led fresh aiY
revolution.
Armed with a chair--for breaking
windows = Kiepura introduced
system of ventilation into the opera
house in Caracas and was fined
200 bolivarS.
Kiepura said he assembled the
cast of the opera and exhorted them
to instant action lest all of them
suffocate in the foul air of the
theater in which the windows ap-
parently never had been opened.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
Valley in Tribute
To Heroic Dead
Continued from Page y

the occasion saw to that.
Memorial Day services at Ever
green. which conceded with obser-
yations at Riverview in Brawley and
Mountain View in CaleXico, were
preceded by a parade through El
Centro streets from the Veterans
hall TO Douglass high school. Led
by Supervisor Hugh Osborne on
horseback and marchers carrying
the colors, units of Spanish War
Veterans. Daughters of Union Vet
Grams. Legionnaires. auxillarles,
drum corps and band and the shef-
ifs posse followed.
Stores were closed in observation
for the day. Scattered groups OF
citizens watched the parade from
sidewalks.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30

mediately clamped SMUT al InIOT-
nation of their investigation into
the power break.
It was understood that the in
cident was reported to federal
bureau of investigation agents who
were believed to have ordered po-
lice and deputies to withhold all
information on the power break.
The Northrop factory is not
directly engaged in building war
planes but it is manufacturing parts
for the Consolidated Aircraft cor
poration of San Diego which builds
naval patrol and other warplanes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
Wilbur Shaw Wins
Memorial Day Race
Continued from Page II

Continued from Page II
also won in 1887 and joined Louis
Never as the only triple victors
in the history of the grind which
had its 28th renewal today.
The rains ended for a carnival
crowd of l42COO what had been
shaping up as one Of the bitterest
fight ever seen on the stretch
of the red-brick tratX. For Rex
Mays, a heayy-footed sentlemat
from Glendale, Calf. had been
fighting nip and tuck all the way
with Shaw and still had a good
chance to catch him When the Of
ficialS forced every man III the
field to slow down To an 81 NH
an hour average.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30

MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 80 =
tUP)-Civilian airplanes roared III
maSsed formation over the grave
of Brig. Gen William Billy Mitch
ell today in Memorial Day tribute
to soldier who was denoted and
court marshalled because he de
nounced his superior for failure to
provide more adequate air de-
fenSe.
Thirty pilots of the Wisconsin
civil air corps flying light one and
two-seater planes participated in
the demonstration in memory Of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
WOMAN SENTENCED
COLUMBIA &

COLUMBIA, S. c., May 30. cUP)
-Mrs. May Walker Burleson today
va sentenced 10 u years in prison
for slaWng the second wife OF her
divorced husband, Col Richard C.
Burlcapn. Judge Duncan Bellinger
pronounced sentence after deny
ing pleas for new trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30

Mrs. j. R. Crowley OF New York
Was the weekend guest OF MI.
and Mrs. p H. Wofford and Mrs,
t'loride Charles. Mrs. Crowley is
visiting her children in California
aAd took q few days to spend with
Calexico friends. Mr.. Crowley spent
several years in government service
on the border.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30

Attending the state P.-TA. con-
vention in Los Angeles this week
were Mesdames Leslie Dove, presi-
dent of the local association, Al
VierhuS. president twenty ninth dis
trict, Mrs. Joe Mayfield, and Mrs.
Eddie KitoW. delegates from Cal
eNlCO P-T q
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
TwoFiIe for
School Board
CALEXICO NOTES
(By Mrs. X. l.. CLASSY

Ruthellen Entrekin of Los An
geles spent last weekend with
CaleXico friends returning home
last Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30

A son was born to MI and Mrs.
Tucker this week. Tucker, past eX-
allied ruler of the EIhs lodge, is
employed by the Irrigation District.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30

Mrs. Fred Gunterman and Leslie
Dove are the only school candi-
dates filing for the June school
election Mrs. Gunterman filed for
the highschool board and Mr. Dove
for both high and elementary
schools. He is seeking to succeed
himself on the high school board.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30

the official United states Weather
Bureau station Mt I'll Centro.D
Maximum Wednesday ............... 100
Minimum Thursday .... ........... 65
Reading at Noon Thursday
Temperature -. ...................... SO
Humidity --.#... ..... .. %
Reading at am. Thursday
Temperature ................. ............-. 68
Humidity #........ ............... So
Reading at pm. Wednesday
Temperature ............ -...... 81
Humidity ............ ..#...... %
Southern California - Generally
fair Thursday night and FRIDAY
except light showers over noun
tains Friday: little change in tenn
perature; gentle 10 moderate south
west and west winds off coast.
Record for "a hours ending at
5 a m Thursday:
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30
WEATHER

data complied ny observers for
the official I nited states Weather
Bureau station nj I'll Centro.D
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-30

The new "Playgirl" shape with
snap brim and tailored grosgran
band Same style in white pan
ANA and pastel feltS for sports
wear at 4.95 and sos.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-26
Your only Guarantee is to refuse to do business
With other than representative of reliable local
firms. WHY TAKE CHANCES?
Statesmen Of Reputable Local Firrns-.YES!
But Transient Agents and Peddlers--NO!
MANY ARE IRRESPONSIBLE

Many who hold position responsibility for length
neishbor without reliable credentials This peddler
Authorized
stop the peddle racket