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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-06
FOOT FINALLY SEVERED
AFTER IL OPERATIONS

IORAIE, GA needle imbedded
In her foot since infancy has re-
suited in II operations on the
right foot Of Mrs. Cornelius Hage-
man. here. The 12th and final
operation was for smputstion Of
the entire foot just above the
ankle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-06
Eeu, Pretend
Knowledge
QQuestion
Those With Definite
View Want Pacts
Continued

Continued
NJ N. GEORGE GALLUP
D1Focfor. American institute 81
Public Opinion
PRINCETON, N. MEM
bers Of congress are prepar-
ing for what may be one of
the bitterest disputes of the
session-and Of the presiden-
tial campaign-whether the
power given Secretary Hull to
negotiate reciprocal trade
agreements should be re-
newed.
There win Be thunder aplenty
ever the issue before next Novem-
Der. but the real value Of the trade
treaties ~ . campaign Issue may
~ Tar leea than either the Repub-
licans OF Democrats now suppose.
Actually, - new survey by the
American Institute Of Public
Oplnioa shows, there are two good
reasons Why the tariff question
nay play : minor part In the
cnlns q .o'es o'~h 'ns
" s Ps
Hrsl ~ survey shows
tAat H. whele matter Of trade
agfssossss = parsscuiasiy n
~ pFsesat form-ss seyosa
~ immeeiaas interest aad IN
6erseanelng q ~ average
A@srscaa.
escsa1. ameag those We
I've naits VIEW
eusseloa. even . majority ei
nsPseea0aas are u fsvsr u
thenn-
10 understand just what - hap
psning, It 10 important to turn the
attention from Capitol Hill to the
Amef7can voung Puoi'c' sus'
where does the voter stand ON MI.
Huil's treaties. - OF which have
thus Tar been signed with various
countries In Europe. South Ameri-
60 and the Near EAST
To obtain Z picture Of what the
manufactured II thinking. the
American Institute OF Public opin-
ION has conducted Z country-wids
survey. reaching Z carefully select
Cd miniature electorate 70 chosen
a to reflect with high degree Of
accuracy the views Of the entire
voting population. voters in the
survey were asked three simple
questions:
what u your personal opinion
about Secretary Hulrs reciprocal
trade treatiesf
do you think congress should
give Secretary Hull the power TO
make more such treaties!
What y your understanding OF
81. NarM sPaci ocal trade
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-06
He set THE
nver on fire
anyborH
q creek
FRONTIERSMAN

WHEN FRoNTIERSMAN
w Julien Dubuque crossed
into the Iowa country about
1888 the Fox Indians welcomed
him with a great lack of enthu-
siasm. When they said ugh"
it clearly meant Here's your
eanoe-what's your hurry" To
impress them, Dubuque threat
ened to set the mighty Missis-
appi on FIRE
+ 4 +
In smaller Catfish Greek he
spilled q barrel of oil whale
oil il must have been in those
pre-petroleum days - and
touched il off. Afterward the
Foxes were his friends even
partners in the fur, lead, and
transportation business he es-
tablished.
4 4 4
Less spectacular bur similarly
important is oils indirect aid
to many another business. With
out oil-base sprays, any number
of orange, lemon, apple, and
other fruit growers long ago
would have given their orchards
back to the insects. A special
oil gives rope-an almost uni
versal need-its modern pliabil-
ity. In many industries, such as
glass, cement, and baking, fuel
oil is virtually indispensable to
instant and effective control Of
Temperature.
+ +
Clothes are cheaper and bet
ter because oil softens yarns for
weaving. They're lighter and
dainrier because petroleum SOL
vents make dry-cleaning pos
sible. A thousand independent
businesses exist today because
one or another of oils 500 by
products gave them birth "A
river of industry ablaze with
activity.
Standard Oil Company
of California
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-06
CONGRESS TO-DAY
BY United Press
SENATE

SENATE
In recess.
Committees
Finance subcommittee considers
nomination of Paul Leake to be
collector at San Francisco.
HOUSE
Considers miscellaneous bills.
Committees
Appropriations on first defic-
iency bill
Naval affairs hears Frederick ].
Libby.
Rules on Hook resolution TO
expunge remarks on Dies COM
mittee.
Labor board Investigators hear
labor board officials.
Agriculture considers bollworm
bills.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-06

While it is still q long way until
election day, the recent surveys Of
the American Institute Of Public
Opinion show:
1. That the average Negro
voter Is still anxious to see the
Democrats win In 1910.
2. But that II the Presiden-
tial election were held today
the Republican ca n di d ate
might gather . larger share
Of the colored vote than Gov
ernor LAndon did In 1886.
Approaching Negro voters in all
il the states where their political
sympathies are important. the In
stitute asked q carefully selected
cross-section: (Which party would
you like to see win the presidential
election in November and, In
general, do you approve or disap-
prove today of Roosevelt As presi-
dent?"
As the following figures show,
the average Negro voter is more
likely to be q Democrat and .
Roosevelt supporter than the or
binary voter throughout the coun-
try. Figures for AL voters" are
from the latest Institute surveyO !:
Favor Favor
Demo- Repub-
crats ncans
Negro voters 800. s69s s49s
All voters ....... % 40
Approve Disapprove
Of Of
Roosevelt Roosevelt
Negro voters. 800 49,
All voters -. IS u
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-06
Here's How Social
Security Benefits
Will Be Paid Out

Americas retired workers who have established benefts
since social security became effective three years ago ana
who now are cashng their first checks not the only per-
who feel more secure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-06
MAKES UP AGE

MAKES UP AGE
Perc Westmore employed six
makeup changes to indicate Ed
ward G. Robinson's age variations
in The Magic Bullet"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
FLYNN IS GRANTED
6O-DAY REPRIEVE
Action Taken To Give Time
For Thorough Study Of
His Mental Condition

RALEIGH, April 9. - up - Lee
Flynn, ~44-year-old former inmate of
an asylum for the insane, who was
under sentence to be executed Fri,
day for killing his wife, was grant.
ed a 60-day reprieve today by Cover
nor Hoey.
This action was taken, the chief
executive said, to give time for a
thorough study of the mans mental
condition.
Flynn was convicted in Mcdowell
county last January. His new death
date is June %.
Mcdowell county law officers, in
letters to Paroles Commissioner Ed
win Gill, termed the crime n of
the most brutal in the county's his
tory. Testimony at the trial purport-
ed to show that Flynn choked his
wife following an argument, dragged
her into the yard, and sat on her
while he told their seven-year-old
child to kiss your mama goodbye
The state c]ontended he then shot
her.
About seven years ago, Flynn was
confined for several months to the
state hospital for the insane at Nor
canton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
CIVILIANS TO NOTE
ANNIVERSARY SOON
Plans Are Completed For
Celebration By Carolina
Beach Organization

The Carolina Beach Civilian club
completed plans for it's first ami.
versary celebration to be held Fri
day, April 10, when it met in lunch.
con session Monday night at the
Brewer Inn.
The celebration of the first an
niversary of the resorts civic ser
vice club will be held in the form
of a ladies night program at the
Royal Palm hotel.
Arthur Cundy, of Birmingham,
Ala, the International secretary of
Civilians clubs, will be the princi,
pal speaker for the occasion. Mar
Gus Hamm, district governor of
Civitan clubs, has been invited to
attend.
The following Civitan clubs in
this area have been extended invi-
tations to send representatives to
the celebration: Wilmington, White
vile, Fair Bluff, Myrtle Beach, and
Loris, S. C.
The club discussed plans for the
sponsorship of a Boy Scout troon
at Carolina Beach. The committee
for this project includes: J. NJ.
Thomas, chairman; J. ]. Batson,
and Cameron Sinclair. A guest Of
the club at last nights meeting was
D. B. Usry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
EXERCISES SLATED
AT DIXON SCHOOL
Lieut.. Gov. Horton Will De-
liver Commencement Ad-
dress On April 80

JACKSONVILLE, April 9.-Lieu-
tenant Governor Wilkins P. Horton,
candidate for the democratic nomi-
nation for governor, will make the
commencement address at Dixon
High school or the night Of April
50, it was announced today by Prin-
cipal R. Bruce Hunter.
The address will climax a three
day commencement program, begin
ming Sunday, April %, with the bac-
calaureate ermon by the Rev. C..
w. Barbee, Methodist minister of
Elizabethtown.
Glass night exercises will be held
on Monday night, April 20, and an
all-day program will be held on the
30th, beginning at 10 a. M, with
Seventh grade exercises. Medals and
awards will be presented. Dinner
will be served on the grounds, and
a baseball game will be played dur
ing the afternoon.
All exercises will take place in
the High school auditorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
MONETARY AGENCY
ASKED BY CANNETT
Calls For Protection Of Farm
ers From Foreign Cur
rency Depreciation

CHAPEL HILL, April 9. -R-
Frank E. Gannett, Rochester, N. Y,
newspaper publisher and candidate
for the republican presidential nomi-
nation, tonight called for establish
ment of a monetary authority" to
protect American farmers and pro-
ducera from the effects of foreign
currency depreciation.
Such a body, he said in a speech
before the Carolina Political Union
of the University Of North Carolina,
should be set up under mandate of
congress- and would be of "the
same high standing as u supreme
court"
The agency, he explained, could
give us a dollar of stable purchas.
Jig power, fair to debtor and credi.
tor, and put the brakes on booms
and depressions."
Gannett was introduced by John
A. Park, publisher of the Raleigh
Times, and Harry Station of Har.
mony, chairman of the non-partisan
political union, presided. A dinner
for Gannett was given before tn
meeting and a reception followed.
Explaining his proposed monetary
authority" Gannett said the Cana
dian dollar has dropped to around 50
United States cents. This means
that when the Canadian farmer sells
a bushel of wheat for 81 in Chicago,
Gannett said, "he has $1.23 when he
gets back home, a rs per cent ex.
change advantage over his Ameri.
can competitor.
THE British pound sterling has
fallen from SIS to around $3.50. This
means that the British must of nee.
essity buy less from the United
States with it's relatively high dol
lar. They must buy more. from other
countries which are keeping theil
exchanges in step with the British
pound sterling.
at means less American cotton
and more Argentine and Brazilian
cotton going to the British cotton
spinners. 1t means they will buy
less wheat from our farmers.
"It lean reducing all of our ex'
ports. 1t Means more idle men an6
more idle money in the United
States.
at means that our South Ameri
can customers cannot afford to buy
from us because they can buy cheap
er from countries whose currencies
r in step with the British pound
But they can sell their products
here at an advantage, undersell the
American producer.
1T means lower prices here al
home, lower income from agriculture
less buying power, more unemploy
ment."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
DAVIS IS CLEARED
IN Staying CASE
Coroner's Jury Returns Yer
dict Regarding Death
Of Four Persons

LOS ANGELES, April 9.-LP-A
coroner's jury virtually cleared IL.
year-old Chloe Davis today of blame
IN connection with the deaths of
her mother, her two sisters and her
little brother.
The verdict said: THE jury doubts
II the blows inflicted at the mothers
direction, by Chloe Davis, had any
real effect in causing the DEATH of
3-year-old Marquis Davis.
The jury found that the mother,
Mrs. Lolita Davis, died by her own
hand after Staying Chloe's two sis.
tiers, Deborah Ann and Daphne.
Chloe took the stard at the in.
quest at the direction of her attor.
ney but did not repeat the grue.
some story she told so calmly after
the mass Sayings last Thursday.
She followed her father, Barton
Davis, who was and shaken
as he told how his wife had asked,
the evering before the killings,
where would you hit anyone if you
wanted to kill them?"
MY hands are so cold-they are
just numb" Davis finally exclaim.
ed and was excused.
Previously, while a friend stood
beside him and bathed his brow with
a moistened handkerchief, Davis
said Chloe telephoned him at the
market where he is manager.
She said, daddy, come homo
quick, daddy. It's awful urgent"
He sped home and found his chill.
dren fatally beaten and his wife
dead of what, subsequently, was
found to be loss of blood from slash.
ed wrists.
The night before, Davis testified,
he awakened and found his wife in
the living room, unable to sleep. He
said she returnd to bed about 8 a.
M, and did not get up the next morn
ing when he did.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
MILLER TO SPEAK

RALEIGH, April 9.-LP-Frank
Z. Miller, Greensboro consulting engi-
neer, will speak here tomorrow night
at a public meeting of the N. c..
State College Sigma XII club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
Special Life Saving
Class Is Started By
Men Of Modoc Crew

A special class in standard first
aid has been started for two men,
bers of the personnel of the Modoc,
U. S. coast guard cutter, under the
auspices of the Wilmington chap
ter of the American Red Cross,
Mrs. Ida B. Speiden, executive sec
rotary, said yesterday.
The two members have Joined
the senior life saving class being
conducted by the Y. M. C. A. pool
by Kenneth Wooten and upon the
completion of the class work, one
of them will be sent to Camp Caro-
lima this summer to receive his in
structor's card in first aid and life
saving.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10

dren it has only one-six+b -
haCon's educational funds" he said
He presented as a common mis-.
coT ceptlon in the south the be1iae
tn the introduction of ind,,s+rn
Ill cure community ills. 1--WE even
80 SO far as to offer ind,s+ri.1
pants free buildings, free wafer
no taxes and other concessions
What we need to Remember Sc
that no industry unwilling to nav
us way will pay decent w. o.
should 1t enter any community"
The south as a whole has o
many advantages as we'll as dra w.
oacks' he said, but southerners are
prone to look longer and give more
consideration to the latter.
lie emphasized chemistry &C n &c
applied to agriculture as the great
"nlte hope of the south today. such
noustry as making buttons and
plastic material from soy beans will
De OF great benefit, he said.
AND the paradox of the south"
ne said, lis the fact that it's lands
are blessed with the greatest of
natural wealth in resources, but
Its people are the poorest in the
nation.
President Earl Napier announc-
ed that next weeks meeting of the
club will be in the form of an
open forum.
Frederick Willetts urged that all
golhng members take part in the
tournament opening within a few
days.
Allen Brantley, of Sanford, and
Lou P~armentier, Of Buffalo, were
introduced as guests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
MOLD NOTED
in THREE COUNTIES
Shaw Says Weed Disease Has
Appeared In Robson,
Columbus, Carteret

RALEIGH, April 9.-R Blue
mold already has appeared in Robe
son, Columbus and Carteret county
tobacco plant beds, DR.. Luther
Shaw, Extension plant pathologist
at N. c. State college, said today.
He warned that tobacco growers
should prepare to take control mea-
sures against the annual invasion of
the disease, as conditions are sal.
most perfect" for a serious attack"
He explained that tobacco plants
were small because growth had
been retarded by cold weather, and
wet weather of recent days was
conducive to spread of the mold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
Mcneil Will Be Tried
On Lottery Charges

Charged with violating the lottery
laws by operating a numbers racket
on exchange quotations, Alexander
Mcneil, negro, Of 606 McRae street,
will be tried today in recorders
court. The trial was continued
from yesterday, under 500 bond.
The arresting officers requested a
continuance of the case to permit
a further investigation. A charge of
vagrancy also lodged against the
negro was continued until today
under $50 bond.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
Anniversary OF Meeting
Of Lee, Grant Unnoticed

APPOMATTOX, Va, April 9.-R
OILY the usual number of visiting
tourist disturbed the quiet of this
little town today-the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the meeting of Gen
eral Robert E. Lee and General U. S.
Grant for the surrender of the south
ern forces in the War Between the
States.
The 57th anniversary Of the end
of the bitter four-year struggle fol
lowed by only a few days an an
nouncement by the national park
service that it was now ready to
undertake a two-year program to
turn the surrender grounds into a
national shrine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
THIS is IT.!


LONDON, April 9.-(R-The
British Broadcasting companys
announcement today that the al
lies would give full aid to IN
vaded Norway was accepted gen.
orally by the public as meaning
that real war" was here at last
after seven months of hIt-sklp
activities.
Crowds on the streets grabbed
for newspapers. Many stood In
line to buy the late editions.
Many others gathered in NUT
tering groups to share a paper
and to tell one another:
This is it,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
High Band To Entertain
Roe's Officers And Men

Lieutenant : Commander r. NJ.
Scruggs and other officers and men
of the U. S. S. Roe will be enter
tanned this morning by the New Han
over High school r. o. t. C. band
from the dock of the Southeastern
Shipping Service, at the foot of Cas-
tie street.
The concert, which will take place
at approximately 9 o'clock, will in
clude marches and field music for
the entertainment of the officers
and crew of the navy's newest de-
stroyer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
CRAWFORD SPEAKS
Ar ROTARY MEET
offers Application Of Chem.
;stry To Agriculture AS
Farm Problem Cure

crawford, Jr., of Kinston,
~. economic committee of the
.,,ar .Junior Chamber of Com.
offered the application of
s,,l- ts agriculture as a posi-.
n,,~a 10 The economic problems
P' -5o south, in a talk to the lunch
u meeting of the Wilmington Ro.
s~ .-tb at the Cape Fear hotel
~@t,-ralch the south has one
.,.~l af the nations Sabotage chill
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
CEASE

WASHINGTON, April 9. - up -
The national labor relations board
today ordered the Okey Hosiery
Company, Inc, and its receiver,
Charlotte, N. c., to cease 'interfer-
ing" with it's employees in the exer-
else of their right to form and join
labor organization.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
NECESSARY

LONDON, April OPP - Lord
Woolton, food minister, said today
that the German invasion of Nor
way and Denmark made a consid-
cradle alteration necessary in Brit
aims food supply arrangements but
added cat any rate for the time
being it will not affect our ra-
tons" Britain hitherto drew part
of her dairy supplies and bacon
from Denmark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-10
BR0UCHTON ASKS
RETIREMENT PLAN
Cooper Says 1t Is Time To Let
Farmers And Merchants
Make Laws

In his first "politicaI' address of
the campaign, J. M. Broughton, a
democratic gubernatorial candidate,
yesterday declared that the next
legislature definitely and imme-
diately" should put into operation
a teacher retirement plan.
Speaking in W~aynesville at the
Haywood county courthouse,
Broughton said he also proposed for
teachers provisions for sick leave
without loss of pay; Improvement
in compensation; reasonable as
surance" as to teaching tenure;
continued emphasis upon vocational
guidance and training; and encour.
agement of federal aid without any
federal CONTROL"
Gubernatorial Candidate Tom
Cooper, meanwhile, drove his sound.
truck into Greenville and told a
large throng, cit is time lawyers
put their minds to interpreting laws
and let farmers, merchants and
mule dealers make laws" He point.
ed out that most of his opponents
for the nomination are attorneys
and that he, in addition to being
mayor of Wilmington, is a mule
dealer.
Cooper started his sound-truck
campaign Monday. He spoke in
Greenville while en- route to Eliza
beth City, where he spoke last
night.
Another 1ndidate, L. Lee Grave
ly, said at a civic club luncheon in
Lexington that "the whole structure
of happiness and prosperity rests
upon the foundation of the health
of our people, and our government
owes the obligation to afford all our
people, irrespective of economic
status, the finest opportunity for
health protect Or"
The programs Of social security
and vocational training, he said,
are nothing more nor less than
writing into law the simple rule of
Christian faith that a man is re-
sponsible for the condition of his
fellowmen."
Speaking in Columbia before a
meeting of Tyrrell county Young
Democrats, gubernatorial Candidate
A J.. Maxwell said the states great.
est natural assets" its more than
100000 acres of woodland, "can
be made to increase in value every
year while furnishing a cash in.
come to thousands of people"
Here is a most important field
of conservation that deserves all
the support the state and counties
can give it." he said. The most
important problem is prevention of
destructive fires. Farm life schools
should be in every county and give
adequate instruction in correct prin-
ciples of forest management. Re.
f~orestation should be encouraged by
liberal administration of tax laws by
county officials"
A fifth candidate, Lieut.. Gov. W.
P. Horton, announced the formation
of a central advisory committee to
manage his Warren county cam
paign. The group is composed of
Howard F. Jones, G. W. Poindexter.
F. I. Read, w. T. Burton, James K.
Polk, Mrs. Claude 7. Bowers and
Mrs. W. r. Woodall.
A committee was named by Max.
well to direct his campaign in Ran.
dolph county. The committee is
made up of Chairman T. A. Burns
of Asheboro, r. W. Wood, Sam
Miller, L. T. Hammond, w. C. Lu,
cas-, w. c. Page, and E. D. Gran.
ford.
Maxwell also appointed two coun'
ty managers-W. D. Mcmillan for
Ashe and ]. B. Jones for Orange.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-26
MCLEAN FUNERAL SUNDAY

Funeral services for Kenneth J. Mclean, member of Valdez Lodge, Fraternal Order of Eagles, who passed away in Juneau, will be held Sunday afternoon at ? o'clock in the Charles w. Carter chapel under the auspices of Douglas Aerie TIT. Interment will be made in the Douglas Eagles cemetery.
 Deceased was a real sourdough of the Territory, aged 69 years, He was born. in Nova Scotia in 1871 and came to Alaska 43 years ago. He had lived in various Interior and Westward towns and followed many of the gold stampedes. There are no known surviving relatives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-26

Daily Empire classIIIeds pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-26
HOSPITAL NorEs

A baby girl was born last night at St. Ann's Hospital to MT. and Mrs. Al Wilson. The new arrival tipped the scales at 6 pounds 16 ounces at birth.
 Ted Danielson was admitted to St. Ann's Hospital last night and is re- ceiving medical care.
 Mrs, Jack McDanlels was medi- cal admission last night at St. Ann's Hospital
 After receiving surgical treatment, H w. Seaman was dismissed today from St Ann's Hospital.
 Henry Olson was re-admitted to St Ann's Hospital today for medical care.
 Baby Elizabeth Ann Brown was brought to Juneau from Aneoon last night by plane and is at the Govern ment Hospital receiving medical care.
 Nancy Blake was a medical dismiss sal today from the Government Hos pital
 Baby George Paul Johnson was admitted to the Government Hospit- al today for medical attention.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-26
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
BOLYAN BREAKS ARM

With a broken arm sustained in a fall, Lawrence Bolyan came in by plane last evening from Cobel Mine for medical care The in- jured arm had been placed in 8 cast, and the young man is stay ing here with his brother Clyde Bolyan,. for few days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-26

WOMAN WANTS cooking position
 in small camp. Write Box 21n5
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-26
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