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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
ime Cap Between U.S..
And Alaska Is Shortened
BY SHERMAN MONTROsE

BY SHERMAN MONTROSE
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
JUNEAU, Alaska, Clipper wing:
now shorten to seven hours the
time gap between Uncle Sans rich
est territorial possession and his
mainland.
To Alaskans a dream is fulfilled.
Air service linking outside" with
the land of Robert Service and
Jack London is established with the
opening of regular passenger ano
mial flights between Seattle, Kete
kan, and Juneau.
Four motors life a Sikorsky clip
per from Lake Washington in Seat.
tie and you're off on a great flying
adventure.
Out through the straits of Juan
de Fuca, w the Pacific to skirt
international complications. Yes,
that's Vancouver Island down al
your right, and Vancouver Island
is in Canada, and Canada is at
war. But all that seems very re-
mote.
Past the northernmost tip Of the
island and on north. Then, without
being told, you know you're looking
at Alaska.
A few hours and you're at
Ketchikan to set foot on Alaskan
soil during a brief refueling pause.
You take off again and in two
hours more you are in Juneau, end
of the line for the flying boats.
Originally projected in 1892, it
wasn't until defense e~xpediency cut
the strings of International COM
plications that this AL American"
route over U. S. land and inter
national water was put into opera.
ton.
Until its inauguration slow
travel by boat through the tortu-
Gus inland passage was the only
method of transportation between
Pacific coast cities and Alaska. But
closing of this aerial gap marks
only a stop-gap service to Alaska.
When winter sets in marine fly
ing will be impractical as early
as October and flying boats will
have to be housed until spring.
Next development in air schedules
is the %highspeed service from
Seattle direct to Fairbanks, 1900
miles distant.
Four-engine supercharged land
plane clippers, flying at high alti-
tudes, will hurtle this distance
nonstop over international waters
or U. S. territory. In all Alaska
there isn't an airport capable of
handling that size craft right now.
In a few months, with the army's
defense program underway, there
may be.
ONE JUMP
TO AVIATION
Whirling propeller blades h a
played an important part in the
development of Alaska, singing a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
80 DIE IN TRAIN
WRECK IN INDIA
Sabotage Feared; Length
OF Rail Was Removed;
Seventy Injured

CALCUTTA, Aug. 5-lR-Thirty
Indians were killed and 70 injured
today when the Dacca-Calcutta
mail train was wrecked about 70
miles from Calcutta.
Authorities said they suspected
sabotage.
An official report said all the
casualties we're Indians and most
of them were riding in third-class
coaches.
The wreck occurred at almost
the same place as the Dacca-Cal-
cutta mail was wrecked last year
when IS were killed and SO in
jured.
A length of rail had been re-
moved from the track.
The engine and three coaches OF
the train were derailed and over
turned in a ditch. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
Jacksonville

'AohoONvlLLE, Aug. s.
George W. Phillips has returned
from the U. S. Veterans hospital
at Kecoughtan, Va.-Mr. and Mrs.
Ilmmons Jones spent the p a S t
weekend at Wrightsville Beach
Mrs. Mary Lily Blake, of Jackson
vile, and Miss Clara Pittman, of
SWansboro, attended a three-day
NYA meeting at Kinston last week.
Miss Eva Simpson and Mrs. Nora
Phillips spent the past weekend at
Carolina Beach.-Mrs. M. C. Lew
IS, Who has been ill at Duke hos
pital, is reported to be some better.
MIR. and Mrs. Willard Ferguson and
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Ferguson Wis
tied her last Sunday.-Mrs. Rufus
Goodwin is visiting her mother, Mrs.
w. M. Lindsay at Fayetteville
Mrs. Mamie Murrill spent the past
weekend at Carolina Beach with
Ter sister, Mrs. Maude Foy.
Miss Appire Daniels, of Elm City
was the weekend guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Murrill.-Dr. and Mrs.
Frank Sabiston and son, Frank,
Jr., of Kinston, spent Sunday at
Onslow beach with Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Sabiston. - Miss Juanita
Howell, of Grimesland, was a week
end guest of DR.. and Mrs. J. P.
Henderson here.-Mrs. j. B. Scott
has been ill at home for the past
week.-Bill Hargett is able to ne
out again after being confined with
malarial fever.-Miss Lucille Sand
lin, of Verona, visited MIR. and Mrs.
Tom Newborn in Kinston Wednes-
day and Thursday.-William Cox
returned Monday from a visit with
her sister, Miss Mary Sewell, in
Raleigh.-Bill Richardson, who is
working at Raeford, was home sew
era1 days this week.-Aaron Far
nell, who has been i'll, was able to
be out again Thursday.-Miss Eliz-
abeth Warlick returned to Wash
ington, D. c., last Sunday after a
visit here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Warlick. She
accompanied by her sister, Miss
Annie Warlick, who will visit her.
Miss Mary Henderson is i'll at
her home here.-Mrs. w. w. Rus
sell, Sr., suffered a broken arm in
a fall at her home at Bear Creek,
Monday night.-Mrs. Roy Harper.
of Oriental, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
]. R. Gurganus.-Miss Elizabeth
Cotton of Avon, is here visiting her
brother, Horace Cotton.-Miss Muir
ial Ketchum is at Mount Airy
on a visit.-Mr. and Mrs. Royce
Baldwin left Saturday on their va
cation to Western North Carolina.
Mrs. Graham johnson left Satur-
day to spend some time at her
home at Virginia, Va.-Mrs. Lucy
Cox and Miss Nancy Venters, of
New Bern, are visiting Mrs. Annie
T. Duffy at Catherine Lake.-Al-
bert Ellis was host at a house par
ty at Onslow beach this weekend.
Invited guests were: Misses Marie
Hargett, Minnie B. Thompson and
Marie Hinston and Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Simmons, of jacksonville;
Misses Resale Richardson and
Genevieve Tolson and Joe Patter-
son and Robert King Davis, New
Bern; Mark S. Dunn, Raleigh; and
Jack Taylor, Wilmington. l
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entertained at a bridge party
Thursday afternoon in her home,
compilmenting Miss Ward. The
hostess presented the honoree a
gl1t OF linen. Ices were served.
Miss Ward shared honors with
MISS Hazel Robinson, a bride-elect
OF clinton, at a bridge luncheon,
given by Mrs. r. A. McCullen, Mrs.
=. F. Matthews, Tuesday morning
1920 to 1 o'clock, at the
home of Mrs. McCullen in Clinton.
MISS Ward was presented a gift.
Accompanying Miss Ward from
Rosehlll to this party were her
sister, Hiss Virginia Ward of Ra-
leigh. and Misses Mary Lou and
Sallie V. Wilkins.
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seat towns, will have question.
naires which each alien must an.
sWer.
Wording of these hasn't been
finally determined. They'll ask the
aliens name, the date and place oil
his entry, his nicknames or aliases,
if any, his criminal record if he
has one, his occupation, how long
he intends to stay and what he
intends to do, what societies or or.
CARNATIONS he belongs to, and sc
on.
The 1nger-printing part of the
job is rather a headache. F B
agents are preparing a set of in
structions so that the postal mer
will know how to do it.
Registration will last fou,
months. The 1890 census showed
something over 5000, 900 aliens il
the United States. Best guess i,
that naturalization, deaths and emf
grations have cut this to about 8.
500, 900.
Each aliens registration c a
and prints will be sent to Harri
sons office in Washington. A re
ceipt will be mailed to the alier
and he'll be required to carry il
around with him like a European
card of identity.
Harrison was picked for this jot
by an old friend, Solicitor Genera
Francis Biddle. He has never helc
public office before, although hi
has mad a good deal Of experience
with the foreign-born; while work
ing his way through the University
OF Pennsylvania, 20-odd years ago
he taught night school classes ii
English, and more recently he wa:
president of the Public Charlie!
Association of Pennsylvania, which
in 1899 waged a campaign aga1ns
proposed Pennsylvania Legislation
involving discrimination agains
aliens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
IS Lb. S o.. Baby
Born In Charleston

CHARLESTON, S. c., Aug. S.
baby weighing Is pounds,
five and a half ounces, was born
at st. Francis infirmary here yes
terday.
Physicians said both the mother
and the baby were doing we'll"
DR.. Morris Fishbein, editor of the
Journal of the American Medical
Association, said that r e c r d S
showed the biggest baby ever born
was about "a pounds.
The baby is the eighth child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude M. johnson.
johnson is a building contractor.
Mrs. Johnson is AZ years old. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06

u noc Z COMMODORE - Washington,
Pp i,s y, Facing Union Station - Capitol
ar 1oAa noon and Bath from $3.50. Mod
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
ADVERTISEMENT
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06

other had been brought in, Lieut..
Jacob Schardt reported
He said a woman had been bitten
and that the snake was thrown
from one member of the cult to
another until he threatened TO shoot
the reptile if it was not Gagged
and turned over to him.
Mrs. Ethel Sheehy, 48, was taken
to a hospital for treatment of snake
bite. The group was ordered sever
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06

VIE ,ba you have . bad night and
iH.,y aps aex' morning feeling foeey.
hi. b,a snd Generally "allin", When
hand. Ths let DC" lend a helping
he &c" quick-actine ingredients In
=. hurry formula work fast and rsl,sv.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06

Whirling propeller blades h a v e
played an important part in the
development of Alaska, singing a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
my SPELL HITS
! TOBACCO CURING
c.,,eia, Florida Markets
Wi Will Open Thursday;
Outlook Is Dark
VutsoS

.,cunOND. Va, Aug. 5-R-
Rl.i anss Leader said today there
The Nv ~renorts here that the Inn
we're ere, Tpbacco company's buyers
psfls5 a+tend the Georgia tobacco
Foul y.ots opening Thursday as the
s,ains'y agents for the Commodity
c c.sdit Corporation
rso company's buyers would
l liz sufficient purchases, the
fiaa. said, to offset the loss in
Fap sasses by the withdrawal of the
E%.auerial and other British COM
L lngs from the market because
gth the European war
p1ElGH. Aug. 5-R-Dry wea-
Il was reported today is caus-
as'' serious damage to the flue'
n .l,.d tobacco crop in the curing
harms Of eastern North Carolina
II Weeks, extension specialist
~ {. State college, said the
tsrmers we're having difficulty in
letting their tobacco to yellow"
before the leaf begins to dry.
He advised that this could be
.rarcome to some extent by put
w. n,oisture in the barn while
"s the tobacco. 2
WASHINGTON, Aug. s. Up -
p;rs+ American tobacco markets OF
.Ao season open this week with
prospects clouded by a poor ex-
nort outlook and a near record sup
ply.
chants Thursday at markets in
Georgia and Florida, the southern
border of the flue-cured belt.
ovnorts last season as a result of
the European war, agriculture de-
nartment officials awaited the
onenings to see what kind of pri-
ces buyers would offer for the new
crop,
The price offers they said, may
have an important bearing upon
proposed government loans to pro-
ducers. on SURPRISES.
The agriculture department said
the new marketing season for fue-
cured tobacco would open with a
supply of more than 1000, 600
pounds on hand, or about the same
as the record of the past season.
Crop conditions on July l indicated
a fue-cured crop of SIT, 900, 900
pounds. This is about 480, 900, 900
pounds less than the record 1889
crop, but the decrease in current
production was almost offset by
an estimated increase of about 1885,
900, 900 pounds in the surplus from
past crops.
American stocks of flue-cured to-
bacco on July l were officially es.
timated at 1,41O, 900, 900 pounds. OF
this amount l61, 81, 900 pounds were
being held by the Commodity Gre
dit corporation for the option of
British manufacturers. Whether
the options will be taken up is not
known.
The principal cause for the in
crease in domestic stocks, officials.
SAID, was a sharp decrease in Brit
lSh purchases. Exports to the Unit
ed Kingdom during the past sea-
son totaled only 81, 1000, 900 pounds.
compared with normal exports of
aapproximately 200, 900, 900 pounds.
Inc British imposed a virtual EN-.
oafgo on the product in a move to
conserve buying power in this coun-
Try for war materials.
All exports Of flue-cured tobac-
co totaled 252, 900, 900 pounds com
pared with 1862, 600, 900 in the pre-
Wous season.
No immediate improvement in
III ue export situation as a whole is
the department said.
HOTEL COMMODORE - washington
Pi,s y, racing Union Station - Capitol
a a'n1a noon and Bath from $3.50. Mod
ih-lOmf0rtable-Econ ,n,;ooI
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06

song of mastery over some of tn,
most difficult terrain in the world
In a land with less than 300
miles of highways open only a par
of the year, with one operating
railroad and scattered travel b,
boat, everyone matches the chal
enge of transportation with the air
plane.
Ever since Carl Ben Elise I
brought his old Jenny here il
1882, the story of Alaska's prog
ress has been the saga of the air
plane. The old slow, uncomfortable
travel by dog team and boat i:
outmoded.
Everyone travels by air during
the winter months. Trappers, of
to lonely traplines for a winter:
yield of fur, charter a plane, often
load dog team and sled aboard
with traps and supplies land a few
hours later at their headquarter:
camp or on a lake.
Months later the same plane
drops in with fresh supplies, loads
aboard a catch of furs and is of.
to the next camp.
Sportsmen, hunters, fishermen
miners, trappers, fur and minera
buyers, prospectors and business
men charter a plane as noncha
lantly as the average resident Of
the states hires a taxi.
Accomplishment of all this has
not been easy.
While weather along the south
eastern coast is mild the year.
round, winter sets in with a bang
in the interior during October,
the mercury starts a swift slide te
the seasons low of go to 70 de-
grees below zero. In April tenn
peratures start their climb to a
possible 80.
ALASKANS
GET AROUND
A land of rugged mountains,
dense forests, swampy morasses,
planes can set down on its myriad
Alaska know no natural landing
fields. Only flying boats or pontoon
lakes in summer. Ski-equipped
ships conquer ice and snow in win
ter.
To provide y%ear-round operation
airports had to be hacked out of
forests, stumps uprooted, and land
smoothed or built up from tund-
ra.
But airports have been built
more than 100 of them in Alaska's
are available only in the
900, 900 square miles. Many of them,
months. Pan american
Always, through its Pacific Alas
ka Always, operates IS small num-
Der of weather and radio stations
for it's 2125-mile schedules.
Today there are more than 100
planes in the territory, virtually
all of them small charter ships.
Alaskans get around on their air
lines. Last year nearly 10000 pas
sengers flew more than 1000, 600
in the territory. When you
remember that the population is
about 70, OO0-less than half of them
whites-that's something like a fly
ing record. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
Snake: Handling Cult
Is Deprived Of Snake

CINCINNATI, Aug. 5-REPolice
took a poisonous snake used in
ceremonies from a religious group
last night, only to find that an
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-12-27
GLOBE ADVERTISING
BRINGS RESULTS!

bottom of the unfaithfu1, stewards
neglect of duty lies his view that
Christ's coming is far off, Brad
bury.
Nv. The Lord Is Coming-Be Holy
wv 45-48).
The belief that the Lord will delay
His coming leads to all manner of
unbelief. betrayal of trust, and of
sin In the case of the servant in
verse As. there was first oppression
of those under him. and then glut-
tony and drunkenness. The picture
is revolving, but it was really pro-
phetic of what has taken place even
within the ranks of protesting Chris
tians in the church itself.
Neglect OF the truth of Gods
Word, scoffing at the promise of
Christ's coming (read carefully II
Pet $3.50 leads to that perversion
of Christianity which is evident in
much of the life of the church to-
day. and which causes thinking peo-
pie to turn away in disgust. Let
us stress the fact that this may be
religion, but it is not real Chris
tianity.
There is a solemn word here for
preachers. teachers and Christian
workers A time of judgment is
coming, and we are to answer to the
Lord for the faithful use of our priv.
eges and opportunities 1t is a mat
Ter to which we need to give care
tul attention. If God has given us
great opportunities, our measure of
responsibility will be great Every
chance you and have to present the
gospel, influence the life of our &C.
1uaintances for God. turn the inter.
est of our community or neighbor-
mood toward righteousness, these
are Gods gifts of opportunity to us.
We shall answer one day to Him
ior the manner in which we use
hem.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-12-27
WATCH TREE WIRING
WARNS Mr.. GONTRUM
Insurance Commissioner:
Says Xmas Trees Very
Inflammable

State Insurance Commissioner
John B. Centrum, extends to the
people of Maryland best wishes
for merry Christmas and a
happy New Year. and expresses
the hope that no disaster by fire
will mar the happiness of the hOli-
day season.
Mr.. Centrum issues this friendly
warning to all the citizens of the
State, particularly to safeguard
against fire from faulty Christmas
tree electric wiring and from the
dangers involved in electric toys.
"Christmas trees that remain in
the house for few days become
very dry and inflammable," he
said.
defective Christmas tree wir-
ing often causes the whole tree to
burst into flames, with resulting
damage to property and danger to
human life.
Check up on your wiring care
fully. 1t is better to pay a few
cents more for the substantial
type of Christmas tree decorations
than to have your tree burn up.
Let us have a Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year without the
loss and tragedy that so often at
tend the holiday season."
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-12-27
TRAFFIC LOGIC

Boss-"Mike. how did the acct
dent happen?"
Mike-"Well, boss, we see, twas
like this: was driving me truck up
State Street when had to stop sud
denly, and fellow in big auto
crashed into the rear end of me
truck. Shure it didn't rust his ma
chine very much, but he jumped off
and ran up to me and shakin' his
fist said: Hey you little Harp. why
didn't you put out your hand?' Put
out me hand?' says l. 'Ye dang fool.
if We couldn't see the truck. how in
the devil could you see me hand?'
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-12-27
"Fly Far, Wild Geese"
BY 6. p. Rockwell

Fly far, wild geese in wedge of
gray, fly far
Across a continent to some clear
lake
Beyond mans devastating hand
and take
Abode on some marshy point or
hidden bar
There rear your brood until in
youthful strength
They rise with raucous call to
follow one
Who feels again the course so late
ly done
And pilots on undaunted by its
strength.
Fly wise, wild geese in wedge of
gray, fly wise
Above the spew of train and fac
tory stack
And Sitting city street where
mingled cries
OF human kind fling upward in
your track,
Above the waiting hunters planned
disguise,
Fly wise, wild geese in wedge
of gray, fly wise.
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The Lord is coming!


One of the chief reasons for the
Worldliness in our churches today.
the Indifference toward soul WIN
ming. and the neglect of personal no.
illness, is that preachers and people
alike have neglected the truth of
the second coming Of Christ. He is
coming again-are you ready? Am
/? These are serious and urgent
questions.
l. The Lord Is Coming-Be Wait
ing wv. IS, 36).
Lights burning and loins grit
ready to serve Him, such should be
our daily attitude toward His COM
ing. Believers are to be looking
for" Him Titus 2:10. They "love
his appearing" GI Tim. 4:8. Their
hope is not in this world, but they
are looking forward earnestly de-
string" GI Pet. 3:l1, II, r. W. the
outworking of Gods plan and pur-
pose.
ii. The Lord Is Coming-Be Ready
wv. 3740).
He may come at midnight. or in
the morning; we do not know the
day or hour ". 40, CT. Matt. 24:36),
but it will be when the world does
not expect it wv. 80, 400. BE We
ready is the command to every
Christian, ever watchful for the
coming of our Lord.
The full meaning of verse 81 we
will not know until we come to that
glorious day, but it clearly indicates
great blessing and reward for
those who are ready when He
comes.
Ill. The Lord Is COming-Be Busy
(vv. 4l-44).
Peters question is not directly
answered, but by inference he is
told that he may be one of those
to whom this blessing will come by
being about the Masters business.
Critics of the teaching of the hope
of the Lords return sometimes say
that looking for Him "cuts the nerve
of missionary endeavor"; that is,
makes men impractical and vision
airy, not willing to work for God.
To prove how untrue that is one
need only investigate who it is that
furnishes most of the men and
means to evangeliZe the world. He
will find that it is the evangelical
believers in the Lords return.
Looking for Christ means occupy
ing until He comes duke 1919, do
ing the Lords work here and now
". 42. while awaiting His coming.
Jesus compares teachers to
house stewards (Matt. 24:45, 46;
Acts 20:28; Cor. Al; I Pet 4:10.
A stewards business is to give to
each one in the household his por-
| ton of meat in due season John
21:15-17; Pet. So; Jer. 3: 15D. The
faithful and wise steward is the one
who actually does this There are
| many foolish and unfaithful stew
ards who feed themselves, not the
household (cf Eek. 34:2. 81; or
they feed only a portion of the
household; or they give something
else than food philosophy or sociol-
ogy, instead of the pure Word of
God: CT. l Pet 20; 4:1O, ID; or
they do not give the food in due
season. The steward who is faith
full and wise is also blessed Having
proved his fitness to rule, he is re
/ warded with larger rule. At thu
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-12-27
JURYMAN's CAR STOLEN

While w. A. Gerber, Union
Bridge, a juryman, attended cir
cult court, at Frederick, a thief
stole his car.
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