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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
MIDDLE TOBACCO
AVERAGES $l5.48
Marketing Services Report
Prices Are Below Those
Of Last Year.

RALEIGH, Feb. 27.-Price aver.
ages on the middle f%lue-cured tobac-
co belt this season were 'substan-
TALLY below" those of last year. it
was reported today by the U. S.
agricultural marketing service, the
N. c. department Of agriculture and
the Virginia division of markets.
can unusually large crop was mar.
keted at a very rapid rate" the sales
report commented, land many of the
markets were blocked for a large
portion of the season."
Producers sales on the belt this
season totaled 160,601,O2 pounds
for an average Of $15.4s a hundred.
Stocks of flue-cured tobacco on
January 1 were listed as 1,437, $751;.
900 pounds, compared with zoos, 1922
600 pounds last October ! and L.
06S,931,000 January 1, 1899.
Wrapper grades showed declines
under last season ranging from 50
to $11 a hundred, and in most in
stances decreases in leaf, smoking
leaf and cutter grades ranged from
So to IS a hundred. Lug and printing
grades were from 81 to Sc a hun
dred lower.
The seasons offerings consisted
chiefly of common to fair quality
leaf, fair to fine quality Tugs and
low to good quality primings, with
common and low quality leaf grades
predominating. Offerings also in
cluded a large volume of nondescript
tobacco, with wrappers, cutters and
fancy leaf grades relatively scarce,
Average prices in cents per pound
this year and last, respectively,
were:
Wrappers-fine lemon Al and so,
fine orange 81 and At, good orange
81 and AZ.
Orange leaf-choice IS and SO, fine
20 and 80, good $3.50 and 27, fair
IS and 21.50, low 1925 and 1850,
common $50 and 1925.
Orange smoking 1eaf-choice 30
and "a, fine q and 81, good "a and
81, fair 20 and 20, low 1850 and
1880, common II and 1880.
Lemon cutters-fine "a and SO,
good so and 50, fair ~ and 80, low
"a and 20.
Lemon ~lugs-choice 26 and 80, fine
1850 and %, good 20 and 25, fair
Is and Fl, low 1850 and 1850.
Lemon primings-choice 24.50 and
20, fine 22.5O, and II, good 10 and
24.50, fair 1880 and 1880, low 8.25
and 1850.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
S THIRD TERM

BOSTON, Feb. 27.-(R-A third
term for President Roosevelt was
Unanimously urged" today by rep
resentatives of more than 1000 Mas
sachusetts textile workers. Joseph
Salerno, state director of the Tex.
tile Workers of America (CIO), said
that although the action was some
what at variance with recent crltl'
cism of the President by John d.
Lewis, CLIO head, it indicated no
disunity within that organizations
ranks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
[lR.TRAIN CRASH
VICTIMS BURIED
|,,,pral Services For Misses
r.11ier And Elrod Are
Held Al Chadhourn

,aADBorRN. Feb 27'-Funeral
.ro held this morning for the
>S' ,,;ctims of the train-automo-
.o,Iisjon at Rowland Sunday
.%ssrnoon' ooounants Of the
.obiIe, are now in Baker sana'
'D,', in Lumherton, Miss Betty
''',' a was reported as being in
E-.' ,p condition and Miss Sarah
a ID. II, was reported as "satis-
Hughes, ~
tttcy'' Miss lila Moore
I| % Of McColl, S. c., teach
sa.'4 me Chadbourn school; Miss
:: u caller, IA, of Chadbourn; and
.aps Gladys Elrod, is, of Chad
toulp. r,I services for Miss Stan
we're held this mornln g
pa , o'clock from the home of her
~ Dr.. Norman Lynch,
lF+ n;.os for Miss Collier were held
.r o'clock from a Chadhourn fun
IL home, by the Revs. Don
~ 'a' MYERS and E. c. Maness. Burial
", tofiow in Chadbourn cemetery.
WI p,rIbearers we're: E. l.. Der
IN N. Causey. Mr.. Pearce,
, @n o'Teal, Frank Wooten and
h 0. Goodman
W. is survived by her parents,
h.. and Mrs. B. H. Collier, and one
s-otSer, Thomas Collier.
r,neral services for Miss Elrod
-,r. conducted at 10 o'clock from
,ts home Of her parents. by the
|1,.s f. C. Clontz and e. c.
Fy,rsss. Burial was in Chadbourn
cemetery
Lrr5a Elliot. Evander Annette, Rob
t. Davis. Sammy Koonce, and Nc
Ersr Bruton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
University Giuen
100000 For Museum

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. - up -
hike university was bequeathed
[sm o0o for an art museum in the
Fl Of William Hayes Ackland,
EMi today.
| sekland stipulated that an apse
Ii Me museum should become his
.onb His body has been buried tenn
,msrjIv in the family vault in Nash
Tenn, .
Ac5land also left a collection Of
srsrpes and other art objects to the
rrirarsity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
OPPOSES PLAN

Secretary Wallace, testifying for
the reciprocal trade program before
the senate finance committee, op.
posed a plan to force belligerents to
buy farm products along with mum.
tons, lest it bring retaliation after
the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
LOCKS ELIMINATED

The house appropriations commit
tee eliminated a 100000 item for
a third set Of locks at the Panama
Canal in reporting a $203,472,5 SGT ap-
preparation for the war departments
civil functions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
PLANS ROE

The Dies committee voted to in.
vestigate alleged subversive activi-
ties OF the west coast, including
any in the movie industry. and re-
ports Of communist influence in con
surner groups.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
Capitals Day
(By The Associated Press)

The house debated the bill to pro.
vide a $40, 900, 900 loan to Finland
but put off a vote until tomorrow.
The senate was in recess.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-28
FAVORED

The house agriculture committee
recommended a $3.50, 900, 900 expan-
sion to the farm tenant program
through mortgage INSURANCE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
5,2OO Registration
 Predicted For Yale
University Opens 24Oth Year Next Monday-Fresh=
 man Assembly Friday Night; New College Opens

New Haven, Conn, Sept. 16.-Yale University will open its 240th year a week from today, when approxi- mately 5,20O stpdents in the under graduate, professional, and graduate schools assemble for registration. More than 2,100 of these are under graduates in Yale college, the Shelf field Scientific School, the School of Engineering, and the Freshman Year. The latter has an enrolment of 865, somewhat over the usual limit of $50.
 Freshman Assembly
 Students will pour into New Haven from all parts of the coun- try over the weekend, the majority of upperclassmen arriving Saturday and Sunday Freshmen, however, will reach New Haven by Friday night in order to attend the fresh- man assembly, the first meeting of the class of 1924, in Woolsey Hall at 10 a. m. Saturday. The address will be given by Prof. Robert D. French, Master of Jonathan Ed wards College, on the Ralph Hill Thomas Memorial Lectureship.
 On Sunday, the Reverend Sidney Lovett, D. D., Chaplain of the Uni- versity, will conduct the first ser vices of the year in aBttell Chapel at Il a. m. President Charles Sey- mour will preach the Matriculation Sermon Sunday, Sept. 29.
 Yale this year will open Silliman College, thus completing the group of 10 undergraduate colleges as ori- ginally planned. The first of these were opened in the fall of 1883. The new college bears the nam of Ben- jamin Silliman, of the Yale class of 1796, pioner in scientific education and Professor of Chemistry and Geology at Yale from 1902 to 1853.
 Silliman College stands on the block bounded by College, Grove, Temple and Wall streets. It includes the former Vanderbilt Dornlitories, given by the late Frederick w. Van- derbilt, 1876s; and Byers Hall, given in memory ofo Alexander Mac Burney Byers, 1894s by members of his family. Funds for the new build ings. which are of Colonial Georgian design were provided by a bequest of MT. Vanderbilt.
 Accommodat tions for 25O students and resident fellows, as well as rooms for visiting alumni, are pro vided in the college, which also has 8 dining hall, student common rooms, and library.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
IEIWANIS, ROTARY CLUBS IN MATCH
Luncheon Meeting Post pOned to Permit Annual
 Battle on Links

The Rotary Club, which meet, every week on Tuesdays at the Ho- tel Elton, omitted their Luncheon this noon as their representativl golfers engaged in their annuai match with the Kiwanis Club at ths Waterbury Country Club.
 F The Kiwa1iS were represented or the links by Leon French. Albit Booth, John Burrall, Rev. David P Gaines, Lester Manning, William n Jebb, Norman Neale, Levi Wilcox pr. Harold Morrill,, pr. J. Collins Al Bailey, Idris Anderson, Ralph Paine, Sam Jones, R. Garter afd e. H. Baldwin.
 The Rotarians were upheld by, u Francis Smith, Michael Blansfield John Raymond, Ralph Cleveland Don Parrish, Harry Beardsley, ReV pr. John c. Walker, E. R. StevenI son, Harold Manning, Dr. Allen Edward Fitzgerald, Stanley GraterI John Macdonald, s. Sturtevent Leroy Gibbs. Frank Kenney, Franl Hess and Robert Leach.
 Tomorrow noon the Kiwanis will meet at the Elton and after lunch will hear an address by Ralph MunI ger of Watertown, who is expected to tell of his experiences as an amI bulance driver in the present con dict abroad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17

Filmer s. c. Northrop, Professor of Philosophy and chairman of the department, is Master of Silliman College. A graduate of Beloit Col lege, 1915, and holding the M. A. de- gree from Yale and the PhD. from Harvard, he is known among both philosophers and scientists for his writings dealing with problems which arise in the borderland of philosophy and science. He is the author of Science and First Prin- ciples," which attempts by an analy- sis of current scientific teachings to determine the notifications in philosophical theory which they necessitate. Prof. Northrop has been a member of the Yale faculty since 1923.
 In addition to the regular army and navy R.O.T.C. courses, Yale this year will offer the Civil Aeronautics Authority course as part of the pro gram for training civilian pilots. It is expected that 40 students will en- roll in the fall and 40 in the spring, when the course will be repeated. Ground-school and classroom training will be handled by the Yale School of Engineering, while flying, of which from 35 to 50 hours are required, will be handled at Lufbery Airport in Wallingford.
 Among the new members of the Yale faculty are Leonard Bloom field, Sterling Professor of iLnguis- tics, who comes to Yale from the University of Chicago; Charles w. Hendel, Professor of oMral Philoso- phy, from McGill University in Montreal; Edmund w. Sinnott, Sterling Professor of Botany and Director of the Osborn Botanical Laboratory, from Columbia Univer- sity; Lieut.. Colonel Dean Hudnott, who has been detailed by the War Department as Professor of Military Science and Tactics; and Paul Hindemith, distinguished German composer, who will be Visiting Pro- lessor of the Theory of Music.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17

The Berkshire Music Festival up at Tanglewood had great this In fact folks like their music in the Berkshires Already the sale of subscrp tons and memberships for the 1941 season is going apace and boxes being reserved much that the managers the sale unprecedented People from far and wide this to the shed at Tangewood for the several concerts in the sereS and hotels and tourist houses in the locality taxed Now it looks like next summer the festival will be
 membership reservations because that deadne does not until November. In the meantime the Boston Symphony prepares to open it's fall and winter in Boston and then few appearances in the lesser cities Mr. Koussevitzky spends his winters in Boston but has bought permanent home in Lenox and is more or less Berkshireite.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
Miss America Is All The Program Said She q Be
Philadelphia Girl Amazed She Won

shot back: T think we should keen out of war"
 Question: Have you thought oi any way in which you and other American girls might help us do this?
 Answer: "No, but if there's any, thing can do to help :"
 At this point we were interrupted by the appearance, in uniform, of the gun-toting possessor of Atlantic City police shield number 10S, Bobby Sylvania. The mayor of Atlantic City sent him along as Miss Am- erica's bodyguard. Under the cir- cumstances, we dropped the conver- Sation.
 WON'T SAY WHAT
 VICES SHE HASN'T
 The rest of the interview pro- ceeded under Bobby,s watchful eye.
 Notes on Miss America, 194O: Graduated from high school in Philadelphia last January became professional model ]. boss suggested she enter Miss America contest first reaction: No ,'' but changed her mind when par ents (Dad's a fireman) said, "Okay, if you want to" has Ca most essential item) five bathing suits, of which a black velvet number is her pet.
 "You're darn right" tmost-used expression) she's having good time will tour the country, then go back to modelling has few vices, but, because she may pose for cigarette and other ad- vertising, she prefers not to say what vices she hasn't =.
 "Be natural, don't put on glam- or, relax, be yourself" This is her advice to contenders for her crown next year <. "Oh, no, I wasn't nervous during the judging. nev- CT thought I'd win"
 Since winning she has been flooded with mail, but only six were proposals And about romance? T have some boy friends" And Marriage? 'Is that a propos- al???"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
PLANKS PRESENTED BY WOMEN VOTERS
Delegation to Attend State COP. Convention to
 Press Petition

Following up its work at the Democratic convention, the Connec- ticut League of Women Voters will present blanks dealing with the merit system, direct nomination of candidates, reapportionment of sen- atorial districts, aid to dependent children, and the juvenile court Sys- tenn, to the resolutions committee of the Republican party at its con- vention in New Haven this week. Mrs. R. T. H. Halsey of New Haven, state president, will head the leagues delegation and make the presentation of the blanks.
 'Efhcient and responsive govern ment," Mrs. Halsey said in discuss ing the blanks, '.is necessary to pre- serve the faith of the people in a democracy, and we are therefore asking the Republican party to pledge itself to uphold Connecticut's merit system law and oppose weak ening amendments, to support a nominating system which makes possible the direct nomination of all candidates for public office and an election system which is respon- sive to the will of the people, and to take those steps which will make possible the reapportionment of senatorial districts in the interest of e more equitable representation" 1"
 we are also urging the Repubii- can party to support legislation en- abling Connecticut to receive federal funds for dependent children under the Social Security Act. and to es- tablish 6 state system for caring for juvenile delinquants," Mrs. Halsey said, 'because we are convinced that definite effort must he made to maintain and improve fundamental social conditions as q basic homo defence measure for the preservation ol, democracy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
MIGHT SCHOOLS
 OPEN SEPT. 30
Principals Named By the Board of Education Rec-
 ord Enrolment Seen

A large registration is expected in the city's night schools September 30, with great numbers expected in the naturalization courses, John c. Gilmartin, supervisor, said last night.
 The school board appointed Louis J. Thibodeau, Frank G. Began and Joseph P. Kennedy principals of high school night classes at Crosby, Leavenworth, and Wilby respective ly. A new class in blue printing will begin at Leavenworth.
 The following evening school teachers were named: Architecture: Charles E. Wood- lock; chemistry, Edward Derwin, substitute, chemistry; John Bedell substitute; sheet metal shop, Joseph Rosse; electric shop, James c. Cole man; cabinet making, Everett M. Stanley; mechanical drawing and blueprint reading, R. l.. Palatine; mechanical drawing and blueprint reading, John A. Dillon; mechanical drawing and blueprint reading, Frank L. Corrigan.
 Printing, Samuel B. Bassett: plumbing, William F. Gallagher; typewriting, Frank M. Skehan; typewriting, Mary c. Hutchinson (short term); typewriting, Ambrose G. Egan, (short terrn); typewriting, Hedwiga Stulginski, substitute; type writing, Ralph s. Hayward; stenog- raphy, Edward J. Fitzpatrick; sten- ography, Peter Demianovich, substi- ute.
 Stenography, Mary M. Schmidt; stenography, J. Francis Roland (short tern); bookkeeping, Arman- do Aurigemma, substitute; English, Anthony Rossi, substitute; English, Helen Ljungquist, substitute; sales manship, Maurice Griffin, substl- tute; office machines, Joseph R. Membrino; commercial law, Irving Strogatz. substitute.
 Elementary Schools
 Principal Thomas F. Nolan; Lucy Hablitzel, substitute; Ann Cronin, substitute; Margaret Sullivan, substi- ute; Sylvia Moskiwitz, substitute; Sadie Reilly, substitute; Nelda Flip pone, substitute; Marie Horrigan. Helen Flaherty, Marie Kunkel, Mary ONeill, Anna Donnelly, Mary K. Fnnan, Ruth Gerard.
 Citizenship Irene M. Kennedy, Anna E. M. Dwyer, Irene M. Kemp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17

Bill Reilly, able president of the newly organized BartenderS Walters and Chef Union in Waterbury, would like the drinking public to realize that they may have
 hard time getting their favorte refreshment Sunday September 29. For on that day, morning, noon and night all day state convention of bartenders walters and chefs will be in progress at Garden Hall It will mark the first time that Waterbury has been honored in being host to the state delegates and this is really extra ordinary honor when realizes that the local union has been in existence but six months Bill is getting plenty of assistance in arranging diversified program for the state guests from Jimmy Noonan With these two at the helm the convention should be delegates will never forget.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
Good evening.
CURRENT ENGLISH THR1LLER
sx THE MAN IN TEE TOWER

Scotland Yard s absolutely amazed Also startled as well dazed. How they unravel the Murder on the Moor With the Nazs bombing at their very door For they must drop the of Lord Finser And concern themselves with a bhzkrieg sinister. Lost Scuffle is Inspector Bull And all those c. I. D!s that had such pull; Who knew the ropes of criminal investigation And worked crime a regular occupation Those poison murders at Coddington Castle Where gory affair ended in tough wraste forgotten and Badger the gardener and the butler Mr. Fack Are concerned right in a bombing attack This England now is busy at defense Without the benefit of fog dense Readers for time must forgo English mystery And read instead of bombngs persistent and gory, For all your favorte crime story writers watching for air raids, have become all nighters The Battle of England isn't concerned with thriller dicon stronger and frightful than fiction
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17

Sam Ella took day off yesterday at the Water bury Manufacturing Company and rightly so, for about 6:3O the StOrk left his Mssus their first bundle from heaven, pound, IA ounce son. Mrs Ella of the Ward Street Elias is the former Marge Ensero. Anne RabushkO and Stasia Gervin took advantage of the ideal weather Sunday afternoon and enjoyed long, long hike Nothing like walk to keep girlish figure eh gals? Sergeant Al Caron of the local Marine recruiting station has abandoned that position to Sergeant George Beck while he takes of the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield this week. Al expects to work from in the morning to II at night daily, prospect which pleases him end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17

Joe Phelan of Davis Street who drives of Uncle Sams mail delivery trucks doesn't believe in the say ing that every Monday is blue Monday Yesterday his lovely wife, the former Myrtle Hayes, presented him with baby boy at St. Marys Hospital. Joe Bal trush IT,, back at his desk at the Connecticut Lumber Company bright and early yesterday morn Ag after week of nothing to do. During his vaca- tOn he enjoyed inspection tour of Rensselaer, Poly technic Institute Nick OrsilIO and several members of the Lakeside Bachelor Club weekended at Saratoga Springs and Lake George
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17

Clipped and pasted. |. .. MT. and Mrs. Edward Adams have arrived in Waterbury from Milford, where they have resided for the past ten years They visiting here with relatives Bettina Hal daughter of former Waterbury industrial executive, and well-known a musical comedy star, was married to Raymond Rubicam of the advertising firm of Young and Rubicam at San Francisco Monday afternoon. It was her second riage Her parents, MT. and Mrs. Fred E. Hall, now reside in North Easton, Mass Another sister Natalie is also well-known in musical comedy ranks . Ray J, Richards who has been box office director and cashier at Bushnell Memorial Hartford for the past five years has just resigned to accept the position of public rela tons director at Holy Cross College, from which ins tuition he graduated in 1880 He is a native of Ware Mass
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
25 VACANCIES IN
 ARTILLERY UNIT

First Lieutenant John J. Egan re- ported today that only 25 vacancies remain in Battery G, 208th coast artillery, anti-aircraft, which is now being formed. Several applications are now under consideration, and additional applicants are urged to file their names as soon as possible.
 Non- commissioned officers of Bat tery E will begin school at the armory next Tuesday, with Lieuten- ant Egan in charge.
 Captain Grover Baldwin an- nounces the appointment of Corne- Illus Holland as supply sergeant and Robert Hosier, company clerk, as corporal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
Workers Protected
 By Security Ac

The protection given working pet pie and their families by the Soci, Security act was outlined last nigl by Bernard Weisman, of the staff { the Boston office of the Social St curity Administration, in a talk members of auto mechanics uniel
 Other speakers were Atwood Caswell, president of the Waterbul Central Labor Union; Patrick Ryal A. F. of L. organizer; and James Corrigan of the Motion Picture Or orators union,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17

Dr. P. H. DeNicola, accompanied by his brother Nick and Nick Maorano occupied reserved seats at the open ing swingsaton program at the New Haven Arena Sun day night featuring Henry Armetta of screenland. E. Ferri honorS the Tower with very generous batch of tnfo Marion Iorio of William Street and Theresa and Connie Mrano of Taylor Street weekended at the Worlds Fair. They enjoyed it much they're planning next weekend at the same site G. Mathon, A. Murphy H. Galigan, L. Padula and A. Audietus comprise the personnel of the Oakvlle Pin Company girls bowling team They topple the pins weekly at the Mattatuck Alleys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17

Bernadine Caulfeld, comedy daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Caulfield of 1879 East Main Street. is Billy and Bernie pulled fast their many local friends and married at SS Peter and Paul Church last February 9 The proud hubby is the of James of 126 Laval Street and for years pastmed in the City Amateur Baseball League. During the basketball season Billy managed the Baldwin Props. The happy couple have gone housekeeping in the North End where they will be glad to receive callers The Tower wishes the McCOrmackS all the happiness in the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-17
SOUTH BRITAIN
 BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUs

Signs of the times: ;. One of the best-known drugstore cowboys complaining about the draft.
 There'll be two men who won't go," he says, inc, an the guy they send after me-" And all hands