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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
Hungary Bans News
Unfauorable To Axis

BUDAPEST, Aug. 2.-P-The
foreign office press bureau warned
foreign newspaper correspondents
today against reporting news (which
is either against Germany or Italy
or which is In opposition with known
political principles and policies of
the Axis"
Diplomatic sources interpreted the
prohibition as a frank move to fit
Hungarian censorship into accord
with the c~ensorships Of the Rome
Berlin partners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
OLD NEW Hope

HERrFoRD-New Hope Mo-,
dist church in Perquimans Nstha
believed to be one of tbo county,
America, will hold HONEST sS' II
services Sunday. conias
the deed to the land on NIL,
the church stands was datea winch
1, 1862. March
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
WILLkIE

CHARLOTTE-The Charlotte Oh.
server said today that a resolution
inviting Wendell l.. Willkie, repub-
lican presidential nominee, to en-
gage in an extensive speaking cam.
paign in North Carolina in Septem-
Der, would be introduced at the
party's state committee meeting
here Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
10 Die As Tidal Wave
Sweeps Jap Villages

TOKYO, Aug. 2.-LR-Ten per.
IONS, were drowned, two small ship
building yards were destroyed and
hundreds Of fishing boats washed
away today when a tidal wave fol-
lowing an earthquake swept the
western coast of Hokkaido, north
ern island of Japan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
Behind The Screen AT
Washington

WASHINGTON, - No N who
attended the great national con-
ventic-s this year can fail to hope
democracy may soon evolve some
method of functioning a little less
like 4 poorly managed Coney Is
land sideshow.
The plain fact about the modern
American political convention is at
least rs per cent nonsense. So much
of the available time and effort is
spent on making the thing a good
show that little is left for the really
important job-producing a DELHI
erative assembly of thinking men
and women that can take hold of
national problems and to to town
with them.
There must be a good halfway
point somewhere between this
kind of elaborate, self-deceiving
tomfoolery and the obedient, heel
clicking subservience of a party
congress, Nazi style. And it might
be a good thing if America found
it and occupied it.
PLATFORMS NOT
AIRED ON FLOOR
At both the Democratic and Re-
publican conventions this year, the
entire program Of the first tw o
days could easily have been COM
pressed into one solid session.
But if the program arrangement
and speech making are bad, how
about the platform?
A party platform is supposed to
express a party's convictions. In
a year as infinitely perplexing as
this one, you would imagine that
outing together a platform would
be a prayerful, careful job, at.
tended by serious debates in which
disputed points were argued al
length and the best attention of the
whole mass Of delegates was en-
gagged.
But at Philadelphia and at Chi
cago the reverse happened. In each
case, a select committee wrote the
platform. 1t wrangled as it worked
of course, and put in a lot Of time
and effort; but in each case i
would have counted its labors {
failure if the platform had actual.
been discussed on the floor.
DEMONSTRATIONS"
ELABORATELY PLANNED
Dizziest of all, Of course, are thu
demonstrations" during the nom
mating speeches.
These are deliberately planned il
advance. The musicians are tole
what pieces to play; placards ant
banners are collected and handel
to loyal party hacks, who collec
in the halls outside waiting TO
their cue; when the magic nam'
is named the music starts, tn
hacks produce the banners, tn
faithful on the floor get up ane
yell-and the demonstration is on
1t means nothing and convince!
no one. If you r really nut:
about some public man, you MAY
be able to spend five minutes yell.
ing for him in genuine enthusiasm
but these convention demonstra
tons are fops if they don't las
half an hour at least.
OUTSIDE PRESSURE
SWAYED DELEGATES
In the old days this probably
didn't matter much. The nation
was so secure, so safe and so pros
porous that it could afford such
Injuries.
There is one redeeming feature.
Each convention, this year, nomi.
mated a man whom most of the
delegates, if left to themselves,
would almost certainly have re-
jected-and did it because some
how the pressure of the outside
world, of great events and the
need of the times, made itself felt
through the fluff and froth of con.
vention procedure.
Maybe, by another four y e a r S,
we'll get in tune with the times
land arrange conventions that
aren't anachronisms. 4
I.oonoId'e Thidron
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
BISHOP PURCELL,

SILER CIIrY-Bishop Clare Pur
cell will be the principal speaker
at the dedication of a new educa.
ton building at the First Methodist
church here Oct. 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
ELECTROCUTEn

ALBEMARLE-Graav p,,
municipal electric lineman, w,s y
trocuted yesterday when bs e'se'
in contact with a high.tensjon saa'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
Carolina News
Shorts
The Associated Press

WEST JEFFERSON - An cleo
ton will be held here Sept. 3 on
the question of issuance of $19, 900
worth of street improvement bonds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03

A simple instrument called the
flight co-ordinator" enables a pilot
to determine quickly the relation be-
tween speed, fuel consumption, en-
CINE and propeller settings in level
flight at any altitude and tempera-
ture.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
PRESBYTERIAN

MONTREAT-A report showed
today that contributions to the
Southern Presbyterian church's
home missions during the last year
totalled $685. 04.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03

More than rs per cent of all ma
chine tools produced for domestic
use are delivered to plane-makers
or their suppliers
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03

CHARLOTTE-The Southern Muir
serymen's association will meet here
Aug. 21-22.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 TO-,

has become executive v;
ISOLATION. ahts a,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
Windsor To Take Oath,
As Other Governors

NASsAU-(Correspondence of the
Associated PresseThe Dul-e OF
Windsor will be sworn in as gov
ernor of the Bahamas with the
same traditional ceremony that has
been used for his predecessors in
this 200-year old colony.
There may be more tourists on
hand to watch, and this little colo
NAL capital may show more excite
ment than usual.
But the simple, dignified ceremony
in which the new governor takes
his oath of office and greets his
legislators will not be varied in any
detail just because Edward is the
first royal duke W appointed gov
ernor of a British colony.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
RAIJv

l.. LEx1NGTuN-A willkie.for.r,,.
ldent rally will be held here res
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03

During the month of April, 1910,
approximately 206,407 revenue pas
were carried by the air
lines of the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03

MOORE CHOSEN
HIGH POINT-Claude S. Moore
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
Corbitc Good Fortune

Good news comes in announce
ment of the award by the government
of d contract to The Corbitt Com
pany for several hundred huge mo-
Tor trucks for the Army, and we
hasten, us we are certain the com
munity III general will, to extend fe-
licitationS. There will be general
satisfaction in the fact OF the oom-
pany'S good fortune. as well as the
opportunity that comes to it to fur
niSh jobs for hundred or more ad-
ditional workmen, thus contributing
to the economic Well-being OF Hen
derSon.
\ Sl,395,00O order is not to be
Sneezed at by any concern, large or
small. It is hard, cold cash in any
mans language. It is tremendous
amount of money to be spent in Il
short tim0 community the size
Of He,
And .".. l., more, it is teStl-
mony to the ,.oIi.;. Of 4 Henderson
concern to reccil . I'D to execute Il
bic contract ~, - much Of the
cost -rill 30 il material purchased
el=cwher he labor item will be
H. factor and abundantly
Suffice. 'n.t it should be felt in
the channels of trade locally.
For The Corbitt Company to have
in hand an order Of this character.
to be carried out in something like
live months time, means that Il
roster hue Will appear on the horizon
of our economic outlook this fall. 1t
should temper the effects of low
prices for a less than normal toboc-
co crop that is available FOR sale on
the local market the coming season.
This is not the first time Corbitt
has done work for the Army. And
the fact that in the past its con-
tracts have been satisfactorily put
through undoubtedly has contributed
to its success in this latest achieve
inert. and logically should mean
mo- and possibly even larger ones
in the months to come as the great
national defense program picks up
iced.
1t is good fortune for the manu- I
occurring concern and for the COM .
! unity. It is good news all around.
I'D will be so considered generally. /:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
ANSWERS.

|. John Steele, of Salisbury, con-
gresham to the First and Second
congress, was appointed by Prcsi-
dent George Washington to the post
of comptroller Of the United States
Treasury in 1896. and held the office
until his resignation in 1902. Comp
troller Steele served one year I'M
der President Washington, through
the entire term Of President John
Adams, and over one year under
President jefferson, before resigning.
g The total vote for Roosevelt
electors in 1882 was 1886; the vote
in 1886 was 6l6,l4l, which showed
an increase Of 1858.
3. He was eleven years old, hav-
ing been born November 2, 1885.
His parents moved from Mecklen-
burg county, N. c., in 1906 and set
tied in Tennessee in what later be-
came Maury county.
4. During the Fourteenth Congress,
which convened March 4, 1915. Sen
ator James Turner, of Warrenton,
resigned and Montlord Stokes, Of
Wilkesboro, succeeded him: Senator
Francis Locke, of Salisbury, resign
ed and Congressman Nathaniel
Macon. of WarrcntOn, succeeded him.
The congressman who resigned were
William R. King, Of Clinton, Nath-
aniel Macon, of WarrCnton, who went
to the senate. They were succeeded
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
FORESTRY PROGRAM
FOR STATE ADOPTED

College Station, Raleigh, Aug. o.
A progressive l2-point program for
the protection and maintenance Of
the States forests has been adopted
by the North Carolina Forestry As
ISOLATION, r. w. Graeber, extension
forester Of N. c. State College, salo
today.
The program calls for broaden
ing Of public interest in forests by
teaching conservation in the public
schools and the acquisition and de-
velopment Of a system Of State for
ests.
Likewise, the Association is work.
ing toward the reforestation Of all
idle lands not suited or needed for
agriculture. The increased demand
for planting stock would be supplied
by charging the facilities of the State
Forest Nursery.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09

by Charles r. Hooks, Of KcnanSvillc,
and Weldon N. Edwards, Of Warren
ton. Congressman Richard Stanford,
of HaWrields, died and Samuel
Dickens, of ROXboro, succeeded TO
the vacancy.
5. The legislature passed special
acts declaring a moratorium on notes
and other obligations. The courts
were not allowed TO issue any exc
cutons for debts, except for interest.
6. Former Congressman Harry
Skinner, Of Grccnville, born in Per-
quimans county in 1855. AS pOpu-
list he was elected to two terms in
congress, serving from 1895, before
he Was defeated. He was appointed
by President Theodore Roosevelt in
1902 10 the district attOrneyship for
eastern North Caorlina and served
until 1910 when he resumed the prac-
tice OF law at Greenville.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
Tobacco Prices

An estimated 10 to 10 cents aver
age for tobacco Oh opening dGy yes
terday in the south Georgia belt
should not let loose too =, optt-
miSm over the outlook sa, tail.
1t probably will not. IL -, 80. =
iaSm OF market boosters on .neSe
occasions is we'll known TO growers
and business people alike.
Every one in the great tobacco
sections OF this State could wish
that it were only true that the sea-
son had so promising a start. with
assurances that the level would :.
maintained through to the close. Al
the factors in the economics Of to-
bacco this year are against it, and
no good thing could come from a
happy build-up only to experience a
sickening let-doWn later.
All the experts who are familiar
with market conditions have eSti-
mated in advance a season average
OF around fifteen cents 4 pound. The
figure was arrived at after deduc-
tons and discounts of the loss OF
foreign markets, the reduced crop
and consumer trends, albeit the lat
ter afford the brightest spot in the
picture as new selling season gets
under way.
Assuming that the first estimates
from Georgia are approximately
accurate, that in itself would not
mean the crop would bring that
much. Last years opening was some
better even than that, but, untortu-
nately. the worst was saved for the
last. with a downward trend in Geor-
sia from soon after the Start until
the close Of the season there.
Shortly after last years first
sales the war broke, and that was
followed by withdrawal of British
buyers. which added to the cOnfu-
sion and distress. All of this en-
ploSion came in the face of one of
the largest crops on record.
But all that is now hiStory-some
of it current history, too-and no
such surprises are in prospect this
season. All that can be imagined in
the way OF adverse probabilities is
already known. and the season be-
gins in full knowledge of conditions.
A few more days should furnish Suf-
ficient indication of tre:|~ M a
settlioS Of the market and i ..olt
to may reasonably be looked
for il e season as whole.
There is no sound basis for antici-
pating a season price of eighteen to
nineteen cents a pound. All the
signs point more to the fifteen-cent
level marketing experts have fore
cast.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
Time-Marches On!

DiSmayed by events; of the past
fortnight or so, rs reports -. "Grn-
ial Jim" Farley steps ont ul the
Post Office Department. where Tor
nearly eight year,. hr hl. dispensed
pall onage and accepted III return the
-upport Of pullllcIan& l"r the New
Deal administration. In Il sense,
his has been one Of the really big
Jobs of the period so far of the ROOSe-
welt dynasty.
The resignation, effective August
81, and the letter Of acceptance in
return, are both effulgent with eX-
preSsionS of mutual admiration and
regret and with best wishes for Il
future fraught with all the good
things one could wish for himself.
Thus the reform party and one Of
its StauncheSt generals come to the
parting Of the ways.
For months ii has been 4 sort Of
open secret. never denied, that Far
ley had presidential ambitions, and
that he was unaltcrably opposed to
the third term adventure. But he
was over-ruled. Fast friendships Of
the past and reliance by the chief
executive on Farley for political
advice are not allowed TO stand in
the way of ambitions, and SO Farley
goes the way Of 50 many others who
once were soldiers in the palace
guard.
Farley wrote that he felt sincere
regret at taking the step, and the
President assured his trusted friend
that all of us in the administration
will miss you deeply" Both told
the truth. One rccounted the accom-
DliShmcntS of his own service and
the other praised it. The cabinet Of
ficer and his chief" each goes his
separate way. Farley quits three
iobS-party chairman in New York
State and also in the nation, and like
Wsc the office Of postmaster gen
eral and patronage dispenser - to
enter private business.
The gossipers say he was given a
bitter pill at the third term conven-
ton in Chicago. despite his position
as official head of the party. But
his decision seems to have been made
ere that. and the facts, not made
the property of the public, were
known to the insiders, and may
have been reflected in what hap
pened that fateful week.
1t is not hard to accept the as
as fact that the two po- ,
Iitical chicftainS do sincerely regret !
the turn of recent events, but
Time-marcheS on
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
Reu0cQti0nS
Of Licenses
Are Sought
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In tho Sir Waller Hotel

Raleigh, Aug. 9.-The Brewers and
North Carolina. Beer Distributors
committee, Col. Edgar H. Balm, di-
rector, plans to petition several
boards of county commissioners for
revocation of beer licenses recently
granted to wives of men whose IL
cense had been revoked.
In several instances the committee,
in its clean up o. close up" cam
paign, has secured revocation Of the
retail beer license Of man, only
to have another license issued to
the wife. Prior to recent ruling of
the attorney general, county COM
missioners had interpreted the law
as leaving them little discretion in
such cases.
A few weeks ago Attorney General
Harry Mcmillan ruled that 1.-The com
miSsoners would be justified in re-
fusing the license -. would be juSti-
fled in concluding that the wife Of
the convicted violator would operate
under the control of her huS-
band In some instances the man
continued to work in the place where
beer is sold.
It is such fragrant instances Of
subterfuge that have aroused the ire
of Colonel Balm and his associates
on the committee, and plans are now
being worked out to present petitions
to county boards to have these Ii
censes revoked.
The petitions will be based upon
the attorney generals opinion cited
above, and upon the statutory pro-
vision that when license has been
revoked for cause it shall be unlaw-
full to reissue said license for said
premises to any person within a pc
rod of six months after revocation.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
Secret Diplomacy

Rep, 3ul2n charges have been
made &c . the House Banking
Committee that private promises
were made TO Latin American cOun-
tries at the recent Havana conference
of loans in return ior support of
Lr,rosal to bar the European axis
powers from Goothold in the West
ern Hem. pnere. 1t SmackS OF Eu-
ropean methods in international
dealings Cd of the old, old policy OF
secret r..omacy, thing America
has liked . boast it is not guilty of.
OF course. there are times when
the full story and import Of events
in negotiations between nations
should not be published abroad to
the void. They could Conceivably
result in explosions and wreck honest
efforts to bring about better order.
1t is not always wise TO reveal the
means to an end, unless other vital
issues are involved.
In the matter of secret promises
Of loans to Latin America, if such
promises were given, the fact OF
such knowledge becoming general
might set up a competition between
the great powers to see which could
offer the most tantalizing induce
ments to tae smaller nations. This
newspaper only a few weeks ago
suggested II this very trick might
be in '..r .. pg toward the Unit
ed State + been with the
Balkan states il, -urope in their
dealings with Cree, .ritain. Charges
now befcro t:.G 'iuuse committee
tenc. :, tat out, at least from
t,s ;. +: of Uncle Sans will
in2r,.. .. come a party to it.
As ,auuuan Jesse Jones, Federal
loan commissioner. told the COM
mittee, the risk might be worth
taking. The United States might be
the loser in the long run, but then
there is the chance that some sem
bance Of honor and Sclr-rcspcct re-
sides in the men who are response
bic for guiding the ships of state for
these smaller republics. 1t would
be a costly business to buy or bride
. them into line, but one Of the most
notorious things about war, or de-
Tense against it, is its cost.
We cannot enthuSe much over the
idea of secret diplomacy. 1t has
been at the root of many war, and
na'ionS should not be forced to dis
sip>'e their man power and their
resources because of the acts OF
laundering statesmen. II we are
going to sink millions of dollars into
Latin America as an essential part
Of our preparedness undertaking,
American citizens might as well know
vi,are their money is going. Al
ready they know too little about
sue! things.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
AUGUST @, 1918.

The North Henderson Mills have
shut down for period Of ten days
to give the operatives vacation.
The work on the new armory
building, on the site Of the old Grand
opera house, is being pushed at a
rapid rate at this time.
There has possibly never been an
other summer when the people of
Henderson have been as free from
sickness and enjoyed as good health
as they have this simmer. Such are
the benefits of proper sanitation and
Cleanliness.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
ORDER OF RESALE JORDAN
FLOYD LAND.
North Cardinal:
Vance County:

North Carolina:
Vance County:
The under described land having
been sold by the Trustee and a 10
per cent raise bid having been de-
posted with the Clerk Of Court of
Vance County; and the Trustee hay
ing been ordered to Resell said lana
as prescribed by Statute. Now, there
fore, | shall, by public auction to the
highest bidder, for cash, at the Court
House Door in Henderson, N. c. on
Monday 10Th. day of August at ~
o'clock Noon, the following described
property:
The Jordan Floyd home as mort
gagged by him January |, 1929 and of
record in Book ISL page 246 Vance
Co., under which Deed of Trust said
land was sold July %, 1910 for SOL.
Same being one acre more or less
known as Stephen Kittrell home
place, bounded on the North by a
street and lands Of Continental Plant
Co.; on the East by Chavis Road; on
South by lands of Mary Watkins: on
west by lands of Continental Plant
Company. Bid to begin at S111.10.
This August |, 1910.
T. S. KITTRELL, Trustee.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
August 9. 1920.

Many stunts Of various kinds have
featured the stay of the Boy Scouts
from Henderson at White Lake, in
Bladcn county, where they have been
spending ten days on Il camping trip.
Bennett H. Perry, who accompanied
the troop with J. e. Cooper as scout
master, returned last night.
A meeting Of some Of the Red
Cross members was held yesterday
for the purpose Of discussing mat
ters relating to the financing OF the
undertaking Of public health nurse
here.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
What Do You
know About
North Carolina!
BY FRED II. MAY

/. Who was the first North Caro-
linian to be given the appointment
of Comptroller?
2. How much did the Roosevelt
vote in North Carolina increase from
1882 to 1886?
3. How old Was James K. Polk
when his family moved from North
Carolina to Tennessee?
t. When did North Carolina have
two senators and two congressman
to resign and one congressman to die
all in the same term?
5. What laws were enacted in 1861
to protect property and obligations
of men during war times?
6. Who was the former congress-
man President Roosevelt appointed
U. S. district attorney for eastern
North Carolina in 1902?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-08-09
CREDITORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as Administrators
of the Estate of Baxter G.. White, de-
ceased, late Of Vance County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the Estate Of
said deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned, or TO their attorneys at
Henderson, NJ c., on or before the
18th Gay of July, 1941, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar Of their re-
covery. All persons indebted TO this
estate will please make immediate
payment.
This the 18th day of July, 1910.
S. F. WHITE,
J. c. WHITE,
Administrators of the Estate of
Baxter c. White.
GhOlSOn & GholsOn,
Attorneys for Administrators.
12-19-26-2-9-l6