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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
Leaf Prices
Hold Firm
Early Second Day
Sales Prices Around
1920 Cent Level on
Middle Belt.

Durham, Sept. 18.-(AP) - 4
check of early second day sales on
the nine North Carolina Middle Belt
tobacco markets showed today prices
continuing around the 19 to 20 cents
a pound level, slightly above the
1889 opening prices.
The Oxford market. reported prices
were firm and the bulk of the ap-
proximately 100000 pounds offered
consisted of primings. Prices ranged
up to "a cents.
The price average at Sanford was
estimated at around 10 cents. Quail
ty of the approximately 100000
pounds offered was fair.
A total of 1,420 pounds of to-
bacco was sold on the Durham mar
ket yesterday for an average of 1856
cents.
The United States Agricultural
Marketing Service and the State De-
partment of Agriculture said in
creases yesterday were from S2.75 to
$3.50 a hundred over the opening
day last year, with greatest gains
occurring in fair to fine quality Tugs
and primings and low quality leaf.
Though prices ranging from S29
to $50 were fairly numerous, the
bulk of sales ranged from $12 to
SGT, the report said.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
Italians In
Egypt Under
Heavy Fire
Force at Sid Barrani
Subjected to "Success-
full" Bombing, British
Declare; British Have
Made No Strong De-
tense.

Cairo, Sept. 18.--(AP)--Hcavy and
"SucccsSruT bombing Of italian
troops al Sd Barrani Egypt, was
reported today in British headquar-
tcr" cOmmuniquc.
The Italian invader. -''''NN formed
along the Mediterran""e - "''''" nf
Egypt's western desert, the COM
munique said. were engaged in con-
soldatng their positions before the
expected advance toward Alexandria.
Where the British would make a
stand remained a military secret.
British operations thus far, it was
said, have been designed to harass
rather than halt the two motorized
Italian columns leading the eastward
drive
Despite sandstorms and tempera-
lures ranging up to 100 degrees the
Italians in four days have advanced
from Libyan border to positions be-
yond Sid Barrani, go miles inside
Egypt, reaching the start Of an as
phalt road leading $50 miles to the
Suez canal, vital link of Britain's en-
pire life line.
The fartherest point in the 1tal-
ian advance line at present is be-
lieved to be 80 miles within Egypt.
AS the Italians press forward the
British are in the position of being
able to choose the field for what may
be the one decisive battle of the cam
paign.
The next objective presumably is
Matruh, 100 miles further along the
coastal road and site of British air
base.
Between Sidi Barrani and AleXan-
dria lie $50 miles Of rough going for
an invader and the British command
while conceding that the Italians
have moved swiftly and efficiently
so far-does not regard their present
position as serious menace.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
Roosevelt Must Pro.
mulgate Regulations
and Name Draft Direc-
tor; Congress Must
Pass Appropriation
Measure.

Washington. Sept. 18.-(AP)-Ac-
ton to clear the way for operation
of the nationwide CONSUMPTION pro-
gram commanded first attention to-
day as President Roosevelt returned
to the capital and Congress made
ready to resume sessions.
Before the United States can
launch the great peacetme under
taking which begins with the regis
tration of 16,5O0.n00 men on October
16, three essential preliminaries re-
quired disposition:
1-Presidcnt Roosevelt must pro-
mulgatc the regulations governing
the administration Of the draft ma
chincry. enrolment. classification
and selection Of trainccs, their in
duction into service and kindred mat
tiers.
2-Thc director of the selective
service system must be appointed by
Mr.. Roosevelt and confirmed by the
Senate rs provided in the conscrip-
ton law.
3-Congrcss must take action on
the pending $4,000 100000 special
defense appropriation request which
is TO dcfray the expenses of reglstra-
ton and CONSUMPTION.
President Roosevelt was expected
to order into effect, possibly tomor-
row. the first two of six volumes OF
regulations already prepared on con-
scription.
Likewise, he was expected to an
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18

London, Sept. 18.-(AP)-Mili-
tary attaches and correspondents
who experienced the billiards OF
bombs which fell on Warsaw, Bar
celona and Madrid expressed belief
today that London already has TAX
en- more punishment than any other
city, even Rotterdam, in the past
eleven days of Nazi bombardment.
Despite these attacks, however, the
consensus of those experienced OBJ
servers was that the German air
force had failed to achieve the two
main purposes of the raids and that
the prospects Of invasion were CORES
pondingly dimmcd'
The two nrima 0h'~c;'E"s N"
rave as NN discr~ariza>:o" ~ 49,
don's communications so that sup
plies and reinforcements could not
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
Observers Say London Is
Most Heavily Bombed City

be sent to the areas where invasion
is planned, and (2) breaking OF the
morale of the civilian population.
They added that the British gov
eminent would be compelled to adopt
swifter and more effective methods
for housing, feeding and clothing
refugees bombed out of their homes
if civilian morale is to be maintained
at the present level.
Comparing other bombed cities
with London, one British correspond
ent who claims to be the worlds
most bombed man. said:
ROTTERDAM caught a packet, but
I'll Ct it was in one section. If you
oorld fit Iondcn'~ bombed areas int,
4 section of similar size II" ruin End
damage would be far gre2tcr than
Rotterdar's."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
Consumption Waits
Preliminary Steps
Leonard To
Support Willkie

Salicbury, Sept. 19.J(AP)-Paul
Leonard of Statesviile, secretary Of
the North Carolina Fair Tax Asso-
citation, announced today that he
would identify himself with the
Democrats for Willllie Movement"
He denounced what he termed
"the waste of billions OF dollars OF
tax money yet uncollected" on Co
called" planned economy which, he
said, should have gone into prepara-
tons for national defense and Sc
curity.
Leonard urged independent voting
and said he would support Willkle
because cit appears to me to be the
way of salvation from continuation
of the conditions I have been dis
cussing."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
Forces
Credited With
Victory March

Rome, Sept. 49, (AP) Italian
dispatches said today Libyan soldiers
performed the seemingly impossible
feat of marching so miles in desert
sandstone to surprise British gar
rision at Sidi Barrani, Egypt, and
capture that strongly defended sec
ond line of defense.
The italian high command de-
clared that the resistance of the army,
massed from all parts of the British
Empire to defend the western desert,
had been "crushed everywhere" and
that the Italian force at Sid Barrani
now was organizing for a further
push toward Alexandria and the Suez
Canal.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
Attack Made
After Night
OF Terror
Largest Air Raid of
War Made Last Night
on London; Casualties
Feared To Be Heavy;
B O m b Unexploded
Near u. S. Embassy.

(By The Associated Press)
Great waves of German war
planes-300 in a single thrust
subjected London TO the longest
series of daylight attacks of the
war today, with air raid sirens
screaming the eighth alarm at
1854 p. m. G:54 p. m. EST as
anti-aircraft guns went into &C
ton.
The bold assaults, following
the longest overnight alarm in
the three months old battle of
Britain, kept the royal air force
almost constantly engaged in
spectacular sky battles ranging
from London itself to the Eng
lish channel at Dover.
Tight British censorship apparently
clamped down on damage and cas-
ualties after an earlier official adj
mission that it was feared the night
raids had inflicted heavier casualties
than any others of the last few days.
Royal air force fighters met one
mass attack of 300 nazi planes in a
terrific fight high over the Thames
estuary and repeatedly drove off the
invaders.
Flying at $4,000 feet in three
waves, the German bombers and
Fighters Numbered across the Dover
coast, plunged through barrage of
anti-aircraft fire and headed for
London to rain fresh chaos on the
capital.
An Associated Press observer on
the channel coast said the sky SEEM
ed "full of planes" as the Germans
passed overhead.
A few miles from London, British
defense planes knitted into the three
formations and broke them up into
a series of whirling dogfights.
The battle came as London's mil
lions underwent their fifth daylight
air raid alarm and capped might
of He'll" marking the longest raid OF
the wartime hours and 81 minutes
of terror from the skies.
An official British communique
said it was feared casualties may
be heavier than in recent nights"
A delayed action bomb fell near
the United States embassy, remain
ing still unexploded after daybreak.
and a member of the embassy staff
said:
eve certainly had a Hell of a
night-they were popping all around
U.S."
Nazi quarters in Berlin describing
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
High Court Rules:
Jail Tax Illegal
North Carolina
Gets Big Sum OF
Defense Spending

Richmond, Va, Sept. 18.-(AP)-
Contracts and expenditures for ma
tional defense work in North Car
DINA between June Is and September
l amounted to S7,223,35
E. Leigh Stevens, staff representa-
tive for North Carolina in the office
of government reports here, released
the report today. He said contracts
awarded for the army in the state
totaled 642,479.96 with S3,240,7O0.-
IS for the Navy.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
Daily OiSDaich bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Rv HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, Sept. l8.--The draft
boards in North Carolina, which will
be strictly ''non-partisan and non
political according to Governor
CLYDE R. Hoey, will be selected for
each county by three men who are
above everything else political fig
ureS.
How this apparent paradox will
work out, and whether or not the
setuo is actually ''non-politicaP' re-
mains to be seen.
That politicians by training and
profession will choose the draft
boards was made certain yesterday
...Ln the governor announced that
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
Political Figures Named
To Pick |Non-Polihcal"
Draft Boards In Counties

he has decided to put the appoint
ments in the hands of three official
figures in each county, to-Wit: the
clerk of the superior court, the coun-
ty superintendent Of education and
the chairman OF the county board
OF elections.
1t needs no proving that any such
trio is completely political-the clerk
of the court in every county being
one of its astutest politicians, the SUI
perintendent of schools being always
Democrat and sometimes an edu-
cational expert, and the chairman
of the board of elections being, Of
course invariably appointed because
If his loyalty ana ability as a party
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
Tax Issue
Is Debated
Senator Bailey Says
Nation Facing Nation
al Debt of rs Billion
Dollars.

Warrington. Sept 1@-(APl-Scn-
.'.. Austin. Republican. Vermont
".~.Hrod today that proposal TO ell,
"a'c tax exemptions on federal;
".'r and local securities transereSSeo
Or fundamental right Of states ana
INEQUALITIES to raise mnnev WIN
'' 5nt"rrcHcnca by the federal gov
'.n"nt.
,n-''n a~2ueH that the proposal
A.. ..rd hv Sen8tor Brown. Democrat
Cd. ...gaN. rs an amendment tG the
'....s profits tax bill held lmp!ica,,
... Of a completely central'zeo
o. or federal government.
'"2iyjng TO Austin. Brown deciar-
' nat much Of the federal dept was
..a ~ wealthy persons who 10 una
H.. at were relieved of paying III
taxes.
Pr tho standpoint ut tax ,uS-
, .nrr}I rot y" roTr"ittod ne
Our tax falls heavier on inc
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
Plane Losses
Reported By
Both Sides

London, Sept. 1G.-(AP)-Thc Bri-
fish air force has lost 62l planes of
all kinds and fewer than 600 men
since August 8, Sir Archibald Sim
clair, air minister. said today, while
in the same period the Germans have
lost 1867 Plies and 1000 men.
British filters in the Near East have
shot down Sc italian planes with a
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
O'Connor.
Again Loses
Political Forces Watch
Results of Primaries
For Clues to Novem-
Der Vote.

(BV The ASS0c1ated '""TS
The double defeat Of former Re-
nrcsentative John J. O'Cnnnor of
Now York in his congressional come
back bid and the strength shown by
anti administration Democrats in
WISCONSIN high spotted Tuesdays
primary elections in tho two states,
O'Connor, whose defc0t for the
nomination was successfully advo-
Gated by administration forces in
1888, lost out in efforts to win both
Republican and Democratic nnr1ina-
tons in Manhattan's 10Th congress
sional district.
In Wisconsin, meanwhile, Demo-
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-18
Willkie Links
Defense With
Recovery

Albuquerque, N. NJ, Sept. 10
(AP)-Wcndell L. Willkic, moving
his presidential campaign into the
deep southwest, linked national de-
Tense today with economic improve
ment as the two principal problems
confronting the United States.
Rehabilitation of our domestic
economy is Inc front line trench OF
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Evening star., 1940-07-14
Course in First Aid
Starts Tomorrow al "

An eight-week first-aid course
VIII be inaugurated at 4:3o pm.
tomorrow by the boys department
OF the Central Y. M. C. A. in the
building at 1882 G street NV
Glasses will be held each Monday
wednesday and Friday at that hour,
under direction of Joseph E. Aron-
on, boys aquatic director at the
American Red Cross junior GER
t1f1cates in first aid will be given to
each boy who successfully COM
pletes the course.
At $50 am. next Wednesday
about 70 boys will take their first
lesson In bicycle safety riding, in
the newly formed cluo, known as
the "Ycyclers." Grant Clark of
the American Automobile Associa-
ton will give safety lessons. George
Adams OF the "Y" staff will CO.
operate.
Next Saturday at 3:15 pm. the
boys department Drum and Bugle
Corps will hold a bugle contest,
under direction Of Johann Van
zuylen, director of the "Y" Boys
Bugle Corps, in cooperation with
other music organizations of the
Y. M. c. A. The contest will be
open to both junior and senior
age groups. The winner of first
prize in each group will be given
. week end trip to Camp Let's, the
Y. M. c. A. boys camp on the Rhode
River near Annapolis, Md.
As part of the boys depart
ment summer program, motion pic
lures are shown In the boys build
ing each Saturday at 2 pm.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Los Angeles Pets
Find City Of Angels
Heaven on Earth
Lucky Dogs Have Special
Beds, Schools and
Beouty Shoppe
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July 13-The
city of the angels is a heaven on
earth for its cats and dogs.
There are more pet shops, dog
kennels. cat hotels, dog boarding
houses and bird hospitals per capita
here than in any other city, experts
say. And by the same token, more
pet cats. dogs and birds.
The Los Angeles Humane Depart
ment disclgses that residents of this
city of movie stars, oranges and
sunshine paid out almost a quarter
of million dollars last year in dog
licenses alone.
Treats Sick Birds.
Southern California's mania for
pets makes it possible for people
like Mrs. Idella G. Manisera, for
example, to make good living
treating sick birds.
Most Of her patients, says Mrs
Manisera, are canaries. their tum-
mics upset by "too much attention" :"
She puts 'em on a simple diet and
has them whistling again within
eight days. Then the owners start
over-feeding them again and back
they come for another cure. Wild
birds are treated free of charge.
Cat hotels do their best business
during the summer months when
home-owners go travelling. Cats.
on the whole, are poor tourists.
The lucky dogs that live in Los
Angeles can be sent to school"
to learn tricks, even to learn to
act for the movies. There are dor
beauty salons Nhich, for a price.
will put long-haired patrons in
curriers' or will trim canine toe
nails. One owner was asked to ex-
plain his sign. "Ye Olde sDogee
Beauty shoppe"
TO make long story Short" he
said, I'VE wash dirty dogs.
We guarantee to get rid Of feas
and lice"
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Ray specialize
IN making and selling dog beds in
all shapes and sizes, with covers
and without, stationary and on
wheels. They have tiny trundle
beds with stepladders for chihua-
huas, and a portable 6-by-6-foot
cabin for st. Bernards. There are
old-fashioned. four-poster beds with
kapok-cedar mattresses and pill
lows. For the puppy home -at-sea,
the yachting crowd has approved
dog beds in the form of miniature
launches.
Bed Cost SIS.
The Rays are still elated about
the dog house they sold to movie
star. 1t had ventilators, inner
spring mattress, drinking basin,
drains and running water, and cost
$75. WV
When animals die, there awaits
the Los Angeles Pet Cemetery which
boasts the only animal, crematorv
and only "pet-burial with senti-
ment' in the country. Funeral
prices for dogs range upward from
S27. depending upon the type of
casket, size Of plot and degree of
sentiment.
Among 5000 pets buried there. are
several dogs owned by the late
Alice Brady, numerous cats, chick
ems, rabbits, parrots, an alligator,
turtle. lion, chimpanzee and horse.
We lay the pet out neatly, and
let the owner visit with it before
1t is buried or cremated," said a
cemetery employe. And every Sun
day we run the pet obituaries in q
Los Angeles newspaper.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Chicago U. Forms
Defense Council
~ the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July 13.-The Univer-
sity of Chicago today announced
formation Of a council on national
defense to lay the groundwork for
quick and the most effective re-
sponse to any demands for CO.
operation by the Government.
Besides initiating preparation for
cooperation in national defense
measures, the council will serve as
q clearing house for all calls by
the Government on material and
human facilities Of the university.
Evening star., 1940-07-14
Government Asks Advice

Merchants, bankers and agricul-
tur1sts were asked by the govern
ment to give suggestions on how to
improve the economic organization
of Nicaragua.
Evening star., 1940-07-14

Expensive imported pieces In
large 27x27 Inch size. Only
BACKGROUND to be finished.
All in lovely 1loral designs.
D0rk-Third Floor
Evening star., 1940-05-25
The Romspeck Bill

Unless the Senate Civil Service
Committee evinces a more active
interest in the Ramspeck civil service
extension bill, the measure is doomed
for this session of Congress. It has
been nearly four months now since
the bill passed the House and the
succession of delays it has encoun-
tered do not encourage hope for
favorable action.
The chronology is Illuminating:
February 9-Passed the House and
sent to the Senate.
April 10-Senate Civil Service Com
mittee hearings opened.
April 30-Hearings ended.
May 22-Committee called to con-
slider disposition, but only two Of ten
members attended and meeting went
over indefinitely.
Indifference-or opposition-to the
legislation are the only logical rea-
sons for such a record, for there is
nothing complex about the measure
to call for long, drawn-out study.
1t proposes simply to empower the
President to extend civil service to
thousands Of exempt positions as he
sees fit and to apply to the field the
Classification Act pay scales now
covering only the departmental
service.
1t has the backing of the Roose-
welt administration, the employe
groups and other organizations in
terested' in civil service. It opens the
way to personnel reforms that must
be brought about if start ever is to
be made to rid the Government of
the patronage incubus and firmly
establish Federal employment as a
career service.
The Senate Civil Service Commit
tee should report the bill out without
further delay.
Evening star., 1940-05-25
Midcity Playground

One of the crying needs of a large
section of the older part of Wash
ington has been an Improvement Of
recreational advantages for children
of the area. Announcement by the
Park and Planning Commission of
purchase of most of the land neces-
sary for colored playground in the
block bounded by o, P and Fifth
streets and New Jersey avenue is the
long sought answer to the problem.
This Is a large neighborhood with
an unusually high child population
density. Because many Of these chill
dren lack the economic advantages
of those Of some sections of the COM
munity, and because Of health han
dicaps present In some of the
families, it has been recognized by
far-seeing citizens for many years
that correction of the recreational
deficiencies of the area would be
an important contribution to the
welfare of the whole community.
With the adoption Of adequate
safety measures and training, the
playground should justify itself In
Evening star., 1940-05-25

apprehension at this moment as q
hot election campaign approaches
its climax in July. Mexico reports a
suspiciously large influx of German
tourists" augmenting the already
substantial body of Nazis which have
long used Mexico as a sphere in
which to spread their theology.
It Is possible that subversive ele-
ments taking advantage of political
upheaval, should that follow the elec-
ton, might rise to power.
In such an event the United States
could not remain a distinterested
observer. We have too many po-
tential fifth columnists" ourselves
to permit the rise on our border of
a regime which would be more SYM
pathetic with the cause of Nazi-
Fascism in Europe than is good for
the Americas.
Evening star., 1940-05-25
Fifth CoIumnists

The grim determination with
which Great Britain is running down
her fifth columnists" is convincing
evidence that the dictatorship real
lies the seriousness of the peril
across the Channel.
Although democratic rights are in
eclipse as police and Scotland Yard
crack down on Fascists and Com
munists, these elements have no
cause for complaint. They are
merely victims of the very methods
they would use if they should come
TO power-methods which they have
been actively trying to establish in
England.
It is one of the paradoxes of de-
mocracy that the guarantees of
freedom Of speech, assembly and
press are the shields behind which
the foes of democracy conduct their
vicious campaigns to destroy the
system which permits them to exist.
II Britain has now, through the
sxigencies of the war, become a die
tatorship, 1t is the most nearly per-
feet example of democracy in action,
not only waging war efficiently
against highly mobilized opponent
but jealousy guarding its own future.
Not only Britain and France, but
other nations not yet involved in
this war are having increased atten-
ton to those within their borders
who would pave the way for an in
vader. Particularly is this true in
Latin America, where the small re-
publics have for years been the
objects Of Nazi lures and blandish-
ments. Many Of them have German
and Italian minorities, articulate in
support Of the lands from which they
came.
Mexico especially has reason for