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SUBURBAN PROPERTY FOR SALE.
pEsIRABLE HOMES ALL SECTIONS OF
eesp5lnsSa ep chss,nus Ut esf5.D q5D DOMINION REALTY
MD. : ACRE, GAR. BEDRMs.. BATH.
water. elec. N. E. KLEIN, Berwyn oe
NEW CENTER HALL, CAPE coD-S3,5oo
svd SSep a9Hn HI s ehesnat 1885, Sssf NJ Washington
In heart Of Silver Spring; at sacrifice price.
Also new brick bungalow, with 1S,000-ft.
lS.; oo0 20 minutes ss, from city At less than
INC. 925 Union Trust Bldg
LOG CABIN IN D. c., ON GLEN ECHO
sysd ssys5Io0fs Potomac: iooxlo0; bargain: 1s IA:
dale. Md rooms: tiled bath, oil heat,
9sssstsd s5sss sol sale By owner VI r.
EDMoNsToN RD.. CORNER OF FRENCH
St. Berwyn-4 new brick homes. S and s
Wnsdes bTs sun
ARLINdToN-3O3 9th ST. So
rooms. bedrooms 1st foor. 3 on second;
fruit ,tns trees one acre 1or less, Convenient
home or Investment. Chestnut 50s7. 17'
NEW BRICK 5-RooM CAPE COD, QUIET
street on edge Of Sligo Forest. Ideal for
Efsfs ssaDs sndsf aa and
sSss sseehsra r5r9a!s s44s. ave. Silver s0rn'' Md
TWO NEW GROOM BRICK HOUSES;
and anS SaS bath On on IND s5 d4 0{ fun
ave: Kensinston. % Nd. Mrs Mrs. FAYcRAFF.
z Washington st. Kensington. Md.
porehes hardwood aoofs. a oileSarnere eNt tuT: ::
pump, insulation Lots Of shade. shrub
stoye
low taxes, city water available; school,
CHURCH, bus. train, growing community;
owner, !. mi. no. Of Defense highway. or; on
Princess Garden road. Lanham, Md.
ADJOINING BRANDYWINE fMD5 SCHOOL
reit9 snd phone 'D 's1"S 60 minutes
to city; church bank, post once and stores
only wMFs diS1SEse of and aaoa city blocks
sd1S eSsn. f5s Shaded s P51}s
ing room, de luxe kit.. lse: bedrooms,
BUILDER. Chestnut 2ls5. - a. "NA''
IDYLwooD. ,vA-5-RooM BUNGALOW,
porches: oil heat. acre; $3.50: terms
reasonable Phone Falls Church 1445-W.
RIVERDALE, MD, $50 HARRISON AVE
Delightful new detached home containing
8 we'll arranged rooms fully tiled bath,
garage: lot 5Ox250. Real value at S6,5OO
F. H. A. terms If desired DUNN 4 CO,
1898 r. I. ave. Mt. Rainier. Hyatts As.
NEW, 5-RooM BUNGALOW, WITH w H,
full basement, attractive bath and kitchen:
3 blocks to 1-fare bus. Only S4,950
ROBERT E. LOHR
311 Cedar St. Takoma Park GE Oss1.
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TRADE OR SELL
REDUCED no S7,25O

7-rm. Calf bungalow modern improve
ments: large. beautifully Handicapped lot;
near Olney Inn: S6.45O: easy terms
COFFMAN REALTY. SHEPHERD 4123
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Overlooking Rock Creek Park.

OvoiioohlIis NOVh Nieeh rdlh.
Small refined family to take charse of
beautifully furnished home. bachelor to
retain room and board 4 bedrms , baths,
porches garage. furnished recreation rm
with fireplace: nr. schools, stores and
churches; exceptionally cool in summer
S41a Oakwood ter NV. Adams o399,
National 9646
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NEAR r. I. AVE. HYATTsv1LlE, MD.

rms, bath. h. .w.h.. oil burner: lot COX
200. garage, chicken house: easy terms
MR., QLIpDEN, DE. o064-N after o pm.
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WASHINGTON HOUSING CORR. :.
03l H st. NV. National 357l,

FOR COLORED.
5118 Washington Pl. NE.
Semi i-detached brick. rms. bath, recre.
alton rm.. de luxe condition. $3.50.
229 Anacostia Rd. NE.
Detached brick, r.. b.; ami: S45,
JOHN r. PINKETT, INC,
Dupont S7S7. 1902 New Jersey Ave N w
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ARLINGTON. VA

A REAL BUY. s5.95O.
centershsIi' T detached % brick bedTaom od snd
"a bath on 1st floor; liv. rm din. room.
kit: full basement; hot-water heat Open
OLD DOMINION REALTY CO.,
3205 North Washington Blvd. CHI 6343.
5 MILES MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
IN ARLINGTON. VA. near w. and L. High
School-3 bedrooms, " baths maids room
and bath. recreation ROOM Occupied Ia
years Call OWNER. Chestnut 2314
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HOUSES WANTED TO BUY.
CASH FOR HOUSES. BRICK OR FRAME
white or colored. any condition. T. A.
BARRY 3439 14th st NV. Columbia 6OS6
SMALL BRICK FOR INVESTMENT, LARGE
brick Tor rooming; cash for bargain. Box
442-J. Star.
! NEED HOUSES DEAL DIRECT WITH
you and pay all cash for D c. property
No commission. quick settlement Call
e. II. PARKER, 1915 K st NV. Dist 300.
CASH FOR HOUSES QUICK ACTION,
d. C. only. e: A. GARVEY. DI 1903; eve.
and Sun. GE. $500 1925 Vermont ave.
ONE OR A GROUP OF SMALL BRICK
fouses: white Or colored cash. MADISON
BLDG. CO. 1417 X NV.
LARGE HOUSE. FURN OR UNFURN
suitable rooming business nominal down
payment. good monthly payments. Give full
details by letter. GARRETT, 5406 3rd NV.
CASH-cAsH-cASH
will pay cash for old houses: condition
itmmaterial White or colored brick Or
vermont ave. NV National 1892.
WE HAVE CASH BUYERS FOR YOUR D. C.
property II the price is right Frame or
brick. large or small condition imma terial
r A. HUMPHREYS.
SOC No. Cap. Realtor Ma Qs7s
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1911 WESTERN AVE. NV

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK.
s-room bungalow, yrs old. modern in
every detail and in new-house condition
Open fireplace. automatic heat. hdw. fls.
rooms. Owner being transferred, will be
sold at barsain. For information call
M: Lynch, RA. 1912. WAPLE & JAMES,
NC, DI. 3346 to pm
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72g I5th st. Realtor. Ma. O753
Kensington, Md.-$1O,5OO.

LARGE GROUNDS.
This fne old community, just north of
Chevy Chase. is one Of the best suburban
areas OF the National Capital Cultured
folk have made their homes there for
years. The house is one Of those sensible
sauare clapboard. dwellings with large
rooms and lots Of wall space It's sim
bedrooms on the End floor, a biz storage
attic and the first floor we know you'll
IKE, spacious reception hail. both the liv-
burning fireplace. oil heat The grounds
front l5o feet and the depth is $50 feet.
me irult trees and shrubbery have been
weu cared for. BOSS g. PHELPS, MA. $500
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FARMS FOR SALE.

BUY A FARM TO RETIRE ON, 37s A :.
S3,7s0; 100 cash. A. int. on balance.
Small house, good barn. rich soil Gold
veins on property. mi from Franklin
Gold Mine in Fauauler Co., Va w H.
THOMAS, Remington. Va. 19s
$50 DOWN-61a ACRES WOODED LAND,
facing good road. IA miles D. c.; $595.
Lincoln 5441 or Lincoln 7075-J.
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HOUSES UkFURNisHED.
Continued

435 KENYON ST. NV.
rooms, 2 baths, kitchens. 2 porches,
h.-w.h.: suitable for 2 families: $55.
H. L. RUST CO.,
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$5,25O-VACANT.

$5,250-VACANT.
In convenient section of the North
east. A six.room and bath brick. COM
pletely reconditiored. new hot-water heat
ing plant. An opportunity to buy low
priced home on the easiest kind Of terms.
JOHN F. DONOHOE & SONS.
314 Penna. Ave. Sc
WASHINGTON POST DISPLAY HOME
BEAUTIFUL wOODSIDE FOREST.
All-brick, center-hall plan. air-condition-
ing, best Of modern equipment throughout
q large rooms. 2 baths, attic, slate roof.
garage. Big lot with quantity of shade
trees
OPEN FOR INSPECTION EVERY DAY.
sos LIVE OAK DRIVE
GRUVER BUILT.
Drive straight through Silver Spring to
Columbia blvd. turn right to Gruver signs
and to houses
VIM: M. THRocKMoRroN
invest. Bldg. Realtor. Dist. 6092.
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SPECIAL COUNTRY HOME

$3.50 cash. $40 per mo. 3h acres cor
1er, 2 roads; 8 rooms. large bedrooms,
large storeroom. for business, nne for rest
home, oeauty parlor, dog kennel, poultry
Or truck farm, large oaks, stream. howers,
fruit; 9 miles to D. c. JOHN BURDOFT,
Colesville, Md. Ashton 3846.
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POTOMAC RIVER

Washington. in Maryland. having full
riparian rights. A highly improved, close
in river. front property in an unspoiled
plated parkway developments between
Wash: apd Fort Wash. Mouern 11-room.
3-bath residence and complete set farm
buildings. Price. $4,000.
THEODORE r. MENK.
1924 10th st. NV. Hobart 37O7.
EVENINGS and Sunday. DU. 1927.
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ONLY 35 LEFT.
SUMMIT PARK (ADJ. HLLCREST.
wooded building sites. $3.50 to 5000
Branch ONCE 1901 Alabama ave Sc Open
saturday and Sunday afternoons. Lincoln
ADELBERT w. LEE
1343 H St NV District 1900
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1929 NEW JERSEY AVE. Sc.
6-r, b. brick. electricity. h.-w.h., garage
Open. X3.76n

NEW BRICK HOMES.
Near Navy Yard. st. Elizabeth's. Naval
Research
z Built, 3 Sold-See Why.
Priced $3.50 Up. Ultramodern, Daylight
33os 18th 81. s.E.-opEN.
Out Nichols ave- Sc to 9th and Ala,
left to 11th pl.. right to Congress- st., left
to 18th, left to our sign. WAPLE d JAMES,
INC, DI 3346 to n m
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LOOK AT THIS
Arlington. Va.-Why pay rent when $3.50
cash and S65 Der mo. will pay for 4 home
OF your own Tor more cash and less monthly
payments)? 6 rooms, new 2-story brick:
wooded section. within blocks Of 2 bus
lines stores, and theaters. minutes to
Memorial Bridge. Drive out new Lee blvd.
right to homes. Open EVENINGS. m. r
BROYHILL CO. Oxford 1919. 16'
WE BUILD TO ORDER
In Va, Nd or D. c., on your lot or ours.
We furnish plans. do financing and ar.
range sesy terms. A. 3. cAMPBEI1
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$500.

pc, O,CUU.
Near Roosevelt and MacFarland High
Schools. Just of Kansas ave; attractive
house, g. rms, bath lot 2s IT. wide; ar
ranged for 3 families f3 kitchens: will
consider trade for smaller house. Eve or
Sun, phone Temple 1853
L. T. GRAVATTE.
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HUNTINGTON TERRACE. MD.
11O6 GRANT RD.

NUM- 4ANN1ON 4EnfGACG, MO.
l1O6 GRANT RD
A beeutiful 5-room and bath with
shower) brick home on corner lot 100x1O5
Every new convenience of modern living.
J. B. CULLINS. RA. O469.
S6.65O-WHEATON. MD.
A new 6-room. bath brick. home 1st-
door layatory: auto heat, porch: purchaser
price represents ACTUAL COST of con-
structing HOUSE ALONE. ROBERT
GAYLOR. 1855 Georgia ave. sH. 2145.
front. this is rather city property than
suburban. About 80 acres, rising to the
Groom house and the good barn. The
matte water supply from . spring. bath
and is in excellent condition inside. The
view is nne and there's plenty of shade.
-,. LOUIS P. SHOEMAKER.
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SUMMER CAMPS.
OFFICES FOR RENT

TALL TIMBERsLCamp for boys. Tan
rollment limited. Adams 1928.
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NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE. one-half square
from Mass. ave-, within walking dis
tance Of entire downtown area: near
ment type town house. brick with ten
rooms and three baths. Suitable for
physicians ONCE or roominK house.
Price, S14.95O
SHANNON 4 LUcHs CO..
1905 H st. NV. National 2345.
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CHESAPEAKE BAY.

OI1ElOAT EAhE BAY.
90-acre productive farm in popular sum-
mer colony area Of Anne Arundel Co. New
Broom bungalow, electricity, tobacco
barns; short distance from bay front: high
lying land commands beautiful view Of
$4,000.
THEODORE p. MENK,
1924 Goth NV, 9-5, Hobart 37O7.
Evening and Sunday mn 4So1
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MODERN HOMES,
Chevy Chase. D. c., Nd. Other suburban
homes, to rooms. / to 3 baths Les
LIE D. MEASEIL. WO 4733 Night, Wo.
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ARLINGTON VA
rooms and bath: brick bungalow;
large living room. fireplace; new oil burner;
hood Sns o doo1 shaded nr auet
than rent. Call MR.. PRICE, 9-6. Chest
nut 1922
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| creek-Broome Island section of the salt
water Patuxent, near fine beaches and fish
house. and 2 tobacco barns: ievel-lyins
sassafras sandy loan soil; possession.
Price. $3.50: easy terms.
THEODORE F. MENK.
1874 Goth NV. 9-5. HO. 37O7,
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ALL MODERN

Dairy farm. {. sacrifice, will sell equipped.
1875 acres, 26 stanchionS, special herd;
milk checks $3.50 per year: lovely. mod
% ern 6-bedroom home z baths; close in:
Other dairy farms-S12,OOO up. JOHN
BURDOFT, Colesville, Md Ashton 3S46.
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5O-sEMI-DETACHED TWo-FAMILY
home. near Paul Junior High School
and all other conveniences. Front and
inclosed rear porches. hot-water heat,
two Kitchens. two baths. elec. refg.,
built-in garage. A splendid home and
investment.
Evening star., 1940-02-14

er In the Hitchcock manner: II an.
1880, 2:30, 4:20, 6:10, 8 and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am..
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shape for the camera. And, three
times did it change from reasonable
truth to almost fantastic fiction as
. result Of events in Europe; the
Spanish war, the Austrian and
Czecho- -slovakian pillagings, the
ravaging Of Poland and finally the
new war in Europe. The characters
remained but some one always was
blowing the stage from under them,
and, incidentally, from under
Wanger.
A less worthy candidate for any
club of "The Undaunted" which
Hollywood may care to form would
have ducked the whole thing. Wan
ger, however, remained unshaken
In his faith that an idealistic, ro-
mantle, sentimental young journal
ist against background of present
world events was dramatic charac-
ter which the screen could use to
great artistic advantage, perhaps a
commercial one, too. At any rate
his tenacity has been rewarded in
that the picture at last goes before
the camera on March l under the
direction Of Alfred Hitchcock and
with Joel McCrea in the starring
role.
Five script writers. Robert Bench
ley, James Hilton, Charles Bennett,
Joan Harrison and Alma Reville,
even now are tap-tapping out the
final story, one Of the most costly
and gallant enterprises and one Of
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knew as q Joke. Jokes as such are
quite dead so far as the professional
is concerned. That Is why the mod
ern comedian uses Q vehicle to work
around. hotel routine or q bar
room scene, which lis rich (well,
reasonably in potential situations.
"The laughs Of such, he says, "are
not obtained through jokes but
through q series Of remarks, such
as he was one Of them guys who
had . possibility Of developing into
q perfect stranger all Of them deal
ing with situations familiar to the
audience"
So any one who does not under
stand modern humor cannot blame
Mr.. Shelton. Or us.
i X X \
Washington's No. actress Of the
1939-40 season, judged by box-ofnce
returns, is Helen Hays at this point.
But it may not continue to be Miss
Hays. The doubt is raised by the
announcement from the National
today that an extra matinee per-
formance Thursday will be given by
Katharine Cornell next week In mo
Time for Comedy" II any one does
not know 1t, the play is a comedy
In spite Of Author s. N. Behrman's
title, the first comedy Miss Cornell
has played In, well. ever so long.
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Where and When
Current T Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National Tobacco Road" Jeeter
Lester ct al. with US again: 2:30
and $50 pm.
EarIe-"His Girl Friday" Rosa
lind Russell In . new version Of the
mad Front Page: II am, 1:40,
4:25, 7:10 and 10 pm. Stage shows:
1910, 3:25, 6:15 and . pm.
Capitol-"Remember the Might -
romance In the manner daft: l0:45
am; 1:30, AIS, 7:05 and $50 pm.
Stage shows: 1885, 3:25. 6:10 and
8:55 pm.
Palace-"Gone With the Wind"
mammoth screen version Of the
novel: 9:45 am, 2:45 and 8 pm.
Keith's-"My Little Chickadee,' u
with Mae West and w. G. Fields:
11:15 am, /, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, sos
and $50 pm.
Columbia - "Balalaika." Cossack
merriment and Ilona Massey: 1855
am, 2:25, 4:50, tbs and 9:45 pm.
Metropolitan - "The Fighting
69th," through the World War with
gun and Cagney: ll:15 am, 1:20,
3:25, $50, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Little-"secret Agent" spy thrill
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the most impressively stubborn ones
Hollywood ever undertook.
The radio has been fine to come
dams, blessing them with food and
shelter and an opportunity to ex-
press themselves artistically, but
take 1t from Red" Shelton, the
Earle current m. c. and funny man,
it has completely changed the style
in humor.
In no spirit of nostalgia for the
past (he's too young for that Skel-
ton points out that the mortality
rate of songs is nothing as compared
with that of bit of wit or joke.
Instead of being here today and
there tomorrow, as it was when
humor was handed along slowly
from ear to ear, it is a case of here
today and everywhere within the
next hour.
1t keeps a comedian On his toes,
and comedian on his toes is pic
tured by Shelton as one who is
scanning the newspapers, edition
after edition, to find a situation
which he can turn into a gag. When
the material turns up it must be
whipped into a staccato form and
entirely devoid of frills, thing de-
signed for quick and effortless ac-
ceptance on the part of who con-
troll the laughs which the joke Is
expected to win.
Had he the time, Shelton might
shed a tear for the passing Of what
the comedian formerly and lovingly
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ever, and he continued to see 1t
through the years when the events
were being followed by so many
other and greater happenings that
it seemed the stun Of which Sheean
wrote must be obliterated.
Standing pat on the conviction
that here was q great screen story
has not been just matter of feeling
that way. Wanger has backed the
feeling with enough money to make
the final script Of Personal History"
one Of the most expensive bits Of
writing since the movies discovered
writing. Three times tho story,
hardly the one Sheean wrote, but
cousin to 1t, has been whipped into
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q. SeIZnlCK may nave Had more OF b
responsibility, but it is to be doubted
that he had more of worry than
Walter Wanger has had in trans
lating Sheean's young mans odyssey
to bitterness.
In way, 1t is one of the more
brave undertakings of its kind in
the cinema's history. In the first
place, 1t was virtually impossible to
see screen story in Sheean's ac-
count Of himself as a newspaper
man in relation to the dizzy, disil-
lusioning wash Of events in the dec
ade following the World War. The
determined .Wanger saw one, how
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In Our Town

Ruth Tobey, 10-year-old starlet,
has been engaged by Sol Lesser to
play the role Of Rebecca Gibbs in
the screen version Of Thornton
Wilder's "Our Town." This will be
the youngsters fifth role in pictures.
Another cast note On the "Our
Town lot is that of Dore Merande
as Mrs. Soames,
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Wanger Finds a Stage
For personal History
Sheean's Book Finally Ready for Camera;
Shelton Analyses Humor Today;
Extra Cornell Matinee Set
BY JAY CARMODY.

Hcywoods recent ransatng bsssns literature into
hope the most challenging
that The best seller in question: which might have been
of artistic stature
History" making With the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
Rather Amusing

Germans squawking about British
war planes bombing Berlin, Ham
burg ana other Nazl centers is rath-
er amusing. Unless Churchill deSlSts
in sending his pirates over their
cities. says the Germans, more and
more destruction will be ramed upon
London.
Hardly anything could be more alb
slud than this 1t is an echo OF what
the veterans of the World War told
about Heine and Fritz, in that they
couldn't take it, and always threw
up their hands to yell "kamerad
when they got into tight place.
The excuse that bombing OF Lon
don is a result of all attacks ON Ger
man cities is silly. London was
bombed, or at least attempts at 1t
were made. before British planes
ever were sent to the mainland, and
10 one knows that any better than
the Nazis. Mass attacks have followed
in recent weeks, but all that was
planned. because Hitler said SO, and
the fact that this type of assault has
been resorted to only recently means
nothing other than that the enemy
was not ready before. The Royal Air
Force is the one that is retaliating,
not Herr Goering'S bOmberS.
1t is just another evidence that the
Germans can't take their own medl-
cine. And we rather suspect that II
Britain could carry the offensive to
the fathcrland there would be inf
nttely more squaWking, and that
German morale would crack in short
order, and much more quickly than
will that of the British, if it does
Anybody who has done as much pirat-
zeal WORK III lnlS Wal DIS nave Tic
NaZis should be the last to squeal
when they have to experience some
Of the horrors themselves.
If mass attacks on London are
the result Of British bombings OF
German cities, how does Berlin eX-
plain the devastation in Warsaw and
Rotterdam, virtually delcnseless
cities that were mutilated by NaZl
planes? 1t is d certain fact that there
was no such provcation as Polish
and Dutch planes raining explosives
on HitlerS cities.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
OTHERS VIEWS
CAMPAIGN TRENDS


10 the ECutOf.
The September It'll issue Of the
Pathfinder magazines political poll
gibeS Wendell Wlllkie 50 states and
-U3 Electoral woes and President
ooScvelt only Is states with 10 81, c.
loral votes. North Carolina is placed
II the Willkie column on all IN
Glcated popular vote Of iGO,OG0 votes
lor Roosevelt and 1926 votes .0t
Willke. $4,000 votes were pOilld III
arriving al the ABOVE results.
Since the Old Literary Digest nae
CIraie ana unloading poll lOur year
ago, all political polls have been dis
credited by the present presidential
contest is without precedent us BON
political parties are badly scrambled
and no one can tell what the final
result will SHOW.
Mr.. Willkie started off in high
gear and great many Democrats
expressed their purpose to support
him, lately, however, great many
of the dissatisfied Democrats seem
to have taken second thought and
now it is d very rare thing 10 hear
any Democrat ouispoken IN support
OF the Republican candidate. His
recent UttpranCeS have not been
statesmanlike in nature but he has
INDUCED IN so many wise cracks that
he has done himself harm.
He has practically endorsed the
New Deal in toto and has confined
himself to carping criticism of the
President. This attitude has Offend
cd great many people and also con-
WINGED them that the Republican
candidate mas feet of clay and very
common clay at that Mr.. Willkie
has yet to offer any appealing alter
native to the New Deal, moreover,
he seems to be devoid of that fine
sense of dignity that should charac-
terize any candidate who seeks the
great office OF President of the Unit
ed States.
President Roosevelt continues to be
the most outstanding figure through
out the world and people listen to
him whether they agree with his
philosophy or not. He holds the CEN
ter of the stage against all Corners
and he can get his message across
more effectively than any other liV-
ing man. 1t is highly improbable
that Mr.. Willkie is as strong today as
be appeared to be Immediately fol-
lowing his speech of acceptance.
The Pathfinder frankly admits that
their Readers Write" letters have so
Hred President Roosevelt
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-11
Same THANKSGIVING

Again this year Governor Hoey
has said he would fix North Caro-
lina's annual Thanksgiving celebra-
ton for the traditional final Thurs
day in November, regardless of the
presidential edict for observance by
the nation on the third Thursday. 1t
is fresh emphasis on the inclination
OF old Tar Heelia to be a Stickler for
custom and tradition.
How long the useless move by
President Roosevelt in advancing
the date week will continue to cause
miX-up over the country may be
settled in some degree by the NoVem-
Der election. Assuming, and with
every reason Of certainty, that he
will be reelected, he will likely hold
out during his third term for the date
he arbitrarily fixed for the Thanks
giving observance last year. The
number of states that will follow him
will be determined largely by the
kind OF governors that are elected.
The New Dealers will heed the
edct from their national leader: and
at least some of those OF differing
shade of opinion will likely hold
their states in line with tradition.
1t really makes little difference
which day is recognized for the
event. What is essentially more i'm
portant is that the occasion be OBJ
served as day of genuine giving Of
thanks on the part OF the people,
which is something tina, all too few
Americans really do. Whether the
day is the third or the final Thursday
in November amounts in itself to
virtually nothing Leaving it as it is
or stepping it forward a week will
NOT create in the hearts of the people
the spirit of gratitude. That must
come out of a goodness of soul, and
dates do not achieve such holy ends
as that.