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Evening star., 1940-08-04
By JESSIE FAINT EVANS.

The little township of Thetford,
w., in this feverish age of flux, ma
tional fear and international FORE
boding, preserves the great Amer
ican tradition of democracy. A
symbol of our IDEAS of equality,
equal opportunity and God-fearing
honesty, its example holds promise
for the United States of tomorrow
as far as the future of small COM
munities is concerned.
It knows the march of progress,
and its people enjoy modern con-
veniences and appliances, but there
isn't movie theater within IL miles,
and neither hard liquor" nor beer
are sold within its confines.
For very nearly 200 years the peo-
pie Of Thetford have governed them
selves in the most ideal sense. Their
town meetings are held each March
for the levying of taxes. the election
Of officers, and clear-cut, impartial
criticism of the way the custodians
Of their rights and privileges admin
lister the affairs. So evenly divided
is political sentiment there is no
need Of party organization.
Treasures Brought to Doors.
The plain living, high thinking and
contentment Of the people of Thet-
ford have given to this township q
pattern OF village continuity that
brings its sons and daughters back
from careers of distinction in lit
orally the four corners for their sum-
mer vacations or the declining years
of their lives. The result is, its
cream-colored and white homes
many of which 60 back to Colonial
days, hold treasures brought back
from India's coral strand or far
Cathay that are rated as museum
pieces by connoiSseurs.
Middle-aged Miss Dotty," as she
is affectionately known, has been an
ardent globe trotter who has been
entertained as an honored guest In
many of our Embassies and Lega-
tions the world around. Now she
keeps the village gift shop, but find.
herself unable to part with many
Of her personally collected treasures
because she is 80 fond" of them
To the ardent persuasions of passing
summer tourists, she has been known
to remark, well, I am just sorry
not to oblige you, but after a time
you mightn't cherish them as I do.
Quite casually here in this quiet
peaceful New World haven does
Thetford take its cosmopolite Wis
itors. Two of them at present in
clude q celebrated Turkish physician
and his wife, here to do special
study at the Massachusetts, General
Hospital so that they may in turn
do more for their country when they
return. Others are the wife of the
Belgian Consul in Toxic, Japan; her
children and a little japanese nurse
whose mixture of pidgin English
Evening star., 1940-08-04

gent at the time the house was
purchased. Mrs. Howard L. Hodg-
kins, honorary vice president gen.
eral from the District, also has been
honored by an American oriental
rug in the dining room, purchased
from jubilee funds.
Gifts made to the society in an
ticipation of a time when head
quarters would be established have
been used to advantage. One of
these, a fine old colonial sideboard,
provides a companion piece for that
honoring Miss Chenoweth.
A legacy left the society by the
late Miss Helen Harmon, 4 former
regent of the State society, has re-
suited in the purchase Of the princi-
pal pieces for the Helen Harmon
room.
Mirror Of One Of
Founders Is Donated.
The latest acquisition for the
house is a cheval mirror given by
Mrs. Hodgkins which has q senti-
mental and historical value for the
local society as 1t was originally the
property Of Miss Mary Desha, one
of the four founders of the national
society.
Nor has the patriotic motif been
overlooked, for the house already
has received several beautiful flags
and standards.
Though, with suspension of acti-
vities in the summer, few Daughters
are using headquarters at present,
the women residing there are en-
joying the garden at the rear Of the
mansion. The lawn has been re-
seeded and Towering shrubs, hedges
and pots Of petunias add a colorful
note.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
work was to lie In educational fields
In Turkey and Syria.

work was to lie In educational fields
In Turkey and Syria.
Their son, Charles n. Farnsworth,
born In Istanbul, became . famous
member Of the music stan Of Teach
ers' College, Columbia University.
Like his father before him, he felt
the missionary urge. In his case 1t
was to take the form Of founding,
in conjunction With his wife, also q
noted educator and q teacher In
the Horace Mann Sehool, Z camp
for girls that would preserve for
city bred children something Of
the democracy and fine cooperation
in their daily lives that the people
Of Thetford, VT, live the year
around. He selected as its site the
hillside surrounding his fathers
birthplace.
That was 80 years ago, when the
camp idea, since become such an
important part In modern educa-
tional life for American children,
was In its infancy.
Today, "Chelebe," as he is known
to successive generations Of Hanoum
campers, is past his 80th birthday
anniversary, but he and his wife,
"Madame," have seen their educa-
tional ideals bear rich fruition.
A Friendly Refuge.
Among Thetford's permanent res
idents now are Gen. Nicholas Kre.
bro6 and his wife. In 1916, Gen.
Krebrof1, with honors thick upon
him, was not only an ofiicer Of
wealth and distinction in the Cars
army, but his general purchasing
ofncer for army supplies in the
U. S. A. Their daughter was one
of Hanoum's campers and through
her they came to know and love
the people Of .Thetford. When their
world crashed about them following
the triumph Of the Soviet Union,
they made Thetford their haven and
refuge, and took up life anew in one
OF the smallest of its snug frame
houses. Nine. Krebroff, very great
lady, who has met misfortune with
her grace and charm unsubdued,
tells with tear-misted eyes Of how
"the good, grand people Of Thet-
ford" not only taught her how to
prepare the meals for her family,
when they found her disconsolate
before the mysteries of the kitchen
stove, but even sent away to secure
Russian recipes that the new neigh
bors might not feel 50 alien in this
land Of the Pilgrim fathers.
This is the spirit Of q Vermont
village that has kept its soul and
its independence and helped others
to do likewise.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Women's City Club
HOSteSSeS Named

Miss Elsa Needham and Miss Ber-
tina E. Butts will be hostesses for
the Thursday evening meeting of
the Women's City Club this week.
The program will be presented by
Miss Ruth Tapke, concert pianist,
and Mary Allen Dashiel, former
president of Story Tellers League.
On August 10 a watermelon cut
ting and an afternoon of games and
other amusements will be held at
the home Of the second vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Agnes Giles Newman,
Wellington Villa, Alexandria, Va.
Evening star., 1940-08-04
BY FRANCES LIDE,
Women's Club Editor.

A trip together to the Worlds
Fair in New York proved to be
mutually interesting for Miss Lii
liam Latimer, a resident of the
Home for the Blind in George
town. and for Mrs. Raleigh Gil
christ, who long has worked in
the interest of the blind.
Mrs. Gilchrist was impressed
with how much pleasure a person
who cannot see was able to derive
from the fair and Miss Latimer
found it a very pleasant expert
ence. New experiences are al
ways interesting" she says.
Before the fair trip, Miss Lati-
mer, who teaches winter classes in
Braille at the Red Cross, accom-
panied DR.. and Mrs. Gilchrist on
a motor trip to New Hampshire.
she to stay in Bradford and the
Gilchrists to visit his aunt, Mrs.
Harry Burnham at Littleton.
En- route the party stopped at
q tourist cabin and with the aid
of a charcoal burner, small re-
frigerator and other camping
equipment prepared their supper.
This, too. was a new experience"
for Miss Latimer to enjoy.
Impressed by Exhibit Where
Voices Explain Subject.
Exhibits at the fair, such as the
General Motors 'Futurama,"
where voices explain the subject,
were particularly entertaining for
Miss Latimer who says she retains
a visit impression of trafnc con-
ditions as predicted for 1860.
Mrs. Gilchrist learned early in
the season that the fair manage
ment encouraged visits by the
blind by providing special conces-
sions for their admission.
While in New York she and her
husband spent a week with her
family.
Aviation Called Luxury
Hard to Support.
Miss Myrl o. Rhine, one OF
those who applied for member
ship in the Women Fliers OF
America, Inc, when organizers
were here last week, is not an
overnight convert to the cause OF
aviation.
She has had several hours Of
flying at one Of the local fields
and also enrolled for the G. A. A.
course in aeronautics at George
Washington University last year.
Her eyes bothered her for a
time in her ambitions to be a
flyer but this condition now has
been corrected satisfactorily.
Then, too, Miss Rhine frankly
says that aviation is a luxury
hard to support"
She believes, however, that Or
ranizations such as the Women
Fliers might assist members OF
her sex in obtaining some OF the
better jobs in the national de-
fense program.
Miss Rhine, who is q member
of the American Association Of
University Women, took a trans
continental air trip last summer
and expects to fly . part OF the
way to Arkansas to visit her fam
lily this month.
Clubs Garden Section
Solves Heat Problem.
How to beat the heat" and
achieve a successful club season
in the summer seems to have
been solved by the Garden Sec
tion of the Takoma Park Wom-
ems Club.
The fact that the subject un-
der discussion is an agreeable
summer topic probably accounts
for some of the interest IN the
sessions. The members are all
active gardeners and flower plots
are not allowed to languish dur
ing the vacation season.
To outwit the weather, meet
ings are always held In the
"oooler part OF the morning" as
the section chairman. Mrs. Ivan
Evening star., 1940-08-04

Regarding the origin Of the name
Alaska. the Geographic Dictionary
OF Alaska says: This word is the
corruption Of some native word or
phrase, the meaning of which is
uncertain"
Evening star., 1940-08-04
Chapter House Of D. A. r.
Ready for Fall Activities
23.Room Mansion Is Quickly and
Adequately Furnished Through
Many Appropriate Gifts

paung
accomplishments able point particular pride
chapter 1882 Massachusetts,
adequately ready the falls activities
after toward the
generous
china objects of
combined with number
Jenkins late
provide all the furnishings though additional
will be acceptable, Of course
Appearance Of Headquarters
Exceeds Expectations
Oberolse
District Society," Cofax
House Corp, agreed last week that the headquarters
appearance exceeding expectations
Although the building primarily headquarters the
officials and the 80 local chapters
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
252ND IS READY
Col. McClelland Says He
Has No Doubt Guard Will
Be Called To Duty
GET NEW TRACTOR
Movement OF Big Gun
From Wilmington To Fl.
Moultrie Offers Problem

Following passage by the senate
yesterday of the administration bill
empowering the President to call
out certain divisions Of the National
Guard and Army Reserves, Colo
mel Royce S. McCelland, Comman-
der of the 252nd Coast Artillery
regiment, N.C.N.G., said his unit
is ''ready to co." but added he and
his officers are ''still in the dark
as to where they will be sent if
called.
Including reserve officers, about
400 men in Wilmington will be call
ed upon for active service if the
bill is passed by congress and if
the President exercises his new
powers. Observation-Disclosures
pay I, 120th Infantry, and Com
pany A, .105th Medical Regiment.
The colonel said he had no doubt
that the bill would be passed and
that the guard would be called out
He said it is probable the local
units will be sent to Fort Mountrie,
S. c., for training.
Receive New Tractor
He brought out that Battery A,
252nd c. A., under the command
of Captain C. D. Cunningham, has
recently received a new d e S e
tractor probably to be used in
transporting the units guns from
place to place.
A succession of significant ev
during the past several weeks, the
Continued on Page Four)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
BILL IS CHANGED
Guardsmen With Families
Dependent On Their
Wages May Quit
ESCAPES BIG CUT
Measure Authorizes F. R.
To Call Out Several Types
OF Reserve Troops

WASHINGTON, Aug. g. =,
BY the overwhelming vote of II to
7, the sena = 'day >assed and sent
to the hr lse the administration bill
empowering the President to call
out tn, National Guard and army
reserves for a IL months period OF
duty anywhere in the Western
Hem .,here, American possessions
or the Philippine Islands.
First, however, the chamber
adopted an amendment permitting
guardsmen with wives or children
deoendent on their salaries or Wag-
es to resign.
Just before the bill passed it 81
the narrowest of margins. On a
vote Of 80 to 38 the chamber re-
jected an amendment bv Senator
Adams ID Colo) limiting the SER
vice of the Guard to continental
United States, American possess
ions and the Philippine Islands.
This would mean that the Presi-
dent could not send Guardsmen to
Latin America. The administration
leaders, who have made no secret
of their fear of German penetration
in that area, ERE quick to gfht
the amendment. Senator Barley
(D-Ky) said i. would be folly" to
serve notice O. the world that all
''our pious resolutions on demo
.crac..' and solidarity in the Western
Hemisphere are of no effect
THAI if adopted by a quilting bee
Adams told the senate that he
would be willing to give The Presi-
dent complete freeom in time of
war, but in peace-time he wanted
congress to etain power to say
whether troops hould be dispatched
to fc~e:gn lands.
May Co. Reserves
Besides au' >rizing mobilization
of 227, 900 National Guardsmen, the
measure empowers the chief exc
cutive t. call out 116, 900 reserve
officers, about 38, 900 reserve enlist
ed men, $500 ertired officers and
II, 900 retired enlisted men. Army
officials have said, however, that
immediate plans call for muster
ing only a portion of these -orces.
After passage of the bill I've sem
ate, still smarting under a weeu
of turbulent and caustic debate,
squared away for a possibly his
toric battle over the issue of civil
liar. corscription, presente in a
bill calling upon all men between
81 ar g., Inclusive, to register for
T'lring the debate on the Nation
tary GAIT.
al Guard bill, critics made much
of certain wording in it. They as
Continued on Page FOur)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
RESOLUTION ADOPTED
Mass Meeting Calls On U.
D. 10 Send go Old De-
stroyers To England

large number of Wilmington
tha ,S' attending a mass meeting in
II. eourthouse last night called by
w. ,mV Committee to Defend America
ai0ins the Allies, passed a reso-
.s a,On asking: that the President
~, 'he congress of the United
n make available immediately
IN, Nledt Britain or to the Domin-
Oh canada at least sixty Of the
o NV age destroyers now tied up in
our ports"
tho W.; D. Macmillan, chairman Of
1 Gs defense committee, presided. DR..
c csna, T. Hoggard, another member,
tend upon several persons in at
10'ce to express their views.
IL Several Speak
MINUS lose making short talks. all ex.
Of ~ s favor toward the delivery
Cano nde destroyers to England OF
7 la' were: Wilbur Dosher, T
". lill'on' A. H. Fechtig, DR..
Hn,t houston Moore Arthur Diehl
1sss sn MacRae, Aaron Goldberg and
'SSac C. Wright. "t''
lnued OH Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
PARTNERSHIP OFFERED
Takes Step AS Italy's
African Troops March
Into British Somaliland

LONDON, Aug. 8.-(R-Britain
appealed to India today to give her
vast latent strength in the empires
gfht for life against Axis forces
striking both in west and east, and
held out to the $50, 600, 900 subject
peoples of that fabulously wealthy
possession the prospect of indepen-
dence after the war.
In a statement announced stimuli
taneously in the house of commons
by L. S. Amery, the British secre-
tary of state for India, and in that
far-off lane by the Indian viceroy,
the Marques of Linlithgow, tn e
government proposed a free and
equal partnership for India in the
British commonwealth of nations
for the future.
Wants Cooperation
But in the meantime, it was said,
the government trusts that for the
period of the war. . all parties,
communities and interests Gin In
dia) will combine and cooperate
in making a notable Indian contri-
button to the world cause which is
at stake"
the partnership" thus offered
was not outlined in Diet il, but it
was interpreted authoritatively as
going beyond even dominion status.
ALI this came while the British
Isles were awaiting the long-threat-
ened German invasion from across
the, English Channel and while the
African troops of Italy we're march
ing in British Somaliland, threaten
ing Egg pt naddinofgirtrtevh In
dian Ocean long Britain's- lifeline
of empire.
Nothing was said officially as to
the extent of aid which 1ne' could
give IN This most critical hour in
British history, but that aid could
be tremendous-Indian gold a n d
supplies and unlimitednumbersof
The new policy toward the con-
tinent whose people make up near
ly th%ree-fourths of all the half-bil-
lion subjects of King George prob
Tontir,1ad nm poo TyyoJvo FOL. n
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
Farley Will
Leave Cabinet
On August 81
Resignation Oh Postmaster
General Is Accepted By
Old Friend Roosevelt
MAY BUY BALL CLUB
Points To Many Accom-
plishments OF Postal Serv-
ice Under His Guidance

HYDE PARK. N Y, Aug. 8.-R
- Postmaster General James
A. Farley handed in his portfolio
as a member of the Roosevelt cabi-
net today, and a long political and
official alliance between Smiling
Big JIM and the chief he affec-
tionally called ed" thus came
to an end.
To the big happy 1rishman who
twice led his campaigns for the
White house President Roosevelt
sent an exceedingly friendly letter
accepting the resignation, effective
Aug. 81.
May Buy Bali Club
Farley has persistently been re.
ported planning to head a syndicate
to buy the New York Yankee base
ball team, although other reports
have linked him with the possible
management of the Willy-O Overland
Motors Inc.
1t was big Jim" who was the
guiding genius of the campaign
which put Franklin D. Roosevelt
in the While house in 1888. 1t was
he who directed the highly sue
cessful 1886 campaign which
brought the President four more
years in Office.
But in recent months, when il
became increasingly apparent that
Mr.. Roosevelt would accept renom'
nation, Farley was reported fire.
quently to have differed with 1.-The
boss" on the third term issue.
Then, at the democratic conven.
ton in Chicago last month he an
nounced his resignation as demo
cratic national chairman.
In an exchange of letters, releas'
ed at the temporary White house,
both Farley and the President ex.
pressed keen regret that the post
master general had found it ne
cssary to return to private ener'
prise.
"All of us in the administration
will miss you deeply; we count on
seeing you Often" MI. Roosevelt
wrote. IT especially count on this
after all of Dur years of close per-
sonal association. Our friendship
will always continue"
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
TEACHERS WAGES
BOOSTED in STATE
Are Increased $428,0OO
With Greater Part OF Hike
Going To Negroes

RALEIGH, Aug. 8.-tR-The sal.
aries of North Carolina h o
teachers and administrators were
increased 1923, 900 today, with the
greater portion of the boosts going
to negro teachers.
The increases, approved by both
the school commission and tn e
board of education, will become ct,
fectiye during the 1940-41 scholastic
year. Here is how the $42s, 900 will
be divided.
Negro teachers, $258, 600.
White teachers, $118,0 oo.
Superintendent, $50, OO0.
Principals, $4,000.
All negro teachers who are
graduates of standard, four
are graduates of standard 4-wea1
Continued on Page Eight; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
HOEY REVEALS PLANS
Metts Hopes Government
Will Provide Guns For
Proposed Organization

RALEIGH, Aug. 8.-tPNIf North
Cardinals National Guard is called
into active service by President
Roosevelt, home guard units would
be formed in the state to carry
out duties ordinarily assigned to
the National Guard, Governor Hoey
disclosed today.
Members of the American Lee
gion, other ~ex-service men a d
former guardsmen would be asked
to form the mucous Of the home
guard organization, the governor
said. The units might be called
out in times of emergency to quell
disturbances or to police S trike
areas.
No definite plans have been
formulated in regard to the units.
since the federal government also
is considering setting up h o m e.
guard units on a nationwide basis.
The states plans, Hoey said, would
depend largely on the federal
plans.
Even if the federal government
decided not to sponsor home guard
Continued on Page Twelve. Col Y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
EXPORT TRADE BIDS
1muerial Company Men
Working Through Financ-
ing Plan With ccc
FEW TAGS TURNED
Sales Are Orderly And Less
Inferior Tobacco Appears
In Warehouses

vALDosTA, Ga, Aug. s.-lF'-
u,o in the Georgia-Florida
bright leaf tobacco belt pushed
onenipg day prices toward an IL
n 9O-cent average today, helped
bv active bidding of the export
trade.
Growers throughout the belt were
chaerpd bv the strong competition
developing for the cigarette-type to-
bacco. after weeks of rather pessl-
mistic expectation of a glutted mar
ket Prices compared with last sea-
sons opening range of 16 to IL
cents.
Imperial Men Bid
Representatives of the Imperial
Tobacco company bid in tobacco
normally taken for the British ex-
port trade, under a financing ar
rangement with the Commodity
Credit corporation whereby the leaf
may be held on option pending the
time it may be shipped abroad.
Domestic companies which for
merly bought part of the crop for
the export trade also YER eligible
to participate in the CCC financing.
All were limited to 10 per cent OF
their normal purchases, and a max
mum of 200, 900, 900 pounds was
fixed for the season.
At Washington Secretary of Ag-
rlculture Henry A. Wallace said
the loan program would provide
for normal operation Of all to-
bacco markets. 1t put into effect
promises Of federal farm officials
earlier in the season that the to-
oacco prices would be maintained
at least at the 15-cent levels of
last year.
Great Britain, one of the largest
consumers of American bright leaf,
discontinued imports because of
the war. The spread of the Euro
pean and Asiatic conflicts blocked
OIL other important consumers.
Orderly Sales
"afehousemen and sales super
Ssors from the II Florida
aue'oh centers reported more
Oluefly and leisurely sales, the re-
sul' o. active campaigning among
INT growers earlier against rushing
al .Helr crop to the first auctions.
Inc practice of turning tags
'S d sign Of rejected bids did not
lConflnued on Page Five: Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
u. S., REDS SEEK
BETTER DEALINGS
America Apparently Dis
turbed By Japan's Great
er East Asia Policy

WASHINGTON, Aug. g. @ -
The United States, disturbed by
Japan's new greater east Asia
policy, appeared tonight to be seek
ing friendlier relations with Soviet
Russia.
After two unusually long confer.
ences with the Soviet Ambassador,
Constantine Oumansky, within a
week, Acting Secretary Of State
Sumner Welles said today they had
discussed many questions involving
relations between the two coun-
tries.
The discussions, he said, had pro-
ceeded in a friendly and construc-
tive spirit on both sides with a
view to adjusting any differences
as euuitably as possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
Calls On-India~
ForAid, Offers
Charlotte Man Named
Head Of Fire Chiefs

SPOKANE, WASH, Aug. s.
R-W. H. Palmer, Charlotte,
N. c., was elected president of
the International Association of
Fire Chiefs at the annual con-
vention today. Boston was chos-
EN- as 1871 convention city.
Palmer, this years vice-presi-
dent, succeeded Chief Ray Tiller,
Waterloo, la.
A resolution adopted at the
final session asked for immedi-
ate expansion of municipal fire
departments in preparation for
"any emergency in line with the
national defense program.