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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
COMPULSORY ARMS
TRAINING MEASURE
OKEHED BY GROUP
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number of senators have voicee
objection.
Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich,
told reporters today he was no
convinced that ''our ordinary re
lance on volunteers" would fail tt
supply enough men for the arm.
ed forces.
Funds Bill Reported
The house naval committee fav
orally reported a 1928, 351, 900 mea.
sure authorizing naval public works
projects which virtually complete
authorizations under the 81.
800, 900, 900 expansion program Civ
ing the nation a two-ocean fleet.
Chairman Vinson D-Ga) said the
measure probably would reach the
house floor Monday.
The committee eliminated provis
ion for housing navy personnel and
civilian workers engaged in urgent
national defense work at a cost
of $3.50, 900, 600. The committee
planned to substitute a section oil
the housing bill now pending in
the rules committee.
Under this provision the same
amount would be available for the
construction, but the projects, al
the close of the emergency per.
iod, would revert to slum clear.
ance and be eligible for federal
subsidies. The facilities of the nit.
ed States housing authority would
be used.
A group of prominent educators
today circulated among 5000 {
their colleagues a recommendation
for a flair and impartial system
OF selective compulsory military
training and service
The group comprises the educa.
tional policies commission of t h {
national education ASSOCIATION anc
the Amrican association of school
administrators. In a renor1
that education and the defense Of
American democracy" thew
serted that if large increases are
needed in the armed forces. corr.
pulsory training would be Mos
consistent with democracy"
The commission, however. onnos.
ed such training for persons under
Il, ana II approved the training
only to meet defense needs. 1t op-
posed any compulsory labor train
ing program or any compulsory
program OF home defense train
ing program or any compul-
sorry program Of home defens
training for youth which does not
place control of such civic a d
vocational education as the pro
gram includes in the hands of the
regularly established fedora, state.
and local agencies of education, 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
EX-GOVERNOR LONG
INDICTED BY JURY
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board member from 1887 until early
this year.
John M. Flush, former assistant tc
the boards general manager and
admitted co-custodian of money con.
tributed by state employees during
the regime of Huey Long and his
political heirs.
Sixteen persons were named as
"deadheads" in the three indictments
but they were not charged.
The embezzlement indictments con-
tanned specific charges covering al.
legged diversion of public funds
through payroll padding for the
week of Feb. IA to 81, the crucial
seven days before the gubernatorial
runoff primary in which Jones
crushed the machine led by Long.
This was the first indictment re.
turned against Earl Long, brother
of Senator Huey P. Long who built
a political empire in the state before
he vas shot to death in the capitol
building in Baton Rouge in 1886.
The empire crumbled under a
barrage of indictments, federal and
state, that sent high figures of the
state topping into disgrace after
Governor Richard w. Leche quit last
June a year ago.
But as the scandals widened, drag.
| ging more and more members of the
state machine into the grip of the
law, Earl Long had remained I'm
touched although defeated in the gu.
bernatorial campaign.
Leche himself recently was SEN
fenced to 10 years in federal prison
for mail fraud and now is appealing
the verdict. Other once high figures
in the councils of Hoey also have
| been sentenced to prison,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
H. e. CRAWFORD

n. T.. VA UfID
Henry Earnest Crawford, 81, trav.
cling freight and passenger agent
for the Seaboard Airline Railroad
company. died suddenly at Z o'clock
yesterday morning at his home, 61O
Central boulevard, in Sunset Park.
Mr.. Crawford is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Pearl Purvis Crawford;
one brother, Willie Crawford, of Los
Angeles, Calf; and two sisters, Mrs.
Jim Deason, of Spartanburg, S. c.;
and Mrs. Anna CASTOR, of Chester,
South Carolina.
Funeral services will be held at 4
o'clock this afternoon from the
Trinity Methodist church, with the
Rev. r. L. Jerome officiating. Burial
will follow in Oakdale cemetery.
The funeral cortege will assemble
and leave the Andrews mortuary at
$3.50 o'clock this afternoon.
Active ~pallbearers will be Frank
Bruce, Jimmie James, Postell Allen,
w. R. Hadley, Kenneth Huto and H.
r. Davis.
Honorary pallbearers. will be stew
ards of Trinity church, Homer Nc
Crae, Carl Fullford, sr., E. E.. Hunt
er, Paul Burton, S. E. Coldiron, W.
T. Weeks, J. A. Bodine, Boyd Park
err, o. D. Holmes.
Mr.. Crawford had been a resident
of Wilmington for 13 years and was
a member of the Masonic lodge and
the board of stewards of the Trinity
Methodist church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
IVA Appropriation Will
Be Considered By House

WASHINGTON, July 23.-RNAp-
preparation of $25, 900, 900 for a
three-year expansion program by
the Tennessee Valley Authority in
the interests of national defense
will be considered by the house
early next week.
The rules committee today grant
ed legislative precedence to h e
measure to increase the authority's
power development and 1t was plan
ned to bring it before the house
Monday or Tuesday.
The three-year program o d
cost a total of $65, 600, 900 and in
volve construction of a hydro-elec-
trio dam on the Holston river, near
a steam plant as we'll
as additional generating units at
Wilson and Pickwick dams. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
BLUFF BANK
ROBBERS sought
One Officer Says Authorize,
'Have Something On
Which To Work

WH1TEVILLE, Juy 2s.-Nam,..
OF the state highway patrol sr.'
with county officers, have has,
working today in an effort to
cover some trace of the ,,;r
armed and masked white NOR -,
early yesterday held I'D the c,s.,
OF the Farmers and Merchants howl,
Of Fair Bluff and robbed if of
81, 1000.
Thus far the bandits have nor .-
apprehended, but one officer said =,
day that the authorities believe thS,
have something on which to wo.,.,
j. c. Rogers, cashier of the ba+'r.
found the, robbers in the bank bf,
ing behind a stove, when he pntor.,
the building to open up about S,,-
yesterday morning. The bandits b,l,
him at the point of a pistol Will,
they waited for the time lock on fl.
vault to open, then getting wbo,
cash they could, tied Mr.. ROGERS Nm
and fled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
TRIAL OF MILLS
POSTPONED HERE
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ment was stayed until this nor.
ing.
The state contended that on JoIv
1, 1899, Murray married MaybeIIe
Roberts, knowing at the time he
had a living wife. The state also
commended that Murray told Miss
Roberts he had been married but
had obtained a divorce.
The defense brought out that
prior to her marriage to Murray
the woman bore an illegitimate
child, whose father she has con.
sistently refused to name. Another
child has been born since the cou.
pie wed, it was testified.
Other cases disposed of during
the day were:
Edward Rountree, negro, charg.
ed with criminal assault, found
guilty of assault on a female: Il.
ID months on the state highways.
e. Deal Elkins, pleaded nolo con.
tendre to a charge of issuing a
worthless check; six months, Sus.
pended upon payment of restitu.
ton and court costs.
DR.. c. E. Moore pleaded guilty
to a charge of hit and run driving
with damages to property resultin
and operating an automobile while
under the influence of intoxicants,
Open for judgement.
Owen F. Smith and James H.
Davis, conspiracy to defraud;
pleaded guilty and judgment re.
mains open 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
STATIC ELECTRICITY
SHOCKS NOTED HERE
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Then, he said, when a person
touches the door to the bus or auto
mobile, he provides a contact with
the ground and the electric charge
automatically attempts to pass
through his body and into the
ground.
Judging from the distance that
some of the charges have jumped
from the vehicles, McAllister esti.
mated that a charge CT several thou
sand volts can be built up in this
manner. This power, however, he
pointed out, is not as dangerous as
that figure may sound. The actual
amount of electricity is very small
and could not possibly harm anyone.
On Asphalt Street
The condition has been found to
exist not only on Front streets but
on asphalt streets and roads
throughout the county, and not only
On buses but OF all types of vehicles.
The police radio cars have been
affected in much the same manner.
So much Of the electricity is gen
Grated in the wheel friction that a
"whirring" noise may often be heard
through the loudspeaker of the cars
high-frequency radio receiver.
AS a remedy for the trouble, Nc
Allister suggested that operators of
automobiles, especially taxicabs,
paint their tires with some type of
inconspicuous paint having some
conductive quality-such as graphite
or lead base paint.
This, he said, will provide a source
of contact between the rim of the
automobile and the street, allowing
the electric charge to drain back in
to the asphalt.
Some of the electricity, McAllister
said, may be attributed to friction
between metal parts in an automo.
bile, but he added this is a problem
only the manufacturers themselves
can remedy.
AhoAAJ VA IL dSho do WS1l oo ~
local buses, have made efforts tc
carry this electricity into the ground
by hanging chains underneath tc
drag on the ground, but McAllister
said this is only partly effective be-
cause some of the links will soon
wear off on the pavement, making
the chain too short to drag.
The state highway commission,
many years ago when it first became
active in the building Of county
roads, blamed a similar series OF
shocks on the light lines Of the Tide
Water Power company, but this was
soon proven to be entirely untrue.
The power company's buses are
nov trying various ways to rid their
metal parts of their electric charges.
But meanwhile, Wilmington's citi-
zens continue to proclaim that the
situation is Shocking"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
MRS. SARAH e. WRIGHT

WHITEVILLE, July 23-Funeral
services for Mrs. Sarah Emma
Wright, 46, daughter of Mrs. R. L.
Brown, who died at her home in
the Western Prong section, will be
held from the Western Prong Bap-
fist church Wednesday afternoon
at 4 o'clock.
The Rev. S. N. Lamb and the
Rev. G.. M. ~Singletary, Baptist
ministers, will conduct the serv-
ices. Burial will follow IN the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Wright is survived by her
husband, w. P. Wright; her
mother; one son, Picket Wright;
one daughter, Mrs. Dewitt Baldwin,
both of Laurinburg; five brothers,
Lauder Brown, of Bennettsville, G.
w. Brown, D. B. Brown and H. c.
Brown, of Whiteville; and R. c.
Brown, of Clarkton; three sisters,
Mrs. Weldon High and Mrs. Earl
Moore, of Whiteville, and Mrs. M.
M. King, Of Supply.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24

ENNE, Wyo., July 23.-R-
Wendell L. Willkie, enjoying him
self today in the ''whoop-it-up' at
mosphere of Cheyenne's frontier
days rodeo, jovially observed that
President Roosevelt's comment on
democrats who have announced
support for Willkie showed that
the President is thinking of some
thing besides the affairs of state"
The republican presidential NOM
inee let go some of the sharpest
jabs he has delivered at the new
decl and President Roosevelt since
beginning a pre-campaign vacation
in Colorado.
He told a platform crowd at
Brighton, Colo, that lin this coun-
try there is no such thing as the
indispensable man." .
At Greeley, Coo, he told an
other station audience the United
States would go down the same
road as the totalitarian states" if
the people follow political mach
ines"
He mentioned specifically 1.-The
Kelly-Nash machine and the rem
nants of the Pendergast machine
and the Guffeys."
At the Frontier Park rodeo
arena, Willkie, commenting on
President Roosevelt's press confer
ence remarks this afternoon on
democrats who have pledged sup
port to him, told reporters:
THE President is going to make
remarks about a lot of democrats
before this campaign is over This
shows that the President is think
ing of something besides the affairs
Of state"
At Brighton, Willkie said:
II know it was a series Of cir
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
BIDS ON IS ROAD
. PROJECTS OPENED
Jobs In Cumberland And On
slow Counties Are 1nclud-
ed On The List

RALEIGH, July 23.-0P-I e
-ztate highway and public works
commission today opened low bids
totaling ses2, 526.15 on Is road
projects.
The full commission will mee'
tomorrow to consider award OF the
contracts. It also probably will
hear a Hillsboroo delegation pro-
test the relocation of highway ~
through that city. .,
The projects and low bidders
we're:
Cherokee county, grading and
bituminous surfacing on 6.45 miles
of U. S. 10 and U. S. 129 between
Topton and Andrews; Gregory
and Poole of Raleigh, 0138, 4l3.2o;
structures, Houser and Jones OF
Asheville, $30,022.
Wayne and Lenoir, sand asphalt
resurfacing on 22.2 miles OF U. >.
10 between Goldsboro and Klnston;
F. D. Cline of Raleigh, S62, 1924.
Lenoir, widening and resurfaclng
of 1885 miles of Route IL between
the Pitt county line and the juno
ton with U. S. 10; West Construc-
ton company of Kinston, $18, 625.
BERTHE county, grading and sur
facing 2.03 miles of route SOS be-
tween Lewiston and Windsor, R. o..
Fuller of Raleigh, s2~6,294.25.
Wilson and Greene counties, a
bridge over Contentnea creek on
Route So; Kiker and Yount of Reds
vile, S25, 356.50
Cumberland, concrete widening OF
1928 miles of Route 15-A between
Fayetteville and the Hoke line; F.
D. Cline of Raleigh, s39,72S.So.
Cumberland, concrete widening of
SO miles of Route "a between Fay
etteville and Manchester; F. D. Cline
of Raleigh, s36, 209.85.
Forsyth and Davie, concrete
widening and structures on e.34
miles of route 1853 between Mocks-
vile and Winston-Salem; roadway
Brown Paving company of Charlotte,
$780, 1925: structures, w. F. Brlnkley
of Granite Quarry, s15,S44.1O.
Wayne, resurfacing 9.67 miles OF
Route III between Route l02 and
the Duplin line; Brown Paving com
pany of Charlotte, s34,015.
Durham, grading PSF miles OF
u n road neal Crooked Run crack;
r. H. Rose of Richmond, Va, ST.
776.45.
Cumberland, underpass at Fenxi
on Route ia; Cobb and HomeWood
of Chapel Hill, s52,457.5o.
Onslow, grading, structures and
surfacing on 3.44 miles of Route SO;
West Construction Company of
North Carolina, Inc, of kinston.
s44,3S990.
Lee, concrete pavement on 0.S6 OF
a mile of Route 421 between Deep
river bridge and Sanford; William
F. Bowe, Jr., of Augusta, Ca, S22,-
3S9.
Davidson, grading, structures and
s~urfacing on ABB miles of Route le9
between Thomasville and Route o4;
Propst Construction company, Inc,
of Concord, s5~2,525.45.
Rutherford, grading, structures
and concrete on 1.06 miles between
a point about four miles west OF
Rutherfordton and Asheville; Propst
Construction company, Inc, of Con
cord, 69,645.10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
Capacity Operation OF
u. S. Arsenal Is Assured

ROCK ISLAND, ILL.,, July 23-LP]
Capacity operation for the next
two years Of the Rock Island
Arsenal, one of the governments six
armament plants, has been assured
by the quantity of War department
orders placed here, Brig. Gen. C. T.
Harris said today.
Orders to be filled during the cur
rent fiscal year will approximate
$12, 500, 900 and employment is ex.
pected to soar to about 5000 of
the highest peace time levels. Near.
ly 5000 persons are employed at the
arsenal now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
BERTHA M. w

LOS ANGELES, July %. - R-
Bertha Muzzy Bower, IS, who as B.
NJ. Bower wrote Chip Of the Flying
U and half a hundred other west
ern novels, died today.
AS the young mother Of three
growing children, Mrs. Bower began
writing western fiction in 1904. Two
years later "Chip" was published, to
be followed by a flood Of novels that
met instant popularity.
Born in Cleveland, Mimi, she was
taken by her parents, Washington
and Eunice Muzzy, to Montana as a
small child. It was on the range of
that state she acquired the expert
ence she capitalized upon later in her
western tales.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
F. R. GIVES VIEWS
ON BOILERS AND
WILLKIE REPLIES
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in 1928 and so was well qualified
from experience.
1t was Mr.. Roosevelt's first press
conference since he accepted a
third nomination and told the dem.
ocratic convention that he would
have little time, because of the
international situation, to engage
In purely political activities, al
though he would answer any false
political statements that c a m e
along.
The President said he expected
to confer with James A. Farley
in Washington soon but had given
no thought to a successor to Far
ley, who is giving up the chair
manship of the democratic national
committee to head a corporation
to buy the New York Yankees
baseball team.
He described as just another
story from Chicago a report that
postmaster general.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
NO PAID

CHEYENNE. Wyo., July 23-B-
Wendell L. Willkie said today he had
advised Chairman Martin of the
republican national committee thai
he wanted no paid speakers in his
campaign. Willkie told reporters he
also had discussed the question with
C. B. Goodspeed, republican trea'
surer. Goodspeed and Martin agreed
that there should be no paid speak
ers, the republican presidential NOM
inee added,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
1888 New Hanover Aliens
Register With Clerk

Following Judge w. H. S. Bur
gwyn's threat during last term Of
court to cite all unregistered aliens
ID the county before the grand
Jury for indictment, a total Of 1873
had placed their names on the
book in the office of the clerk of
court yesterday afternoon.
Thus far, none have been sum-
moned to appear before the grand
jury.
Beginning within 80 minutes aft
er the judges statement at last
term of court, New Hanover coun-
tvs foreign born population have
registered with the clerk in a
steady stream.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
NO PEACE HOPE

ROME, July 23-R)-The author,
itative fascist sditor Virginia Gayla
today termed British Foreign Score.
tary Lord HalifaX's speech yester-
day an appeal to fanaticism'' which
held no hope of peace. Lord Halifax
turned thumbs down on Adolf Hit
ler's invitation for peace discussions
and declared that Britain would
fight on.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24

cumstances that caused me to be
nominated for president.
II know there are thousands OF
men qualified for my position, pub
lie or private.
in this country there is no such
thing as the indispensable man.
THE very essence Of democracy
is that it develops initiative a n d
the energies of men," 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24

A perfectly straight track 49, 8
miles in length-on the Seaboard
Railway between Wilmington and
Hamlet, North Carolina, is the long
est stretch of track without a curve
in. the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24

Various sections of the All.
American highway, stretchino
from Argentina to Alaska, have
been built, and many stretches ~
able. @"A
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24

AS part of the expansion plans
for protection of the Panama Can
al Zone. the Navy Department has
commissioned a new air station at
San Juan, Puerto Rico. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
WEATHER
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WASHINGTON, July %. - up -
Weather bureau records of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending s
p. M, in the principal cotton-groWlng
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
OBITUARIES

F. Darden, Frank G.. Harriss, E. C.
Hicks, ST., DR.. r. B. Morrison, DR..
Charles Graham and Robert E. Tapp.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-24
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN HOTEL

A Vacation Paradise
Located on highest point Of Lookout
Mountain, overlooking Chattanoosa
and seven mountain ranges ""
nights-pleasant days. All spolI
including outdoor swimming po.'
golf. riding, tennis. Rates modei@'''
Address
S. JOHN LITTLEGREEN,
Manager, Lookout Mountain h"'
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-18
Heavy DOwnpOur Last Thursday
Causes Alarm For Short Time

A heavy downpour of rain here last
Thursday evening caused some alarm
when the storm sewers proved that
they were unable to carry off the
water and it began backing up in the
streets. Water on Green street and at
the intersection at Second street was
above curb level. Some water did en-
ter the kitchen at Hinebaugh's restau-
rant and came within a fraction of
an inch entering the Half Price store.
In many places throughout the COM
munity gardens were badly washed,
damaging the growing vegetation to
some extent. Hillside fields also suf-
fered by the rushing of water down
the slopes.
The crop report showed crops of
grasses and pastures continuing most
ly good. Wheat and rye were ripening;
oats was heading. Early tomatoes are
developing and sizing in Westrn Mary
land. Corn plants were considered
good. The raspberry harvest has be-
gun in Garrett county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-18
Physician Arrives Here To Take
Over Practice OF Late DIR.
RrOadWater

DR.. Robert R. Williams arrived in
Oakland on Monday to take over the
practice and offices of the late DR.. N.
l. Broadwater. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Williams, and for a short time
they will occupy the apartment in the
Broadwater building.
A native of Pittsburgh DR.. Williams
is graduate of Cornell University
and of the Medical School of the Uni
versity of Maryland. He had held in
ternships at the Methodist Home for
Aged for one year and for two years
at the Baltimore City Hospital, devot-
ing one year to obstetrical work.
DR.. Williams has also spent year
as the Resident Physician in medicine
at South Baltimore hospital.
By a coincidence, DR.. John Legge,
once a physician in Oakland and now
a prominent specialist in Baltimore,
was instrumental in getting both the
late DR.. Broadwater and DR.. Williams
to practice in Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-18
Treacy-MoOre Wedding Which
Occurred November 18th,
Is Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks Moore, Hunt
ington, West Va, have announced Tie
marriage of their daughter, Laura
Ellen, to Mr.. James J. Treacy, a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James P. Treacy, OF
Oakland.
The ceremony was performed Sat
urday, November IS, 1889, at the rec
tory of st. Ignatius' Catholic church,
Louisville, Ky. The couple was at
tended by few of the close friends of
the bride and groom and the marriage
kept secret until after Mr.. Treacy
completed his studies at the Univer-
sity of Maryland.
Mrs. Treacy is granddaughter OF
the late Rev. Dir. Archibald Moore and
Mrs. Moore, of Oakland, and has been
frequent visitor in Oakland.
Mr.. Treacy is a graduate of Oakland
high school and besides the University
of Maryland has also studied in the
University of Virginia at Charlotts-
vile. Before going away to school he
was active in music circles and the
Scout organization.
Mr.. and Mrs. Treacy are at home at
APO Auburn Road, Huntington, W.
Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-07-18
Young Republican Club To
Be Formed Here Monday

Because Of numerous requests by
young Republicans of this area, Julius
G. Renninger, chairman of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee for Gar
rett county, is calling a meeting for
Monday evening, to organize a Young
Republican club in Oakland. The
meeting will be held in the City Hall,
at 1870 o'clock.
Young Republicans are all invited
to attend. There is no set age limit
at present. If the interest is county
wide it is possible that other Young
Republican clubs will be formed in
other sections Of the county.
A large number are expected to at
tend Monday as the coming campaign
promises to be an interesting one.