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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08

Neutrality is hard state Of mind
to grasp. mean neutrality of mind
on everyday subjects as well as
toward nations in q war.
Old DR.. "A. B. c." Fletcher. well
known to an earlier generation as
the great advocate of chewing your
food, learned about neutrality while
serving as a member of Hoover's
commission that fed Belgium in
World war /. In that Job you had
to be neutral or destroy your own
usefulness.
Once he told me that you had to
learn to be neutral-that 1t is an
art. You just have to roll up your
emotions and put them in a corner
and look at everything effectively.
Finally you get so that il a chicken
runs across the road, it's still lust
a chicken whether you own IL or
whether you're the man who mixes
1t up with his tenders.
I've learned a little about neu-
trality myself in trying to be non
partisan on the radio in election
years. 1t really isn't so hard to
practice when you get used TO It,
but the difficulty lies in persuadinR
other people that you are really
nonpartisan.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08

his district to answer the nations
selective service call.
The woman was Mrs. Henry E.
Bell, wife of a World war veteran
who was on duty outside the build
ing in legion guard of honor. AS
memento she was given the cap
sule which contained her sons num-
Der. Later her husband, a District
of Columbia fireman, also was per-
mitted to draw a number from the
bowl.
Earlier, dignitaries of the federal
government drew numbers, and lat
er Boy Scouts, veterans, newsmen,
radio announcers and volunteers
from the audience were given the
honor. The pulling of numbers, be-
gun at noon, went on all night and
continued hours after the sun had
struck the CapitoPs dome. Nine
thousand in all were listed serially
In that order, providing the young
men pass physical tests and have
no dependents, they will be sent to
army camps for a years training.
The first, mere trickle, will leave
home November Is. Before spring
300, 900 in all will be in khaki. Army
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08

Here Is General Alexander Papa
COS who has been appointed by King
George Of Greece to lead the land
forces Of his country In their battle
to fight on the invasion by Italian
troops.
serves, and IT'S warplanes was
hardly more than a wooden barrier
across the road in the path of a
juggernaut. Turkey boosted of
1000, 900 warriors, outhanked on all
sides.
Appeals 10 Britain were answered
Immediately, but Britain could i'll
afford to assemble its scattered ma
val power for a definite issue in the
Near East. Its Mediterranean feet
went into immediate action, occu-
plying the fortified Greek island of
Crete, which bars the way to Suez,
and landing In Crete, which gives
them a base near Italy.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08

This fellow typifies the expression
Of many ISIS" as they learned that
their numbers were the first drawn
in the selective service lottery. He
is Eugene KOlb Jr., of San Francisco.
officials estimated only those men
whose serial numbers were among
the first 1,500 selected will be ex-
amined for service this year, and
half of them will not be accepted.
President Roosevelt ruled that no
man may be taken unless he has
been given five days notice by his
draft board, in order to settle per-
Sonal affairs.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08
WdshIn9ton Digest
Excitement in Washington Gains
AS Election Ends Party Hostility
Successful Candidate Will Be 'Everyone's President;
Future Farmers Hold Annual Conventions;
Neutrality Is Hard to Grasp.

with the desire to own and develop
the land. No room for fascism or
communism in that outlook.
l met the young president, Ivan
Kindschi, from an 80-acre farm in
Prairie du Sac, Neb.. up in the dairy
country. He was in Washington on
his way to the convention.
asked Ivan:
What are you preparing to do?"
I'm going to own a farm" he
said.
And that, l figured out, after
lot more questions is why most Of
the boys join the Future Farmers
It's simple cnough-they are flu
ture farmers.
How did you get interested in
the organizations" asked him.
Because they do interesting
things"
That's simple and sensible enough
too, and those interesting things in
clude learning to be better farmers
and following great principle of
democracy that gets kind of rusty
in the city and in the country too
helping to make the community
better.
These boys build investments in
farm land, live stock and farm ma
chinery through money they earn on
their projects.
Nothing anchors a man to democ-
racy like property he's sweated for.
| And they learn not only how to
judge cattle, soil conservation, but
all the other practical things a farm
boy has to learn such as how to
handle hog from farm to market
so when the packer weighs he won't
have to cut chunk out of a ham
where somebody encouraged the
poor porker aboard a truck with
boot.
Trained in their chosen profession,
trained in leadership In their COM
munity, cooperative effort, thrift;
and with this first phrase of their
creed in their minds, II believe in
the future of farming" these young
Americans are defense of Amer
lea terrible as an army with BAN
parc -
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08
AS TO WAR:
Call for Service

President Roosevelt stood at a
microphone. Near him was War
Secretary Henry Stimson, blindfold-
ed. The cabinet member reached
into a glass bowl with his left hand,
pulled out a capsule and extracted
a slip of paper. He handed it to the
President. 1.-THE first number" the
President said, "is 49," A woman
screamed. 1t was the number as
signed by a draft board to her son.
1t meant he was first on the list in
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08
Strict Neutrality
Hard to Grasp

successor
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08

FROM CHE BILLION
COAL FIELD IN TEE
BIOGRAPHICAL GEM
TER OF INDUSTRY
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08
BATTLE FOR EMPIRE :
Balkan Adventure

Reinforced by an understanding"
with Gen. Francisco Franco, dicta-
tor of Spain, and Vice Premier Pi-
ere Laval. acknowledged leader of
France, the Axis powers rode off
on new highway of conquest Be-
nito Mussolini served a six-hour ul-
timatum on Greece to surrender its
strategic airports and harbors "to
guarantee peace" Then without
waiting for an answer, Fascist le-
gions drove across the border to-
ward Athens from their bases in al
ready-conquered Albania.
Meanwhile Adolf Hitler, estab-
ished in Rumania, made ready to
attack Turkey, swinging through the
lone remaining independent coun-
tries Of Bulgaria and Jugoslavia.
Hitler predicted that by December
he would hold Istanbul and the OAR
danelles.
Meanwhile there were indications
that German troops would find free
passage through Spain to attack Gil
braltar. Frances role was to turn
over air and naval bases in Africa
and the Near East for the battle on
Britain's life line in the Mediterra-
mean.
What seemed to be happening was
the result of Hitler's failure to make
England capitulate on schedule.
London was still taking a severe
beating from the air but still holding
out and apparently giving Germany
as good as it received.
So, unable to conquer Britain, Hit
Ter swung his force on conquest of
the British empire with a pincer
movement on both ends of the
Mediterranean.
Outposts
In this movement, Greece and
Turkey were the last outposts linked
to England in the fight against to-
talitarian domination. Outside of the
Western hemisphere no Independent
nations lived, with the exception of
parts OF the British empire, virtually
cut off from their mother country if
the Nazi conquest succeeded.
There seemed little in the way of
that success. Greece with an army
Of but 100000 regulars, 100000 re-
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08
Hughes May Retire
Before Next Election

The new President Is probably go
ing to have an important task to
perform which hasn't been officially
announced: The appointment of q
new chief justice of the United
States.
Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes will undoubtedly resign be-
fore another four years are over.
He's in good health and spirits, and
II you were to meet that familiar
figure on one of his daily walks,
you'd hardly believe that he will
soon pass his eighty-third year. And
even il you had never seen him or
his picture, you'd be very likely to
say:
THAT man looks like what a chief
justice ought to be-"
Mr.. Hughes ought to be, and is.
No head of our highest tribunal
ever fitted the solemn setting of the
Supreme court better.
Here is the law in all it's dignity
come to life-the classic forehead,
the keen and friendly eyes, the white
beard of the patriarch. He not only
looks the part but acts it..
No one will begrudge Chief Jus
tice Hughes a rest when he chooses
to step down from the bench and
up again to a high place in his
tory.
1t will not be easy to find a worthy
successor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09

YESTERDAY: Eddie is in good shape, gives the sea air credit. He admits to Val that she wouldn't be so bad if she could just forget she is a newspaperwoman. When Vale takes over preparing Eddie's diet, Cavalier kids her, finds him. self peeling potaotoeS. Only after he has peeled 35 pounds does Wong let him know that an cleo tric peeler would have done the job in 15 minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
Val Learns More About Eddie

other games. I'd like that. and I think could be happy in it."
 He strengthened up suddenly. Say, I've just about told you everything but the story about Aunt Emma"
 Something to look forward to-" She cooked her head Slightly and regarded him pensively. You don't like me very much, do you?"
 She could almost feel his gray eyes boring into her.
 "At times you're tolerable," he confessed. At other times I could slap you down without a bit of re- morset."
 Grandma, what big words you use" she said mockingly.
 That reminds me-" he con- tinued. My biggest criticism is that you're too clever. When women are too brainy they can be awfully unmanageable."
 There was pronounced roll under the Northern Belle, and she pitched worse than at any time so far on the voyage. Outside the cabin door Val could hear the wind as it Whistled across deck and whipped at the tarpaulin covers over the lifeboats.
 Val had difficulty falling asleep. But it wasn't the heavy weather which bothered her.
 She lay in her bunk and thought of the boyish grin on Eddie Cav Hers face Recalled the look in his eyes when he held up his hands and talked of the surgeon $ scalpel he would never hold.
 Why was she thinking so much about it? She tried to shake it off but it wasn't easy. It was four bells before she finally dropped off.
 (TO Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
. STORIES
 IN STAMPS
Huge Gotun Dam Made Panama Conol Possible

WITHOUT Gatun Dam there w would be no Panama Canal. Next to the locks, the earth and stone barrier across the Chagres river is the most important part of the canal system. Gatun Dam impounds the waters of Gatun Lake, insuring a constant depth for the "A miles of ship channel through the lake, supplies water for the locks. A hydro-electric plant at Gatun furnishes electric ity for the Canal Zone.
 Madden Dam, built in 1885, in- pounds the upper Chagres into Madden Lake, a reservoir to keep Gatun Lake full even in drought.
 Water level in Gatun Lake is controlled by Gatun spillways. shown during construction on the stamp above, and completed, be- low. The stamps are two of set of 16 issued in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the canal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09

Sixteen members of Miss Barrett :: Girl Scout Troop were present al the meeting Monday afternoon Final plans were made for the party April II. The decorations for the party were also made. Plans were discussed for trip to New York April 20.
 ArchleacOnry Meets
 The Litchfield Archdeaconry will hold it's spring meeting in Christ church, Canaan, today. The program began with celebration of Holy Communion at 10:30 a. m.
 New Library Books
 The following books have recently been added to the Watertown Lib- rary.
 Fathom Five. Benjamin; Sanda Mala, Coles: To Step Aside, Cow ard; Half Inch of Candle, Gibbs; Polonaise, Hare; Dido Cay, Hayes; Sons and Fathers, Hindus; After Many a Summer Dies the Swan Hurley; How Green Was My Valley Llewellyn; Show Me Land, Mc- Meekin; On a Darkling Plain, Steg- ner; Love in the Sun, Walmsley;
 Rental Fiction
 Run of the Stars, Aydelotte; Case of the Baited Hook, Gardner.
 The following have been added to the free collection from the rental To Have, To Keep, Abbott; Down. East Duchess, Blodgett, If Love ] Must, Burt; Past Was a Sleep. Cor bett; More Than Music Chadwick Where the Heart Goes, Colver; Listen for the Voices, Colver; Char ley Manning, Corbett; Grandma Called it Carnal, Damon; SoWn Among Thorns, Dell; Highroad tc Happness. Doran; Sister of the Angels. Goudge: Western Union Grey; Back Roads. Haviland-Taylor Across the Years. Loring; Sweet for the Season, McCord; Lost Sunrise Norris; Tree of Liberty, Page; Steadfast Light, Payne; Priscilla Don't, Randall; Skylark, Raphael son: Murder With a Theme Song Rath; Footprints on the Ceiling Rawson; Our Ernie, Rice; Sondra O'Moore, Willoughby.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
C~n ANlxIM RACK KEnS
Panama Canal

Vital American defense spot, the Panama Canal has been the center of much interest recently. In the following statements, cross out those words or figures in the parantheses which make the sentences incorrect:
 1. The Panama Canal Zone is GA, 10, 15) miles wide.
 2. The United States acquired the Canal Zone in 1914, 1890, 1904. 3. The cities of Panama and Colon Care, are no0 part of the Canal Zone.
 1. The canal was opened to traf- fic in 1917, 1914, 1910.
 5. The Canal Zone is directly under charge of Ca governor, U. s. Senate, U. s. Army chief of staf).
 Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
CHAPTER XII

"If I got a thousand bucks for each one I ate I wouldn't touch one" Eddie Cavalier pushed the potatoes away from him distaSte- fully.
 Val grinned. I'll have a double helping tonight" she said and Steve Hansen roared.
 T took a beating in my second
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
GREyY ZEBRA BORN IN zoo

St. Louis CUP)-The pair of rare grevy zebraS at municipal zoo have produced an ofspring-one of the first of the species to be born in this country, according to Director George P. Vierheller. The young zebra, a male, was about 31a feet tall at birth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
. SERIAL STORY
CAST OF CHARACTERS

VAL DOUGLAS girl sports writer, shipped on . freighter to find excitement. EDDIE CAVALIER - a prize fighter headed for the title, has a score to settle with Val. CAPTAIN STEVE HANSEN - skipper of the Northern Belle. DUFFY KELSO - Cavaliers manager.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-09
RADIO PLAYERS
 PUT ON SPOT
10 Girl Scouts at Meet ing-New Books in
 Library
WATERTOWN Correspondent: Mary COsgrOve
 Phone 875

Watertown, April 9,-Walter How ards radio players presented "Too Many Women" at the meeting ot the Baldwin Parent-Teacher asso- ciat,,on last evening at 8 in the L.t.ie Theater at Baldwin school.
 A large variety of articles have been donated for the white elephant salo by various manufacturers ill town and by people interested. Among some of the things are cos metcs, combs, yard goods, dishes, cutlery, card cases, ash trays and other articles. Charles Shons will be auctioneer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
TEST VOTE

A test vote to show sentiment
On propo sails to curb activities OF
the national labor relations board is
expected in TIE house next week.
Informed persons said To-Day the
test probably would come Tuesday
when Rep Smith (D-Va), chairman
of the specia! committee investigat-
ing the board, tries to strike out
all of a s69, 1000 fund for the boards
economics division from a $2,S43,O00
appropriation for NLRB.
The ho1so appropriations COM
mittee, in approving a 1854, 600 900
appropriation bill for 1941 nseds ct
the lat.r department, the federal
security agency and related acllv1-
ties, recommended a $45,900 reduc-
ton to be applied against the sal
aries of economists in the econom-
les division headed by David Saposs.
But the committee did not ecom-
mend elimination of a related item
of $23,7 700 for clerical and stenog-
-raphic help in the same branch.
We're going to see whether that
$23,7O0 item can't be cut out, too,"
Smith said today.
The appropriations committee
said in its report to the house on
the bill that mo need exists for a
division of economic research and it
is expected that this section will be
entirely eliminated"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
State Candidates Will
Speak At YDC Session

RALEIGH, March % Up All
candidates for state offices have
been invited to speak at a Young
Democratic rally in Wake Forest
Wednesday night, R. B. Telfair,
Wake county democratic president,
announced today.
The rally is being sponsored joint
ly by the Wake county and Wake
Forest college clubs.
Those who have accepted invita-
tons, Telfair said, are: J. NJ.
Broughton of Raleigh, Thomas E.
Cooper of Wilmington, Paul Grady
of Kenly and W. P. Horton of Pitts
boro, all gubernatorial candidates.;
L. A. Martin of Lexington and r. l..
Harris of Roxboro, candidates for
lieutenant governor; Congressman
Harold Cooley of Nashville; Thad
Eure of Raleigh, incumbent, and
Walter Murphy of Salisbury, candi-
dates for secretary of state.
George Ross Pou of Raleigh, in
cumbent, and C. W. Miller, of Ashe'
vile, candidates for auditor; and W.
Kerr Scott, incumbent, and C. Way
land Spruill of Windsor, candidates
for commissioner of agriculture.
Forrest Pollard Of Durham, state
Young Democratic president, also
will speak.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
EUROPE OBSERVES
WAR Time EASTER
Continued From Page One)

pontiff an occasion for another ad-
monition for peace.
In his homily prepared for deliv-
cry before imparting his blessing
on Rome and the world from the
balcony of the ancient edifice, the
pope was expected to appeal for a
return of concord among nations
without, however, suggesting an
immediate truce. Both his message
and b~enediction will be broadcast
by the Vatican radio station, begin
ming at 8 a. m. G. a. M, EST).
The 40 days of Lent ended yes
terday with the ringing of the bells
of Rome's 400 churches as Holy
Saturday services commemorated
Christ's resurrection.
Priests went about the Eternal
City blessing homes and offices,
food shops strung their fronts with
sausages and filled their windows
today's feasting.
Frances famed S%trasbourg Ca
thedral choir-its voice stilled since
the wars start-sings again today
at services in imposing Notre Dame
cathedral while Frenchman pray
for peace.
The venerable Able Hoch, who
has not seen the choir since Stras-
bourg's population was scattered
over the countryside and the city
became a ghost town on the Rhine,
joyfully greeted the members, AL
satan refugees all, who reassem-
bled in Paris for the services.
Last night Parisians jammed
trains leaving the French capital
for a holiday in the country and
Britons poured in aboard incoming
trains to join husbands or sons on
leave from the front.
American and French choruses
in Paris arranged special services,
but the music of former years was
missing because of the war.
Services were scheduled for French
troops at the front in trenches and
rear line rest posts.
Wartime %rationing put a serious
dent in Germany's Easter egg sup
ply. Some Of Germany's Easter
customs were missing altogether.
The traditional roast lamb was a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
CANADA ELECTION
DRIVE WAKES HOT
Continued From Page One)

tion-eve mass meeting in the capt.
tai Monday night.
Approximately 10000 voters are
enrolled in the Canadian active
service force. Those in England
started voting March IA and those
in Canada two days later. Their
polls close tonight.
Some eight or 10 parties are rep
resented by the 672 candidates NOM
mated for the 245 seats in com.
mons, but of these only the liberals
and the conservatives have suffi.
Gent nominees to obtain a majority.
The liberal government, for which
Defense Minister Norman Rogers
has been one of the most active
campaigners, has defended it's rec
ord and pledged to prosecute Can.
ada's part in the war with vigor.
The conservative party, led by
DR.. r. J. Manion, veteran parlia-
m%entarian, has promised that if
successful at the polls the party
would form a national government
without party lines.
Both liberals and cooperative COM
monwealth federation leaders have
asserted they would have nothing
to do with such a government.
Mackenzie King has said his fol.
lowers would do their parliamen.
tary duty by constituting His Ma.
jesty's loyal opposition"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
ARMY AND NAVY
SPEED UP SALES
Continued From Page One)

Io11is Johnson, assistant secretary
Of war, of a prospective reduction
i, the cost of aluminium which is
widely used in aircraft. The price
will be cut 5 per cent or more on
TUESDAY by the aluminium Com
panv of America, johnson said.
Estimating this would save the
war department $51o,716 on two
contracts alone. Johnson told re-
porters it was hoped to obtain re.
funds from several additional manu-
%facturers.
This shows mass production is
bringing down COSTS" he said.
The projected new policy involves
q basic revision Of the existing Of
fetal regulation that no late de-
signed military plane should be
sold abroad until an improved model
was under contract to some gov
eminent agency.
Two 400-mile-an-hour pursuit
the Lockheed P-3S and Cur
tiss P-40 were released to the Allies
recently under this policy. Thus far
rance and Britain have been de-
MED permission to buy duplicates
OF five other army planes.
A navy spokesman, it was learn
ed, already has advised congress
thai the navy favors the sale to for
eipn nationso.s the latest type weap-
ons-strippel of military secrets
rs a practical means of speeding
it's own airpiane construction pro-
gram and reducing the cost.
Is Advantageous
Rear Admiral John H. Towers,
chief of the bureau of aeronautics,
told a senate appropriations sub
committee in closed hearings, mem.
bers said, that. far from retarding
naval plane building, foreign orders
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-24
False Alarms Worry
Wilmington Firemen

False alarms were the bane of
the existence of Wilmington fire
men yesterday.
The first came at 1874 a. M, re-
porting a non-existing fire at 101e
Castle street.
The next false alarm came at
1921 p. m, reporting a fire at $40
North Eighth street. There is nc
house at this address.
The third was received at 7:2e
p. m. from box "a.
Firemen pointed out there is
small sport in turning in false
alarms, for there is always the
chance a fireman will be injured
or killed as the big trucks speed
to the address given.
Fires were extinguished at:
9:23 a. m. at Orrell Brothers Lum'
Der company, where sparks start.
ed a blaze on the roof of the dry.
kiln.
11:25 a. m. at Oil South Eleventh
street, where grass was burning.
At 1880 p. m. when a chimney
burned out at TOT IL North Third
street, occupied by Arthur Nc
Cloud.
1:20 p. m. when a garage ano
fence caught fire from hot ashes
at AL McRae street, occupied by
A. E. Jackson.
1858 p. m. at 512 Baden street
occupied by r. c. Hall.
5:13 p m. on M~arstellar street
between Eighth and Ninth streets
where grass was burning.