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Evening star., 1940-05-31
$60,o0o,00O Hospital
Program Receives
Senate Approval
$222,718,7l7 for Army's
Civil Functions Passes
In House Action

By the Associated Press.
Trying to clean up other work
while devoting its major attention
to defense, Congress took these steps
yesterday:
The Senate unanimously approved
an administration bill authorizing q
six-year program of hospital con-
struction, with $60,O00,0OO Of direct
Federal expenditures and grants to
communities. The House has yet
to act.
The House gave its final assent
to q $222, 2,718,717 bill for the civil
functions Of the War Department.
largely river and harbor and flood
control projects. The Senate must
vote on House amendments.
The Senate accepted a $6O0O0, 900
increase in rural electrification funds
voted by the House in the farm ap-
preparation bill. It declined, how
ever, to approve numerous other
House changes.
Still in Dispute.
Still in dispute between the two
chambers were the formula for paw
ing S2l2,000,000 of parity" benefits
to farmers; restrictions on $50
600 in farm tenancy loans; and
smaller items involving about
e5,00O,OO0.
Under the hospital bill 10000 900
would be authorized for the wear
ending July l, 1941, to be spent by
the Federal Works Agency for build
ing hospitals which would be leased
to States or communities making
application for the projects.
In each of the ensuing five years
an additional $10,O00,OOO would be
authorized for grants for State and
local hospital construction, the
grants being limited to a minimum
of Is per cent and maximum of
80 per cent Of the cost, exclusive of
land.
Says Amount Is Small.
Senator Murray, Democrat, of
Montana said the program would
provide an estimated $4,000 or 10000
aooltlonal hospital beds, primarily
IN rural and economically distressed
areas" The amount sought was
small in comparison to the recog-
nized need" he contended.
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
urged approval of the program,
asserting that it had been revised
greatly from original proposals for
a "Federally-owned chain of hos
pitfalls to be built with w. P. A.
labor"
The legislation would authorize
annual maintenance grants, of an
unspecifled amount, for five years
beginning in 1916.
A National Advisory Hospital
Council Of eight members would be
created to advise the surgeon gen.
eral of the United States Public
Health Service in administering the
program.
Evening star., 1940-05-31
kIun Declared on Guard
Against Fifth Column
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, N. j., May
31.-A Memorial Day gathering to-
day heard a declaration by Arthur
Bell, Jersey City, self-avowed grand
giant of the Ku Klux Klan, that
any fifth column" movement in
the United States would have no
success because of the Ku Klux Klan
which is constantly on the alert
against fifth column in all corners
Of the country"
Two other avowed Klan officials,
Samuel Stouch of Philadelphia,
grand dragon, and the Rev. A. M.
Young, Nutley, grand kaliff, spoke.
Evening star., 1940-05-31
Governors to Consider
Problems of Defense

By the Associated Press.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May 81
Gov. Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri
said last night he would bring the
matter" of national defense before
the annual Governors Conference
at Duluth, Mimi, next Monday.
Gov. Stark, chairman of the con-
ference, is strong advocate of quick
preparedness and recently discussed
defense problems with President
Roosevelt at Washington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
Radio Operators Giuen
Opportunity To Aid Defense

All radio amateurs in this area
will be asked to submit applica-
ton for enlistment in the United
States Naval Communication Re-
serve, a volunteer organization, ii
was learned yesterday through
Lieutenant S.. c. Sweeny, U. S.
N. R., of Wilmington.
Amateur radio operators who re.
spond that they do not desire to
enlist will be asked to state why.
Application blanks have been
mailed by Lieutenant Sweeny, &C.
companied by the following state
ment:
To-day this country is facing a
crisis. It is faced with the huge
problem of internal and external
national defense against enemies
whose obvious intentions are the
destruction of not only our own
form of government, but of human
freedom throughout the world. This
threat is real. It has met with
astonishing success in Europe.
One great power, Great Britain,
now stands alone to face, immed-
lately, the combined forces of Eu-
ropes dictators. If Great Britain
fails, and measured by the mill
tary standards of the dictators, she
is none too stable, we can well
realize the consequences. We are
next!
ITO meet aggression that threat.
ems to engulf us in the Atlantic and
the Pacific, the United States is
preparing now to create the larg'
est air force in the world. Congress
is approving authorizations for
naval expansion that will give Us
the worlds greatest naval estab'
lishment. We must start now tc
do what others have done; our citi'
zens and industry must be organic
ed for service, civilian as well as
military. These huge air and naval
establishments must be manned
by trained forces.
Various patriotic organizations
throughout the country have taken
steps aimed at national defense
In Wilmington, the e~x-service men,
at a recent meeting, laid plans for
the organization of a home guard.
The Engineers Club has present
ed the city and county officials
with a resolution calling for the
appointment of a committee of re-
sponsible citizens to coordinate To-
cal defense efforts. All such eff
forts indicate that our people are
awake to the paramount need OF
adequate national defense.
Through the minds of many of
us, not already connected with
military organization, is passing
this question-what can l do to
help? For those Of you who are
radio amateurs, the answer is
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
Noes HERE AIDS
DEFENSE PROGRAM

The employment service division
of the Unemployment Compensa.
ton commission in Southeastern
North Carolina is cooperating fully
in the national defense program
in lining up technical workers for
ship yards, airplane plants, mum.
tons factories, and other defense
activities, Maurice H. Moore, man.
ager of the Wilmington office OF
the NOSES, reported yesterday.
A few workers with proper skills
have been sent to other states for
these types of work since the in
ventory was taken on April l OF
the numbers and types of work.
ers available in the Wilmingto
section for work in production OF
defense equipment, Moore said.
The inventory showed that North
Carolina had on its registration for
work lists ITS technicians, 124 men
and 81 women; $3.50 skilled work
ers; IL, 1874 men and women; and
q 1904 semi-skilled workers, 1881
men and 1898 women.
Moore said the inventory also
showed 159 machinists and me-
chanics, Sc of them over A years
of age; six tool and dye makers,
four over a. years of age; II en-
gineers and designers, four over
"A years of age; and 10 skilled con-
struction and production workers,
three of them over A years of age.
The inventory of the $500, DOC
active job seekers registered in
the public employment offices in
the United States was taken on
April l, Moore said, and reports
are now complete for 80 states.
Registers give full information
on skilled and technical workers.
acquisitions for various types Of
workers are broadcast throughout
the nation, and the orders are
filled by state and local employ
ment offices. Only a few workers
have left North Carolina for other
states in recent months, but a
larger movement is expected as
the program gets under way,
Moore reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
ARMY TRAINING
PLAN ENDORSED
St. Johns Men Urge U. s.
Youth Be Required 10
Take Training

A resolution advocating two
wears of compulsory military
training for all boys and young
men was adopted by the Mems
Club of St. Johns parish in month
w supper session Thursday eve
mig at the parish house.
Judge John j. Burney was the
principal speaker at the meeting.
Nathan S. Haskell, president, and
Montrose M. Hinnant, acting Sec
rotary, reported yesterday.
Copies of the resolution were for
warded to President Roosevelt,
Senators Robert R. Reynolds and
Josiah w. Bailey and other mem
bers of the congregational delega'
ton from North Carolina.
The resolution follows: Re.
solved, that this club go or record
as strongly advocating two years
compulsory military service for all
boys and young men, not physical
ly incapacitated for such service
to begin preferably upon gradu.
alton from high school, but not
later than their 10Th birthday.
"Resolved further, that the prln'
cipal reasons actuating this are
first, the need of the country for
properly trained manpower in case
of attack or invasion; second, the
need for the manhood of the coun-
try receiving proper training so
that if called to the service of our
country, in case of attack or in
vasion, they may be properly pre-
pared to take care of and protect
themselves.
Third, that such training would
be of mestimable moral and phys
ical help to the boys and young
men; fourth, that the discipline
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
|260 men JOIN
ARMY IN YEAR
Southeastern N. C. Youths
Answer Call In Past
Twelve Months

The Wilmington district office of
the army recruiting servince en-
listed a total of 260 young men
from Southeastern North Carolina
during the fiscal year ending June
80, Sergeant S. W. D. Bennett re-
ported yesterday.
Enlistments for various branch
es of the service included: Fort
Bragg, IS; Camp jackson, S. c.,
20; Hawaii, 81; Panama, SO; the
Philippines, /; and Fort Moultrie,
S. c., Z.
Young men we're enlisted from
the following counties of South
eastern North Carolina: New Han
over, Brunswick, Columbus, On
slow, Fender, Duplin, Sampson,
Jones, and .Bladen.
The local Sub-station, located on
the second floor of the p~ostoffice
building, enlisted a total of S.
young men from New Hanover and
adjoining counties during the
month Of June.
Sergeant Bennett also announced
the local sub-station had been al.
lotted a July quota of 26 vacancies
as follows by the Charlotte head
quarters office of the Carolinas dis.
trict of the army recruiting ser
vice:
For Fort Bragg, medical depart
ment. 4; quartermaster corps, 8;
for Fort Moultrie, quartermastel
corps, 8; for Camp Jackson, medi
cal department, 8; eighth quarter
master battalion, 4; Company D
9th quartermaster battalion, 2;
21st medical department, 8; anc
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
Bicentenniol Nickels
Requested By Collectors

The office of James E. L. Wade,
commissioner of public works, yes.
terday acknowledged the receipt OF
four requests for wooden nlckels
issued last year in onnection with
Wilmington's B~icentennial celebra'
ton.
Requests were received from the
following: the Chase National
Bank. of New York, through Har'
mon C. Rorison, of the Security
National Bank; DR.. Sidney G.
Holmes, of Boston, Mass; Emil
Di Bella, of Bronx, N. Y, secre-
tary of the international emery
ency money club; and Waldo c.
Moore, of Lewisburg, Ohio. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
BRAND, PERRIN
RETIRE SATURDAY
Assistant Vice-President And
Freight Traffic Chief
Leave ACL Posts

]. N. Brand, assistant vice-presi-
dent, and j. w. Perrin, freight
traffic manager of the Atlantic
Coast Line, yesterday retired from
active service.
Both announced their voluntary
designations on May II, to become
effective yesterday. No ceremony
marked their retirement.
Brand entered the railroads
service in 1889 as a telegraph op-
orator with a predecessor com.
pany of the ACL. He assumed the
position Of assistant vice-president
on October %, 1896.
He was born in Clarendon conn.
ty, S. c., on December Is. 1871.
Perrin started with the roads
predecessor in 1891 as chief rate
clerk, becoming freight traffic
manager several years ago. He
was born in Abbesville, S. G.. IN
March %, 1869.
Shortly after the announcement
of the two designations. nina 81
vancements were announces Nv
the railroads board of director:
becoming effective on June /. i
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30

and training which thus would be
given, at this period in their lives,
would be a great deterrent to a
large number of them becoming
criminals, since the records indi-
cate that approximately so per
cent of our crimes r committed
by boys and young men between
the ages of 16 and 81"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
Of Wilmington
Auto Tags Available

Approximately 1000 automobile
plates advertising Wilmington as
the leading port OF North Carolina
and sponsored by the city COM
missioners are now available with
out charge to travelling salesman
at the office of James E. L. Wade,
commissioner of public works.
All persons travelling in and out
of the city, especially statesmen,
are urged to call at the city hall
and secure their plates, which fea-
ture black letters on a yellow back
ground. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
Rev. Lee To Preach
Al Baptismal Service

The Rev. James R. Lee, pastor
of the Sixth Street Advent Chris
tan church, will baptize a group
of converts at 8 o'clock tonight.
All candidates for baptism are
urged to be present at this service.
In addition to the baptismal
service he will speak on the SUBJ
ject, Come, My People" l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30

infantry headquarters and MP
company, 4.
The local sub-station has been
assigned an unlimited quota of va
cancies for the 18th infantry and
eighth division, field artillery, at
Camp Jackson. A number of va.
GAMES for the field artillery at
Fort Bragg are yet to be filed,
Sergeant Bennett said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
SUNDAY, JUNE 80, 1e4o

One form of big business Will,
conducted in an extremely Is
manner is the diamond Ouest
are no palatial exchanoo NAefe
In the world. Generally. in 4S''
Garden, London, center natta
mond trade, men sit over cnn .De d
or coffee discussing the nrioes y. ia
crumbs. "e Dread,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30
CRUMBLING CHEESE

II you are preparing macaroni
have a lot of cheese - or,'a ano
run ialtaa IL through the food chopper
lns.eaa OF grating. It grinds
smootnly and evenly and the ioh
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-30

A simple white dot or neat white
check on a bright colored ground
in sturdy washable wallpaper
makes a striking bathroom or kit
chen. s
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Daughters Of 1872
Hear Professor Talk
On Student Radicals
A Little Education and
Maturity Cure Most.
Says Dr.. Trovis

A little education and little ma
turity are all many students allied
with so-called subversive organiza-
tions need to cure radical tendencies,
a University of Pennsylvania pro-
fessor told local Daughters Of 1912
at meeting yesterday at national
headquarters, 1861 Rhode Island
avenue NV.
DR.. Irwin Travis of the electrical
engineering department Of the uni
versity said his opinions were based
primarily on conditions at Penn
sylvania and that his use Of the
word subversive was to apply to
"trouble-makers" in a broad sense.
He Is inclined to believe, however,
he said that charges. of "isms"
honeycombing educational institu-
tions today represent pretty much
an alarmist viewpoint"
Conceding there are some students
working definitely toward under
mining democratic principles in
government, DR.. Travis spoke par
ticularly of the type of student found
In demonstration organizations
which engage in such activities as
picketing the r. o. T. c. in the
interest Of peace. OF the latter
group, he said, some are not we'll
adjusted to society and could be
cured by psychiatric methods, while
others are perfectly normal and will
cure themselves.
ut is natural for young people to
hold views that more mature persons
call radical" he remarked. Many
university students come in as reds
and graduate as conservatives"
The speaker was introduced by
Mrs. Lane Schofield, president, after
a business session which included
discussion of plans for the associate
council Of the National Society,
Daughters of 1872, to convene April
% for three day session at the Will
lard Hotel Memorial services next
Sunday at the Church of Epiphany
will precede the opening.
Plans are being made to direct
particular attention to the society's
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Districts. A. R. 10 Hold
5Oth Anniversary:
Meeting Friday
Supper Will Follow
Session; First Yeor
Book to Be Exhibited

The District of Columbia Society,
Sons Of the American Revolution,
will hold its 50th anniversary meet
ing Friday night, beginning at 8
o'clock in the Mayf1ower Hotel. A
supper will follow the session.
A talk on the early history of
the organization by Senior Past
President Selden M. Ely and in
stallation Of officers are to be fea-
lures of the golden jubilee meeting.
A group of cherished documents of
the society, including the first year
book and minutes of the first meet
ing, is to be exhibited.
The gathering Friday night will
be the first in a series Of events
planned for the anniversary year.
Beginning tomorrow, the Library
of Congress will present a special
display of records pertaining to the
American Revolution. arranged by
DR.. st. George L. Sioussat, chief of
the Division of Manuscripts, at sug-
gestion of the Planning Committee
for the society's observance.
DR.. Clifton P. Clark. who has been
treasurer of the society, will be in
stalled as president at the anniver-
sary meeting. replacing Chalmers
Seymour Mcconnell, who declined
denomination.
Others to take Office are DR.. w
Harvey Wise, jr., senior vice presi-
dent; Wade H. Ellis, second vice
president; C. Leonard Brown, third
vice president; Benjamin d. Hill
jr., secretary; Mcdonald Miller, as
sistant secretary; Harvey B. Gram
jr. treasurer, and Craig L. Reddish,
assistant registrar. i
Incumbents to begin new terms
are William w. Badgley, registrar;
DR.. John D. Walcott, historian:
John F. Little, librarian, and the
Rev. Samuel F.. Croft. chaplain.
Maj. Harry A. Davis has been
named trustee for q term ending
in April, 1943, and Mr.. Mcconnell
Thomas c. Washington, jr.. Mai
Gen. Amos A. Fries, Clark B. Cum
mings and Laurence v. Benet have
been elected to the Board of Man.
agement for terms ending at the
same time.
Evening star., 1940-04-14
"reminiscences Heard
Al D. A. R. Club Dinner

"reminiscences OF past days of the
Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton were coupled with optimistic
anecdoates at the annual banquet
Of the D. A. r. National Onicers'
Club at the Willard Hotel last night.
The "reminiscences were supplied
by former presidents general of the
D. A. r. and other officers while
Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard, guest
speaker at the banquet, furnished
anecdotes that kept the 145 guests
smiling despite her announced sub
ject-"The Gravity Of Humor."
Sprinkling her talk generously
with illustrations Of her theme. Mrs.
Howard advised the guests to see
the bright side of life and told
them that the person with a happy
turn Of mind is unconscious of the
passing years.
Mrs. Henry M. Robert, jr., pres
ident general of the D. A. r., and
three past presidents general, Mrs.
William A. Becker, Mrs. Russell
Magma and Mrs. Lowell Hobart, led
tne remlnlSclng, speaking OF their
first impression of the National ON
GERS Club and what it has meant to
them.
Mrs. Julius Talmadge, president
of the club, and Mrs. Grace L. H.
Brosseau, her predecessor and for
mer president general Of the D.
A. r., joined in telling incidents
about their terms as officers. The
club is limited to officers who have
served at least one year in the
d. A. r. and membership is by
invitation.
Among the club officers and direc-
tors who occupied the head table
were the four directors elected at
the annual meeting of the club
Friday. They are Mrs. Henry
Bourne Joy, Mrs. David French,
Mrs. Marcia Binford and Mrs.
Henry Tatimor
Evening star., 1940-04-14
ldent defeated Mr.. Garner 3 to / in
the Wisconsin primary and 6 to l in
Illinois.

! loent deIeated Mr.. Garner 3 to in
the Wisconsin primary and 6 to l in
Illinois.
Illinois Vote Analysed.
The vote in the Illinois primary,
when it is all counted, will show,
1t is said, that the vote cast for Mr..
Dewey was nearly a million, and
that his vote plus that of the Gar
ner anti-third term vote will equal
or SurpaSS the vote cast in the pri-
mary for President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Dewey had 825 200 votes with
1,03S precincts missing-most all of
them down State" Mr.. Roosevelt
had 1,069,344 votes with 628 pre-
cincts missing, most of them down
State, and Mr.. Garner had 175,825
votes, also with 62S precincts still
to be counted.
The big vote in Chicago was for
Mr.. Roosevelt, but outside and
among the farmers down State, he
did not do so well.
For example. Mr.. Dewey's vote was
358,875 in Cook County (Chicago)
and 466,344 down State with 1,038
precincts still out. The Roosevelt
vote was 674,234 in Cook County,
and 394579 down State. with only
628 precincts missing.
In Nebraska, the vote of President
Roosevelt in the presidential pri-
mary fell approximately $4,000 short
of the combined vote cast for Sem
ator Vandenberg and Mr.. Dewey.
The President was running unop-
posed in Nebraska, just as Mr..
| Dewey was in Illinois.
These results ere not encouGag-
ing to the thiro-term supporters,
despite the fact that they indicate
that the President can be renomi-
mated with practically no difficulty
should he decide to run.
European Situation a Factor.
The strongest kind of impression
existed among Democratic leaders
here last night that the President
would make no announcement re-
garding the third-term question
| until Just before the Democratic
National Convention meets July ~lh
They may, OF course, be mistaken,
for the President frequently makes
unexpected announcements. The
European situation was given as an
impelling reason why the President
would not speak at this time.
New Dealers here have been in
clined to regard the defeat of Sem
ator Edward R. Burke by Gov. Coch-
ran in the Nebraska senatorial pri-
mary last Tuesday as significant Of
their strength in that State. How
ever, the vote cast in the Republi-
can primaries was much in excess
of the vote cast in the Democratic.
Furthermore, the Republicans won
in by-election in first congressional
district by much increased margin.
Senator Burke was opposed by
the New Dealers in his own party
because he had not gone along with
the President in the court bill fight
or in the administrators spending
program. He was opposed by the
farmers because he voted last year
against parity payments. He was
opposed by labor because he de-
manded amendments to the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act. and he
was opposed by German American
voters because he supported the
Presidents demand for repeal of
the arms embargo last fall. In
party primary, under such condi-
tions, it was surprising he did as
| well as he did
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Large Tea Planned
Today for Daughters
Of Colonial Wars
Charters Presented to
Four State Societies
Formed During Yeor

With their formal business COM
pleted, the Daughters Of Colonial
Wars, holding their ninth annual
meeting, will be entertained at a
large tea In the Mayflower Hotel
this afternoon.
Mrs. Llewellyn N. Edwards will
be hostess, assisted by Miss Bessie
Porter and Mrs. Horace Corben.
Mrs. Almerin Marston, president of
the national society: national off,
GERS and the State presidents will
receive the guests.
Among those presiding at the tea
table will be the seven organizing
presidents of State societies in the
process of being established. Mrs.
Benjamin F. Buckley, member of
the Virginia society, was appointed
yesterday as organizing president
of the Kentucky society. Societies
for which organizing presidents
have been previously named and
which expect to receive their char
ters at the next annual meeting in
clude the District, Nebraska, Mis-
souri,, South Carolina, Texas and
Mississippi.
A feature of the meeting yester-
day was the presentation of char
ters to Arkansas, Indiana, Florida
and Virginia societies, which were
organized during the past year.
Reports from national officers at
the annual meeting stressed the in
crease in membership, principal
project of Mrs. Marston during the
two years she has served as presi-
dent.
The State delegations also pledged
sufficient funds at the meeting to
assure the publication of lineage
book in which 1000 ancestral lines
will be traced. Mrs. Frank Leon
Mason of Massachusetts, is chairman
of the lineage book committee, as
sisted by Mrs. Charles H. Carroll
and Mrs. Guy Speare, both Of New
Hampshire.