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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-06
Subversive Activities
Evidence To Grand Jury

and Director Herbert Bicrman-dc-
MED receiving SubppcnaS.
Fits said all Of the witnesses
would be asked 10 explain their con-
ncction with the communist party
and to tell whether they attended
meetings where fnrcIbIc overthrow
Of the &o"crnm"n1 had been urged.
He added that h. h,d n"c'n1"'rtc|
+ starting amount Of '.rd~n"'.
pointing 70 d plot 20 kill pom .r".
American. anu cause re.Clu,.1n.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-06
United States Am
bassador Says Bel
gians Will Be "Close
to Famine" By Mid
September Unless
Food Is Received

London, Aug. G.-(AP) - John
Cudahy, United States ambassador
TO Belgium, declared today that I'M
less supplies Of food from America
reach Belgium by mid-ScptcmDcr,
people will be reduced /" Il condi-
ton "ClpsC To- famine.
Cudahy said he would present the
situation when he returns 10 the
United States next week and "fur-
thcr present the reality Of dealing
with force a the only power"
The ambassador declined To am
plify this remark. leaving some Of
his hearers with the impression that
he meant the United States must be
prepared 20 deal economically and
politically with Germany rs the DOM
mHnt 20, or on the continent Of
Europe"
"Whcn the truth is known about
King Leopold (of the BcIgianS)" he
said. his decision to surrender will
not only be accepted but will be APP
plaudcd."
CuGahy said the question Of Unit
cd States supplies of food was "aCa-
dcmic" until "Britain knows where
II" stands"
He said he understood the minis
'ry Of economic warfare At present
would refuse to allow any supplies Of
roud to reach the BclgiHns.
Their situation j. very. very Scri-
Gus" he said. Belgium imports -
pcr cent Of her wheat Present sup
rIirs with severe !ationing-haIf d
pn:;,d Of bread per person per day
(Cnnfinllnd On Pho EiNp)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-06
Eure Says
State Safe Fo,
Democrats
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Waller Hotel.
nv LYNN NISBE1

Raleigh. Aug. 6.-Dcspite the
names OF some big folks" in Norm
Carolina who have made headlines
recently by announcing their sup
port of Willkic for president in No.
vembcr, there is little danger or
North Carolina slipping out OF the
Roosevelt column. That IS the I'M
qualified opinion of Secretary "L
State Thad Eurc who has Joat re-
,C,uulucd on Page FIve)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-06
Columns OF
Italians On
Offensive
New War Centers in
One OF hottest Spots
on the Earth; Along
Channel, Nazi Activ-
tiles Reported Along
Wide Front.
Ry Tic Associated Press

NhN 1 ILt .AN~tt iilN0 lISSj
The war spotlight. focused for
weeks on III? English channel
and North Sea. switched today
TO Africa where three columns
Of italian troops moving under
the blazing sui were driving
into British SomaliIand while
another force thrust into Egypt.
THUS the grim game FOR dom
iratiUn Of Il continent was being
played ont in one OF thr hottest
spots Oh carlii-in the area be-
TWEEN Ethiopia and Italian So
maitland. fronting on the steam
ing Gulf OF .ldcE.
The British cOmmuniquc an
nOun;ing the new action noted
enthusiastically :iiat he British
NSlt Pl'I'dftH w ItNfSt TIC .NdEI
allies. Closer 10 Europe, Italian
troops were also reported by the
Italian high command to have
advanced into Egypt from Libya.
The Place and the extent Of
these operations were not dis
closed. Another Italian column
already has thrust deep into
northern Kcnya colony adjoining
Ethiopia.
British air raids last night on
Kicl. important Nazi naval base.
and the great pert of Hamburg
were reported by the British
air ministry.
German anli-aircraft fire drove
off large number of British
night raiders attempting TO at
ta"k Nrm;!urg before dawn. the
German radio rrportrd.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-06
Powell Heads
Food Dealers

Raleigh. Aug. 6.-tAP) - The
North Carolina Food Dealers Asso-
citation reelected +. D. Powell OF
Raleigh aS It's president To-Day.
The association voted 20 meet IN
Ashcvillc next year and adjourned
its thrCc-day convention.
Other officers reelected were j.
LEROY Allen of Raleigh, first vice
7rcsidn,: Jonn May Of Ashcvillc,
,crond vice president: L. B. Wig
Gins oi Charlotte. treasurer ana
James p. Nolger Of Charlotte Secre-
tary and manager.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-06

Los Angeles. Aug. 6.--lAP)-- a
county grand jury met today 10 re-
ccivc evidence from District Att"r-
nev Buron Fits Of alleged wide
sprcad communist SubVerSivc act-
vitjeS on the Pacific coast.
Fits said that Their" were SON.
big names in Hollywood" among 'hc
= persons >Lhrr"n ri 10 a>r"H" be-
fore In" jury. rHt t."o p"i>""r iE!1"
said they rad heard ta"y Werc t. pe
summoned - Actor Lionel otander
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-06
THREE CUARDSMEN
DIE IN ACCIDENT

Alexandria, La, Aug G.-CAPD
Three Natinal GuardSman at
Tackled to Company ]. Medical
Detachment. Hand Infantry OF
Gainesville. Texas, ware killed
early today WREN an Army water
truck overturned. Five others
W.rc injured.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-06
Hull Calls For
Sacrifice To
Keep Peace

Washington, Aug. 6.-(AP)-Scc-
rotary Of State Hull called ON the
American people today for individual
sacrifice and ''hard personal service"
to help keep the nation al peace.
Without mentioning specifically
the controversial question of con-
Scription, ne counciIcd against COM
pIucrncy I'm the face Of terrific pro-
bICms and conditions" and declared:
The one and only sure way fCc
lCnn1innnd on I,auc EINel
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-06
WQnHQh

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Partly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday. possibly a few light,
scattered showers in north and
west portions: slightly cooler
north central a"d northwest
portions Wednesday,.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-06

CONTINUED on Page Frvel
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-06

Continued on Page Five)
Evening star., 1940-04-02
Light of Europe

Europe remains, to an extent
hardly appreciated by most Ameri-
cans, the chief source of the most
valuable commodity in the world
ideas.
The capacity of the Old World for
developing and realizing them is
quite another matter. In the field of
science alone, as is stressed in a
statement just issued by DR.. Ray
mond B. Fosdick, president of the
Rockefeller Foundation, it is from
across the Atlantic that we have re-
ceived during the past two or three
years such revolutionary develop
ments as sulfanilamide, the tapping
of atomic energy through the ura-
mum assure process, and a score Of
others. Europe, up to the present,
at least, has been the cornerstone of
the intellectual life of the world.
And this is not said in derogation
Of America, which certainly has
eclipsed any other single country in
its contributions.
The intellectual life Of Europe Is
threatened as never before in the
present war in which the whole en-
ergies Of the peoples are Of uecessity
Evening star., 1940-04-02

boys are met upon an equal footing
at the start. There Is no "aristoc-
racy" to be favored. Democracy pre-
walls. Fourteen thousand youngsters
are members, and each Of the num-
ber Is an independent, Self-respect-
ing citizen In the making.
Major Brown does not boast of the
success he has achieved. Instead, he
is content to cite the fact that since
1888 juvenile arrests in the fifth pre-
cinct have dropped seventy-nine per
cent Upon that single figure he
rests his case. The committee of
local businessmen, police officers and
clergymen which indorses his enter
prise and advises with him in his ef-
fort to expand 1t stresses the health
ful, character-building athletic, vo-
cational and social programs" Of
fered. Eighty-six thousand dollars
will be wanted for the clubs during
1910. This money must be raised by
voluntary subscriptions. Surely it Is
a pleasure as well as a privilege to
contribute.
Evening star., 1940-04-02

undergoing a process Of regimenta-
ton toward a single end unknown
in the world hitherto. Says DR.. Fos-
dick: III, as result of the present
cataclysm on the other side Of the
Atlantic, Europe freezes into an
Arctic night, we shall not easily
keep the fires lit in the universities
and laboratories of America"
They are still lit by the light Of
Europe. 1t is a light which has
dimmed little in the past few dec
ades, due to lack OF resources, the
destruction wrought by the first
World War, persecution and tyranny.
But 1t is still, probably, the brightest
light in the world.
The United States will suffer If
that light stops burning.
Evening star., 1940-04-02
While Children Sleep

While children sleep, beneath the moons
thin bow,
Which halos tree and roof, where after.
glow
OF lately sinking sun wrought magic
spell
OF sheltering warmth, . silver.
throated bell
Sounds forth the coming nisht-swings
high, swings low.
The darkling evening hours will gently
throw
A mantle, dipped In silence, soft "a
snow,
Over the fairies talk, the things they
While children sleep.
o God of rest, hold back harsh winds
that blow
into the sleep Of little ones: bestow
A luminescent light to pierce the shell
OF any terror-stricken dreams Alp.
well,
If Thy hands rest on heads of tangled
tow, 4
While children sleep. Il
LEILA PIER K1N67.
Evening star., 1940-04-02
Saving q Throne

Among the more shaky thrones Of
the world is that of King Cotton.
The wobbly Southern monarch al
most lost his crown a hundred and
fifty years ago, when it used to take
about week to pick seeds out of the
amount of cotton that could be har-
vested in a day, but Eli Whitney's
cotton gin saved the day. The next
assault on the dynasty came when
1t was found that girls who wore
silk got the honey and milk and
those who wore cotton were quite
forgotten. In the nick of time it
was learned that it could be treated
with nitric acid and made explosive,
which made it highly popular with
certain statesmen who used it for
spreading civilization and corpses.
During an interlude of peace Sec
retary Wallace discovered new use
for it. He found that if plowed
under, it would grow Government
checks and votes in the cotton belt,
and taxes and squawks everywhere
else. AS the millennium, instead of
being just around the corner, turned
out to be still far in the future, John
Smith in Wisconsin selfishly objected
to paying Joe Brown for not growing
cotton in Arkansas, and King Cotton
took another right hook on the
button.
But he is not out yet. The Ma
tional Cotton Council has Just an
nounced that ice cream can be made
out of cotton-an edible species, not
to be confused with the familiar va
riety that appears on April Fools
Day. 1t is said to taste like maple
nut and matted milk, and will prob
ably be even better when the cotton
plant is crossed with the humble
milkweed.
Evening star., 1940-04-02
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. Trace1veU.

ly and at time when most Of the birds
were feeding on the ground.
"One morning when she was feeding
on the tray alone her handsome ex-
mate appeared.
He stood on the edge of the tray,
raised his crown and gave the little
lare lady dirty look and in unmis-
taxable bird language said, I am sur
prised to see you here. I told you to
stay away from the royal table
She flew away, but returned at in
tervals until a few weeks ago, when
fear the intense cold and the unequal
struggle for existence proved too much
for her.
I'VE will welcome her If she returns,
but I would not prolong her unhappy
fate.
Does this add any weight to the
theory that the original birds have been
with me through the years?
"A handsome pair of purple finches
came to the tray two weeks ago, but have
vanished.
This morning we saw our first robin
OF 1910 taking bath, quite chilly. I
think.
"very cordially yours, E. A. T."
1t seems agreed, by the almost unani-
nous vote of our readers, that cardinals
do bathe.
Perhaps, as many of them suggest,
these fine birds are just more chary
about doing 1t in public, and fly away
to natural bathing places, particularly
In woods.
There can be no question of cardinals
being dirty, in any sense; surely, they
are among the finest and cleanest Of
birds, as many correspondents have said.
The question just was, Had you
actually seen one taking a bath?" and
some readers could not recall that they
they had, whereas many said most en-
phatically that they had.
Some observers point to the fact that
the cardinal may be seen taking a bath
IN muddy pools after a rain, especially
along deserted ways. Others say that
they bathe very early in the morning,
and for that reason late risers may not
see them bathe.
That they do bathe, perhaps as much
as other birds. seems unquestioned.
They evidently do not make as much
fuss about 1t.
Our correspondents pair of cardinals
turns out to be pair and a half
Nature has little use for the crippled
creature. They must get along the best
they can. which is not always very good
Still, some of them manage to do all
right. at least for a considerable term
We had crippled dove for three
years. 1t could scarcely walk but once
IN the air flew as we'll as any bird.
This dove was extremely wary, OF
course, and took few chances. Experi-
ence had taught it a great deal. Let
US hope that crippled birds, If able to
get to food, manage to live we'll enough
for all practical purposes. But we
imagine that the other of a pair never
fails to take another mate, in all such
cases.
Evening star., 1940-04-02
A Southerner Wants to Know
"Where Are We Heading?"
To the Editor of The Star:

AS a 30-year resident of the District Of
Columbia, originally hailing from North
Carolina, it seems to me that the time
has come for every true American to
wake up and think for himself. We Of
the South love and honor the name Of
democracy, on the assumption that il
means what 1t implies. Yet we have
heard our President say in his first CAM
paign that our Government must live on
its income or be doomed to bankruptcy.
He actually accused Mr.. Hoover of ex-
travagance.
Congress is now considering a labor
social security bill amounting to more
than a billion dollars. Does this sound
like economy? In the past few years we
have drained swamps, found it to be
mistake, and then spent more money to
correct the error. Immediately after
assuming of1ce our President took the
airmail service out of the hands Of pri-
vate companies and turned it over to
Army pilots, and the useless loss of life
is well remembered. At time when
many were begging for food we killed
pigs Right now we are building expen-
sive dams, that may be washed away in
floods, to produce power for which we
will have no need for century. On
the one hand we are spending money for
irrigation to make land available for
cultivation, and on the other, at the very
same time and In the very next office,
we are paying farmers not to cultivate
land now in use. II you can give the
answer to that, 1t Is more than can do.
There is an old injunction against
changing horses III midstream, but I
suggest that II you are drowning, by all
means change horses-and at once.
1KEvAND DAVIDSON sTRoHECKER.
March. -, 80. -- -.
Evening star., 1940-04-02
CHEVY CHASE, Md.

Dear sir:
May I add bit of experience to that
mooted question, Does the cardinal
bathe?'
II know Of one that did last summer,
for saw him In the bird bath in our
yard number Of times.
"He Is not so ecstatic or rowdish in
the bath as the starlings, but sits in
the bath as If he were floating In the
water and splashes very little.
II have Thought his brilliant plumage
makes him such a target for his ene-
mics that perhaps his protective in
stinct makes him wary Of getting his
feathers wet.
But I am quite sure this aristocrat
among birds is not dirty but necessarily
cautious, and knows Of an old swimming
hole in some secluded spot.
Mrs. Cardinal may have used the
yard bath also, but her less brilliant
plumage would not attract attention
among the many other birds that patro-
nize the bath.
"A member of my family has Just
said, How do you know it is the same
bird that comes to the bath?'
4 really do not know, but a pair OF
cardinals has been guests at my feed
ing tray winter and summer for at
least six years.
I'm summer they raise two families,
three or four in each family, and are
the responsibility of feeding the young
birds. They bring them to the tray
and macerate the sunfower seed as
they do other food.
In every instance, as soon as the
fledglings are able to feed themselves,
father cardinal drives them away and
after while they disappear from the
yard and only the older birds remain.
Am I justified in thinking it is the
original pair?
Perhaps this absolutely authentic in
cident may be worth considering.
las I have said, a pair Of cardinals
have been with me for six years, with
a short intermission three winters ago
when the male bird came alone.
"One cold winter day in '38 Mrs. Car
dinal came to the tray very lame
"One leg was almost useless and al
though 1t was not broken 1 thought
possibly it was frozen. The poor bird
huttered to the tray and later had difd-
Guilty in perching in a nearby tree.
Soon she disappeared
Then one bright spring morning Mr..
Cardinal appeared with very chic
mate, and we rejoiced, thinking our
little lame friend had recovered. but,
alas, a few days latter she came lutter-
ing to the tray. timid and a bit dis
heveled.
Like Sampson shorn of his strength,
she had to bear the jibes and insults of
her tormentors-the pert little sparrows
whom she had never permitted on the
tray before without expressing her dis
like Of their quarrelsome ways.
She came to the tray shyly and timid-
Evening star., 1940-04-02
Police BOYS Club

President Grover Cleveland once
remarked that he was rather par
tial to small boys" and the sentiment
he expressed is so natural and, it may
be hoped, so common as to require
no explanation. Major Ernest W..
Brown, superintendent of the Metro
politan Police, is qualified to testify
to the satisfaction which such an in
stinct brings when it is generously
given opportunity to function. The
boys clubs which he established ex-
perimentally in 1884 have proved
their efficiency beyond his most op-
timistic hopes since that time. It is
their objective to develop correct
speech, beneficial sports, clean hab-
its; cooperate with recognized
agencies to develop good citizenship;
teach boys the fundamentals of law
observance; lessen juvenile delin-
quency through proper recreation;
create interest among Washington
mans regarding their responsibilities
to youth"
Five separate club centers in the
city and a summer camp in Maryland
provide facilities for leisure hour ac-
tivities under skilled supervision.
The boys are encouraged in their
normal desire to work and to play in
groups and to seek leadership which
they need in the transitional years
between six and eighteen. Instruc-
ton, Of course, is furnished, but,
even more important, careful guid-
ance is supplied. All benefits, in
cluding medical and dental atten-
ton, are gratis. It follows that the
Evening star., 1940-04-02
Opposes Advertising Section
OF Dentistry Bill.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Little known and less publcized is the
Dill (H. r. 1869 now before the Commit
tee for the District of Columbia for the
regulation OF the practice of dentistry
IN the District of Columbia"
I, with all the conscientious members
OF my profession, approve most heartily
OF any bill that protects the public from
unscrupulous practices.
However, I strongly protest that part
OF section II of this proposed bill which
puts into the hands of a minority
power that might be used for personal
aversions. I also protest that part of
section II which applies to honest ad-
vertising. I do not defend advertising:
I advocate it. The public has right to
know about dentistry and this bill de-
prives them of it.
The essence of the bill is not designed
In the interest of the public but rather
for the interest and benefits of dentists
who would not want the public to know
the cost of dentistry.
In my 40 years of dental practice here
IN the District have always lived up
to the advertising claims which made.
And I fully realize that advertising
dentistry has made the public tooth
conscious and has also benefited the
non-advertising dentists. BY advertising
prices and guaranteeing work, the ad-
vertising dentist is held to a higher de-
gree of efficiency than Is the nom
advertising dentist.
The proposed law does not do one
thing more for the safety and welfare
Of the public than the present law does.
The safety and welfare Of the public is
more concerned with what the dentist
does after he gets the patient in the
chair than how he gets him there.
DIR. JOHN K. FREIOT,
March ~.
Evening star., 1940-04-02
Effort to Collect War
Debts Wins Praise,

To the Editor Of The Star:
AS time goes on, 1t Is apparent that
there is less and less inclination on the
part of people generally to take seriously
the claim that the bloodshed across the
sea is another war for democracy" and
that we should go to the rescue of the
allies. Much of the sympathy at first
felt for England has disappeared as the
result of the arrogant attitude of the
British with regard to American mails,
trade, ETC.
1t seems to me that the Make Europe
Pay War Debts movement, which is re-
ceiving so much attention In Congress
and in the press is one Of the best forms
Of insurance against being tricked into
another war. Giving full credit for the
good work being done by the various
peace organizations, am, nevertheless,
satisfied that the war debts collection
movement is accomplishing as much as
or more than any other movement in the
interest of keeping the United States out
Of the present conflict.
This is excellent strategy, to call atten-
ton to the unpaid debts of the previous
war, and it awakens lot Of people who
were half asleep at the post. Not very
many sensible persons are likely to favor
entrance into second world war when
the participants still owe us over $14,-
000,00o,000 that they borrowed for con-
Quoting the first war. Until the Make
Europe Pay War Debts" agitation started.
q lot of people had forgotten the exist
ence Of these huge financial obligations.
Reminded Of the fact, the suggestion of
involving ourselves in further fracases
to please the kings and financiers Of
Europe will not be very attractive.
The insolence of these alien imperial
lists, who, after getting us to win their
other fight for them and after borrowing
these billions that the American people
now need so badly, hope to obtain addi-
tional money and help from us, is dis
gushing, to say the least. If an individ-
ual debtor treated his creditor that way
the reaction would not be a pleasant one
I congratulate the advocates of war
debts collections on doing an excellent
job and hope they continue their efforts.
March 20. HARRY ORME.
Evening star., 1940-04-02

all revenue from their homes upon which
they are definitely dependent and, there
fore. their obligations are growing every
week
Surely such lack of action places this
small minority at distinct disadvan-
tage. which is not fair. Some definite
action should be taken and taken at once
SO the citizens of Alexandria could know
II they are living under the shadow of the
law or within the law, whichever the
case may be. A TAXPAYER.
March 30
Evening star., 1940-04-02
Senator Vandenberg Praised
For Restraint,

To the Editor Of The Star:
I see that one prominent writer,
commenting on Senator VandenberR's
speech Of Monday night, says the Senator
criticized the New Dear' in its admins
tration but suggested nothing to take its
place.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg Is q
Republican candidate for the presidency
and I, for one, think him wise in not
making suggestions at this time. We
know that If he is elected President we
will get the good old reliable Republican
doctrine that, with the aid Of Democrats,
built this country from little to greatness.
March n. A DENOCRAr.