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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
WILL COST $125,Ooo
Work OF Widening Dixon
Hollyridge Link To 20
Feet To Start May |

A contract for improvements on
U. S. highway II from Dixon in On
slow county to the Fender county
line near Hollyridge, to cost be-
tween $3.50 to $15o,000, will be
let in the next few days by the State
Highway and Public Works commits
sion, E. v. Webb, district highway
commissioner at Kinston, yesterday
informed the Wilmington chamber
of commerce.
Work on the paving project will
be started on OF about May 1 and
is expected to be completed in Octo-
Der or November.
One Section Widened
A ten.mile stretch of highway II
from Jacksonville to Dixon was
widened last summer and the new
improvements will consist of the
widening of an additional ten-mile
stretch two feet On each side to a
width of 20 feet. When completed,
the entire stretch Of highway from
Wilmington to Jacksonville Will be
of standard width.
In replying to Mr.. Webb's state
ment yesterday, Louis T. Moore,
manager of the chamber Of COM
merce, expressed the appreciation OF
the CITY on the further improvements
of the highway.
Commissioner Webb stated that
when the contract is let it will be
stimulated that the contractor will
be required to maintain tra1tlc
Continued on Page Four, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
DEFENSE DRAFTED
BY CHAMBERLAIN
Minister Will Seek
To Justify His Policy In
Address Today

LONDON, March 18-R-A calm
defense of his national government
against rebellious criticism in the
house of commons was prepared to-
night by Prime Minister Chamber
lain as Britain sought some diplo-
matte commensurate to the Rome
Berlin axis conference at Bremen
Pass.
The prime minister, energetic to-
day on his list birthday, faces the
most serious opposition of his term
tomorrow when he speaks in CON-
mons seeking to justify his policy.
Not only must he explain con-
duct of the war but Informed
(Continued OH Page Four, Col, ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
p Per Cent.
Cut From SO
Planting Seen
Acreage Is Expected To Be
Nine Per Cent Below The
1888 Average
give STATE OUTLOOKS
Dpnartment OF Agriculture
Sets Cultivation At l.
$4,000 Acres

r,sHINGTON, March 1S.'R)-
1914 tobacco acreage p per cent
.,,,r, that for last year and 9
,.- cent under the 1898 aver
.,, was forecast today by the az
+rnture department.
March l reports from producers.
i. DEPARTMENT said, indicated
r,-4ngs would total 1,524,000
an: as against 1,942,2O0 acres
last year.
The reduction from 1885," the
isnrtment reported, lis largely
sm0unted for by the reported sharp
wrailment in acreages Of flue-
cured and hurley tobacco. Increases
arr indicated for the dark-fired
tyves and cigar tobacco, while in
icated acreages Of the dark air.
cured types and Maryland tobacco
remain practically unchanged from
last year.
"Flue-cured paintings are about
Der cent below the 10-year av-
erage, fireclred 81 per cent be-
low, hurley 3 per cent below, dark
air-cured % per cent below and
Maryland 4 per cent above. The
prospective acreage of cigar tobac-
% Of all classes is about 8 per
cent below average"
The department forecast acre
ages Of the various types by
states as follows:
Acknowledgements (Old Belt),
5000 acres, 80 per cent decrease;
North Carolina (Old Belt), 228,000
acres, 26 per cent decrease; East
en North Carolina, $4,000 acres.
81 per cent decrease; South Caro-
Ina, $4,000 acres, 80 per cent de-
crease; Georgia, $4,000 acres, SO
Per cent decrease; Florida, $4,000
acres, Is per cent decrease.
FlTe-cured-Virginia, 22,400 acres,
unchanged; Kentucky, L $500 acres,
per cent decrease; Tennessee,
H20O acres, 5 per cent increase;
total GAINESVILLE and Hopkinsville,
e',S0O acres, 2 per cent increase;
hentucky (Paducah) 10000 acres,
! per cent decrease; Tennessee
lPaducah), 5000 acres, Z per cent
increase; total Paducah, 26,600
Nontlnued On Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
Improvement Oh Section
Of Highway II Planned
Employe Vote Planned
In G. M. E.. Factories

DETROIT, March 18.-LR-
The largest employe election in
the history of the national la
Dor relations board, involving
some 125, 0 workers in Gen
eral Motors corporation plants,
will be held ipril II.
In most plants G.. NJ. en-
ployes will be offered a ballot
choice of the United AutomO-
bile workers (CIO), the Unit
ed 4 utomobile Workers (AFL)
or neither union.
Date for the voting was an
nounced today by Frank H.
Bowen, Detroit regional NLRB
director in charge of arrange
ments for the election. Votes
will be cast within the plants
during working hours, and bal
lots will be counted the fol-
lowing day, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
Trial Of John Saunders
Started In Court Here

Trial of John Saunders, charged
with four counts Of false pretense
in connection with the operation of
a purported publishing house, OPP
ened in New Hanover superior
court here yesterday afternoon and
was still under way when court re.
cessed last night. Judge John j,
Burney is presiding.
Saunders, as in recorders court,
is acting as his own defense coun'
sci.
The only two witnesses intro
duced yesterday were Edward J.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
ARMY, NAVY OFFICIALS AGREE TO TEST
BARLOW'S SECRET LIQUID OXYGEN BOMB

bomb, was an announcement that
a thorough test would be conduct
ed on land and at sea as soon Is
possible. Witnesses will include
army and navy officials and two
members each from the house and
senate naval and military commit
tees.
After the closed session news
papermen were called in to hear
Don McCloud, Carbonate, Ill,
manufacturer Of liquid oxygen ex-
plosives, express the opinion that
Continued On Page Three; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19

Lester P. Barlow, energetic, mid
dle-aged Baltimore inventor won a
a showdown on the question when
he faced Secretary of War Wood
ring and Secretary Of Navy Edi-
son across a congressional CON-
mittee table today and asked for
a chance to prove that he and a
collaboration developed a bomb cap
able of keeping any enemy 1000
miles from American shores.
Members of the house and sen
ate naval and military committees
who damned their way into the
packed committee room were pledg-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19

ed to secrecy on details Of the
meeting, but they reported "acri-
monious" discussion between the
inventor and the cabinet officers.
Much Of the discussion, members
reported, centered on whether Bar
low had ever made a formal offer
to submit his invention to the
armed forces without consideration
of his $500, 900 World war patent
Infringement claim against the gov
eminent.
Upshot of the session, called to
consider a proposal for a congress
sional investigation of Barlow's
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19

Taylor, postoffice inspector, and
Miss Edna Mae Lewis, who signed
one of the four warrants on which
Saunders is now being tried.
Taylor testified that shortly after
Saunders arrest he heard him say
he took the money given him for
bonds and deposited it in a bank &C.
count from which he was operating
the publishing business"
Miss Lewis said Saunders hired
and required her to post a $50 cash
Continue On Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
CURTISS- WRIGHT
AND ATLAS MERGE
Plan OF Union Will Be Sub
mitted To Stockholders
Within Three Weeks

NEW YORK, March Is. - Up
A S165, 900, 900 merger of Curtiss-
Wright Corp, one of Americas
largest aircraft manufacturing com.
panies, and the Atlas Corp, n Of
the nations principal investing com
panies. was announced tonight by
the management of the two giant
corporations.
Floyd B. Odlum, 48-year-old fl
nancier, who built up the Atlas
Corp. in ten depression years to it's
present $50, 000, 900 marketable sta.
Continued on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
LIBRARY PROBLEM
BELIEVED SOLVED
Vlty, County Boards Tenta-
lively Decide To Pur-
chase Book Stacks

apparently, the problem of how
VIZ public library can be supplied
"'n new metal book stacks was
w'eu following the meeting of the
sun'y commissioners yesterday
me trustees of the library ap-
rs'eu before the board with a
~ SSestlon that the stacks be rent
4, ana that the rent be repaid to
m renters through the city and
''''i'S ooligating themselves to re.
''"'u''ued on Page Four, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
Two Used Bedroom
Suites Wanted
Proof?

EXTRA SPECIAL! SLIGHTLY
used Z pc. walnut bedroom
suite. Original price 5000.
Now only $3.50. Home Fur
niture Co., % Market st.
The above ad ran Sunday and
the Suite was sold by $50
Monday morning; two other
people came to buy the suite
before 10 o'clock. This is only
one of the many quick re-
suit getting ads that are pub
lished in the Star and News
Want Ads every day.
Use Want Ads to buy. sell,
hire, rent for quickest re-
suits at least possible cost,
Call $500 To
Start Your Want AID
Charge 1t
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
Editors Note: For background
on Inventor Barlow and his
bomb, read Jack Stinnett's
"Washington DayboOk' on to-
davis editorial page.

WASHINGTON, March 18.@R-
The war and navy departments,
represented as skeptical but open
to conviction, consented today to
tests to determine whether a new
type of liquid oxygen bomb is the
most deadly destroyer yet devised
by man or merely a substitute
equivalent of the INT now in gen
eral military use
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-19
WEATHER

NM, FORECAST
SightITT 1afohna: Mostly cloudy and
,ast colder preceded by showers in
''sAtly warmer. "eone'uoS ia
hiding 7.eo data for the "a hours
'00 ,. m. Yesterday.
La Temperature
h. Il. 7 ~; %; 7:30 a. IN. 81; 1:3O p.
aininum ~ p. m. 81; maximum II;
81; mean "a; normal 81.
10 q Humidity
d. 81; 7.3mn' 80; 7:3o a. m. II; 1:3o p.
Total e.. Precipitation
None: td 1tI a h'ars ending 7:30 D. m,
-S incbel since first of the month,
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ilueS For Today

a on Page Three: Col. s.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

Nancy GroSecloSe, daughters OF Dr.
and Mrs. Elgin Groseclose.
Mrs. E. Oliver Grimes also has
returned to her home in Pittsburgh
after spending a month with her
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. William T.
Pollard, and her nephew and niece,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard M. Bollinger.
MIR. and Mrs. Irving Smith
And Family Leave.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Irving Smith, with
her daughter, Barbara Jeanne
Smith, and her son, Allen, jr., left
yesterday for Lewes Beach. Del,
where they will remain until after
Labor Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Jarnagin
have as their guests Mrs. Jarnagin's
brother -in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. R. Tallman, and daughter,
Miss Dorothy Ann Tallman, of Shell
byville, Ill. Mr.. and Mrs. Jarnagin
were hosts at garden buffet sup
per party Friday evening in compli-
ment to their guests.
4N4A d14o 4llOllldS Is 1Al0CtCls
man have visiting them DR.. and
Mrs. George D. Campbell and
daughter. Miss jeanette Campbell,
of Lonaconing, Md. Mrs. Kloster-
man entertained at miscellaneous
shower and supper party Monday
evening in compliment to Miss
Campbell, whose marriage to Mr..
Richard johnson of Bethesda, Md,
will take place the last of August
in Lonaconing.
DR.. and Mrs. E. Osman Barr have
returned to their home in Chevy
Chase after spending the season in
their summer home at Finger Lakes,
NY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl H. Kadie, jr., of
Redding, Calf, are guests of Mr..
Kadie's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. H. Spidel
were hosts at dinner Monday eve
ming in compliment to Miss Mildred
Rogers of Cleveland, who is the
guest of her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin A.
Mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Troth have as
their guests their daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Edward Troth, and her two
sons of Birmingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mossburg
Return from Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude E. Mossburg
and their daughter Melissa have
returned to their home in Chevy
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Social Activities
Of Interest in
Manassas Area

MANASSAS, Va, Aug. 1o.-Lt.
and Mrs. o. D. Waters, jr., of Dal-
gren, Md, spent last week end with
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Waters.
Mrs. John Roseberry and her in
FAINT daughter Jacqueline, left this
week for Wrightsville Beach, N. c.,
to visit Mrs. Roseberry's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Love Elliot, for
two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Lynn have
returned from their wedding trip to
Canada and are in their home on
Peabody street.
Mrs. Cyril Wade-Dalton and Miss
Marion Lynn gave a miscellaneous
shower Tuesday evening for Miss
Helen Lloyd, whose marriage to Mr..
Maurice Biedler Smith took place
this afternoon in Trinity Episcopal
Church. The party was given at
Mrs. Wade-Dalton's residence on
Battle street.
Mrs. w. E. Sheldon has as her
guest for week her niece, Mrs.
Randolph Childs of Bryn Allyn, Pa.
Miss Mary Jane Morris arrived
today from the University of Vir-
ginia to spend a three-week vacation
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Morris
Evening star., 1940-08-11

Chase, Md, from Wabash, Ind,
where they visited Mrs. Mossburg's S
brother-i -in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. C. Reynolds.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Arthur Wood have
had visiting them Mrs. Woods
mother, Mrs. Walter MacCordle of
Lynchburg, Va. Mrs. Wood with
her two sons left Friday with her
mother for a two-week visit in
Lynchburg.
DR.. and Mrs. Gusts Lee Hall left
Monday for a two-week motor trip
to Boston and other points in New
England.
Miss Ann Ross left Friday to visit
Miss Betty Pine. daughter of Judge
and Mrs. David Pine, in their
summer home at Ocean City, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris L. Chappen
have visiting them Mrs. Chappells
mother, Mrs. S. F. Webb of Atlantic
Beach, Fla, and her aunt, Mrs. r. G.
Smith Of Newberry, s. c.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Miss Edna May KNOTT
Wed to Mr.. CaveV

A recent wedding Of interest to
their many friends was that ofMiss
Edna May Knott and Mr.. George
H. Cavey. The ceremony took place
at st. Patrick's rectory on Satur-
day evening, August 3, at $3.50
o'clock and was performed by the
Rev. John E. Prince.
The bride is a daughter OF Mr..
Alexander Knott and the late Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Knott of Sanford,
N. c., and the groom the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard s. Cavey of Bal
timore, Md.
After their wedding trip to North
Carolina Mr.. and Mrs. Cavey will
return to Washington, where they
will make their home.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Social Activities of Interest
In Chevy Chase Area
Several Families in Community
Leave for Vacation Jaunts
To Summer Resorts

daughter Frederick
Pitt Miss Marjorie Pitt will leave today for Wildwood
N j.
they of and
their
Mr. Wells Boyd have visiting them the
Miss Dorothy Boyd of Columbus Ohio Mrs
bridge compliment
Fowler their
Eakle, and Fowler party
Thursday evening in honor of Mr.. and Mrs Eakle.
L. Winnings, visiting them Winnings
mother Hoax and her sister, Mrs
burg, Pa
Williams,
William T. Pollard has
visited
Evening star., 1940-08-11
WarrentOn
Area Social
Activities
North Wales Club
Dance to Honor
Miss Watkins

WARRENTON, Va, August 10
MIR. and Mrs. William Bell Wat
kins OF Berryville, Va, have issued
invitations to a dance in honor OF
Miss Virginia Watkins at North
Wales Club September 7.
Maj. and Mrs. Austin Mcdonnell
will go to New York next week
and with Mr.. Edward Mcdonnell
will fly to Maine for short stay.
Mrs. John Mordecai of Richmond
is the guest of her sister, Miss
Bertha Randolph, at Redlands, near
Casanova.
Miss Dorothy Montgomery has
returned after visiting Mrs. Fred
erick Stuart Greene in Rennsa-
learville, N. Y, and other friends
in the Northern States for several
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Liston Bailey
Of Columbia, S. c., are spending
the week with Mrs. Bailey's mother,
Mrs. D. P. Wood.
Swimming Party Honors
Miss Marion Foreman.
Representative and Mrs. Howard
w. Smith gave large outdoor and
swimming party at their country
home, Cedar Hill, August 8 in hon
or of Miss Marion Cook Foreman
of Elizabeth City, N. C.
Mrs. James Ward Sinclair has
returned from a vacation of sew
eral weeks in Massachusetts,.
The Rev. and Mrs. Louis Hindry of
st. Augustine, Fla, are the guests
OF Mrs. K. F. Bowman at York
shire House.
Mrs. Jane Carruth entertained at
bridge Tuesday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. S. j. Macy.
Mrs. Henry Winfield Watson has
returned after spending two months
in Nantucket.
Miss Rosalie Colhoun, who re-
Gently returned from the Philip
pines, Is the guest of Miss Virginia
Barker and Miss Lillian Barker.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Officers Leave
For New Posts

Among the several officers and
their families who left Fort Myer
this past week for their new sta
tions were Capt. and Mrs. J. B.
Quill and their children, who will
be at Fort Devens, Mass; Capt. and
Mrs. B. S. Cook left for Camp Jack
son, in Columbia, S. c., and 1t.
Loren F. Cole, I'd Cavalry to Fort
Benning, Ga.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Davis and their
family of Washington are spending
this week end with their mother,
Mrs. Albert Davis, on st. Clements
Bay.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Knott will
entertain at dinner tomorrow on
st. Patricks Creek for Mr.. William
Petit and his sister. Miss Olive
Petit, of College Park and Miss
Jane Knott of Washington.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Social News
OF Southern
Maryland
MIR. and Mrs. Myers
Hosts Today at
Family Reunion

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Aug. TO-
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles s. Myers on
Brettons Bay will have large fam
lily reunion at dinner tomorrow when
Mrs. Myers mother, Mrs. j. E. N.
Brenner, who makes her home with
them, will celebrate her 88th BIRTH
day anniversary. Mrs. Brenner, who
was born in Leesburg. Va, has at
tended the inaugurations of all the
Presidents from President Lincolns s
second administration.
Mrs. Felix johnson of ANNAPOLIS
Is spending a fortnight with Col.
and Mrs. William G. Fay at Null
berry Fields on the lower Potomac.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mckay
Will entertain at dinner tomorrow
at Arlington on the Bay for Mr..
John Dixon and Miss Marie Royone
OF Washington and Miss Mary Edith
Swami, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson Swami of Helen, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Boyd, accom-
panied by their daughter, Mrs. John
Lee. and her young son, Master
John Lee, jr., Of Washington, were
the guests In whose honor Miss Anna
Mae Boyd and her brother, Mr..
Keating Boyd, entertained Monday
evening at dinner at the Old Home
stead.
Mr.. E. Dixon Williams
Guest at Tudor Hall.
Mr.. E. Dixon Williams of Chicago.
formerly of Washington, is the guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Morgan Knight
at Tudor Hall Mansion. They en-
tertained at breakfast yesterday
IN honor Of Mrs. r. A. Staderman,
president of the American Good
Government Society of Washington.
Mr.. Knight, accompanied by her
son, Mr.. George Morgan Knight, jr.,
and her sister, Mrs. George Ficke
OF Baltimore, was in Washington
yesterday and last evening they were
guests at dinner of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. c. Wilson. Mrs. Ficke is spending
August with Mr.. and Mrs. knight.
County Agent and Mrs. j. j. john
son will entertain at dinner tomor-
row at Bushwood in compliment to
the Rev. Lawrence ]. Kelly, formerly
OF Washington, now at Woodstock,
Md, and Miss Nellie Shoemaker of
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lyon of
Washington are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Stone at Dybard this
week end. They also have with
them Miss Mary Stone, Mr.. ad Mrs.
Beale Stone and Mr.. ad Mrs. Xavier
Stone, ali of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Perkins and
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Parties
Continued From First Pape)

Mr.. Berle will return to the city in
about a fortnight, his family re-
naming in New England until the
autumn.
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross
To Return Here Tomorrow.
The Director of the Mint, Mrs.
Nellie Tayloe Ross, will return to
Washington tomorrow from a week
end in Philadelphia, where she went
on official business.
The new Commandant of Fort
Myer, Col. william c. Gordon, will
be accompanied to Washington by
Mrs. Gordon when he arrives the
1st of September to assume his new
duties. Mrs. Gordon will be a
charming addition to the service set
in the Capital. Col. and Mrs. Cor
don have one son, but he, however,
will not accompany his parents to
the Army post in Virginia.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Louise Short
Is Married

Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Short an
nounce the marriage of the formers
sister, Miss Louise Short of Haeers-
town, Md, to Mr.. Alfred Potter Gill
likin. The wedding took place yes
terday afternoon at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Short at 6521 Barnaby
street, Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
About Well>KnoWn Folk
In Books, Art, Politics
COP. Open House at Headquarters;
Washington and Monroe Were
Not in Accord on Foreign Policy
By ROBERT CRAWFORD.

The g. house at their downtown
political Affiliations
enthusiastic sprinkng synthetic
eschewed the New Deal of them
showed determination through
National Republican Committee
of Massachusetts, minority leader of the House
accustomed smile
1t resembled old time political
Of Andrew Jackson-sans lemonade and
Mrs Dolly president
Women and other
keep the home fires burning during
making the
clubhouse adding other feminine
and Wed with the
with the the McNary In blood
high large paards hang outside the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-27

ing experts and writers foreign affairs in the United States His extensive contacts make him one of the greatest sources Of public information in Washington.
 Bob" Allen, conversely is a red-headed, fiery enthusiast, whose object in life is to make people sec the political things he sees as he sees them As foreign and Washington correspondent for many years he accumulated background for the which has made him of the outstanding Ameri- can commentators what is going in the world Early in the 1892 presidential campaign he wrote Why Hoover Faces Defeat" making predictions that seemed rash at the time but which borne out by the result. In 1936 after independent survey of political sentiment throughout the country he flay predicted the Roosevelt landslide at time when all other Washington correspondents hedging
 The Empire hopes it's subscribers will find The Merry Go- Round, as readers throughout the nation nave found it, the publics best periscope on Wash ngton It is reliable readable, and reflector of the political panorama
 The authors have hung up an enviabe record for truth telling With rambling, theorzing, short paragraphs and forcefu vocabulary, The Merry Go- Round makes easy reading. The Merry Go-Round is like mirror which reflects that which passes before it; it is non-partsan, impersona un biased and unemotonal
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 guest Chief of the Coast and Geodetic Survey family left the yacht Lydona for Glacier.
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 Miss Barbara Smpkins Simpkn and Miss Nellie smpkns Alice to spend several visiting.
 Alaska Gasineau Mining Company to Alice for the south Mir and Mrs Lockie MacKnnon was leave University of California at Berkeley.
 Mrs J. T. Mcqueen was to leave holiday trip to the south camping for two weeks at lda
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JULY 27
 Jack Turoff Patricia Connor Svend Christinsen Arlene Hatch William Kerr Mrs. Ray H. Stevens John Clausen Guy Gaudett
 JULY 28 Harold Mckinley Betty Whitfield Virgil Bohlke Helen Webster Ford R. Butler Harry P. Doyle
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the next national election the ap- pointments that are awards for campaign activity will be severely criticized. The need of Supermen to transact the business of the greatest nation on the globe will be apparent as never before.
 International Affairs: Added to war casualties will be many civilian deaths due to horrible experiences as refugees and the consequent spread of disease. Under-nouriSh- ment will reduce the rising gen. erations in conquered European countries. Germany will face food problems, despite the spells of war. HarvestS in the United States will have a peculiar significance this summer as Americans share their abundance with the unfortunate.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of suc- cess through unusual vacations or occupations. Many informal fes- tivities will contribute to youthful romances.
 Children born on this day prob