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the pinch within a month.
There have been decent indications
of a revival of Communist sentiment
in Spain. Any miscarriage in Span
ish military plans coupled with semi
starvation for the populace might
lead to second revolution as the
Consequence of SPANS entrance into
the war. General Franco under
stands this possibility very wei.
Constant Pressure
AT the same time there Is con-
slant pressure by Germany and Italy
for Spain TO declare war, the prize
of Gibraltar being dangled before
thee yes Of the Spanish people. A
g-oun within Spain, having consid-
cradle influence, has joined the
German and Italian propaganda
movement. General Franco has
been in q quandary ever since
Frances surrender because of the
imperialistic agitation within Spain,
which. if not Quilted, might threat
en- his own lease Of power.
To the present the Spanish i'm
perialists have concentrated their
QcInaLuS upon tlic capture OF (xl-
braltar. disregarding the grave DIFF
ficuliies Of such an undertaking.
General Franco knows from his ex-
perience in the Spanish civil war
the seriousness Of a campaign TO
subdue Gibraltar, but he cannot
dismiss the issue offl,and.
He has now succeeded. however,
In adding African expansion to tho
discussion, thereby causing some d.
version from the insistent Gibraltar
propaganda A Spanish campaign H.,
gain territory In North Africa would
be o less difficult undertaking than
an attempt 70 force the capitula-
ton OF Gibraltar.
At French Morocco
An African expedition would be
aimed a. French Morocco which 10
adjacent 70 SPANS North African
possessions. France Is In no posi-
ton 70 offer resistance 70 such q
Spanish enterprise and II would seem
that fairly easy conquest could be
anticipated.
Germany and Italy. however. have
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-18

England coast. The Eastern Steam
ship Lines 8. 8. yarmouth q Bos-
ton radloed that the lss-foot
schooner Lucy Evelyn Of Jonesport.
Ma, had requested 3 tow 80 miles
east Of Mt Desert Island, he. The
cutter Travis was dispatched 70 cid
the vessel, owned By the Machias
Lumber CO. and normally manned
By q crew Of i've. The Travis later
reported slow progress due to fog.
Eog-bound for ~ hours IN the
14-foot racing sloop Tcha, Miss
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-18
WHEELER is VICTOR

Butte Mont, July 1e-(UP)-
Nearly complete returns from Tues
days primary election in Montana
showed Sen. Burton K. Wheeler vet
eran Democratic isolationist, was
renominated by q large margin.
Wheeler, who last night with
drew as o presidential candidate,
received 68.506 votes from 1880 Of
the states l.io5 precincts. His oppo-
nent. Attorney General Harrison J..
Freebourn received 26,64i.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-18

wisconsin Rapids. Wisconsin -
CUP - Residents here chuckle
when visitors mention the Blue
Grass regions Of Kentucky. 50
much OF the blue grass grows IN
certain regions OF Wood county that
Kentuckians have imported seed
from there for planting IN their
state.
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no desire TO see Spain take Q pre-
dominant part In determining the
future Of any French colony. They
want 70 use Spain solely to hamper
British hold on Gibraltar. General
Franco. by raising the North Asrl-
can issue. has undoubtedly some-
what confused Hitter and Mussolini.
Il now remains 10 be seen whether
they can counter General Franco By
concentrating the issue Of Gibraltar
again, as the sole reason Tor Q dec
iafation OF war BY Spain. II they
cannot. spain may continue 70 re-.
main neutral
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-18
SCHOONER CALLS
FOR HELP AT SEA

Boston, July l0.--(UP)--A three
masted freight schooner asked for
aid and @ young Marblehead cou-
pie becalmed in . tiny sloop were
rescued by coast guards early today
as dense fog blanketed the New
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-18

Those compiling new record OF
births and deaths in Johannesburg,
South Africa, complain that their
work Is hard because so many par
ents have forgotten when their
children were born.
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susan saith, is. q Boston, ont
Thomas Brown. Is. Of MArble1eat
were picked up hy NE Nahant coag
guard stations motor lifeboat %
Little Nahant. Neither suffered u
effects.
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TO boost it's sale OF special post
age stamps to commemorate the
anniversary Of the founding q the
Pan American Union. Cuba printed
and distributed leaflets advertisins
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and foreign contracts.
In expressing belief that private
aircraft firms are in q position to
supply the Army and Navy with
$4,000 planes by July 1, 1912, the
department addressed itself direct
ly to local interests seeking plants
for their towns.
The department said that it was
receiving similar offers for the 10
cation Of other municipal plant sites
in connection with the defense pro-
gram. 1t added that the offers will
receive "due consideration" but that
location of any additional plants
will be based on their strategical
position.
Crucial Materials.
A list of crucial materials is being
compiled by a special priorities COM
mittee headed by Lieut.. Col. A. B.
johnson. It's recommendation will
be cleared through Donald M. Nell
son, procurement coordinator for the
National Defense Commission.
The list is understood to cover
only major Army and Navy re-
quirements to be given right-of-
way. The president can enforce
priority Of listed materials by means
of a proclamation, but informed
quarters doubted that such drastic
steps would be needed.
Meanwhile, Sen. George G. Mar
shall, chief of staff, told q press
conference yesterday that great
strides are being made to get mod
ern equipment rapidly.
Secretary of War Henry L. Slim
son warned that there was "a very
dark outlook" for the defense pro-
gram unless compulsory military
training was begun.
Army Experiments.
Washington, July 18.--(UP)-
Secretary of War Henry Z. Slim
son said today that the Army is un-
dertaking experiments with para
chute troops to determine whether
the Army will adopt that type Of
attack force which the Germans
found so effective.
Stimson said that special pla-
toon of two officers and AZ men has
been organized for the tests. They
will do their first experimental
work between July 20 and August
3 at Hightstown, near Fort Dix,
N. j.
Stimson said that the platoon
will use the towers, equipment and
the instructors Of the Safe Para
chute company at Hightstown. They
will wear the jumper uniforms of
the air corps.
"These tests are purely expert
mental" Stimson said. mo specu-
lation will be made by Army off,
GERS as to future training or trends
Of parachute jumpers"
Stimson added, however, that
members of the test platoon may
form the nucleus for larger units
depending upon further study and
tests, and lessons to be learned as
reliable data are secured aboard"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-18
Delegates From State
WaUered Or, President
Party Leaders Follow "Tip' From Senator
Maloney's Seconding Speech-Climb Back on
F. D. RS Bandwagon--Dividedo on Vice-President

chance of carrying the Nutmeg
state this fall. They forgot past Diff
ferences with the president to Join
in the move for his nomination as
the strongest candidate.
The delegation was to caucus on
the vice-presidential question before
this afternoons session. There were
prospects of sharp division among
the AZ delegates, each of whom has
a third of vote, unless the Pres
ident should designate the running
mate he favors.
Senator Maloney's address last
night was one of four speeches
made to second the nomination of
the president for third term. Un.
der Roosevelt, the senator said, adj
vanceS have been made in every
field, and the nation needs his
leadership for another four years.
Announcement of Connecticut's
vote, Is for Roosevelt, was made
over the loudspeaker system by j.
Francis Smith Of Waterbury, chair
man Of the delegation.
Delegates today were making
plans for their return to Connecti-
cut. Adjournment after the after
noon session today was expected.
The Connecticut federal judge
ship vacancy has been discussed
great deal during the past few days.
Assistant Attorney General Mat
thew MCGUIRE is here from WASH
ington to find out the feelings of
state leaders in regard to the pos
sible appointees.
Corporation Counsel J. Gregory
Lynch, one of Waterbury's three
delegates to the national convention
writes to friends in this city that
there has been so much harmony at
the Chicago session that little ex-
element has developed. He says
that delegates from all over the ma
ton were for the president right
from the start.
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Delegates today were making
plans for their return to Connecti-
cut. Adjournment after the after
noon session today was expected.
Evening star., 1940-05-08
Donish Seaman Asks
To Remuin in US.

immigration ofncials today were
considering the case Of q 20-year-old
Danish seaman who pleaded that he
be allowed to remain In this coun-
try after he jumped his ship In Bal
timore because the Nazis had in
vaded Denmark.
The seaman, Carl Christian Jen-
sen, sailed from a Norwegian port
with q freighter bound for Balti-
more, and was on the Atlantic when
he learned his country had been
overrun.
Jensen slipped away from his ship
and came to Washington, where he
was found Saturday on Capitol Hill,
hungry, penniless and without
proper papers Of entry.
Yesterday he was given hearing
before immigration ofncials. He
pleaded that he be allowed to stay
In the United States. A Baltimore
immigration inspector took testi-
mony and reported his findings to
the Maryland Office.
Recommendations viii be made to
a board Of review In Washington
for the final decision. Meanwhile
the young seaman was returned to
! the District Jail
Evening star., 1940-05-08
Brui|Ie Problems Discussed
At Red Cross Round Table

A discarded sewing machine which
fashioned Snow White and the
seven dwarfs illustrations that the
blind might "see" their adventures
was described at round-table dis
cussion on braille as part Of the
American Red Cross Convention In
the Willard Hotel yesterday.
Equipped with varying sizes Of
stylus, the old machine punched
the little dots that serve as the one
great link between light and dark
ness for the worlds blind.
The presentation Of illustrations
was explained by Mrs. Donald M.
Morgan, director Of braille service
for the New York City Chapter Of
the Red Cross and one Of more than
. score Of braille experts who dis
cusseed the problems Of teaching
the blind.
An unsurmountable barrier In
braille illustrations, Mrs. Morgan
pointed out, vas that the third
dimension, without which no pic
Evening star., 1940-05-08

ture is complete, can not be put
down for the blind to see. This
accounted, she said, for the fact
that most braille illustrations are
extremely simple and are more ap-
plicable to children's books.
This was brought out when Miss
Cora Fitton, home teacher Of the
Polytechnic Institute for the Blind
In Washington, told Of blind young
sters In the District who often con-
fused the dwarfs with flowers and
other objects.
As . further illustration Of the
third dimension problem for the
blind Miss Alice RohrbAck, national
director Of braille for the Red Cross,
said q drawing Of . cube to the
blind Is "only square," She sug-
gesteed that some conventional
form Of symbols be universally used
in illustrations.
Miss Rotrback, who lives In Bfad-
dock Heights, Nd. and has been
director Of braille for two years,
has been blind since infancy.
Evening star., 1940-05-08
Edwin Nauck, Retired
u. ). Attorney, Dies at Is

Edwin Nauck, 73, Of IA Sherman
Circle, who retired in 1887 after 80
years as an attorney in the ONCE of
the Adjutant General, War Depart
ment, died Monday in Emergency
Hospital. Funeral services were held
at 2 pm. today at his home. Burial
was to be in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Mr.. Nauck was a native and life
long resident Of Washington. He was
educated in the public schools and
later attended the old Columbian
College, now George Washington
University, where he received his
IL. B. in 1887 and his LII. M. the
following year. He entered Govern
ment service after several years OF
private practice.
Mr.. Nauck was a Master Mason
and a member Of Petworth Masonic
Lodge.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Minnie K.
Nauck, and a brother, Oscar Nauck
Of this city.
Evening star., 1940-05-08
Reddy to Explore Relief Needs
OF Greenland for Red Cross
Assistant Director
Of Disaster Service
To Sail on Cutter

Maurice r. Reddy of this city
assistant director Of disaster relief
service Of the American Red Cross
will sail Friday on the United States
Coast Guard cutter Comanche fol
Greenland, a Danish possession, to
explore the possibilities of the relief
needs in that country as result OF
the absorption of Denmark by Ger
many.
This was announced last night
by Norman Davis, chairman Of the
Red Cross, and Mr.. Reddy began
Immediately to prepare for the long
and arduous trip. The Comanche
Is making the trip to establish an
American consulate in Greenland
under plaHs recently announced by
President Roosevelt. Mr.. Davis wa
asked by the President to look into
the possibilities Of relief needs in
Greenland. @
Mr.. Reddy. who has been on the
firing line in disaster relief in many
parts Of the country, said that II
satisfactory trade relations could
be worked out for Greenland 1t was
possible that the people there could
be self-supporting.
These people, Mr.. Davis was re-
Gently Informed by Donald B. Mac
MILAN, noted Arctic explorer, con-
sist mostly of about 500 Danes,
1900 Eskimos and the remainder q
people calling themselves Green
landers. They live mostly by hunt
ing, fishing and trapping. Their
exports have been largely whale oil
pelts and Goldfish. Since the war
particularly since absorption OF
their homeland by Germany, 1t Is
reported their imports, including
food supplies, have been cut OF
Their imports, principally from the
Evening star., 1940-05-08
Third Escaped Convict
Retuken in Virqiniu

Charles E. Leapley, 23, who with
two other convicts escaped from
LGton Reformatory three weeks ago,
was being held at Pulaski, Va, to-
day, awaiting return to the prison.
He was captured yesterday, ac-
cording to word received at Lorton,
when he violated q minor traffic
regulation. Police recognized him
from photographs and notified Lor-
ton Supt. Ray Hun. ~,
The other two men were arrested
about a week ago tn Abingdon, Va.
They are william r. Crosswhite, "a,
and Robert G. Chappen, %. The
three escaped by stealing one Of
the reformatory's trucks, which
they later abandoned.
A posse was formed and blood
hounds were put on the trail, but
the men shook OF the pursuers.
Evening star., 1940-05-08
Hearing Ordered on Plan
For New Rudio Station

The Federal Communications Com
mission today ordered q hearing
on the application Of the Arlington
Broadcasting Corp, Arlington, Va,
for q new radio station. The COM
pany filed an application several
months ago for permission to op-
crate on a frequency Of 1870 kilo-
cycles, with $50 watts power and
unlimited time. The transmitter site
has not been determined. The hear
ing date will be fixed later.
The commission also announced
1t had dismissed the petition Of
the American Broadcasting Co., op-
orators Of station VOL here, for =
rehearing in the action by the
commission In granting q new Sta
ton construction permit to Law
renee Heller. The dtsmissal was
on the application Of the Ameri-
can Broadcasting Go.
Evening star., 1940-05-08
Suspect in Theft Here
Arrested in Baltimore

A Washington detective was Or
dered to Baltimore today to return q
man arrested there in connection
with the robbery of jeweiry store
here yesterday. ...
The suspect is q colored man, who
was arrested while attempting to
pawn watches which were stolen
from the window Of q jewelry store
at 1922 Fourteenth street NV. The
window of the store had been
smashed and police reported the
suspect held in Baltimore had cuts
on his hand.
Detective Charles Cannon Of the
sixth precinct was injured while in
vestigating the theft. A piece of
glass fell out of the show window.
landed on his foot and severed part
Of one toe. ...
Evening star., 1940-05-08
All Teachers Urged
By BalIou 10 Help
betterment Program
Superintendent Gives
Forecast Of Euch Level
OF Public Education

Supt. Frank w. Ballou today
called on all teachers and officers
in the public school system for full
cooperation and participation in
the improvement Of the school pro-
gram from kindergarten through
teachers college.
In final Teachers Institute ad-
dress at Mckinley High School to
the teachers in the white schools,
DR.. Ballou reviewed at some length
what Is being done in all levels of
the public education setup here and
IN each case suggested what he
thought the future held. He will
address the colored teachers Monday
at 2:15 pm. at Armstrong High
School.
The program of the elementary
school Of the future will, rs in the
past, be foundational in nature. he
said, adding that it. must have the
"thoroughgoing cooperation of the
home and all other social agencies
whose spheres Of influence touch
the lives Of children"
The vocational school of the fu-
ture VIII not be the dumping ground
for misfit pupils in the other levels.
the superintendent declared, and
should have more complete infor-
nation about its pupils than it has
had In the past. He said this in
formation would be necessary if the
counSeling service for pupils is tn
be effective.
He said the junior high school
is succeeding least in securing mas
terry OF fundamental processes, pro-
viding adequate exploration, pro-
vidlng individual guidance, develop
Ing power to think independently
and accurately, making adequate
provision for brightest and slowest
children, making transition from
grades to high school gradual and
easy, and providing adequate
remedial work.
DR.. Ballou said that one of the
most pressing needs in the senior
highs, In his opinion, is for an edu-
cational program to take care Of
those pupils who are without inter-
est or capacity to pursue success
fully college preparatory course, a
commercial course or an industrial
arts course, which involves a high
degree of skill.
He expressed q genuine interest"
in Junior college to be organized
and administered along with the
teachers college.
Evening star., 1940-05-08
Poster Contest Winners
To Get Certificates

Winners Of dental health poster
contest will receive merchandise
certificates at a meeting tomorrow
at 2 pm. at Garnet Patterson Junior
High School.
The contest is carried on annu-
ally under the auspices Of the Rob-
ert T. Freeman Dental Society and
the art teachers In the colored
schools.
Principal speaker at the meeting
Will be E. B. Henderson, head Of
the physical education department
In the colored divisions. DR.. c.
Thurston Farebee. president of the
society, will speak.
Evening star., 1940-05-08
Bond Concert

BY the United States Marine Band
tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock
in the Marine Barracks auditorium.
william F. Santelmann, leader;
Henry Weber, second leader.
D., Program.
"The Marines Hymn"
March, Cotton Carnival" Rogers
Overture, "Semiramide" Rossini
Trombone solo, Songs My Mother
Taught Me" -D Dvorak
Musician Robert Isele.
Indian Mothers Song Langenus
March. youth on Parade OHara
Hymn, Rock Of Ages"
"The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1940-05-08
Soap Box Broadcast

Boys, tune in Station WMAL
at 4:15 pm. today to hear q
new quiz program based on the
1910 Soap Box Derby rules.
Paul B. Cramer, jr.; j. lie Roy
Poole, Clark B. Stewart and
Edwin Walter, Derby veterans
who finished high in the 1880
race, will attempt to answer
questions on the rules asked by
Bill Coyle, radio director Of
The Star. !
In addition, you will hear q
review Of the latest news of
Derby racers and drivers in
Washington and vicinity. Derby
Director Zeb r. Hamilton will
have . brief message Of i'm
portance to all Derby entrants.
Watch The Star for
Derby Ne,Ds.)
Evening star., 1940-05-08

mother country. were clothing and
food, such as cereals sugar and
coffee. Four commercial ships .
year formerly went to Greenland.
Mr.. Reddy, who lives at 3713 S
street NV, entered the Red Cross
in 1919 after leaving the Army.
His first disaster relief work with
the national organization was in
the tri-State tornado of 1925 which
swept the Midwest. AS assistant
director of disaster relief he has
directed relief in a series of Mid
western floods and tornadoes and
large-scale fires in New England.
In 1896 he directed relief in the
flooded Pittsburgh area. Prior to
joining the Red Cross Mr.. Reddy
was engaged in newspaper and So
cial service work.
Evening star., 1940-05-08
Legion Post Presents
FIua to Blair School

A large silk Maryland flag has
been presented to Montgomery Blair
Senior High School, Silver Spring,
Nd, by Cissel-Saxon Post, No. II,
American Legion.
The flag, which was presented by
George Hutchinson, will be placed
in the school auditorium. Members
Of the Legion's Flag Committee are
Joseph c. Cissel, James E. Roeder
and Lauman T. Faulconer.