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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
FARLEY DELEGATES
BOONE POSTOFFICE
Postmaster General De-
scribes Rapid Expan-
sion OF Service

BOONE April 10.-CP-Postmas'
ter General James A. Farley SAID
today that he liked to look upon the
postal service as "the most effective
instrument of human democracy
that exists in this country toda.
or for that matter that has existed
down through the history Of our
nation"
Farley was the principal 'peak-r
at the dedication Of Boone's ne"
Lostoffice, recently built at a cost
of more than $4,000.
There can be nc question" he
said, "tut that it was the cary
Ameri, an system of posts that pro-
vided the common bond through
which the colonies maintained their
contact and unity.
There is likewise no denying the
fact thai it was the postal service
that continued to play the leading
part in the subsequent development
and expansion of the young rep
lie from the Alleghenies across the
prairies and the Rockies TO the Pa.
cific."
The postmaster gener~l began y
saying he thought the occasion was
particularly significant at the
present time when a good portion
of the civilized world is orr asun-
DER by war and strife.
I'VE all know onl: too we'll what
has taken place in those countries
where the last semblance of a popu-
lar form of government has cease
TO exist.
That is why I say there is a
special significance in these impress
sive eXercises-eXercises through
which we bear witness to those
ideals Of personal liberty on which
u government vas founded. Here
in Boone today a body of represen-
tative American citizens gather to
take part in a ceremony marking
the governments erection Of a new
building dedicated to the peaceful
pursuits ana happiness u U peo-
pie. What u striking contrast to
conditions in othsr lands where the
order Of the day seems to ne de,
struction, tragedy and national
Madness"
Earle. told Of the rapid expansion
Of the postal service in this coun.
trt SIRE ire ircer-icr or1 cai1 that
postal receipts here in 1927 were
s5.08 and last December 81 were
S17O9'.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
ABC Counties Fear
Drys Working Quietly
Star-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hote'

RALEIGH, April 10.-Advocates
of things as they are in h u -BC
counties arr beginning to get nerv'
Gus over the deep silence that hangs
heavy over the camp of the organ
lied ''drys". 1t has been said th9t
there are no thunders SC disturbing
as the thunders of silence, and the
apparent inertia and lack Of noise
from Gale K. Burgess and the Unit
ed Dry forces is beginning to worry
legal store advocates n o little.
there are a number of indica,
lions, too, that this nervousness is
justified, as it begins to appear
that the drys are substituting a
of quiet, u~nobtrusive -ocel
campaigns for the customary one
big putsch habitually accompanied
by the banging of prohibition field
pieces and the twanging of temper
Tyres.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
Richmond Newspapers
Considering Merger

RICHMOND, Va, April 10.-QP--
Plans for joint publication of Vir-
ginia's Two largest newspapers, the
Richmond Times-Dispatch and the
Richmond News Leader, are being
discussed by the arrangements Of
the two publications, it was an,
nounced last night.
The announcement was signed by
S. L. Slower for the management
OF the Times-Dispatch, a morning
paper, and by John Stewart Bryan
for the management Of the News
Leader, an evening paper, Colonel
Slower is chairman Of the board of
the Times-Dispatch, and Mr.. Bryan
is president and publisher Of the
News Leader.
Each paper has a circulation close
to 10000 daily.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
THE CREDIT

Sheriff Tommy Gibbons, the old
heavyweight, is being given most of
the credit for bagging next years
American Bowling Congress for St.
RAUL Lefty Groves son, a
freshman pitcher at Duke, bitches
UP his leg just like his famous pop
800. Red Rolfe of the Yanks has in
vented a fielder's glove which will
be turned out by a st. Louis firm
-. The two closest pals of Lester
Patrick, coach of the New York
Hockey Rangers, are Johnny Brode-
rick, the fighting detective and Ed
ward G. Robinson, the movie gang
ster.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
COLORADO
CRACK A TEAM

BOULDER, Colo. OBJECTIONABLE
University expects it's best bal
anced track team in years, says
Coach Frank Potts. Colorado won
the Big Seven conference cham
pionship last year and Potts says
he a som fine sophomores to
replace the veterans lost by grad
uation. Paul Cope, a hurdler who
won two first places a year ago,
stacks up as the star
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
FROM STEAKS

BLOOMINGTON, nd. R-Mrs.
Glenn Cunningham, wife of the dis
lance running star, remarked while
stopping here:
cts a little bit of a headache
at times to be a runners wife, but
outside Of that it's just about the
same as being anyone else's wife"
One difference, she said, is that
her husband eats seven steaks a
week-to keep up his energy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
Wilson Power Co-Ops
Fight For Territory
Star-News Bureau,
Sir Dalter Hotel

RALEIGH. April ia lively
fight over rights in a nice slice
of Wilson county'1 rural area IS
likely to mark tomorrow's meet
ing of the State Rural Electrical
ton Authority.
onfict, if it develops, will be be-
tween the Wilson county co-opera-
tive, which has been taken over and
is being operated by the Wilson
municipal plant, and the new Tri-
County Electrical Membership cor
poration which has b~roadened its
original plans to the point where
it now wishes to operate in a com
paratively small, but potentially
profitable, area il south Wilson
country.
The Wilson municipal line has
been cycling it for some time and
it is quite possible that it will ap-
pear before the REA and vigor.
ously oppose efforts of the Tri-
County group to have the disputed
territory included in it's charter.
E0y hOntinp costs about SEQ 600 =
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
ECONOMIST FAR
FROM

The whole case of the research
division, by the way, is a tragi-com-
edy.
Saposs is popularity supposed to be
the boards chief radical.
AS a matter of fact, however, Sa-
poss is about as much a communist
as Ma tin Dies. On the contrary,
he is in very bad with an important
section of the boards staff precis "
because he has been fighting COM
munists tooth and nail.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
Athletes Foot Sufferers

Now get prompt, effective relief
from the itching, burning discom-
forts of athletes foot with famous
Black and White Ointment, the
cooling, soothing parasiticidal
dressing that is antiseptic and kills
those fungi which it contacts. Use
with Black and White Skin Soap.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

And one of the
c encouraging
things is t h a t
people are begin.
ming to p a y
jokes.
The joke I like
best involves a
methodical little
Britisher W h o
works in the tech.
nical lab at Unit
ed Artists. A
thrifty man, he
has been in t h e
habit Of bringing
two sandwiches
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

co members, J.
Warren Madden
and Edwin S.
Smith, study these
two recent devel.
opments.
/. The argu-
ment over the
boards own re.
port on admins.
trative reforms.
which h e
hdnQllnS OIL Teld.
tons between the
home office and
the field staff is
criticized.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

are lying there awaiting the bold
Investigators of the goth century
A. D., who, with the help of mod
ern inventions, will dare to de
scend and see for themselves the
vestigial proofs of the dark trag,
edy once staged by cosmic forces.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
Skins For Writing

Finding papyrus hard to procure,
Eumenes II, king of Pergamus in
the second century B. c., intro
duced the use of sheep and cattle
skins for writing purposes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

Great Britain exceeds the United
States in imports, but not in ex
ports. Great Britain ranks first
in value of exports and imports
combined, with the United States
second.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, April 1o.-If you
want to know why the labor board
is split by a conflict of wills be-
tween William n. Leiserson and his
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

Some scientists say that perhaps
one star out Of ever 100000 has a
system of planets, the same as our
w star the I'll
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

The curious bamboo crab lives
deep down in the Andaman sea, at
a depth of 400 fathams.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
In Hollywood
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Stall correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, April 10.-The en-
tertainment factories have come III
of their taxation doldrums a Il q
things are beginning to hum again.
The mood of the town is clipper
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
TENSION IS HIGH
IN Low COUNTRIES
Dutch Speed Defense Meas
ures; Belgium Restates
Her Neutrality

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands,
Anril Observation-Disclosures defense
measures we're stepped up today
and her street lights kept blazing
night and day to show warning
mowers that the lowland nation is
not a b~lacked-out belligerent.
Military defense measures, in
spired by the sudden German in
vasion of two other neutrals, Nor
way n Denmark, seemed to be as
great as those taken last Novem-
Der when the Netherlands prepared
to open her bikes if necessary to
repell an invasion.
Through large cities were out
wardly calm, guards were placed
at most public buildings, most army
and navy leaves were cancelled,
and a round of government confer
ences continued until the early
morning hours after two extraor-
binary cabinet sessions,
Extra trains already were In op'
Grafton and it was announced that
civilian rail travel would be restrict
ed temporarily until men returning
from leaves have reached their
destination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

?. The action OF the mouse dppfO.
priations committee in knocking
out funds for the boards research
division, headed by David Saposs.
LEISERSON SAYS
WITT BUNGLED
Leiserson has been demanding
administrative reforms since he
went on the board last June. Key
spot is the office of the board sec.
rotary, Nathan Witt. AS the setu2
is, Witt is not merely the boards
secretary, but it's chief adninistra-
tor in dealing with the all-lmportant
work of the field offices.
Leiserson maintains that this part
of the job has been bungled, and
that much of the boards difficulty
! due to that fact. He feels that the
Wagner act would be accepted by
labor and employer alike without
much demur if it had a couple of
years of capable administration. He
has sought Wits removal, without
success; he has likewise been un.
able TO get a new setup, under which
an entirely new separate office
would do the administrative work.
BOARDS DEFENSE
OF SAPOSS WEAK
IF that argument illustrates the
disagreement on administration, the
row owe. the research division shows
the disagreement over procedure.
Leiserson holds that the boards
primary job is to get facts. To him
this doesn't mea simply holding
hearings-in which, IS he puts it,
you have a lawyer on each side,
and whatever gets by the two of
them is the truth; it calls for ex-
tended, intricate researches into
economic backgrounds, trade prac'
tees and the like, which can be
done only by specialists.
Both the Smith committee and
the appropriations committee made
the research division a special tar
get, and the board majority failed
to put up much of a defense. When
Saposs, head of the research divis-
ion, was before the Smith commit
tee, the boards counsel did not
bring out his case through direct
examination; instead Saposs was
left to make his defense under
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11
Boy Is kidded,
Gets Better job

AT Leon Schlesinger's cartoon
studio, some Of the boys thought Up
a rib that lasted two weeks. A
youngster there handled thousands
Of sheets of celluloid, the "cells" on
which animations are painted. He
had to dust and stack them, and
on dry days the busting caused
small sparks of static such as you
can generate from a cat.
So somebody told him that this
was very dangerous work, because
the celluloid might ignite and ex.
plode and blow the whole studio to
Kingdom Come, The only precau.
ton, said the gagster, was to ground
himself.
They got a long piece of wire and
wrapped n end around the young
ster's bare right leg, under his
trousers. The other end was tossed
out the window and connected to a
water pipe that came from the
ground. The fellow worked that
way, dragging the wire around,
carefully reconnecting himself when.
ever he came in. People from other
departments would drop in to watch
him and comment on his bravery.
IN that way, everybody got to know
the kid and like him, and the other
DAY he was given a better job.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

to the studio each day. He supple
ments these with a pint of milk anC
a can of fruit bought at a grocery
across the street, and he lunches al
his desk. in which ne keeps a car
opener, paper napkins, a glass and
a spoon.
One day some of the other tech
nicians called him out of the build
ing just before he began his lunch.
During his absence, another joker
took the label off his can of plums
and put it on a can OF beans, which
he left on the desk. When the Eng
lishman was ready to eat plums and
found beans, he went to the store
and got his money back. The grocer
said such things can happen, but
that they were very rare.
besides To Share
Story With England
But they weren't rare. 1t went on
like that. The next day the Eng
lishman opened a can of peaches
and found tomatoes inside. When
he was drolling in anticipation of
nice crisp pineapple, he got spinach.
After buying apricots, he came up
with a spoonful Of salmon.
The jokers had visited the grocer,
explained the gag, and promised to
pay for all rectified mistakes"
The Englishman wasn't a n g r y,
though; ne was amused and amaz
ed at what he considered an eX-
ample of American carelessness and
i~nefficiency. After a week of en-
countering misbranded merchandise,
he decided to write a humorous ar
ticle about it for a London maya
zine. He rather fancied the result,
and read it to his pals in the lab be-
fore mailing it.
Next day he went to the grocery
and bought a can of peaches, wry-
Iy remarking that it was probably
soup. BY the time the boys had
switched the label to another can,
he actually did have soup. But float
ing in the soup was something else
"a little glass tube. Inside the tube
was a note, and the note was sign,
ed presumably by the editor of
the London magazine. 1t read:
Il don't believe a word of it."
The little technician goes around
telling people about this astonish-
ing experience. but Of course no,
body will believe him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

BRUSSELS, April 1o-LR-The
Belgian cabinet announced today
the government would continue its
policy of independence and neu
trality" in the face of the German
invasion of Norway and Denmark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

Fox hunting costs about $50, 000,-
900 annually in England.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

d Give yourself a real thrill. See these amaz-
ing new Gas Ranges! So beautiful so easy
to use . so economical, you'll wonder why you
ever put up with a pokey old stove. They cut
food shrinkage up to 2O% -. reduce your food
bills do all the watching for you save
precious vitamins you now pour down the sink.
Here is a chance to get a reward for that old
stove that you often feel like giving away. Come
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

2. The action of the house appro.
priations committee in knocking
out funds for the boards research
division, headed by David Saposs,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-11

With only a little more than
three months Of the year gone,
there have already been IS deaths
in automobile train crashes in
North Carolina; whereas there were
but IS during the whole of 1889.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-06
New Kiiwaniis
Officers In
syrE FEN SEY
Year
J. II. bryan Ne W
President; Pittard
Succeeds Hicks a S
Lieutenant Governor
Of Fifth Division.

! New club officers and the new
fifth district lieutenant governor for
1910 were installed at the weekly
dinner Of the Henderson KiWanis
cIuD Friday evening.
The new officers Of the club ! in
cludc J. II. Bryan as president: r.
". Bruin vice-president and w. C..
Gates as secretary treasurer. {. j..
Greene. who is succeeded by Mr..
Bryan. was installed as immediate
past president. The installation Was
in charge of DR.. Hal Pittard, OF OK
furG, lieutenant governor Of the fifth
I division in the State. who had just
been installed in that office by Jas
per B. Hicks. OF Henderson. retiring
/ lieutenant governor. Mr.. Hicks pass
ed on to DR.. Pittard, the district
officers lapel button.
In retiring as president. Mr. Greene
,prescn.ed 10 the club q new United
States flag and Canadian flaP as
mementoes Of his 1889 adminiStra-
ton. Both were equipped with floor
stands. were brought in by Edith
Rose Greene. daughter OF the retr-
ing president and Grace Bryan,
daughter of the incoming president
Rev. |. ". Hughes. a past president
CT the club. presented 10 Mr.. Greene
on behalf OF the club. unique
scrape book containing important in
formation concerning the clubs ac-
tivites during 1899. together with
the signature OF each member.
At the close Of the meeting. Mr.
Hughes also presented to Mr.. Hicks,
on behalf Of the local club. the past
lieutenant governors lapel button in
appreciation by the club Of his SER
vices, since the club sponsored Nj.
Hicks for the office, which he held
during 1899.
Mr.. Bryan, in assuming the duties
of president, expressed his apprecia-
ton of the honor given him and
outlined briefly certain detectives he
wished the club to obtain during
1910.
President Bryan announced the
first meeting Of the directors for the
year to be held Monday evening at
the Vance hotel at 6:45 o'clock as the
guests Of Vicc-President Bruin. Mr..
Gates, who is again secretary treas
lrer of the club, has held the office
already for three years.
Guests at the meeting included DR..
Pittard: A. E. Flynn, of Oxford. with
{. +. Greene. and David Mangum.
with his father, Henry Mangum.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-06
Tobacco Is
Coming In
For Opening
Heavy Break And
Fair Prices, Consider
ing Quality, Looked
Fer On Nj ond a y
Sales.

ToI,,cc, .,.,. ro.1 nn,n.ino into tho
>, , '.'..,'N. ..,.. ,',, 49, -.
oe''o' .''''i Ae' ''''S wi '''I -
sumption 81 sales Monday ALTER me
Christmas-NcW Year holiday. Al!
u.,rcbo,sas wore roadv for fine star,
cr saIns oynrc;ed TO rim we'll on to-
ward thc end Of the month before
Inc season ends.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-06
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
C,o Dana Eooye
See Page -Four

|. On which island Of the Philip
pines is the city of Manila?
2. In electricity, what is an IN
sulator?
3. Who won the recent Miami
Open golf tournament?
4. What is the name for the Brit
ish submarine traps, which arc
armed vessels disguised to resemble
merchant ships?
5. What is the name for seven
sided geomctrical figure?
6. Where is the Assuan Dam?
I. What is the correct pronuncla-
tiDn of the word crcdcncc?
8. Name the German steamer
that followed the Graf Spec out oi
MontevidcO harbor to pick up the
crew when the battlcShip was SclIt-
lied?
9. What is the name for the art
of Skinning, preserving and stuff
ing the skins Of animals?
10. Name the u. S. Ambassador
to China?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-06
County Paid
Sales Taxes
Of $127,O38

Sales taxes in the amount OF Sl2I,-
G38.l9 were paid to the State Of North
Carolina from Vance county business
transactions during the fiscal year
from July |. 1888, to me 30, 1923.
according to statistics compiled: ~ ne
Revenue Department in Raleigh, and
made available here today.
While the amount was not Dy any
means the largest OF any county III
the State, it was well above that loi
some counties much larger lAai,
Vance.
Warren county paid S30,92O.4l III
the same period, and Granville PAID
S58,950.08. Franklin's sales tax bill
was S34, 1913.
Mec!llenburg county alone paid
Sl.l86,20204 for the largest amolnl
by far Of any county in tine State.
The smallest amount was that from
Camden county, in the sum of S.
540.45. Durham county'S payments
amounted to S435,337.55, while Wake
paid S556,070.35, and Guilford was
S66I,6 SO. Forsyth paid S587 COB
IS. and Buncombe was S5l6, l0G.05.
Following is the total for all coun-
ties Of the State:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-06
Chamber To
Hold Meeting
At The Vance

The annual dinner and meeting
of the membership Of the Hender-
son Chamber Of Commerce TINS year
viii be held in the main dining room
of the Vance hotel Monday evening,
January Is. the executive committee
of the chamber decided at meeting
Friday afternoon. 1t had previously
been thought the dinner would be
at West End Country Club, put TINS
idea was abandoned. The date Is the
same DIS originally set.
! Edmund H. Harding. Of Washing
/ ton. N. c.. Well-IlnoWn humorlst and
aftcr-dinner' speaker, is 10 be the
principal speaker Of the evening.
Another speaker however. will DC
Warren 7. White, general industrial
agent Of the Seaboard Railway, who
will! discuss industrial prospects for
/ the city in the immediate future.
Invitations to the dinner have
been sent to the general member
snip Of the chamber, and it was said
today by Fred M. Allen, Jr.. the sec
rotary, that a capacity crowd was eX-
pected.
/ A nominating committee already
named will present slate of Officers
to serve during the coming year. and
these will be voted on at the meeting
during brief business session in
terval.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-06
Library Has
OF
6,169 Books

\ circulation at the Perry library:
its branches in outi2ying districts ana
for the Dunbar branch for cpIored'
had 4 combined circulation during
December OF 6,l69 volumes, It was
shown today by the report OF Mrs.
II. Leslie Perry. the librarian.
The average daily c!rcuIall"" al
the Perry ilElar% WAS up some a.
2fl.8, Of which 41.8 percent was non
fiction. The libraries were open -
days IN December.
The Perry llbrary'S circulation IN
cludeG 49, volumes o. fiction and
2.432 of non-ric2Ion. for tota! o.
1854. while the DUnbur branch ha0
a circulation oi l.005. including 10
volumes Of fiction and $40 ol nun-
fiction.
At the end OF December there were
1922 members of the Perry library,
including SOP adults and l,22O
juveniles. after addition OF is new
and withdrawal OF SO old members.
At the Dunbar branch there were
34t members At the end of the month,
with no addition or Withdrawals III
December.
Flftv-three volumes OF fiction and
81 OF nOn-fiCtiOn We're ADDED curing
the month at the Perry library, Tor
a total of 81. while the E.,nbar
brancn three volumes of non-tlcuou.
Branches Of the Perry library. sta
tiSticS tor which are lnCluutQ n
those for the library proper, sho:;-
eu &29 readers anG Il circulation OF
l54 at South Henderson; 2i9 circIIla-
ton al North Henderson, - at Mid
dleburg and 50 at Zeb Vance school.