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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
LOOK OUT MR. GALLUP
Charlestown wv. Va.,) Gazette

/ Just recently the Gallup poll announced the
result of the first survey of the comparative
strength of President Roosevelt and Mr.. Will
kie. This poll was taken before the president
had made his great statement about prepared.
ness and not involving our country in the Eur
opean war. It was taken before he was the
candidate of his party. It was taken when Mr..
Willkie was at the peak of his popularity and
his picturesquenesS-just after he had blitz-
krieged the Republican convention at Phila.
delphia. And the Gallup poll announced the
result as follows:
Roosevelt and Willkie found running almost
neck-and-neck in early test of strength"
The figures showed that if president Roose-
welt runs against Wendell Willkie'' the vote as
of that day would have been:
Roosevelt .................. 53 per cent
Willkie At percent
'Neck-and-neck." Six percent points differ
ence. Mr.. Gallup and his assistants neglect
to state that in an election of 10000, 900 votes
that six points would mean a tremendous num-
Der of votes majority. And it neglected to
state that if a candidate were to receive as
much as SIS percent of the popular vote it would
amount to a landslide. And they neglected to
state that MIR. Roosevelt before his nomination
was not far from having a vote of landslide
proportions in his grasp.
But something a great deal more significant
was omitted, whether by accident or design we
40 IOC KNOW. LII. Id1lup ana his associates
neglected to state that they had conducted a
similar poll in 1886. They neglected to state
that on July -, 1886, they polled public opin-
ion" on the relative strength of Mr.. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Landon. And the result was as fol-
lows, just four years ago..
Roosevelt. 51.8 percent
Landon. ................. 1872 percent
In other words the most recent Gallup poll
neglected to state that four years ago Mr..
Landon was in a good deal better position than
is Mr.. Willkie today. He was much closer to
the president in popular approval than the
present-day "wizard-leader'' of the G.. o. P.
And yet with all of that betterment of position
in 1896 the Republican candidate, Mr.. Landon,
carried just two small states in the national
election. When the final votes were tabulated
the voting showed as follows:
RoooeVelt. W PeICeHt
Landon. 81 percent
The Republican leaders may take whatever
comfort they can out of the Gallup poll. We
doubt if a close analysis of it will bring them
to win an election in a poll and another to win
it in the ballot boxes in November. The Liter.
airy Digest found that out to its eternal sor-
row. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
TOP o. THE MORNING

The Eibze is not affected by What men think
OF it. Whatever the Bible Wds, the Bible is.
And Uhdt it is it has a1Wdys been. 1t is not
mems thoughts about the Bible that Judge It,
1t is the Bible that judges men and their
thoughts. 1t has nothing to tedr out agnor'
unce and neglect. And the Church need no
other fear ON its account. The Bible will take
core of itself if the Church will distribute ii
and get it read.
ROBERT e. SPEER.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Star-News Program

Consolidated City.CoNnty Government
under CouncilM Manager Administrations
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
ShoUs.
Seaside Highway from WrightsuiHe
Beach to BalG Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, ~1d
err Turning Basin, With ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
s. south OF Wilmington.
:: Paved River Road to Southport, pia
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc'
ton through sustdined-yteld methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency. supported BY one.
7 countrywide taz.
%Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center TOR Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
% Adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse TOR Export Buyers.
Developm INT OF ndtive grape 0ro1oing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sanatortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Construction In June
Totals $88,2IO Here

The estimated cost of all con-
struction work in Wilmington dur
ing June was $88, 210, according to
current bulletin of the state depart
ment of labor.
The June total included estimated
cost of work as follows: additions,
alterations, and repairs, $3.50;
new non-residential buildings, ST.
200; and new residential buildings,
$500.
The bulletin said the June total
compared with $165, 065, the esti-
mated cost of all construction work
in the city. for the corresponding
month of the previous year. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Many Kennedy Home
Gifts Acknowledged

The Catherine Kennedy NOM.
yesterday expressed thanks LOT '"'
following donations:
Laundry, Ideal and SuhSllles ,
vegetables, Miss Ida Reyes; III,
wood, D. j. Herrin; groceries =
friend; vegetables, Donald raiI ,
ley; strawberries, MISS hu
Smith; ice, Plate and lndepehus"'
companies; newspapers, o
News; cake and ice cream ciivN
No. g., Grace Methodist chul.r W.
vegetables, Dan Penton; fSh' W.
Barton; beans, a friend; mds@
zines, Claude Efrd.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

do more harm than good?'
Answer-Sponging in high feVeEi
is probably the best method Oh
treatment that we have. 1t is not
necessary, however, to use SOFA
W .er. Plain, tepid water, OF d
temperature of about rs should De
used and during the bath the TEN,
perature can gradually be reduced
to IS. The patient should os
sponged one limb at a time, then
the abdomen and chest In from
then the back, keeping the rest o.
the body covered. The sponge oa'n
should last about 10 minutes, !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Medical Care
BY LOGAN CLENDENING, M. 1

BY LOGAN CLENDENING, M. d.
They poison me, but the guides
don't mind them at all. All the
fleas and mosquitoes in our neigh
borhood concentrate on me and
never bite my wife. My wife at
tracts fleas only, while l am eaten
alive by mosquitoes and do not
ever remember having had a flea
bite"
Is there any scientific basis for
these inaccurate observations? Yes
yes, indeed-they are not mac
curate. They are perfectly true.
And the subject has been studied
with all the ardour which medical
investigators bring to more serious
and consequential matters. 1t has
even been given a five syllable
name: if you are sensitive to mos
quitoes, bees, wasps or fleas you
have "entomogenous ailergy."
Sometimes insect bites really are
serious-even to death. DR.. Meuse
relates the story of a vigorous
man who was stung on the septum
of the nose by a bee. Supported
by a friend, he walked to his house
a few yards away and lay down. He
rose Immediately to go to the well,
stepped a few PAGES, fell and ex-
pired. 1t was thirty minutes from
the time of the sting to the mans
death.
Shelters As Bad
A woman-the history is relat-
ed by DR.. Vaughn of Richmond
was stung just once by a bee. She
collapsed before she could reach
the dining room. A physician who
was called found her shocked and
pulseless. She was revived by the
use of adrenalin. She had had two
previous experiences.
Mosquitoes may be almost as
bad. An American woman went to
Canada and reacted to mosquito
bites so that her whole face was
swollen, the eyes closed, and the
arms swollen to twice their ordi-
nary size.
Extract Helps
An extract of mosquito poison
diluted and injected in small, in
creasing amounts will reduce this
sensltiveness to nil. That's what
happens to the guides. The mos
themselves give the guides
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
German Air Raids

The steady intensifcation of German bomb
ing attacks on England during the last few
days may mean that the threatened invasion
is on the way-or they may mean that Hitler
has decided only on one last concentrated eff
fort to make good his counter-blockade. There
is no way of basing a definite prophecy on what
is happening now.
Nevertheless it is significant that many of
these raids have been directed at British ship
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
VIRTUALLY ALI
THE r NEEDED

In all this there was still another
problem-Roosevelt himself. The
insiders knew he could be drafted
if the convention could just man.
age to look to.arably harmonious
and united in the drafting. The
votes for a third term nomination
700 pledged and 200 more ready
to 60 were available from the
start; what vas needed was-if
not all the votes there were, SO
many that those on the other side
would be utterly insignificant.
All this led to some funny a
euvers. The pro-Roosevelters had
to campaign like furry in a con
vention admittedly pro-Roosevelt
from the start. They had to set the
stage TO ran elaborate demc<astra-
ton to persuade the convention if
wanted what it really did want.
And, in the end, they had to take
the long chance the anti-third term
groups wouldn't be placated and
would be made enough to lie down
in the harness when the campaign
got tough.
For, as one of the pro-third term
leaders admitted:
Eve could always nominate him
with t~hree-fourths of the party
but we can't elect him that way"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

the treatment-a full course in al
leroy immuniZation.
Clewes reports a patient W h o
was so sensitive that gnat bites
caused such dropsy and swelling
as to keep her in bed for several
days. C1ewes collected the gnats
anC made an extract of them.
After several treatments the lady
could lie out near the lake and "be
bitten with pleasure"
The reaction of different people
to flea bites varies widely. In the
San Francisco Bay region, which
abounds in fleas, they do not en-
croach on the rights of most of
the local population, but are a
source of great misery to new
comers until they acquire an i'm
munity. This usually takes sew
eral months, and in rare instances
is eve acquired.
With insects which poison by in
jecting a fluid under the skin, an
extract can be made of the sting
ing part of the insect-heads of
mosquitoes, tails of bees and wasps
and a solution of the offending
agent obtained for immunizing pur-
poses.
Questions and Answers
M. L. FIT would like informa-
ton concerning tuberculosis of the
bone. l have not been able to
find anything about this particu-
lar form of tuberculosis. H a
there been no studies made of it?
Or is it rather unimportant in COM
parison to other forms the disease
has taken?"
Observation-Disclosures of the bone
has been the subject of a great
many studies and is a very i'm
portant subject. Orthopedic sur
geons deal with it constantly. 1t
occurs usually in children and af-
fects most often the bones of the
spine, of the hip, the knee and
the elbow. 1t may run along for
a long time and be called ''rheu-
matism" or growing pains"
Treatment is by rest, immobiliza-
ton Of the part by braces or casts,
and the general treatment of tu-
berculosis. Great success has been
obtained by exposure to sunlight
in high mountain climates h e
method of Roller.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Bruce Cations
In W%ashington'
The Star-News Washington Correspondent

CHICAGO.-It will probably be a month or
more before anyone can say definitely whether
the way the whole draft,RooSevelt business
was handled was smart politics or not.
1t will be that long, in other words, before an
accurate count can be made of the hearts
wounded in the process of executing the draft.
The whole foundation on which the draft was
erected was the knowledge that the President
wouldn't want it, or get much good out of it, if
the getting involved sending any substantial
number of delegates home sore. About 200 of
the nearly 100 delegates-about 18 per cent
were pledged to other candidates.. Obviously
the party couldn't afford to begin a campaign
with that fraction of it's strength out Of action.
There were three groups which stood to be
offended: the ones headed by Postmaster Gen.
eral Farley, Vice-President Garner and Sena-
tor Wheeler.
RESIGNED TO LOSS
OF GARNERITES.
From the beginning, the New Dealers figured
on losing the love of the bulk of the Garnerites.
1t was the other two groups (and their leaders,
they didn't want to send home mad.
The necessary gesture toward the Wheeler
forces was made when the President promised
American boys wouldn't be sent to Europe's
wars. About the same time, it became evident
labor generally wouldn't follow Wheeler away
from the New Deal.
So the problem was to find some way of ef-
fecting the draft without driving away Farley,
Wheeler. and the men who felt as they did.
HARMONY TICKET
OVERTURES MADE
For a time it seemed this just couldn't be
done. The Presidents long silence had a bad
effect; during the first couple of days of the
convention, delegates pledged to Roosevelt be-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

gan to get FESTIVE and uneasy; as
n of them expressed it, I'VE felt
like you feel in one of those
dreams where you find yourself
walking down the street without
any pants on
During this stage Of affairs, there
was a time when overtures actual
ly we're made by some of the New
Deal group looking to the forma-
ton of a harmony" ticket-such
as Wallace and Farley, for in
stance-Which would leave Roose-
velt's name off. But while making
these overtures with one hand, the
New Dealers with the other hand
continued to beat the drum for the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Local Truck Growers
Return From mountains

A group of persons interes'eu ri.
the further advancement OF ssn ,
culture in Wilmington ana Wv w.,
Hanover county returned yes'elar,,
from a tour of the western par
the state. .,e
A group of farmers financea M
trip to Western North Carolh1a
the purpose of making co lsa
with buyers regarding the pldm
and packaging Of fall produ.'p p.
The following made the trip,
W. Galphin, county farm aSTs r..
A. G. Setter, E. B. Ward A.
wandowski, and P. D. May
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

The towns of NAPOLEON a.,
Wellington, in Missouri, are ri,
four-minute bus rides in opp
directions from Waterloo.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

H. S. M.-"When one has fever
does sponging off with soda water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-09

PRoVED PfAL Estate SoNsTsr1NG
OF A MODERN HT-STORY BRICK
NC NC 'O GoNFA1N1 hfN T MIR T51l
sEyENTEENTH STREET NV = WASH
w JNGPpM D 5.ts C having occurred IN
the payment Of the PRINCIPAL of and
interest on the debt secured on the here
matter described land and premises by
certain deed IF trust bearing date Septem-
18th. 1925, in -Lber $500, folio al. of
the Land Records of TIE District Of Co. Co.
present holder of the bonds secured there
by, the. undersigned, the Trustee, viii sell
at THEE PFh 9cf9G c pFS1t 81 TT f 9Fsnse1
AUGUST FIRST, AID 1910. the following
described land and premises. situate. lying
snd f DTct in Of the co G Of name7 oF
nal Lot Twelve (1") in Square One Hundred
and Fifty-four $50, also narts Of orisinall
SQUARE One Hundred and Fiftv-four 1541.
said parts of Original Lots Ten C0) and
Eleven 1D being described as follows,
east corner of said original Lot Eleven
11 and running thence North. on Seven
tenth Street twenty-five t25l feet thence
twenty-five f25N feet, and thence East
Ntnety-six 1859 feet to the place of begin
ming; together with all buildings and inn
which have been erected or placed thereon.
including all engines. boilers, elevators:
dynamos. and also all. each and every OF
provements ard fixtures of everv kind and
description in or upon said premises. or
used in connection Herewith. toeether
with all and singular the ways easements.
rights. privileges and appurtenances and
heredtsments to said premises belonging
or in anvwiSe appertaining
TERMS OF SALE: One-third of the
purchase price to be paid in cash, the bal
ance to be represented by notes of the
purchaser. PAYABLE in equal installments
in one and two years after date of sale,
with interest at the rate of five per cent
(5GSl per annum and payable semi-an-
nually, secured by first deed of trust upon
the property sold or all cash at the option
of the purchaser deposit Of $4,000 in
cash or certified check on local bank
or trust company will be required at time
of sale All conveyancing. title examina-
ton. recording and revenue stamps, etc,
to be at the expense of the purchaser The
terms of sale to be complied with within
fifteen days from the date of sale in de-
fault Of which the property will be resold
atthe risk and cost of the .defsulting pur--
chaser after five days advertisement. Of
such resale in some newspaper published
| in Washington, D. c.
UNION TRUST COMPANY OF THE
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Trustee.
| BY GEORGE E. FLEMING.
Vice President
| (Sao'l Attest:
IRVING zIRPEL. Secretary te2e,2s,fy1
| 3.6.9.11 ID 1871 1923. 1927 30. au1
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PROPOSALS

WASHINGTON. SUBURBAN SANITARY
commission. Contract No. 1925. Sewer
Structing approximately 1920 feet of
6.inch, 1915 feet of S-inch. $3.50 feet
OF 10-lnch, 235 feet of I2-inch and 300
feet OF 15-inch vitriied pipe sewers and
1000 feet of 24-inch reinforced concrete
pipe sewers on Contract No. 1l2-S will be
received at the office of the Washington
suburban Sanitary Commission, Owens
A 4 ,1 Hyattssyille:, Maryland until 300
2 NJ. Eastern Standard Time, Wednesday
July Ia, 1910, at which place and time
they will be publicly opened and read
Plans and specifications may be obtained
from Harry r. Hall Chief Engineer of the
commission HyattSville, Maryland upon
deposit OF $500, which deposit will be re-
turned to bidders, or to those returning
plans and specifications in good condition.
PERRY BOSWELL, j. DONALD CLAGETT,
FRANK B. SMITH. Commissioners. jy2,9
COMMISSIONERS D C.. WASHINGTON,
July 9, 1910 Sealed proposals will be
received at Room SOC. District Building.
until 2 O'Clock pm. eastern standard
timel. July %. 1910, and then publicly
opened for repaving various roadways
n connection with Social Security and
Rallroad Retirement Board Buildings with
ABOUT $4,000 square yards of reinforced
cement concrete base course and about
$4,000 square yards of sheet asphalt pave
ment, or alternate Apply Room 427 Dis
trlct Building. for proposals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-09
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

PACKARD 1887 four-door sedan; 6-cyI.;
1929 1920 Flood Pontiac. 1921 Connecticut.
PLYMOUTH 1889 coupe; 5000, radio,
heater, performance and appearance like
ssntee r. GrosstoWn Motors. 1921 asdens-
cannot be told from new, push-button
radio, 1000 miles, one owner; new-car
Bisdensburs I'd. ne, 0 at n z. 0t aTs III Il
PLYMOUTH latest 1885 de luxe town Sc
dan; upholstery excellent. finish like new.
Crosstown Motors. 1921 Bladensburg I'd
ne, at N. Y. ave. Ii. 1872.
PLYMOUTH 1888 convertible coupe; i'm
G 3aGHiess saw No. d FS9d Pontiac 1921
PLYMOUTH 1888 de luxe 2-dr trunk Sc
dan; This is the popular ''RoadkinE'
model finished, in blue-black that adds
smartness. to this guaranteed Trew Value
car! Equipped with heater, good tires and
TREW MOTOR Co. 1926 i4th St. W v.
and 18th and Pa. ave. Sc. Our 26th year"
PLYMoUTHs FoRDs, CHEvRoLETs and
others, 1929 to 1895 models. SOB to S195;
terms as low as S5 down, 90 months to
pay Mid-city Auto e.. III , 18th &;
Soto-Plymouth dealer.
PLYMOUTH 1889 de luxe 2-door sedan;
exceptionally clean: one owner; guaranteed;
low price, easy terms; Mid-City Auto Co.,
tons Oldest f De sotoPi E oU2S dessT
PLYMOUTH 1899 4-dr touring sedan orr
sinal black finish, economical floating
power motor; low mileage by one owner. A
Packard value for only 1895; easiest terms,
PACKARD, oath and N sts. NV, RE 0145.
PLYMOUTH 1895 4-door sedan: finance
parties; s75. Adjuster, OK 2953,
PLYMOUTH 1897 de luxe 4-door touring:
5 81 hnish. nearly new tires, clean interior:
down months to 1n pay. EooAN SD MoTo 9s
3540 l4th st. NV. District 5631 No. II.
PLYMOUTH 1885 coupe black finish.
leather upholstery. best mechanical order
and tires; $3.50. 10co down. balance easy:
14th NV. 'l' D1. 5ss1 1H'ee' Io'AN' "'4o
PLYMOUTH 1885 r. s. coupe; clean as
can be: real bargain: 100 down takes
II aTaS &c foG 9AS dFEf It SCENT sssy !Si
Va. ave. NV ME. 2s1s
PLYMOUTH 1884 coupe; black; rumble
SEAT SEAT. l90Ss End runs fine; good rubber
18th and M. District 5S17.
PLYMOUTH 1896 d. !. -2-dr. trunk sedan;
radio, heater; has only had one owner and
me very best Of care; it is Just like brand
written guarantee SUPERIOR MOTORS,
1909 18th st. DU. 1900.
PLYMOUTH 1889 de luxe 2-dr sedan: ra-
do heater; almost brand-new real
vaiue at $500; written guarantee; best
1509-1l 14th st. NV. DU. 1900
PLYMOUTH 1893 de luxe touring coach;
you're going to learn a lot about automo-
PIE value when you see and drive this
black Plymouth: equipped with factory
bullt-in trunk, hydraulic brakes. Dating
power; Chernerized carries 3O-day guar
antee; reduced to S479
CHERNER MOTOR CO,
1871 Fla. Ave. NV. Hobart 5000.
PONTIAC. 1899 coupe; 6-cyl: low miles;
immaculate; $3.50. Flood Pontiac, 1921
Connecticut. WO s401
$500. Flood Pontiac, 1921 Connecticut
WO. S401.
PONTIAC 1888 coupe; black: reconditioned;
go-oay written guarantee; only S449: 10E
gown, balance easy. LOGAN, 18th and
NJ. District 5s17
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STORES FOR RENT.

CORNER STORE. SUITABLE FOR SHOE
shop, barber shop tailor shop, $25 mo.
80 18th st. Sc. Lincoln 1928.
ABOVE sos F ST. NW.--SUITABLE FOR
most any business. Floor space I5I2x32;
display windows. Apply Room 10.
NICE REAR STOREROOM SPLENDID
light, good business location: rent. $50
per mo- 3l66 Mt, Pleasant st.
2102-2104 R. l. AVE NE.-2 STORES
in new condition. Call OWNER, NO. 05l9.
so ST N.W.-NEW BUILDING IN
thriving white business section; S55.
EN-. S10S
SHOWROOM; COMMUNICATING WITH
warehouse 60 IT. square and suite of
offices; automatic oil heat; adaptable to
great variety of enterprises. We are liqui-
dating air-conditioning business and must
Sublet. VIII make attractive price to right
tenant. LEE D. BUTLER AIR CONDI-
TIONING. 1119 21st st. NV. DI OHIO.
1917 GEORGIA AVE.
Large store. Desirable location Rent
reasonable. THOS. E. FARRELL CO., MA.
0765.
1907 KENI,WoRTH AVE. NE.
Large store in popular suburban COM
munlty; ideal for tailor, shoemaker or
IaunGry. Rent, SO.
ROBERT w. SAVAGE.
Sl3 Union Trust Bldg. Ma $500.
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OFFICIAL. NOTICES

COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF
columbia, June 30, l940.-A public hear
ing having been held on June II, 1910.
by the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia in the matter of closing a blind
aley : feet wide in Square 257l and the
SAD Commissioners being satisfied as to
tne equity, Justice and ACCESSIBILITY of said
closing, and that the same would not be
ae.eIflmental TO the public interests nor to
me interests OF abutting property owners
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the said
commissioners have prepared the follow
ing order: Ordered: That pursuant to the
provisions Of Public Act No 3O7. approved
December, Is. 1882. the blind alley feet
wide in the. rear of lots 40, Al and as in
square 257l, Is hereby ordered CLOSED.
same same 70 take effect on and after August l,
ib II 18th the alley area so closed being shown
surveyor OF the District of Columbia and
numbered as Map 1864. the title to the
Iand comprised in said area so closed to
revert to the AUDITING property owners as
SHOWN on said map" ANY and all parties
interested must file objections if any in
writing, to said closing within thirty (3OJ
Gays after the date of this publication:
otherwise said order shall become effective
on August lSt 1910, and the alley area
as herein described, shall or and after
Sald cate become closed in accordance with
me PROVISIONS OF said act. MELVIN c.
HA1EN JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG, DAVID
MecCoAsCH, Jrs Commissioners of the Dis
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