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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Many Carolinas Firms
Given Army Contracts

WASHINGTON, July 49, up -
The War department announced
award of the following contracts to
North and South Carolina com
panies:
Southern Electric Service Co.,
Charlotte, pumping equipment at
Fort Bragg, 500.
P. T. Withers, Gastonia, booster
pumping station at Fort Bragg, S.
400.
Marshall Field and Co., Spray,
cotton sheets, $'0,456.
Raglan Knitting Co., Inc, Thorn
asville, cotton socks, $9,780.12.
Marshall Field and Co., Spray,
undershirts, $88, 125.
Leaksville Wooden Mills, Inc,
Charlotte, undershirts, $59,500.
The Corbitt Co., Henderson, %
four-ton trailers, $3O,424.5S.
Southern Weaving Co., G~reenville,
webbing, $751; 60.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
791,425 PUPILS

RALEIGH, July 13.-R-The
average daily attendance of
North Carolina public schools
reached an al,-time high record
of 791,425 during the 1939-4O
school year, Lloyd Griffin, Sec
rotary of the state school COM
mission, said today.
The total compared with the
previous record of 790,927 last
year.
High schools gained in aver
age daily attendance from 49,
802 last year to 1873, 606. The ele-
mentary schools, meanwhile,
showed a sharp drop, from 615,-
125 last year to 607,819.
One reason for the elementary
school drop, Griffin said, was
that fewer babies were born dur.
ing the depression.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
U. S. BUILDS UP
ARMS MATERIALS
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tCOHtllueO from rage .One)
and industry, with "full white
house support" were "getting
things done"
He described the prospects for
ample stocks of all kinds as gen.
orally more hopeful than we an
ticipated six weeks ago when this
commission was appointed by the
President"
While his report presented an
optimistic picture of the industrial
side of the defense program, in
dications cropped up that the ar
my's plans for getting the nee.
essary man power would run into
considerable opposition.
Despite testimony from Gen.
George c. Marshall, the army chief
of staff, that enactment of a con-
scription law was Immediately es'
sential to defense, Senators Norris
Gnd-Neb), Holt D-MVa) and Lun-
deem (Fl-Minn) said they would
oppose such a step. Several other
senators indicated opposition. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Almazan To Challenge y
Mexico Vote Results

MEICO CITY, July 13.-R-
Gneral Juan Almazan, indepen-
dent candidate for president, OBJ
tanned an injunction tonight to pre-
vent future raids by federal agents
on his Offices and Mexicans ner-
vously wondered how the twin
claims on the presidency. would be
settled.
Followers of Almazan have indi-
Gated they will challenge the Off
cial tabulation, which the admins
tration's revolutionary party de-
clares gave its candidate, General
Manuel Avila Camacho, 80 per cent
of the vote in last Sundays bloody
election. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
BRITISH FIGHTERS
DOWN Il GERMANS
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Continued from Page One)
| filters twice had raided detectives on
German-held soil.
Despite adverse weather, 1t said,
Damage was caused and many fires
were started" by British bonner
raidirg Nazi naval bases at Emden
and Kiel last (Friday) night.
Daylight Attacks.
daylight attacks have today beer
carried out by u bombers On the
airdrome at Brussels, on ~obJectlves
at Monheim in the Rhineland and
on concentrations of barges on the
| Bruges-Ostend canal" it added. AL
our aircraft returned safely"
Summing up the results OF
weeks air attack, British authorl
ties said the Germans had lost more
than 81, 900, 900 worth of aircraft
and had inflicted only slight" dam
age on shipping, the British Achilles
heel. They counted nearly four-score
downed German warplanes as the
weeks bag" for British air de
lenses.
1.-THE German high command com
muniques are systematically mini
MIXING German air losses" an au
thoritative British source comment
ed.
Britain is adding 1000 men a day
to her armed forces in a high-speec
mobilization program and answering
the German air blows with her oWr
raids on German war industries, all
bases and communications systems
The total of modified British mel
rose tonight to more than 5,SOO,OO'
as 800, 900 men answered a new cal
to the colors. The latest class il
drawn from 80 year olds. Two 9th
ers will be called this month. ont
next Saturday and the other a weel
later.
Early in August all Dutchmen IL
Britain who have registered for mill
tary service also will put on Brit
ish uniforms.
War and preparations for h ex
pected battle-ground in these island
meanwhile wrought deep changes II
the weekend to which the average
Briton has tried to cling with bull
dog tenacity. Work in many fac
tories and government offices neve
ceases.
Travel Restricted
Even for those with time an
means, travel is restricted, cheal
weekend excursions are cancelled
and sunny south coast beaches ar
now defense zones banned to bath
ers.
Celebrating on the air ministr.
communique, authorized sources sal
about 20 tons of heavy bombs wer
dropped on docks, factories and OF
storage plants at Emden, causing
MANY fires and explosions.
At Kiel, bombs were said to hav
burst on both sides of the canal an
in Belgium, these sources said, tn
British raiders bombed the Brussel
airdrome and a concentration o
barges on the Bruges-Astend canal
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
RULLITT REPORTS
ON FRENCH SCENE
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Paris after Germans occupied the
citv ,June IA, the sunburned Ameri.
can envoy declared that reports he
had been held incommunicado for
several days were absolutely I'm.
true"
All members of the embassy staff
were able to move about the occu-
MED region with complete freedom,
Bullitt said.
"Al American institutions re.
manned open and the American hos.
pital did magnificent work in car.
ing for hundreds of wounded among
whom were some Germans"
Bullitt reported that from the
time of removal from ClermontFer-
rand, the last previous capital, until
his departure for Spain last Thurs
day, the American embassy was es-
tablished in a hotel on top of a
mountain two hours by automobile
from Vichy.
On Thursday, however, a house
was found for it in town, located,
by coincidence, on the Boulevard
des Etats Unis, Omitted States boule-
vard).
French reaction to the British
French naval action at Oran, AL
geria, was violent" because the
French had not expected such a
thing could happen, he reported.
On the other hand, he said, there
rerc-ined wide friendliness for the
United States because the French
felt that America had dealt honestly
with France throughout.
Bullitt conferred here privately to-
day with Anthony J. Drexel Biddle,
Jr, ambassador to the Polish gov
ernment-in-exile, and Alexander
Weddell, ambassador to Spain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
UNIONS TO BACK
NATIONAL DEFENSE
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be the means of bringing labor to.
gether again.
cat least" the secretary declared,
"it holds out that hope.
Early pointed out that the labor
policy advisory committee was not a
group which had been called together
by the President. 1t was organized
recently through the efforts of Sid
ney Hi,lman, a CLIO leader who is a
member Of the National Defense COM
mission in charge of training work
ers, and D. W. Tracy, chairman of
the executive board of the AFL's
electrical workers, who has just
taken office as second assistant Sec
rotary of labor.
Members of the committee have
expressed belief that it may be able
to help adjust many of labor's griev-
ances without strikes.
Neither William Green, president
of the American Federation Of Labor,
nor John L. Lewis, head of the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations, is
a member of the committee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
II Road ALLEGATIONS
For Parkway Approved

RALEIGH, July 1s.-R-Federal
ALLEGATIONS, totaling 1880, 900 and
affecting IL projects on the North
Carolina section Of the Blue Ridge
Parkway were announced today by
Frank L. Dunlap, chairman of the
State Highway and; Public Works
commission.
Dunlap said he had just received
official confirmation of the alloca-
lions from A. E. Demaray, acting
director of the National Park serv.
ice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Cable Briefs
Fo--:T DE FRANCE, Martiniqu

j. 3. -R- The French line
steamer Cuba arrived here this
morning with 70 passengers from
Casablanca, French Morocco
which she left before the French
German arllistice.
Martinique is under virtual
blockade by British patrol boats.
GIBRALTAR, July 13.-RHHun-
dreds of Gibraltar families recent
ly transferred to French Morocco
are returning to their homes.
Officials said that "circumstan-
ces" had arisen necessitating their
mediate withdrawal from Mo
rocco.
VlCHY, France, July 13.-RE
Jean Yharnegaray, Frances new
minister 'for yout' and family"
ar ,ounced tonight he would sup
press professional So orts in France.
He named Jean Borotra, the for
mer Davis cup +~~nis player, to
direct. I'-ateur sports services.
SAT JOSE, Coasta a, July 10.
-REA United States military mis-
sion arrived today to instruct the
Costa Riccn army in the United
States policy of contin~ ntal defense.
LONDON, July 49, The to-
tai of 32-year-old Britons drafted
today was 1922, 597, with only 1,649
conscientious DIRECTORS, the small
est proportion yet.
iDEN, Arabia, July 13.-En-
envy planes bombed Alden today
and killed two natives and wound
ed a British soldier. Damage was
not heavy.
BERLIN, July 13.-Via Ra-
dio)-Lieut. Gen. Ernst Udet, CHIEF
of the German air forces techni.
cal department and most famous
Of Germany's surviving World wal
fiers, has received the Knights
Cross of tie Iron Cross, the Ger
man wireless reported tonight.
MADRID, July 13.-National'
list Spain mourned today the mai
l it regards as a martyr to its cause.
, Jose Calvo Sotelo.
BELEM, Brazil, July 13- Up =
!: The United States destroyers Wake
and Wainwright sailed southwark
from this port tonight. Their DIES
/ tination was not announced.
CHUNGKING, July 13-LR-The
Chinese press generally differed to
night with Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek's optimistic view of thu
=, United States attitude toward thu
, Orient, and some papers openl,
criticized America for tn frs
time.
; ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, July 1;
5tR-Coastal batteries and anti
; aircraft guns drove Italian plane
away from Alexandria today. Thu
air raid alarm lasted only a few
5 minutes.
; RIGA, Latvia, July - So
Wet Russian propaganda was in
tensifed with speeches and parade:
today in preparation for parlia
mentary elections tomorrow in Lat
via, Estonia and Lithuania-elec
tons expected to be preludes tt
drawing the Baltic states into the
III. S. S. r.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
ACCEPTS

BURLINGTON, July 13- Up -
Brigadier General George W. Nc
liver, Washington, D. c., retired
commander of the 161st Infantry
Brigade, will be one of the key
figures at the annual reunion of
North Cardinals Wildcats here on
July 2O-21. -.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Three In Family Die
In Bus-Auto Collision

GREENSBURG, Pa, July 13.-R
A family of three was killed and
IL persons injured today in the col
lislon of an automobile and a bus
(Greyhound) on the Lincoln highway
one mile west of this western Penn.
%sylvania community.
The dead were Samuel H. Call.
thorp, s., his 63-year-old wife, and
their son, Merrill Callthorp, 80, all
Of Greensburg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

Words cannot express my lasting
gratitude for the many tokens and
acts of love shown since the death
of my beloved husband, Lindsay
Stanton Mahoney.
Bobbie Mahonev.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Tam Bowie Defeated
In Ashe Convention

JEFFERSON, July 49, @ w.
D. Austin, former state senator, de-
feated Tam Bowie for the demo.
cratic nomination for the house. in
today's Ashe county convention.
Austin received 1852 votes of the
,225 from the county's 10 townships
and Bowie received 60.
From 1919 to 1925 Austin served
as county chairman of the party.
He was elected representative in
1926 and senator in 1888.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
BRITAIN and ERE
REACH AGREEMENT
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(COntInued from Page Une)
far only an occasional branch has
been placed here and there.
Automobile owners have been
asked not to park their cars in
running condition, but nightly
along O'Connell street one sees
unattended automobiles with mo.
tors running.
Recruiting goes on, but many of
those who have signed up are with
out equipment.
Broomsticks r being used for
drilling.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-02
A GOOD PEACH THE
APPLE OF A MANS EVE

Even when cheap, fresh peaches
are a treat to use in our cooking
They have such a flavor and al
ways give the impression of eat
ing luxurious foods. Sliced for
breakfast or in a shOrtcake they
are the apple of many mans eye
and the core of his heart.
Peach DumpIings
u cup milk
large soft peaches
Butter the size OF an egg.
l cup flour
level teaspoons baking powder
II teaspoon salt
Sift together the dry ingredients
and with the fingers mix in thor
Oughly a piece Of butter and add
the milk. Roll out and cut in
pieces to cover fruit. Have dough
Just moist enough to be able to
handle it.
Make a sauce of / cup sugar;
butter the size of a large egg; 2
cups water. Boil. and while boil
ing drop in dumplings. Then
place in oven about half an hour,
or longer if necessary Serve hot
with cream. 1t is also good cold.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-02
Observation-Disclosures

cream TO custard-Iike consistency
and fold into chilled mixture. Then
freeze in freezing unit Of refrigera-
tor until half frozen. Scrape from
freezing tray. Beat until smooth
but not melted. Replace in freez-
ing tray unit until frozen. Serves
6.
Magic Chocolate Sauce
square unsWeetenc6 chocolate
I 1-3 cups Il cam sWeetened
condensed milk
Is teaspoon salt
IL to I cup hot water
Melt chocolate in top Of double
boiler. Add sweetened condensed
mix and stir over rapidly boiling
wafer 5 minutes until mixture
thickens. Remove from heat. Add
salt and hot water, amount depend
ing on the consistency desired
Serve with ice cream. May be
kept in refrigerator for future use
Makes to 2 IL cups.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-02
BURBERRY TOAST

Using either the fresh or frozen
blueberries - try this dessert for
your family some time soon.
Burberry Toast
l quart blueberries
l cup sugar
IL teaspoon salt
1-2 teaspoon lemon juice
French toast.
Put l quart of carefully picked
over and washed blueberries to
boil with the sugar, lemon juice
and salt. Cook for 10 minutes and
pour into a baking dish. Arrange
sufficient slices of French toast to
form a layer over the blueberries.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar and
a light grating of nutmeg, and
brown in quick oven. Serve hot
with either your favorite hard
sauce or whipped cream.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-02

Cakes are at their best on the
lay OF baking, but if stored cor
cectly remain fresh several days.
Place cake in alright container.
such as a cake safe, and keep in
a cool place-not the refrigerator.
Cake remains moist longest when
frosted. Cakes containing fruit,
brown sugar. or honey are noted
for their keeping qualities.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-02

Got the timer" a stranger ask
ed John w. Smith Of Columbus, o.
v men Smith took his watch from
his pocket the man grabbed it and
fled
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-02

To place batter in pans: pour in
the center of prepared layer Of
loaf cake pans and spread evenly
to the edges. Or, place spoonsful5
of the batter in creased muffin
pans. Never fill the pans more than
tWO-thirds full
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-02

You can plan a month of Sun
days" that will go like the wind
even if you are the chief cook. For
ice cream served Sundae fashion
marks red letter days on the menu
calendar
This magic treat needn't faze the
most budget-minded hOusekeeper.
Six generous servings of satin
smooth ice cream, with never a
trace of an ice crystal can be made
by failure-prOOf recipes from one
cup of cream and 2-3 cup of sweet
ened condensed milk. This creamy
triumph needs only one stirring
while freezing, so it's an easy treat
200 And, with the help of the re-
frigeratOr, it can be made before
hand, so that you will have time
for a late afternoon rest or beauty
treatment, or for a few sets of ten
mis-. Serve it with fresh fruit or
sweet sauce a magically creamy
triumph that everybody will en-
JOY.
Vanilla Ice Cream
(Automatic refrigerator methOd)
2-3 cup sweetened condensed
milk.
IL cup water
l IL teaspoons vanilla
l cup whipping cream.
Mix sweetened condensed milk,
water. and vanilla. Chill. Whip
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-02
OHIO SOON u

Ohio Brown, well known colOred
blind man, will have a birthday
anniversary on Wednesday, Aug. 7.
Ohio says he will be 72 years old
on that date
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-02
VACATION TRIP

W. c. Robinson. manager of the
R. & G. Annex, is on a vacation
with his wife and little son. They
are visiting the parents of Mrs.
Robson, Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. James
at Dayton, Ohio
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-02

The head of a doll measuring
nearly two inches across was found
in the crop of an eagle killed near
Orachook, N. G.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-02
Corn Fritters

/ C. raw corn, grated from cob
l egg, well-beaten
p c. flour
70 tsp. baking powder
Salt.
Fry by spoOnfuls on hot, well.
creased griddle.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-08-02
DREAMED SPINACH
IA peck spinach
IL teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
Is teaspoon nutmeg
l tablespoon butter
2 teaspoons flour

Pick over and wash spinach
thoroughly. Add salt and cook I'M
til tender Do not add water. Chop
the spinach very fine. Melt the
butter in pan, add the flour and
stir constantly until mixture thick
ems. Combine with the chopped
spinach, add the pepper and nut
meg and serve.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-18

than ever. And. of course. no one
ever hears any more about lAln-
aged currency. But, for some rea-
son, we go on buying gold at S35
an ounce. although the reasons
have vanished.
The greav question then is -
are we doing ourselves any harm
by this? The answer must be yes.
First of all, we are inflicting a
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-18
Relief ChiseIers
Brought to Book
By State Agents

SACRAMENTO, April Is. CUP
investigators for the state con-
trol,cr's office have filed 81 Grimm
Il complaints since the first Ot
the year III cases of alleged CHS
e..a-" en- rehcf allotmcntS. Con-
trollc, Harry B. Riley announced
today
Most aa9raH; violation in tho
list Vas IT, ease OF a negro couple
Vro rccc3lea 500 from the SRA
=. for support for themselves and
elcM children during a 81 month
pcuod. While a l5-year-od son
who Va, Included IN tho relief bud
eet-Wa> employed by motion
pIcutrc stHd.o and earned S2l5O
dMnl tia time.
II mos eases comparatively
small amount OF money is involved
and ordinarily sentence Is suspend
ed upon agreement OF the con-
veted Nc~>oa 10 make restitution Of
amounts illegally received. Riley
SAID.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-18
Riley Turns Down
Expense Claims by
State Officials

SACRAMENTO, April H. 0of,
-Expense claims for out-of-State
trips made by three state offlclaiS
were rejected by State Controller
Harry B. Riley today on GROUNDS
the travelling was not on state BUS
mess.
Claims refused were filed by Hers
on Hcffcrnan. chief of the DIVISION
of elementary education, $l8l.8l
to attend a conference Of the asa
sociation of school administrators
in st. Louis; Aubrey A. Douglass
S1193O. to attend the ST Louis
meeting and also a convention OF
the association of Junior colleges.
and John S. Lay. $8285, to attend
the annual shareholders meeting
of the western Loan and Bullolh8
company in Salt Lake City.
Building and Loan Commissioner
Ralph Evans said the building ana
loan company agreed to reimburse
the state for Lays Salt Lake Clty,
trip but Riley held there was no
authority for the state to advance
the money
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-18

terrible injury upon foreign coun-
tries. Their money troubles have
much to do with their economic
troubles, which are at the bottom
of their wars.
Second. taking their gold this
way tends to make them establish
trade barriers in order to cut
down the extent of their buying
here. Because if they lose gold
both by buying and by our gold
drainage, they will soon have none.
But most serious is the prospect
of what will happen when for
eign gold reserves, after another
two or three years, become even
more seriously depleted. The only
| effect will be a currency crisis
which we have deliberately Gre
ated because we are unwilling to
look crazy policy straight in the
face and correct it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-18
Arizona Protests
|ckes RuIinq

PHOENIX. April 18 GUPD--Gov.
R. T. Jones today protested ruling
by Secretary of Interior Harold
Ickes that rental fees must be paid
by moving picture companies on To-
cation on any land under iuriS-
dlction Of the department Of In
terror
The governor said IckcS' ruling
might prove serious setback to
the rapidly expanding activities of
Hollywood move companies in Ari-
zona.
IckeS advised Jones the rental for
government lands would range
from $50 day for cast of five
persons to $500 a day for casts of
more than 25 persons.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-18
Sheriff Puzzled
As Saws Appear

PHOENIX April 18 oUPp--Sher-
lff Lon Jordan today WAS seeking
To learn where Jay Baldwin, state
prison convict now in the county
jail 10 testify al A current trial,
Eets his seemingly unlimited supply
of haCk5aW blades
Two weeks ago. Baldwin and two
other cOnvlctS were surprised in an
attempt to saw their way out of
tho jail. Several hacksaw blades
Wero found concealed in their cells.
When BALDWIN returned to Phocn-
tx again yesterday to testify At
another trial. jordan shook him
Gown and found three more
blades
Baldwin had sccreted two Of
her II III" '. or of his cap and
one IN his trou5cr pockets
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-18
Conyicts Silent
About Stabber

FLOPENCE. April IL rUPD
Twenty five prisoner IN the hospital
ward at the Arizona state prison
TODAY Sullenly refused to squeal'
On the fellow convict who fatally
stabbed Clyde Benson, 33-year old
Yavapai county bank robber, in
the darkened room Sunday night
Warden Gene Shute said Grim
nal code Of honor" among inmates
of BensOnS cellblOck was hindcring
his investigation
Benson. described ~ bolligcrent
prisoner by guard. Va knIfc>l to
death mystcrioualY Sunday night.
A convict with whom Benson
fought shortly before hla stabbing
has been cleared Of blame. officials
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-18
Captain Reveals
Mail Seizure

HOBOKEN, N. j. April Is. up
Capt. Jan Wepster. master ot
the Holland America liner Volen-
dam. said today that the British al
southampton had seized all man
ABOARD the vessel which had been
sent from German or Dutch points
TO the United States
Wepster said the seizure Aprll
g. totaiing 703 bags. was tic first
such action by the British in the
1our round trips the Volendam had
mace since the start of the war
lhr ship docked here today.
The skipper said he sighted a
dozen mines in the North Sea off
the Belgian coast. considerably
moro than usual. and had to pro-
ceed cautiously, anchorlng at night
and travelling only in daylight.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-18
Maritime Unions
Asked TO Par|ey

SAN FRANCISCO. April ls CUP,
The Shipowners ASSOCIATION oi
the Pacific today invited repre-
sentatives Of all maritime union.
to a meeting to discuss tho dispute
with CIO radio operators which
led tho association 10 cancel 1t,
contract with the CIO union.
Word was received Of the tIeup of
another steam schooner. the West
Planter OF the Mccormick line
at San Pedro. as the American
Communications Association. the
CIO unit, challenged the right Of
the steam schooner operators to
cancel the contract on short no.
tlcc.