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Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-02
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Il EpoR7ER

Was That Nice?-
An Ell Centran was standing
beside a friend, Guy Mayer of
Encanto, in front of the monkey
cage in the San Diego ZOO.
They watched the two big 60
rillas for a while, then Mayer said
Nov that you've brought me
here suppose you tell me which
one is Wendell Willkie and which
one is Franklin Roosevelt
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-02
Port 'PuIverized'
BV Britt Sh Bomb
Attack is Claim
More Than 100 Maxi Cities. Towns Feel
Fury Of English Airmen; Munitions
Bases. AirfieIds Among Detectives

LONDON, Aug 2. CUP Authorized British quarters
claimed today that British raidsextended to than
100 German cities and towns-had pulverized Hamburg
time and time again. leaving Germany's greatest port
and second largest city "praccally in ruins" and the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-02

Butter: Los Angeles 29isc; but
terfat, Imperial Valley I. o. b. ranch.
grade A 381ac; manufacturing milk
S2lsc; route gathered cream 28isc.
L. A. hay: u. S. No. 1 $500
U. S. No. 2 leafy $11.50-$l2; us. No.
2 $S.50-1O; Mpls. September flax,
S1.52h.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-02

Total cash, checks and drafts sent
through the two FL Centre banks.)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
SMITH WILL MAKE
FIFTH TO ENTER

RALEIGH.-Willis Smith, Ra-
leigh attorney, said Monday he
definitely intended to enter the
North Carolina gubernatorial
race and would make a formal
announcement NEAR the end of
the week..
Smiths entry would swell the
number of Democratic candidates
to five, the largest in the states
history. The announced candi-
dates are J. M. Broughton, Ra-
leigh lawyer; Lieut.. Gov. w. P.
Horton, of Pittsboro; former State
Senator Lee Gravely, of Rocky
Mount, and Revenue Commits
sioner A. J. Maxwell, of Raleigh.
A statement also is expected
this week from Paul Grady, of
Kenly, who ran unsuccessfully
for lieutenant governor in 1886,
and for utilities commissioner in
1888.
Plans Conference
Grady said he expected to con-
fer some time during the week
with friends in western North
Carolina, and that the outcome of
the conference would determine
whether he would enter the gu
bernatorial field.
Grady already has held several
conferences here with DR.. Ralph
w. Mcdonald, of Winston-Salem,
who ran for governor in 1886,
and other eastern North Carolina
supporters.
Two other men frequently
mentioned as possible candidates,
Representative w. E. Fenner, of
Rocky Mount, and Mayor Thomas
E. Cooper, of Wilmington, have
kept their plans secret.
Fenner said today he still had
not made up his mind whether
he would run, and added he had
no idea when he would announce
whether he would enter the field.
Mayor Cooper apparently is stick
ing by a statement he made ear
ly last year-that if he ran he
would be the last to announce.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
BRITISH filters BOMB
INTERIOR OF GERMANY

LONDON Great Britain dis
closed officially Sunday her air
men had bombed and reconnoit-
cred far inside German territory
in the give-and-take aerial war
fare raging back and forth across
the North Sea.
Apparently in retaliation for
several successive days of flight
by German planes over the Bri-
fish Isles. royal air force planes
dropped six bombs on row of
lights believed to have been a
path of flares to guide German
aircraft in Rantum Bay on the
Island of Sylt, Germany's great
seaplane base in the North Sea.
In the meantime, the British
have checked the German raids
on her ships and have the coun-
try we'll blockaded. There has
been very little fighting on the
western front, too. Mainly artil-
4ery fire which has not amounted
= to much. Both sides seem to be
waiting for spring before launch
ing an extensive offensive attack.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Here and There
ARMED PLOT AGAINST
UNITED STATES FOOLED

NEW YORK.-A plot to over.
throw the United States with
bombs and other arms-some
looted from the arsenals of the
army itself-was charged against
18 members of the "Christian
Front" who were arrested and
accused of revolutionary inten-
tons.
The 18 men were charged spe-
officially with conspiracy to Gre
ate a revolution and overthrow
the government.
J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the
federal bureau of investigation,
siad they intended to- bomb and
shoot their way to power and set
up a government similar to Hit
ler's dictatorship over nazi Ger
many.
The plot, he said, was aimed
against Jews generally and in
volved seizure of key government
agencies such as federal reserve
banks, post offices and vital pub
lie utilities.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
MEN AND MUNITIONS
POUR INTO FINLAND

COPENHAGEN.-Men and mu-
nitions are pouring into Finland
and the most effective aid in her
fight against Soviet Russia is
being given by Scandinavian
countries.
Despite governmental attitudes
CT neutrality, citizens and Off
Gals of these neighboring nations
openly assert Finland is fighting
a common cause in preventing
the westward sweep of commu-
niSm.
Neutral observers estimate that
more than 5000 Swedish volun-
teers already are on Finnish sol
in addition to several hundred
NCrwegians. Last Thursday, Cop
enhagen sources disclosed that
the first company of Danish vol
unteers had landed in Finland.
In Norway and Denmark, re-
cruiting is not being carried or
openly but willing volunteers ex-
perience no difficulty in learning
where to apply for service un-
der the Finnish colors.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

'His character and moral atti-
tude are unsurpassed, and above
all he has at heart the best in
terests of the American people"
said Senator Reynolds.
Both North Carolina senators
made it plain that they were not
committed to any candidate for
the Democratic nomination but
their attitude exemplified the
general feeling among both ibe-
raj and conservative Democrats
in Congress regarding the man
who, according to all the dope,
will be President Roosevelt's
choice for nomination if he is not
a candidate.
The views OF the two North
Carolina senators also to a large
extent expresses the sentiment in
the House delegation. A poll of
the delegation last spring showed
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Britain Protests
Neutral ZOning

LONDON, Jan. 15.-Great Bri-
tain today rejected the Americas
neutrality zone as ineffective"
reserved her belligerent rights in
the area and warned that eric
ton" would result if attempts
are made to penalize British war
ships for exercise of their
rights.
In note to the president OF
Panama, who acts as the repre-
sentative of the Fl American ma
tons which proclaimed the 800
mile wide neutrality zone at Pa
mama last October, Britain said
her acceptance of the proposal
would depend upon assurance il
would not afford a "vast sane
tuary" for German warships.
Answers Protest
The note was in answer to the
protest of the American republics
of December % at the battle OF
Punta del Este off Uruguay, in
which three British cruisers
drove the German pocket battle.
ship Admiral Graf Spec into re.
fuge at Montevideo.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
On Battle Fronts
REDS BOMB SEVERAL
TOWNS IN FINLAND

HELSINKI.-Fires ragged Mon
day in almost dozen Finnish CT
ties after soviet air raids which
officials described as the heaviest
Of the war.
Communications were Interrupt
ted in many places as bombers
reared over in unprecedented
numbers.
Several communities near Hell
sinki sent urgent appeals for fire
fighting help.
Cities bombed were the south
west coast port Of Hanko, Tam
misaari, Riihimaki, Karjaa, Lob
ja, Lappvik and dozen others.
Casualties were believed to be
heavy.
Three hundred bombs were re-
ported to have been dropped on
Rajamaki, and $50 were said to
have rained on Karjaa. Both CT
ties are in southern Finland.
Twenty houses were destroyed
in Tammisaari, coastal city about
so miles west of Helsinki, and
fires were burning there and in
HankO.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS
MOBILIZE FOR WA r

BRUSSELS.-The Belgian gov
eminent ordered almost complete
mobilization. bringing her armed
strength up to about 100000 men
and civilians began an exodus
from border provinces this week
as disturbing reports were re-
ceived of new concentrations of
German attack troops.
The Netherlands simultaneous
ly took new defense measures,
cancelling all army leaves be-
cause of "less favorable symp-
toms in the international situa-
ton.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Gaines Is Elected
AS Baptist Head

RALEIGH, Jan. 15.-Dr. Louis
S. Gaines, of Lexington, tonight
was elected president of the
general board of the Baptist
State convention at a meeting
here.
The board reelected C. B.
Deane, of Rockingham, as secre-
tary. DR.. Gaines succeeds Rev,
B. A. Morris of Durham.
M. A. Higgins, of Raleigh, gen.
eral secretary of the Baptist
State convention, reported that
receipts last year were 04,206.-
05, compared with $499, 1929. He
said that all obligations and COM
mitments had been met, but that
the cash balance was less than
on December 81, 1888.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Hull Favored For President
By Cardinals Two Senators

Both Senator Josiah w. Bailey
and Senator Robert r. Reynolds
have tossed bouquets at Sec
rotary of State Corde1l Hull and
left little doubt but they will be
glad to support him for the Dem
ocratic presidential nom nation.
With Washington overlooking
with reports that President
Roosevelt has decided to support
Secretary Hull as his successor,
the North Carolina senators were
asked their views of the tall, dig
nified Tennesseean. They respon-
ded with flowing praise of a flo
very nature.
Senator Bailey said Secretary
Hull would be perfectly accept
able to him as the 1910 Demo-
cratic presidential nominee and
expressed the opinion that he
would receive the warm support
of Democrats like Senator Har-
ry Byrd, of Virginia; Senator Pc
ter Gerry, of Rhode Island, and
other conservatives.
"Mr. Hull is a fine man and
his standing as a Democrat and
American citizen is all that could
be DESIRED" Bailey asserted. my
high admiration fer Cordell Hull
goes back to when we served in
the Senate and our desks were
close together"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Brief Review OF State National During The Past Week
nations history.

nations history.
Newspapers and radio stations
already had announced the APP
pointment of General Shunroku
Hata, retiring war minister, and
his home was thronged with
friends extending their congratu-
lations when Yonai's designation
was disclosed in an official an
nouncement.
The news astounded circles
close to the government, where
the appointment of an army lead
er was regarded as a virtual Ger
tainty.
The actual circumstances of
Yonsi's appointment were un-
known, but authoritative sources
said that 9O-year-old Prince Kin
elder statesmen, had made the
final selection.
The fact that Yonai has long
been known as "a strong advocate
of closer relations with the
United States and has a wide ac-
quaintance in American navy
circles was believed to have in
fluenced his appointment.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Political Front
LEE GRAVELY ENTERS
RACE FOR GOVERNOR

ROCKY MIL. Lee Gravely
of Rocky Mount formally entered
the gubernatorial race last Fri
day and pledged himself to a r.
point platform which included
planks opposing highway fund di-
version and the three per cent
sales tax.
Gravely was the fourth Demo
crat to enter the field. Others
are j. M. Broughton, Raleigh at
torney; Lieutenant Governor w.
P. Horton of Pittsboro; and A. J.
Maxwell of Raleigh, state reve-
nue. commissioner. Broughton
paid his sos filing fee today.
Horton and Maxwell had filed
previously.
Gravely, farmer and business
man who has served four terms
IN the state Senate, promised an
efficient business administra-
ton in which 100 cents worth of
value shall be received for every
dollar spent.
Without qualification, he went
on record as opposing highway
diversion-the transfer of money
from the highway fund to the
general fund.
Taxes paid for the construc-
ton and improvement of high
ways, less the necessary cost of
collection, must be used for that
purpose only" his platform said.
IF there is surplus of highway
funds over and above those that
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

strong Hull sentiment and this
has increased with the reports
that the President is backing his
secretary of state.
Representative Robert L.
Doughton, dean of the delegation,
has been singing Hull's praises
for months and has often stated
he was his choice for the 1910
Democratic nomination if Mr..
Roosevelt is not candidate.
Representative Lon Folger, N.
c. Democratic national commit
teeman, also has expressed high
regard for Secretary Hull.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
Z. S. RELIEF FUND
SENDS FINNS 100000

NEW YORK.-The Finish relief
fund this week sent to Finland
its sixth 100000 contribution
within five weeks for civilian aid
former President Herbert Hoover
national chairman, announced
He said reports showed more
than 100000 Firms had been NOV
ed from danger zones in large CT
ties to the safety Of rural areas
but that 100000 remained to be
cared for.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

can be efficiently used in the con-
struction and maintenance OF
roads, then we should have q
corresponding reduction in the
tax on gasoline or license tags"
His opposition to the sales tax,
while no less positive, was qua
lifted by the assertion that the
levy was an emergency measure
and could not, perhaps, be scut-
tied completely until the emer-
gency had subsidized.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
TAVERN OWNERS HORSE
is BIG BEER DRINKER

Columbus, Ohio.-Caesar, prize
brown and white horse owned by
Bill Boyer, Columbus tavern ope-
rator, is quite a beer drinker.
The horse drinks from a large
basin placed at the bar by his
owners. His drinking, however, is
limited to two glasses at a "sit-
ting"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
YONAI is DESIGNATED
AS JAPAN'S PREMIER

TOKYO-A Admiral Mitsumasa
Yonai, handsome, aristocratic ma
val chieftain, became premier of
Japan this week after one of the
strangest political dramas in the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18
MRS. HARTZOG WAS
BURIED YESTERDAY

Mrs. Lucinda Hartzog, wife of
j. A. Hartzog, of Obids died on
Monday at the age of "a.
Funeral service was conducted
at the home on Wednesday, by
Elder Worth Davis, and inter
ment followed in a nearby Gene
terry.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-18

On So unit demonstration
farms in Avery county, the acre
age of conserving crops jumped
from 4,516 acres in 1896 to S.
1886 acres during the year just
ended.
Evening star., 1940-07-04

easily be construed literally as en-
comprising offensive operations as
we'll as defensive operations along all
Of the western coast Of Europe now
occupied by Germany-including the
vital Channel ports OF France. An
other exception gave Germany and
Italy the right to use French naval
units "for protection of French inter-
ests in its (France's) colonial en-
pire" But it must not be forgotten
that Germany has no concern for
Frances interests except as they
affect Germany's war plans.
1t is tragic, of course, that events
should have precipitated the shock
ing spectacle of French and British
warships, so recently allied in a
common cause, engaging in mortal
combat. But for England to have
stood by supinely while French war
ships were being delivered into the
hands of an unscrupulous enemy,
whose record of treachery is noto-
rious, would have been beyond COM
prehension.
Evening star., 1940-07-04
The French Fleet

With her life at stake, it should
occasion little surprise that Britain
has taken steps" to insure that
none of the French fleet would be
turned against her by merciless foes
bent upon her complete destruction.
The British government long since
has ceased to have faith in any
of Herr Hitler's pledges-and with
good reason. The Reichs long list of
broken promises leading up to the
present conflict has shown the world
that Hitler's word is worthless.
Britain would have been gullible,
indeed, had she placed her trust in
the assurances of Germany and Italy
that French warships, when sur
rendered, would not be used in the
war on the British Empire.
The armistice terms left large loop
holes with respect to ultimate use of
French war vessels. There were
exceptions which Hitler could have
interpreted broadly to cover offensive
operations against the English isles.
It was provided, for example, that
certain portions of the French fleet
could be used "for the purposes of
guarding the coast and sweeping
mines" Coastal protection might
Evening star., 1940-07-04
Colonel Knox Approved

The Senate Naval Affairs Commit
tee is to be congratulated for it's
prompt action in approving the
nomination Of Colonel Frank Knox,
Republican candidate for the vice
presidency in 1886, as Secretary of
the Navy in President Roosevelt's
cabinet.
Principal basis of the opposition
to Colonel Knox grew out of the
contention that he is an "interven-
ZIONIST" When that charge had
been refuted by the nominee there
remained no ground upon which the
committee reasonably could have
rejected him, despite the effort of
some members to inject political
considerations into the discussion.
In all probability the nomination
of Colonel Knox, as we'll as that of
Henry L. Stimson as Secretary of
War, will be confirmed by the Senate.
Certainly their nominations should
be confirmed, for there has been
abundant evidence that men of their
caliber are urgently needed in the
cabinet.
Evening star., 1940-07-04

tangllng ourselves in European affairs.
Our own country needs all our thought
and attention.
Shameful fears of this bugaboo Hitler
are leading us into all kinds of follies
and vagaries. We are stirred up about
fifth column Germans among us, and
by our very hatred and suspicion of Ger
mans we are alternating from the Ameri-
can fold citizens of German descent who
are as good Americans as those of any
other race, but who are irritated by
the popular delusion so discreditable to
our own faith in ourselves that all
Americans of German blood love Ger
many more than they love America. The
pro-English and the French are Just
as unpatriotic Americans as the pro-
German. England and France are not
fighting our battles, but their own. They
are not fighting for us, but for them
selves. These countries never really
loved us. England tried to break up our
Nation in the Civil War. France helped
us in the Revolution because she was
at war with England.
Let us be pro-Americans, and pro-
nothing else, and mind our own busi-
ness. Hitler is not coming here. 1 fancy
he is going on longer journey one of
these days. We need fear ourselves more
than Hitler. CHARLES HOOPER.
San Francisco,
June %.
Evening star., 1940-07-04
Comments on Futility
OF Cackling Geese.
To the Editor of The Star:

I note that Senator Wheeler, when
asked to keep partisan politics out of
discussion of the appointment Of Messrs.
Stimson and Knox to the two important
cabinet posts, replied, when the day
comes that there is not some partisan
ship in the United States =. then we
will have dictatorship" This almost
stopped me for while, but Gen. Wey-
gand supplied an answer, reported to
have been given to garrulous prototype
of some of our Senators at recent meet
ing of the French cabinet. He said,
"Cackling geese may have saved the
capitol once; they will not save it a
second time" The correspondent con-
tinues: "Yet some geese continue to
cackle and party politics-which, it is no
exaggeration to say, has brought on this
tragedy-is not yet stifed."
Well, it is now definitely established
that cackling geese did not save the
French capital this time. All of which
leads me to an age-old dictur. De-
mocracy might be able to take care Of
its, avowed enemies if she could only be
saved from her cackling and alleged
friends. COMMON SENSE.
Juns a.
Evening star., 1940-07-04
Questions Wisdom Of
Congressional Attitudes.
To the Editor Of Thu Star.


have been in full accord with your
recent editorials on the gravity of the
European situation and the aheed for
prompt action on our part not only in
aiding the Allies but in preparing our
selves for defense And now with the
fall of France there is little we can do
except to defend ourselves, since it is
probably too late to help England ma
terially. even assuming there were no
opposition in Congress.
AS layman there are many things I
do not understand concerning congress
sional attitudes and outlooks.
For example:
Why such violent opposition by some
to any form of military training? No
one despises war more than I but I
have yet to find satisfactory answer to
the question of how we are to cope with
those who insist on fighting unless we
fight back. Under the circumstances
some form of military training for all
would be an excellent investment.
Why such strong opposition to j.
Edgar Hoover, one of the few Americans
OF whom we can be justly proud, and
his excellent work with the F. B. L.?
Why such opposition by some to doing
anything constructive, such as finger
printing of Aliens tapping of wires, get
ting rid of our known enemies or at least
rendering them Intellectual?
And why such opposition by some to
sending supplies to England? We can't
even sell few torpedo boats to England
without opposition by some in Congress.
Is this opposition based on fear of
offending Germany? The only real way
to keep from offending Germany is to
make ourselves stronger than she, for
Germany will strike where and when
1t furthers her plans If she thinks she
can get away with it. Or is it possible
there are fifth column influences at work
In Congress?
What can sthe average American cit
izen, wanting the best for his country
and willing to make sacrifices, do to
insure that there be unselfish leader
ship Of the first order to present facts
to the people and point the way, and to
insure that since our opportunities to
help the Allies have been wasted there
be more intelligent action and less
political talk among members of Con-
gress concerning our defense program?
How can one be sure of the right thing
to do when current issues are befuddled
or presented from purely selfish stand
point by our leaders; how can one know
what to believe?
There are many who would be willing
and eager to make sacrifices once they
were convinced Of the necessity for max
ing such sacrifices. G.H,
June 26