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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
Air Corps Obtaining
Ample Volunteers
For lighthouses
Other Hundreds Needed
Weekly, However, for
Expanding Forces
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
After encountering difficulties
earlier this year, the Army Air
Corps now is signing up an ample
number of volunteers for training
as flyers.
War Department officials reported
today that more than twice as many
young men as needed had qualified
to complete a class of 1000 fledgling
pilots who will start training jan
uary 2.
More than 2,l00 others will pro-
vide a backlog for another group
to enter scattered primary training
schools five week later.
But other hundreds of volunteers
between 20 and 81 must come for
ward weekly, officials said, to as
sure adequate numbers of flyers for
the rapidly increasing air forces.
May Lower Standards.
Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, deputy
chief of staff, has disclosed that the
possibility of lowering standards
was under consideration, including
the use of enlisted men as well as
youthful commissioned officers as
pilots.
A year ago there was threatened
shortage of applicants and the War
Department appealed for qualified
young men to fill beginning classes,
then numbering only 1885,
The shortage was ascrihed to the
fact that the colleges were the prin-
cipal recruiting grounds. and many
students wanted to finish the school
year before signing up as flying
cadets.
The Army then was undertaking
to provide 1905 pilots by mid-1s41.
Now, as part of the vast accelera-
ton of defense efforts, pilot train
ing is being steadily accelerated
toward a rate of 1000 a year, and
next summer the objective will be
raised to $4,000 or more.
Recruited Through Advertising.
An intensified recruiting cam
paign, employing advertising on a
national scale, is one explanation
of the existing surplus. Another
is that the training has not been
speeded up according to schedules.
The January class was to have
numbered 2,400, but had to be re-
duced because of delays in de-
livering training planes.
To qualify as flying cadets,
applicants must have at least two
years of college training or pass
equivalent examinations. Approx
mately 80 per cent of group of
1000 recently examined were &C
cepted, records indicated.
Elementary training is given in
Is civilian flying schools, whose
number is expected soon to be in
creased to q. Basic training is
received at three Army centers at
Randolph Field, Tex; Moffett
Field, Calf, and Maxwell Field,
Ala.
The advanced finishing touches
are given at Kelly Field, Tex, and
several recently added schools, and
the graduated pilots are commits
stoned as reserve officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23

Klerksdorp, South Africa, is light
ing all its streets to stop crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
White
Continued From First Page,)

native objective seriously discussed
by any ofiicial group of our organ
ization at any time"
"Yanks Not Coming"
Mr.. White said if he were making
a motto for the committee, 1t would
be "the Yanks are not coming" and
added I'VE could not equip them,
transport them and feed them If
they went"
I'VE have less than 100000 ready
and we need them worse at home
on the assembly belt line than we
need them in Europe" he said. "War
would defeat the first and last end
for which our committee is organ
lied, to defend America by aiding
Great Britain, and would bring on a
3o-year conflict.
THE 'Yanks are not coming be-
cause if they went to war they
would lose our cause. That is my
firm, unsuitable belief"
Mr.. White asserted that mot one
official utterance of our organiza-
ton has anything remotely sug-
gestive that we feel the only alter
native for American defense through
aid to Britain is war"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23

All Desirable Kind 8
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Thoroughly screened.
Delivered by open truck
or In bass as requested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
Original Cowgirl Of Stage
Is Killed in Motor Crash

By the Associated Press.
GUTHRIE, Okla, Dec. 23.-Miss
Lucille Mulhall, the original cow
girl" Of the stage, was killed In an
automobile truck collision yester-
day. She was Sc years old.
The accident occurred near her
ranch home to which she retired in
1917.
The car in which she was riding
was driven by Jean Breezley, As, of
Guthrie, who also was killed.
Miss Mulhall, once described by
President Theodore Roosevelt as the
worlds most expert horsewoman.
developed her skill on cowboy sports
as a girl.
When she was only 7, her father,
Col. Zach Mulhall, offered her all
the yearlings she could rope and
brand herself on the large Mulhall
ranch. 1t was not long before he
begged off on his bargain. Too
many calves, including 20 Of the
widest steers on the ranch, were
wearing the initials al. H."-the
girls personal brand.
AT IA she could break a bronco
and shoot a coyote at 500 yards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23

man and editor of the Cedar Rapids
Qowa) Gazette, said his newspaper
would defray the $4,000 cost of the
advertisements which say, I'VE can
not much longer compete alone
against the resources supporting the
William Allen White Committee to
Defend America by Aiding the
Allies"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23

Within few years she was winning
roping contests from some of the
Southwest's best cowboys.
1t was President Roosevelt who
suggested to her father that she go
on the stage. He had watched her
perform at reunion of his Rough
Riders"
She toured the country in vaude-
vile, with rodeo troupes and made
a tour of Europe, performing before
many royal boxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
District Man Is Sued
For $4,000 in Crash
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Dec. pa
$4,000 damage suit against Alvin
L. Wills of Washington has been
filed in Circuit Court by William H.
Gloyd of Gaithersburg, who claims
that amount as result of injuries
suffered in an automobile accident.
The suit declares Mr.. Gloyd was
seriously injured last June on Rock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
No Foreign War Group
Advertises for Support

NEW YORK, Dec. % (P.-Full-
page advertisements in so newspapers
throughout the Nation appeared to-
day as part of the 'last-ditch fight"
of the No Foreign War Committee
to help keep the United States out
of the European conflict.
Verne Marshall, committee chair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
Relief Drop Reported

The Social Security Board report
ed yesterday that November out
lays for general relief from public
funds in ia urban areas amounted
to $18,824,452 a decrease of per
cent from the previous month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
Political Rights Granted

Federal employees residing In
Cheverly, Md, were authorized to
take part in local political affairs
in Civil Service Commission order
today. The privilege is granted I'M
der the new Hatch Act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23

vile Pike while riding as a passenger
in an automobile that collided with
a car he claims was driven by the
Washington man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
Arlington CondIe Services

The Rev. Marvin S. Cooper will
conduct a candle light service at
the Arlington Nazarene Church at
6 am. Christmas Day. A Christmas
pageant will be given by the Young
Peoples Society after program by
the children at 7:30 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-23
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21
Budget Report
Is Completed

Raleigh, Dec. 2l.-(AP)-The Ad-
visory Budget Commission met yes
terday, conferred with Governor
Hoey, and finished its recommends
tons to be made to the 1871 Legisla-
ture.
The report is a closely guarded Sc
cret but it is generally expected that
the proposed budget will be the lar
gest in the States history.
It is also understood that the COM
mission is suggesting no major tax
alton changes.
Governor-elect J. M. Broughton,
however, is expected, in view Of his
campaign statements, to recommend
that the Legislature exempt foods US
ed for home consumption from the
general sales tax.
The Governor-elect has also an,
nounced his support of retirement
system for all State employees, in
Guiding teachers. which would cost
perhaps as much as Sl,900,000 d year.
Whether or not the budget commits
sion included this in its budget will
not be revealed until the Legislature
meets, but the special commission
which was authorized by the 1889
General Assembly made its report to
the budget group several weeks ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21
Entering Wedge

Great Britain's initial feeler for
or.Gits here was for two and one
h,1f billion dollars. but now that
,ri,I balloons have been sent up
,.i,hort exploding in mid-air, and
with no great feeling Of resentment
81. objection resulting, the amount
n,, boer hikcd 10 three billion dol
,,,.s ,s the proposal takes on con-
o.a,e farm. BY the time Congress
oets around to actual consideration
- President Roosevelt'S "lease-lend-
inc" plan. it will not be surprising II
~, fio,we rises to something like
,i,.e billions. And even that will be
,.c.,rcel, more than starter once the
b,r< have actually been battered
down.
# WAS that way about the defense
spending program. First the Presl-
dent asked for five billions. Iheh
be wont TN a fishing trip ~ cruise
down the Potomac on weekend
,rd when ne came back the amount
,.,, .hnt no to Il total of ten billions
,,Iv +, have an additional five
,,ctad on before the legiSl2tIng pro-
cess was finally completed IN Its first
stages.
Needs do not multiply and do not
develop in such rapid-fire order as
that It is merely Il method OF cas-
mo them to the country by degrees
instead Of exploding the whole story
~ one time. That may be good psy-
cholosy but we have notion mat II
the country were ted frankly at one
time what was actually IN mind q
LOT of uncertainty and confusion
c,uId he avoided and people would
know better how to plan their actlvi-
ties and how to prepare for them.
The money Britain is asking foT
nov i but an entering wedge. John-
son act or no Johnson act, and neu'
tralitv or no, the United States APP
paarS On the way toward financing
the rest Of the war. What the public
debt will be when it is oVet Is some
thing wherein one guess Is as good
as another. but It is highly probable
that the Six;y-five billion dollar limit
Secretary Morgenthau mentioned
several weeks ago-and without
causing the barcSt ripple Of excite
ment-wIll be left so far behind II
will be regarded as but little mere
than pin money.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21
Fewer Deaths So Far

Three fatal automobile accidents
on highways in Vance county THIS
wear is a sharp reduction from the
toll last year and for several years
before that. Whether it represents
greater care and caution on the part
of car owners or just plain luck IS
anybody's guess. but the fact OF the
achievement is itself somewhat OF il
record.
1t is too early TO gloat over the I'M
provement. and one may mention il
with his tongue in cheek, for we are
approaching the holidays, and il IS
rare that the ChriStmaS-NeW Year
period fails to bring disaster some
where on the highways m Vance
county If every one. however
would exercise the proper care ano
caution there is no reason why TINS
happy season should not pass W.T. /
out a single serious motor accident.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21

ture; that both permitted Mussollni
and Hitler to rehearSe their war
plans in Spain and in the process
make Spain Fascist: that they be-
trayed Czechoslovakia at Munich;
that they committed the incredlpG
folly of letting Russia swing into
the axis orbit, and that they waited
for the most unpropitiOuS movement
to make d stand. in giving a guar
antee to Poland they could not full
fill.
These plumbers were made by
statesmen who hoped TO avert war,
but who had neither the callousneSs
TO enforce the harsh terms OF the
Versailles treaty nor the vision to
make early concessions that might
have saved liberalism in Germany
and satisfied Italy, when either
course could have prevented what
has followed.
These things are not recalled IN
a spirit of recrimination, but to
remind those British spokesman who
early said they did not want our
participation that there are many
reasons why we feel no obligation
to 60 beyond our promise to give all
help short Of war.
we have known that Britain would
have to have loans il the war con-
tinued, and the will to extend credits
is here. Those loans should be made
on a basis that will avoid friction
in the future between an embar-
raised borrower and an unSatlsiled
lender. That can be done by trans
ferring to the United States BIZ
tainS West Indian possessions at a
jprice which will discharge her de-
'linquent World War debt and pro-
wide the funds she needs to carry on
this war. Those islands are not I'M
,,portant to the British empire, but
they are vital to our defense, ana
they are a menace to us so long as
they are in the possession OF announcer
country.
: We will hasten production to pro-
vide for our rearmament ana 10
make available more war supplies
for britain. There is every desire
to make this as great and speedy
as possible. But patrolling trade
routes to England with our naval
ships would mean our entry INTO
the war, and the overwhelming
sentiment of the American people
as evidenced by repeated polls, Is
against our becoming belligerent'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21
Bundists Enlist

Just how much afirontery on
the part OF bundsts-Which means
Germans-will be required TO arouse
the American people to the point
Of losing patience with them and eN-
plCSing in d burst of wrath that Will
be one hundred percent justified we
are curious to know. The latest
disclosure is that some hundreds oil
them-perhaps even thousands
have enlisted in the United States
army and navy, and only one guess
is needed to arrive at definite con-
illusions as to why they have done
this.
For several years this nazi origin
ization has existed in this country
A few times authorities have exhib'
tied pretense of making moves
against them. but never have they
actually been cracked down upon
, and all the while they proceed al
most without interference, if not ac
tually with the protection Of the gov
eminent.
In a raid on bund headquarters il
Chicago this week records were
seized that bore the names Of some
300 to 1000 members OF that Ger
man organization who have enlisted
in either the army or navy, and some
of them had spent several years il
Germany, presumably to acquire
nazi shots in the arm and to ALLOW
time for it take effect. Now the.
are back in America and filterin;
into our vital defense structures
for but one purpose would be on
guess. and that to learn all they Cal
about them and to be in positio,
when the time comes, if IL does, t
strike against them in moves Of sab
otage and destruction
. Time and again this neWSpape
has given expression to its own fee
ing about leniency accorded thes
| adherents to foreign enemy ism!
: Maybe we are full of pruneS an
have gone off on 4 tangent about i
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21
WE SHOULD BE GENEROUS; EUT
SANE
(Spokane, Wash. Spokesman
Review

Appeals from Britain for aid from
! the United States have reached thu
point that was predcteble from the
time our government announced AND
; the public generally approved Il
policy Of all help short OF war.
AS was inevitable from the out
set. we are faced with a request iOr
credits to enable Britain to finance
purchase OF planes. ships and m" .
,nitionS of war. AT the same time
iWhat is bound to be pressed upon
ius more formally before long, urges
that the United States help patrol
trade routes of the Atlantic with he!'
.oWn navy" because the tight that
Britain is making is just as muCh
to the benefit of America as for our
own empire.
That has familiar ring to all who
remember the process Of events that
led our government in the Wori1
War. First it was production OF our
factories that was wanted IN those
DAYS. not man power. Then naval
help to fight the submarine menace.
next a small token eNpedltlonary
force 10 strengthen allied morale,
and finally all the armed forces we
could send, because 1t was our war
they were fighting as much as
theirs.
For reasons of sentiment, based
on mutual political ideals and Gull
| tr,ral ties, Americans want Britain
to win this war as she wanted Brl-
! tain and her allies to win the World
War. We believe the world will be
/ safer place for us and for all peo-
iple if Britain does win, and we are
deeply stirred by the wonderful
gallantry of the British people in the
! face OF terrific odds. These arc rea-
sons why we are willing to give
all the aid we can short Of war 10
ienable them to carry on.
But sentiment and emotion should
not alone govern our course. we
were not consulted in advance about
the moves which brought about the
World War, but we helped to rescue
the Allies from the penalty OF their
diplomatic blunderS which preclpl-
tated it. Our participation enabled
them to win and thereby opened to
them an opportunity to avert a repe-
'tition of that calamity.
Can we be held responsible now
for the shortsighted craftsmanship
and the national selfishnesS and
!iealouses that permitted Hitler and
Mussolini to build and consolidate
their power until strong enough to
dominate Europe?
1t is not our fault that England
refused to support Frances desire
to prevent Hitler's reoccupation OF
the Rhineland; that later in turn
France refused to help England
check Mussolinis Ethiopian adven-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21
PEANUT RECORD.
North

Raleigh, Dec. 2l-(AP)- North
Cardinals 1910 peanut crop set all
time records in both yield and total
production, Frank Parker, Federal
State statician of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, announced to-
day. Growers reported yield of l.
275 pounds an acre, compared with
the previous record of 1850 pounds
in 1887. The total production was
325,125,OOO, compared with 308,700,-
600 the previous record also set in
1887.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21
ANSWERS.

|. Guilford county formed in 17TC
from Orange and Rowan, was named
for Frederick North, Lord and sec
ond Earl of Guilford, an English
statesman born in 1882. AS mem
Der of the privy council in 1866 he
supported the ToWnshend tea tax
which was one of the causes OF the
American Revolution. He claimed
that while member Of the Com
mons he had voted against all popu-
lar and in favor of all unpopular
measures In 1878 he was forced tC
renounce the right to tax the col,
onies, and in 1882, finding it impos,
sible TO carry on the war any longer,
he resigned. During the last five
years of his life he was totally blind.
Died in 1892.
2. The fight of Northern congress-
men to prohibit slavery in Texas and
California through the Wilmot Pro-
viso, introduced in congress in 1916,
was considered by the South as d.
rect slap. Many southerners were
moving into the newly acquired ter
ritories, taking their slaves with
them. The feeling in North Carolina
was expressed by VIM. S. PettegreW
Nhc wrote on December 26, 1849, the
infamous Mexican war has devised
to us a handsome bone of contention,
which will well nigh if not quite
sever the Union Of the States"
3. w. w. Holden, editor Of the
Standard, and leader of a movement
disloyal to the Confederacy, on Au-
gust 10, 1868, published a threat in
his newspaper that if his enemies so
much as lifted finger against him,
their bodies would be found adorn-
ing the trees and lamp posts of Ra-
leigh.
4. AT least two terms each year are
provided for by the constitution.
5. Generally speaking the more
wealthy planters moved to Alabama.
Mississippi, Louisiana and southeast
ern Texas. They carried their slaves
with them and developed great cot
ton and sugar cane plantations Those
with less financial backing moved to
the west and northwest
6. The fall Of Fort Sumpter, at
Charleston, S. c. Confederate forces
had attacked the fort on the day be-
fore. On receipt of the news at Will
mington guns were fired at the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21

but it looks to us exactly like fool
hardness on the part Of this gov
eminent to continue to tolerate this
condition. It seems to us it is high
time definite and decisive action
were taken against this and all other
Subversive groups operating in our
midst with but the single purpose
in mind of encompasSing our own
impotence and undoing when they
get word from Hitler to go into ac-
ton.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21
What Do You
Know About
North Cardinal?
BY FRED n. MAY

l. Who was the blind man for
whom Guilford county was named?
2. Why did many North Carolinians
feel that the Mexican War would re-
suit in dividing the Union?
3. When did a Raleigh editor
threaten his enemies that if he was
molested their bodies would be found
hanging from trees and lamp posts?
+. How many terms Of superior
court must be held in each county
each year?
5. During the great exodus of
North CarolinianS from 1920 to 1850
to what different sections did the
wealthy and the poor go?
g. News of what event of April Is,
1861, sent North Carolina into wild
excitement?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21
Japs Might Get Mad

JdpS NlSIlt NSt Nioo
japanese r3re.gn Minister Ma;>u-
oka'S Seemingly gentle, peaceful re-
marks al the farewell dinner for the
new amb;Ss tdov. Admiral Nomura.
before the l,.ttsr leaves Tokyo for
the United States was answered
firmly by american Ambassador
Grew IN words that packed 4 wallop
and world II serious meaning.
MatSuoka may Gave had his feet
knocked from unoey him. !ts1ratire-
~ speaking. but he asked Tor il and
he got it.
The foreign minister had been in
troduced by Grew. who said Mat>u-
Okla has the same sort OF personal
affection Tor otw country as | have
for Japan. whereupon the Jap de
clared in his speech that the fate OF
China is largely 4 question o; Sentl-
nent to Americans" BIZ, il didn't
.o,, So, ...o,. C,,sv. ho4 reioined
that the minister knows the Amer
lean people stand tor certain things,
,,o,r ,,.,;l.,, -, ono b,od are their
obligations and on the other their
,.;o,.. -r,,- ,,.,. - ,niIcd reference
- T,,,,.. .,.o,,,,. rio1ations of
,raa,;as ,,.;-, tho United S,9fe.-hsr
ohpioa,i.ps-and he,. attempt to
,rar,n1a o, tho rights Of foreigners.
;ncr.di,o A,,,e,.icans in China
,1 ..,. ,,,a,.;o,
'' VIZ ,,-.. IT,.
t..
words .ler rs have ON. way and all
we want or the world will 90 up in
smoke. ~, ..don't tease me CT I'll get
mad
IT., souo;,,, ,,,;,,;s,or has learned
=. - o>.;s dic,,tor
.,...,o, ,,.no ,,,,b aho,,t their
.-, .:.,,,. ...a,,i,o ~ object
49,. 49,. 49,. 10. ho ro.i.,o6 ~. IN.
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All the totalitarianS know u'ey
''s'A 'e'' '''' " " ~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21

An auto depreciates two cents in
value for every mile ii is driven, ac-
cording to statistics. This depends,
many 4 worried hubby will add, on
who is driving.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21

Maybe we shouldn't bring it up at
this time, but wasn't Mussolini go
ing to get tough with Gibraltar or
something?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21

Reverse calendars to be read in
barber shop mirrors are the latest.
But what we really need is a news
paper that can be read through a
hot. Steaming towel
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21

There arc too many colleges. says
Il noted educator. In which state
mcnt every sport writer, finishing
his All-American selections. heartily
agrees.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-21

Wen know national unity is an
established fact when we hear a
Californian praise Florida weather.
or vice versa.