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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-27
|Rothermere, Powerful British
Newspaper Owner, Succumbs
Dies in Bermuda at Age
Of II; Health Falling
Since Last Spring
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 81
Lord Rothermere, who with his
brother, the late Lord Northcliffe,
was one of Britain's most powerful
newspaper owners, died today in
King Edward VII Memorial Hos
pital.
He was 70 and had been in fall
ing health since last spring when he
left England for the United States
on a special war mission. He ar
rived in Quebec, went to New York
and entered q hospital there, then
went to Montreal. When he came
here on November he entered the
hospital.
DIR. A. c. Herring, gall bladder
specialist from st. Luke's Hospital,
New York, arrived here by clipper
plane last night to operate on Lord
Rothermere. but it was not known
whether an operation was per-
formed.
Sons of London Barrister.
Lord Rothermere, born Harold
Sidney Harmsworth. and his older
brother Alfred were sons of a
London barrister Alfred's brain
seethed with newspaper circulation
stunts, strange perhaps to con-
sentative Britons but not altogether
unfamiliar to Americans.
The younger brother was more
cautious. Between them they took
over the Evening News of London
in 1894. In the first year it showed
q profit of f14,000 (about $4,000
In 1896 they founded the Daily
Mail, and that, too, became a rich
property. Their other paper was
the Sunday Dispatch.
When Lord Northcliffe died in
1922, Rothermere bought his major
ity interest in the papers. In 1887
he retired, leaving his interests in
the hands of his son, Esmond Cecil
Harmsworth.
Lord Rothermere, Born April rs.
1868, married Mary Lillian Shore in
1893 They had three sons. Esmond
Cecil, and two who died in the
World War. His title was conferred
on him in 1914.
Created Royal Air Force.
He was air minister in 1917-18 and
successfully merged the Royal Flying
Corps and the Royal Naval Air Force
into the Royal Air Force.
Lord Northcliffe was the facade of
the great publishing structure, Lord
Rothermere was the financial wizard
who found the money for the
dazzling, sensational stunts his
brother exploited. The latter's genius
for finance made their publications
great paying ventures
To balance Lord Northcliffe's vari-
able moods his brother took a stolid,
practical outlook on affairs. Caution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-27
200 Pianos Given
To Army to PIoy
Dictotors' Dirge
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Two
hundred pianos were en- route
today to various Army posts
throughout the countryside of
a man who hopes they will
sound out "a dirge for dictators. .
Let them bang out the death
knel of international racketeer-
ing" said Samuel c. Lamport. a
cotton exporter, in donating the
instruments to the Army yes
terday. Let it be a dirge for
dictators.
The presentation was made
through the Jewish War Vet
Grams of the United States, to
whom Mr.. Lamport conveyed
the pianos ito be used for the
benefit and pleasure of the
United States Army, without
restriction as to use"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-27

sented from the determination that
the registrant should not be de-
ferred because Of dependency.
20. The appeal to the President
must be on grounds of dependency
only.
IS. The appeal (on the last page
of the questionnaire) must be
signed by the .registrant, a de-
pendent Of the registrant or the
Government appeal agent.
-. The appeal must be made
within five days of the mailing OF
the notice Of classification or notice
of continuance of classification
unless the local board grants an
extension Of time.
Appeals Clutter Desks.
go. A number Of the local board
the Government appeal agent or the
Government must explain and certify
in writing that great and unusual
hardship will follow the induction
of the registrant and the persons
so certifying must specifically recon-
mend deferrment."
Appeals which have cluttered up
the desks of officers at selective
service headquarters have been based
on dependency, physical condition,
occupational grounds and the prin-
ciples of conscientious directors. 1t
was emphasized that headquarters
can take no action in these cases
and cannot even forward to the
appropriate authorities the evidence
which some men submitted, but all
such appeals must go through the
regular channels provided in the
law.
This was the first extended ruling
in these appeals which had been
issued since boards all over the
country started classifying men sew
eral weeks ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-27
Navy Finds a Man
Willing to Learn
| A Few Things
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27.-The
Navy has discovered a man who
says he never has Rugged or
kissed a girl, eaten chicken or
chocolate ice cream, or talked
with girl on the telephone.
Ivan Whitfield, Is, also told
= a recruiting officer he never had
smoked, ordered a meal in a
restaurant, watched a prize
nght, sent an affectionate letter
or telegram to a girl, drank
hquor, danced, or stepped
ABOARD a battleship or sub
marine.
Whitfield joined the Navy.
1 might switch over on q
few things" he observed.
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9. W. U. Students to Get
X-Ruys at Cost-75c

George Washington University
students may have their chests
X-rayed at cost by the District
tuberculosis Association, DR.. Robert
H. Harmon, university physician.
announced yesterday. Pictures will
be made by the association for rs
cents, covering cost of film and pro-
duction, DR.. Harmon said. Students
will be notified of results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-27

was predominant trait in his char
acter, even in his early days.
Mind Keen and Analytical.
But back of his cautious streak was
a keen, analytical mind and once
he was convinced of his course he
acted with all the drive of his nature.
In taking over the Evening News
in 1894, the brothers announced that
free from fad or prejudice the
Evening News will preach the gospel
of loyalty to the empire and faith in
the combined efforts of the peoples
united under the British flag" They
changed the four-page publication
into a bright, readable paper and q
paying concern.
In one of his many campaigns
during 1928 Lord Rothermere
espoused the cause of Hungary and
made great efforts to get the treaty
OF Trianon revised.
1t was claimed year or two later
that overtures had been made to
Rothermere to become king of Hun
gary.
Backed Blackshirts.
In 1884 Lord Rothermere backed
! the cause of Sir Oswald Mosley's
Blackshirts. He charged that the
national government was not really
national that youth and energy
were necessary to keep up with the
spirit of the age. That spirit, he
said, was one of national discipline
and organization, and the Black
shirts were the only political force
in Britain that was working for
those ends. The article brought him
a lot of criticism and some abuse.
He was greatly interested in the
United States and visited America
many times. After the war he at
tracted attention by proposing that
England dispose of Bermuda, the
Bahamas and some of the West In
dies islands to pay her war debt to
! the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-27
Col. Leroy Sutherland
Expires in Stuunton

By the Associated Press.
STAUNTON, Va. Nov. 27.-Col
Leroy L. Sutherland, veteran pro-
fessor of chemistry at Staunton Mil
itary Academy and once president
of the Virginia Academy of Science,
died yesterday in Richmond hos
pital. He was operated upon week
ago.
Col Sutherland acted as super
intendent Of the academy for brief
period, but resigned in 1884 to re-
sumo teaching.
He was active in the civic and re-
ligious life of Staunton.
Mrs. Sutherland survives him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-27

against; TYDINGS. Democrat, for, and
SCHWARTZ, Democrat. against: TOBEY.
crat against: HOLMAN Republican. for,
and SCHWEILENBACH Democrat, against:
TOWsEND, Republican. for. and NEELY.
Democrat, AGAINST: McNARY. Republican,
Tor. and REYNOLDS, Democrat against
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Ohe was too struck with terror even to
remember her name, but they found it sewn
on the inside of her torn, muddy blouse.
"Lisette Boucheron," they wrote down in their
little book. age, about six years-lost-
probably an orphan" And now, six months
later, they've made only one change-crossed
out the word, probably"
France, on the smiling river Ly-'Iily," in
English town like the Armentieres many
of us used to know. Her father was twenty
eight, textile worker. The call to arms came.
He had only vague idea what it was all
about, but he had to go.
He's never been seen since Maybe he was
killed, or perhaps, like million and half
other Frenchmen, he is in prison camp.
Liseue was playing in the street when the mad
exodus began. She tried to run toward home,
but she remembers that "a big monsieur
picked her up, and dumped her in the back
of truck, with several other children.
Yes, they're taking care of her now-as UeH
IS they ean. But the food she gets is just
about enough to keep her alive. Her bread
a0ben she gets its no longer white, rich in
wheat, with that cracking, nut-brown crust
and there's no butter on it. Her milk wben
she gets its skimmed-watered sometimes.
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included the denial by Tass (Russian
official news agency that Hungary's
adherence to the triple pact was
made with Russian cooperation and
approval, and the Sofia report,
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x-Roy MonocIe

To enable surgeons to operate
under direct X-rays. a doctor In
Russia has invented an X-ray
mohocle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-27

Salt mines Of Rumania are ca
pable of supplying demands of the
entire world.
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Senute Vote
Logon-WoIter Bill
Roll Call

By the Associated Press.
Following is the vote by which
the Senate yesterday approved the
Walter bill:
FOR THE BILL-2s.
Democrats.
CLARK Mo- KING
CCNNALLY. RUSSELL
GGEzGeaE' X WAks hgYs'
Republicans.
AUSTIN. GURNEY
B Z'S E5sSg 5SHNsoN, Calf.
s sss' REED.
pAvIs. vAEpEENBERe.
FRAZIER. WILEY.
sH1psrEAD. @0'f"e'
AGAINST TIE BILL-a5.
Democrats.
ADAMS HILL
ANDREWS LUCAS
BARKLEY MALONEY
BLBC McKEIIAR
BYRNES MEAD
CARAWAY MILLER
EILENDER MINTON
GILLETTE O'MAHONEY
GREEN SHEPPARD
a4FkfsoN S gHCMAs Utah
HAYDEN WAGNER
HERRING
Pairs were announced as follows:
DANAHER Republicans, for, and MUIR
RAY Dem ocraI sgainst; LODGE. Republi-
THOMAS Of Idaho, Republican, for, and
LEE. Democrat, against GIBSON, Re-
publican for, and PEPPER, Democrat,
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Meat we'll, the ration for adults is only
twelve ounces per week. And as for vege-
tables and fresh fruit, Lisette has forgotten
the days when they were set in abundance
before her
But this ''Mademoiselle from Armentieres'
isn't special case-just one little wide-eyed,
wondering child among the hundreds of
thousands+yes, malions-of undernourished
babies and children who will shiver with cold,
asking themselves why they must get up from
table still hungry.
She's one of the children of a race that has
enlightened the world with its genius for a
thousand years. To call the roll of them is to
list 50 many steps in the path of Civilization
future of France-the doctors, composers,
scientists, philosophers and writers of tomor-
row.
Ye-J they DON'T Harrei Yes-it nralnat,i-
tion and illness DON'T mow Them down!
Wonder who's reading these words wonder
if yon are one of those khaki-clad doughboys
of 1917 and '18 who walked down the tree
shaded roads of France, singing.
Maybe your memory will stir at the sound of
the old names-Chateau Thierry, Saint Mihiel,
the Argonne, the rivers Vesle and Marne, and
the bullet-swept road up to Fismes; and Lily
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A GROUP OF A. z. F. VETERANS
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svtisg - R&lpb Eusss De CSars 3, Est 77sI st., MEG
Ok Fins L. LsAers S4xSSss r. r. Msw5sy Asisss,T Pes
SlsAs~iassLApas. Me~iss Mlas1O r&vsf Fs,uss 1s,sJ
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was a predominant trait in his char
acter, even in his early days.
Mind Keen and AnaIyficaI
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04
World Champions

It is a sign that the American
people are the most athletic in the
world, that when a baseball team
wins the championship of the Uni
ted States, no one doubts they are
the champions of the world. So when
the mighty giants of the diamond
twirl the little sphere around those
bases in the world series contests,
they show themselves to have reach
ed the top round of the ladder of
sport. entitled to receive the plaudits
of all who admire athletic power.
Millions of boys and young men
aspire to be ball players, but only
handful ever get in sight of partici-
patton in a world series game. 1t
calls for eyes and hands and brains
with the speed of lightning. If these /
men had lived 1000 years ago, the
pagan world would have bowed |
iown to their power as if they were
gods.
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04
The Good New DAYS

The older people often talk about
the good old days" Were the good
old days any better than the new
onesg Some optimistic folks have
thought up the slogan, the good
new days" It is a good motto.
The country has passed through
troublous days for the past 10 years.
Yet one reason why they are trOub-
lous is that the people expect so
many more things Titan they had in
former days. Our grandfathers, look
ing at our automobiles, our radios,
our labor-saving devices, short
hours of work, good roads, improved
schools, fine homes, would say that
even at the depths of the recent de-
we had more of the good
things of life than they had even in
lays of prosperity. We don't appre-
ciate the blessings of the good new
lays" and we think too often Of the
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04
If You Are Drafted

How will the men who are finally
conscripted to take military train
ing. and service like it? What will
their families say?
One would guess that the average
man will be bit scared, for a few
days anyway. He will perhaps see
visions of himself called on to en-
gage in actual war, expected to hold
some position against an attack of
bloody tanks and airplanes. His
family also may take it seriously,
and think with horror of the day
when the dear boy will be summon
ed by the firm hand of Uncle Sam to
entrain for the front at some direful
post of danger
After this training business goes
on for year or so. the view of it
will change. The great danger to
the United States has been that it
was so poorly prepared for defense. |
Our people simply would not listen
TO the idea that they were in danger.
1t was not until the former superb
lower of the French republic col
lapsed like an Indian tepee in a
whirlwind, that they began to real
ize what the modern world really is.
When our people raise a real army,
provided with real modern weap-
Ons. the dictators are going to do a
heap of thinking before they attack
us. The big bully who licks the
small boys keeps well away from
cne who is equally strong. Il will be
The same with attacks ON the United
States.
After the first instaIlment of draf- !
tees have been trained, after they
get home with the story of the swell s
time they have had. and how the ex- ,
psrience has been like a year at :
some fine college. the successive
groups will feel differently Prob t
lbly they will be disappointed if
hey don't get this opportunity.
So the boys should march up for il
egistration with cheerful heartsSand f
uffer no heart beats if later they are
rawn to serve. u
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04
BENJAMIN's IN SALISBURY
MARKS 18th BIRTHDAY

On October Sth, 1915, /. L. Benia-
min opened the doors to a small one.
room store on Main street in Sails
bury. Since this quiet opening OF
rs years ago, Benjamin's has grown
to a foremost position on the East
ern Shore.
In cOmmemmoratiOn Of this growth
and of Benjamin's 25th birthday, four
gala tri-state nights have been plan
led.
Next Monday night, October 9TH. a
huge cake will be cut and distributed
to all who are in the store.
on Tuesday night, October Sth,
there will be a fashion revue, using
models from Maryland counties.
This will be designated as Mary
land Night.
The next night, Wednesday, Oc-
tober 9th. will be Delaware Night.
and a fashion revue with models
from Delaware. will be held.
Thursday night will be Virginia
Night, at which time a fashion revue
with girls from the Old Dominion
State will be put on.
Extensive preparations have been |
made for this Benjamin Anniversary
Event. The store has been taste
fully decorated with an electrically
lii candle motif and silver stream
ers superimpOsed with the figure 25
n blue. The window backgrounds
ire richly trimmed and draped in a
Iilvery quilted silk. and those, too,
ire touched with the candles.
An advertising campaign of gigan-
ic proportions has also been pre-
jared. Practically every weekly
newspaper on the Shore will carry
n advertisement outlining the sche-
ule for the days OF selling.
Truly, the Benjamin 25th Anni- (
eTsary should prove of great inter- ,
st to everybody on the Shore.
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04
Chances OF Promotion

Many young men get discouraged
after they have worked for a few
years and find themselves still get
ting only low pay. Many of them
would like to marry some nice girl,
but they fail to see how they can
do SO on their limited earnings.
One thing that has made 1t harder
for many young men, is that they
went away from home to work.
Many who went to the great cities
to find work found that the high cost
of living absorbed their every dol
lar. II they had been content to
stay at home. 1t would not have
cost them that amount to live.
Young people have a great deal
to learn before their services be-
come vefy valuable. II they could
learn more about their jobs, and
make themselves still more useful
to employers, there would be a bet
ter chance Of promotion.
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04
Legion Vindicated

The American Legion convention
at Boston, as at all its previous
meetings, issued strong pleas for
national defense, and for a patri-
otic and American spirit. The legion
this year has witnessed a great vim
dication Of its principles. Il has been
calling for years for adequate ma
tional defense, but its appeals did
not meet with the response that could
have been hoped.
The American people for years
were asleep They thought it Inn
possible that any foreign power
could send an armed force across
either of our two wide oceans.
The sudden fall of France. which
went to pieces like a rickety build
ing under a tornado, put sudden
end to this dreamy sleep. Il at once
dawned on our people that IL Britain
went the same way, the United States
would be in a terrible hole. So our
people have risen almost with one
voice, and demanded a great new
equipment to meet this threat. II
hey had taken the advice of the
American Legion at an earlier date.
hey could have saved themselves
lnxiety, danger, and provided the
lefense at less cost.
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04
WHY Cities Grow

Among the reasons why large
cities have grown into big places. is
that they have been better advertis-
ers. The big city newspapers print
page after page of advertising in
each issue. This advertising per-
suades a multitude of people that
these advertised stores are good
places in which to buy. So people
pour into these cities every day, and
they make it possible to build up
great business concerns in those
cities. These concerns employ a
great body of workers.
This large amount of publicity not
merely advertises the stores which
pay for the ads, but it advertises the
city, and leads people to start busi-
ness and seek residence there. So
Advertising boosts prosperity and |
business in any city which uses it
freely.
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04
50 Years Of The Daughters

The national society Of the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton is observing its 5Oth anniver-
sary. Their society was founded
October II, 1890. The organization
is made up of women who had an
cestOrs who aided in securing Am
erican independence. It's purpose is
to work for patriotic causes, and to
perpetuate the ideas of the men who
originally fought to establish the
independence of the United States.
The American people need the
ideals and the devotion of those
men who fought 16O years ago. Those
old patriots left their homes, poorly
armed and equipped. to give their
families the blessings Of free gov
ernment
They were often ragged. poorly
fed, with families at home suffering
want. but they fought on and on.
Their work created the government
hat has given the world more hap
'iness than it ever knew before. Well
nay the memory of such men be
IGNORED, and their purposes emu
ated
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04
Rifling Husbands Pocket

A newspaper joke has it that Mrs.
Newlywed had lost her engagement
ring. Her husband told her not to
worry, as he had found it in his
trousers pocket.
That is a form of the old joke
about the wife who goes through the
husbands pockets to get the money
he holds out from her. Probably not
so many wives need to do that now.
The majority of husbands have found
that the wife will stretch dollar
farther than they can. So the up
to-date policy of home finance seems
to hand over the family money to
her. and see what miracles she will
perform with It.
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04
In The Halls OF Learning

The number of students taking
college and university courses had
risen to something over 100000 a
few years ago, and it is probably
more than that today.
The great increase is one of the
most marked changes in American
life. Back at the beginning of this
century, there were only 10000 such
students. Today there are probably
eight such students for every one
40 years ago.
One cause for this great increase
has been the difficulty in finding
Jobs. Quite a part of these students
would prefer to go to work. and
need the money they could earn. but
they have not been able to find Jobs
Rather than lie idle, they decided to /
go on with study. a wise decision in
most cases.
The result is unfair to many young
people of excellent capacities. who
are frequently turned down for no
sitions they are capable of filling
because they have had no college
training. The college diploma is not
password that admits to every
pinnacle of success. or every prize
in life. s
All these young people who are
taking advanced study have a fine
opportunity They are coming in Z
intimate contact with the wisdom y
end inspiration of the world. OF !,
course if they give three thoughts to {
football or the boy or girl friends. c
for every one they give to science Il
ana literature, they may not be such S
glorious examples of power and in d
Ielligence when they come out. Il
There are many people who could n
not define a theOrem or a past parti- u
'iple who are wonderful organizers +,
II work and business, inspiring toll 81
RS for the public good. W
If those youngsters in the lecture v,
lalls try hard to find out what hui :,
nan experience has to teach them OF
ver its 5000 years of recorded his
Dry, they are going out with power dt
nd capacity that will go long way. NJ NJ
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04
RESORT HOTEL SELECTED
FOR RALLY OF RED MEN

Headquarters for the l. o. r. NJ.
Great Council convention. to be held
October % and "a, Will be in the Ho-
tel Marvel in RehObOLh, it has been
announced by Great Chief of Records
Millard L. Sheppard. Great Inco-
honee w. C. Wilcox of Dayton, o.,
will represent the Great Council of
the United States at the convention
and later will attend a class adoption
for the Degree of PocahOn-
tas in Red Mems Hall.
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04

THE BUSINESS CONCERNS are
the heart of a community. The pro-
gress of the town depends on its
stores and its industries, and what
ever you do to help those stores and
industries to prosper, is like giving
a human body a stronger heart.
Milford chronicle., 1940-10-04

IF YOU WANT your home town
to open opportunities for you and
your children, better help the home
town advance so it will have more
of those opportunities to offer.