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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09

Old timers: Long before winter carnivals and
Dominion Ski Championships were contemplated there
skiing at Banff, and not alone for pleasure The
evidence is found in the discovery of pair of axehewn
pine Skis marked with and weather, among the
debris of deserted log cabin, unit of early
railway tie camp few miles from Castle Mountain in
the Canadian Rockies. Banff National Park Warden
Ulysse Ia Casse patrolng his district under Storm
Mountain not far from the of last years official
Trail Ride, found the skis in the cabins ruins, early in
December. Warden La Case brought the relics into
Banf where they will form the nucleus of Ski Museum
to be established in the new Mount Norquay Ski Club.
house. opened a fortnight ago. They hold place of
honor the massive stone fireplace. With necessity
suggesting invention the Skis to their prows are
hand-hewn from pine tree For bootpates and extra
strength and thickness, additional piece of wood is
nailed to each ski There evidence of neither Gambler
nor harness. On the boot plate of ski felt soe its
stitches than half century old still intact, the
skier nailed the soles of his woodlands felt boots The
heel of the boot left free, allowing the freedom of
action provided by modern ski harness. Box nails
obviously used to do the job The find has bought
to light old records which indicate that Swedes and Nor
wegians brought into Castle Mountain district to work
for the Canadian Pacific Railway in construction days in
the Eighties scorned the Canadian snowshoes and made
for themselves the skis which they had learned at home
to travel so swiftly and surely.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
Presidential
Race Built On
10000 Letters
BY WILLIS THORNTON

| NEA service 6baM NOhECopVhauSAS
Ten Thousand people we're tired
Of professional politicians. They
wrote to Frank Ernest Gannett,
Rochester, N. r., newspaper pub
Usher, and said so.
And that is why Gannett says
he Is q candidate for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination.
Gannett, "a, is a business man.. a
successful one. He is proud Of sue
cess achieved from a poverty-ridden
youth. He owns and runs 10 news
papers, all in the black.
THE United States government
is the biggest business in the world"
he says. "Its time we placed It
under the direction Of business
man., At least a man who can read
balance sheet"
Gannett Is in dead earnest about
getting this Republican nomina-
ton, and he isn't running to end
I'D as somebody's vice president.
He is on speaking tour which will
extend all the way through the
south to the west coast.
BROUGHT INTO POLITICS
BY COURT PACKING"
Why should newspaper publis-
her, who up to 1886 had prided him
self in not getting mixed up in
politics, do this?
It goes back to trip Gannett
made through Europe. He saw Ger
many, Russia, Italy. He saw what
loss of freedom means.
II was frightened" he says, ito
see people without newspapers,
without any light on what was 60
ing on. I saw that life under such
conditions was no longer worth
while. And when I returned, I ran
right into a presidential plan 20
pack the Supreme Court. 1t was
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
This n that

This n that . One of the new numbers heard
over the air-waves-Isle of Mays dead ringer for
Rimsky- Korsakoffs "Song of India, played la
Paul Whiteman back about 1919 when Pop" was just
coming into his own The Rev. Joseph Rice, former
assistant pastor at the Immaculate Conception church,
of the several preachers participating in New Lon
dons Adult School of Religion. His is the Study
of Christ Father Rice is stationed at Old Lyme.
The design for the 1Ocent stamp honorng Booker T..
Washington in the educator series Of Famous Americans
is from photograph by Harris & Ewing of Washington.
Washington is the first Negro honored by postage
stamp.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09

then that I resolved to do some
thing about 1t"
The resulting fight which Can
nett made against the court-pack-
ing plan, against the reorganiza-
ton bill, against the spend-lend
program, are history. In the vast
correspondence of that fight, came
the 10000 letters with their un-
DERIVING theme: "a business man
for president"
ACQUIRED EARLY
DISTRUST OF LIQUOR
In 1892 a boy 16 was cleaning the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09

Constable Howard Kraft of the Wocott Police De-
parent paid an unexpected visit the sanctu
yesterday afternoon to leave two Annie Oakes for the
sixth annual floor show and dance of the Wocott VOL
lake nitery, Saturday evening, February a. Howies
chairman of the event which gets better and better
the years go by The party late this month will be
cepton Freddy Hail. honorary chief, will be and
you'll him in form I'm indebted for the tickets
and hope extra 1iremen will be needed to handle the
crowd.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
ALAS AND ALAcKI
By THE MAN IN THE TOWER

Most Of us lack some little thing.
Maybe it's brain or we cannot sing.
We're tone deaf, we cannot add,
In affairs mathematical we're quite bad.
There are some who Like to cheat
Always missing when it's their turn to treat
Most Of us lack some particular grace,
You hear-she's all right but what facet
Beauty and brains don't always mix,
No one yet has known all the tricks.
Most of us lack some little thing,
Maybe it's brain or we cannot sing.
Alas and alack and oh dear me!
Some Of us are lacking in vitamin B.
EN-. EN-.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09

Frederick Van Doren has halted construction
his new theater here until warmer weather Frank
DeFilO drops card to find out why WATR has not
signed AL SassO, singer for some of their programs
advise Frank to contact Jim Parker for addition
Edna Murray and Minnie Frost will entertain the Bap-
fist Naomi class at mdwinter picnic next Monday
evening MIR. and Mrs. Joseph SamOska of the
North End are postcarding friends from Miami, Fla.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09

Wslter J. Hutchinson, New York foreign represent
ative Of goth CenturyFox Film corporation and
tive of this city, the son of Mir and Mrs. James NJ
Hutchinson has increased his estate in NewtOwn. His
hoise, of the finest in the town and Boosting a
moternly equipped studio with miniature theater and
recreation rooms is in the Taunton district of New
town. Mr. Hutchinson has added Is to his land
by acquiring property adjacent to it from several for
owners.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
Todays Answers 70
oANlUM CRACKERS
Question on Comic Page

Question on Comic Page
/. Col. JACOB Rupert, brewer
and owner Of major league base
ball club.
2. Edward J. O'Hare. murdered
in Chicago. president, Sportsman's
Park race track.
3. John E. Davies. president, Am
erican Bowling Congress. "
4. Allan Sothoron. ex-major lea
que baseball player. later American
Association manager.
5. Eddie Collins. Notre Dame
football star in 1938-29.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09

Editor, Tall Tower Topics Surely you haven't over
looked the fact that this is the month for which
have been waiting four years. February gives us 20
toned to- What going to do with this extra day?
My idea is to make holiday of and let everyone get
pleasure from year that has S66 days instead of
365 EnOch ut has our vote. Why not make
the holiday for the 23rd the day after Washington's
birthday or is this asking too much? The Ed.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
YOUNG BABIES pose"

Fort Worth, Tex. (UP) = Harry
Stiefel. X-ray operator at Methodist
Hospital, makes standard photo
graphs Of newly born babies in his
spare time. Every baby has a diff
ferent personality" Steifel said,
"and some Of the girls, no more
than two or three days old, actual
ly pose for the camera"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09
FASHIONS ARE FUN

Styles will be frilly and elaborate this spring,
Like the proverbial bird more or less ON the wind.
A bird on the hat is worth two on the bough,
And harbingers OF spring we're seeing right now,
Each lady trying to compete with Scarlet OHara
A. ahe set forth from her homestead In Tara.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-09

cuspidors, sweeping out and serving
early drinks to "hangovers" in New
ton Hotel bar in Bolivar, N. Y. That
was Frank Gannett, earning his
board.
1t gave him disgust for liquor
which has made him teetotaler
since 1918 and one Of the coun-
trys outstanding drys. He doesn't
consider national prohibition an is
sue today, however, and thinks that
when education brings the people
to want to abolish, saloons again,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
COOP STUDENTS
WILL HEAR H0EY
Brown, Erwin, Rakestraw
Also To Speak During
Luncheon Today
RY JACK

Principal guests and speakers
for today's annual gathering OF Co
operative Employment students OF
New Hanover High school and the
merchants and employers OF Will
mington who have been cooperat'
ing with the program, includes
Governor Clyde R. Hoey; Clyde r.
Erwin, state superintendent OF puo'
lie instruction, Raleigh: T.. Il
Browne, state director of vocation
al education, Raleigh; and c. =:
Rakestraw, Southern regional
agent for trade and industrial edu-
cation, U. S. office of education,
Washington.
The luncheon will be held in the
Cape Fear hotel this afternoon at
l o'clock.
At a previous meeting of tn e
class, held in the early part of the
year, Mrs. Frances Trigg, head OF
the department, was proclaimed
by C. E. Rakestraw as the out
standing coordinator in the eleven
southern states that have adopted
this program, and also Puerto Ri
Continued on Page Ten; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
BELCIANS ADMIT
GERMAN ADVANCE
Brussels Says, However
Minor Gains Won AT
Terrific Cost
By ROBERT OKIN

BRUSSELS, May 11-R- Sup.
ported by planes and armored cars,
powerful German forces won a foot.
hold in Belgian defense positions
near the Netherlands city Of Mas.
tricht today.
But a government communique
tonight reported the Nazis had sus
tanned heavy losses" in attacks on
Belgian Notifications, and claimed
"our position remained intact"
around the fortified town of Liege.
(The German high command
claimed capture of Eben Emael,
strongest fort in the Liege chain
commanding the crossing of the Al.
bert canal and the Mouse river at
the west of Maastricht, Is miles
north of Liege itself. DNB, official
German Jews agency, said another
Liege fort fell into German hands
yesterday
Tonight's communicate said:
During the day important enemy
forces, with the aid of incessant
bombardments carried out by power
full aerial units and supported by
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
NURSES TO HEAR
GOV. H0EY HERE
Diplomas To Be Presented
Al First Baptist Church
Tonight At 8

Governor Clyde r. Hoey will de-
liver the commencement address
and present the diplomas at the
graduating exercises for the School
Of Nursing of the James Walker
Memorial hospital at 8 o'clock to-
night at the FRS Baptist church.
The graduating class of "a in
cludes: Lena Mae Aman, Christine
Caroon, Agnes Adeline Carroll, Fan
ME Male Coats, Thelma Catherine
Costin, Connie Marie Cox, Beatrice
Dupree, Dorothy Elizabeth Edwards,
Mary Lee Edwards, Mamie Margaret
Hamilton.
Dora Helen Harris, Dorothy Ell
len Lane, Mayzel Eva Lewis, Lille
Belle Maready, Ruby Mae Maxwell,
Marie Emily McCary, Sarah Cath
crime Mcdonald, Nyda Elizabeth
Pless, Mary Elizabeth Simmons,
Lucille Switzerland, Georgia Ann
Continued OH Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
DUTCH RETAKE TOWN
Parachute Troops Mopped
Up AT Several Points
By Fighting Dutch
CITIES ARE BOMBED
By j. REILLY O'SULLlVAN

By J. REILLY O'SULLIVAN
May H.
(AP) - Netherlands border
troops were reported official
ly tonight to have recaptured
one town from the main Ger
man invading forces in a
.four-hour counter-attack and
to have killed every soldier
in a German armored train.
In the interior, the Dutch
high command said, the Ger
mans dropped more para
chute troops and they, for
the most part, were Destroy
ed.
But with German bombs
killing at least a score OF
persons in the first air raid
on Amsterdam, the coun-
try's largest city, the ue-
Tending army and police ran
into new troubles.
Try In Vain
Germans in civilian garb tried in
vain to CAPTURE police headquar-
tiers at the Hague and sniped at
soldiers and policemen from the
roofs Of houses.
While first line Dutch troops,
for the most part, were falling
back according to plan from the
eastern frontier after laying waste
to means of approach, the high
command acknowledged the Ger.
mans had CROSSED a river"-pre-
sumably either the %Ijssel, east OF
Continued on Page Two; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
T. R.. Given
5 To | Vote
By Counties
N. C.. For F. r. Commit
tee Claims IA Out Of "a
Counties Reporting
CONVENTIONSH HELD
Mcdonald Says AT Least
Half Of Counties Act
ed Unanimously

RALEIGH, May IL North
Carolina democrats in county con-
v~entions today expressed themselves
as overwhelming in favor of a third
term for President Roosevelt, North
Carolina for Roosevelt" headquarters
said here tonight on the basis of re-
ports from "a of the states 100 coun-
ties.
Of the 81 listed, "A counties passed
resolutions instructing their dele
gates to back a third term for the
President at the state convention
here next Friday; four rejected the
resolution and in one, Union, the mo-
ton presenting it was not seconded;
and in six the resolution was not in
troduced.
Two One-VOte Margins
Those rejecting it were Beaufort,
100 to 13; Hartford, IL to IL; Scot
land; and Wayne, IS to "a. Roose.
welt headquarters here claimed that
delegations favoring the chief eXecu.
Continued oil Faye Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
New Weapon Employed
In Assault On Eben
Emael, Say Nazis
VITAL SPANS SEIZED
Berlin Says Parachutists
Still Hold Dutch And
Belgian Airports
By LOUIS P.

BERLIN, May 11.-lR-A "neN
type of weapon" enabled the armies
of Adolf Hitler to capture Eben
Emael, described as the strongest
fortress in Belgium's Liege defenses.
the German high command announc'
ed tonight.
The forts commander and LOCO
men surrendered, the announcement
said.
A Slanting Attack
A picked air force detachment.
in a slanting attack from above, al
ready had put the fort out of &C
ton yesterday, the command said
and held it's garrison in check with
the new weapon until an army unit
attacking from the north arrived
and forced the surrender.
Further and more precise details
must of course be kept in the dark,
authorities said of the new weapon
It was a matter of Speculation
whether this was the weapon which
Hitler mentioned in a speech al
Danzig last year and which has hac
experts guessing at it's nature ever
since. (There also has been specu-
lation whether it was the magnetic
mine).
Eben Emael was the second fort
claimed to have been taken in the
Liege fortified zone, where the i'm
perial German steamroller was stall
ed for a week of frontal assault.
This time the German armies
sliced through the Dutch appendix
province of Southern Limberg, which
virtually is understandable, taking Maa
stricht, on the border between the
western edge of Dutch Limburg n
Belgium, and captured the Vita
Continued ON Page Two; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
BY o PORTER

PARIS, May II. -R-Seasoned
French troops in the Sierck region
Of the Moselle river valley today
beat off the largest German attack
on the Maginot Line since the war
started, military sources report
ed. An entire German division Of
IA, 900 men was said to have been
matted in it's tracks.
The Nazi movement just east OF
Luxembourg repeatedly Vas crush
ed from the strongly fortified 'front.'
line positions to which outpost units
withdrew yesterday at the first as
sault by Nazi advance guards.
Additional forces quarters in the
subterranean Maginot Line sup
ported the battle squads with artil-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
GARDEN CONTEST
JUDGING BEGINS
Children Given Few Days
More To Prepare Plots
For Inspection

Carl Render, director of the Schoo
Garden Contest, announced yester
day that the 1910 contest is now
closed and that the judges, appoint
ed by the president of the PIT. A
in each school, will within a few
days begin their visits to the gar
dens to decide on this years win
ners.
Render sent the following mes
sage to all children who have en
tered the contest this year:
"Get busy, see that your garden
is free of weeds and made as clean
and attractive as possible, and II
for lack of rain the plants r dry,
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
MINIS Commencement
Exercises Begin May rs

Plans for the baccalaureate yes,
per service, senior class day, and
commencement exercises at the New
Hanover High school beginning
Sunday, May rs, and closing Friday,
Nav 81, were announced yesterday.
The high school band and glee club
will present a concert Of sacred
music at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
Nav 10. as a preliminary event for
the graduation program.
The commencement exercises will
close at $3.50 o'clock Friday even.
ing. May 81, at Legion stadium.
School officials said yesterday
educators are urging schools to func-
tionalize the usual commencement
bv turning it into a pupil activity
| program where boys and girls may
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
INVERSHIEL FIELD
DAY IS ARRANGED
Green In Winter
Will Be Toured By
Visiting Farmers

Thirty years ago Invershiel ir
Pender county was not considered
an agricultural section, Hugh Mac
Rae said yesterday, but due to the
accomplishment of a few excellent
farmers and the success of the Castle
Hayne colony, it is now recognized
as being favored in soil and climatic
conditions and by nearness to mar
kets.
Along with agricultural develop
ment at ~Invershiel, where a field day
will be held Wednesday,, May Is:
there has been considerable progress
made along the lines of animal hus'
bandry, particularly in dairying.
A program to develop grazing
crops has been worked on for the
past 20 years at Invershiel. 1t was
formerly the custom to have a crop
of Bermuda grass and lespedeza and
give the COWS supplemental feeding
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
CONVENTION HERE
ENDORSES F. D. R.
Delegates Are Instructed
To Vote For N. e. For
F. R. Resolution

New Hanover democrats, in con-
ventlon assembled, last night at
the courthouse voted without a
dissenting voice to instruct their
delegation to the state convention
IN Raleigh to vote at the national
convention in Chicago for Presi-
oent Roosevelt as long as his name
is before the convention.
Az a meeting of the county exc
.uVVe committee held prior to
,"e opening of the convention
aaron Goldberg, attorney, was
rejected chairman of the county
executive committee. Mrs. John T.
liosgard was elected vice-chair-
"''ll' and Hooper D. Johnson was
continued on Page Two; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
BRITISH EMPLOY
BOMBING PLANES
Motorized Units Advance
Steadily In Drive To-
ward Germans

WITH THE BRITISH EXPED1-
TIONARY FORCES, SOMEWHERE
IN BELGIUM, May 11.-R-
Motorized British units pounded
eastward across the French-Bel-
gian frontier tonight in a rumbling
stream that already has lasted for
"a hours, while British fliers hurl-
ed destruction from the skies on
German columns moving through
Luxembourg toward the French
and Belgian borders.
British Tommies, cheered by the
populace, already guarded every
bridge and railway crossing on the
Continued on Page Two; Col. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
EDEN MADE MINISTER
Allied Troops Fastening
To Dutch And Belgian
Battle Front
MANY PLANES DOWNED
Bv ROBERT BUNNELLE

DN AeoS
LONDON May 11.-(AP)
With characteristic speed,
Winston Churchill tonight
formed a new British gov
eminent of all parties and
gathered around himself a
new s%treamlined, five-man
war cabinet while Allied
forces raced against time for
vantage points in the low
countries and snapped blows
from the air with German
warplanes.
The war cabinet, replacing
the old eight-man board of
strategy of Neville Cham
berlain, includes Chamber
lain, Lord Halifax, foreign
secretary under the resigned
prime minister, and the la
Dor party leaders, Clement
R. Attlee and Arthur Green
wood.
Speed To Front
It's formation was announced as
British and French troops sped to
positions alongside their Dutch
and Belgian Allies, Royal Air Force
planes blasted away at German con-
centrations and communications in
the Rhineland and British naval
his own surprise strategy with sud.
Continued on Page Three; Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
1858 Register In County
For BaHoting On May rs
CARNEY is PLEASED
New Registration Is More
By 900 Thar Number
Voting In 1898

A total of 1858 persons had placed
their anne on the books when the
new registration of voters for the
Saturday, May 25, primary closed at
sunset last night, H. G. Carney,
chairman of the New Hanover coun'
ty board of elections, reported.
The new registration included
1864 democrats, 281 republicans, and
10 Independents, Carney said.
Exceeds Record Vote
Registration for the coming cleo
lions exceeded by approximately 900
the record number of votes cast in
Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
D. R. CONDEMNS
BELGIUM ATTACK
Sends Note To King And
Applies Neutrality Act
To Low Countries

WASHINGTON, May II. III
President Roosevelt replied in a
most friendly vein tonight to an
appeal from the King of the Bel
CLANS that he support little Bel
GUMS fight against the Nazi in
vaders with all Of his moral au-
thority."
Jn his message to Leopold III, the
soldier-monarch, Mr.. Roosevelt de-
nounced the "cruel invasion" Of
Belgium, the Netherlands anS
Luxembourg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
Maxi Division Fails
To Crack Mag1not Line

lery and machinegun fire and to.
night the military spokesman here
said the battle area was quieting
down.
At the same time, a French high
command communique said the
Germans had lost heavily in fight
ing in the southern part of Luxem-
bourg.
Meanwhile, Germany's blitzkrieg
troops were said by French mill
tary sources to have driven across
the Mas river in southern Hol-
land, occupying the city of Mas
tricht, on the Belgian frontier,
and to have occupied the town Of
Anthem, in East Central Holland.
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12

discuss problems important to them
and their community thereby
creating interest, cultivating poise
and speaking ability, showing the
public what high school students
can do.
For the past two years, national
magazines have given space to dls-
cussion of such programs and urged
more schools to follow the same
plan. Wilmington has been a plo-
neer in the development of this ad-
vanced educational idea.
It has been five years now since
the board Of education has employ
ed a speaker to eulogize it's grad:
yates. During that time, boys and
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
REDMEN TO MEET
HERE TOMORROW
State Council Convention
Expected To Bring 300
Delegates To City

The North Carolina Council Of
Redmen will open its annual con-
vention tomorrow at the Cape Fear
hotel. Approximately 300 delegates
are expected to attend the session.
The members of the local enter
tainment committee are: w. E.
Yopp, general chairman; Mrs. Lii
lie Pearl Smith, vice-chairman; K.
S. Mallard, secretary and treasurer;
Continued on Page Two; Col. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
CHARLOTTE BAND

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, May
11.-(P)-A band representing Cen
trail High of Charlotte, N. c., won
top honors in the southeastern re-
gional competition of the National
Music Festival today after earning
first division ratings in marching,
sight reading and concert playing.