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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14
10 ENTER RACES
FOR LOCAL POSTS
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for Wilmington township. A maxi
mum of four is allowed and only
three have failed. They are Charles
H. Casteen, Henry Isaac Rhodes and
James F. Jordan. Jordan and Cas-
teen are officers of the Wilmington
police department.
William Henry Ezzell, incumbent,
and Frank Leroy Casteen have filed
ship.
J. Leroy Craig seeks nomination
for constable of Federal Point town
ship and J.. F. Jarrett has filed for
that position in Harnett township.
The deadline for filing vas at 6
o'clock last night, and nearly ali can
didates except those now holding of
flee waited until late yesterday aft
ernoon to pay their fees.
The primary will be on May 25.
Sets A Record
Since the democratic nomination is
tantamount to election, Registrar of
Deeds Rhodes will serve another
term. He has set a record in local
politics by remaining in office IS
years without opposition.
Rhodes, returning from overseas
service in the World war, during
which he was machine-gunned and
severely wounded, entered business
here, offering for the post of regis
trar two years later. He has, there
fore, served nine consecutive two
year terms without being opposed.
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HARRIDCE SEES
BANNER SEASON
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least that is the expectation of the
managers of the teams of which
they are members.
Newcomers who will, no doubt
make rapid steps toward stardom
on American league clubs, in addi-
ZION to Boudreau, who Joined CIeve.
land late in the 1889 season, include
Shortstop Jim Pofahl and Pitcher
Sid Hudson of Washington: Out
fielder Walter Judnich and Bob
Swift of st. Louis; Catcher Tom
Turner, Infielder Bob Kennedy and
Pitcher Vallie Eaves of Chicago:
Outfielder Dom DiMaggio and Pitch
er Maurice Harris of Boston; Pitch
er Marvin Breuer of New York and
Catcher Ed Parsons, Detroit.
Much interest will be shown this
year in the moves made by Detroit
in shifting Henry Greenberg from
first base to the outfield. Fans also
will watch the result of the trans
fer of Buddy Lewis of Washington
from third base to the outfield.
Greenberg, during the training pc
riod, has demonstrated he can han
die efficiently his new assignment,
enabling the Tigers to take advan-
tage of the hitting of Rudy York
BY placing him on first base.
With the scheduling of seven
night games in each of four Ameri-
can league cities, giving many fans
who dould not attend day games
an opportunity to witness baseball
under lights, and the possibility of
stardom for so many new players,
l believe the American league can
look forward with much optimism
to another banner year.
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RUMANIA STICKS
TO NAZI EMBARGO
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manian side of the Soviet-Ruman-
ian frontier.
The government-inspired Bucharest
press meanwhile published remark
ably similar editorials lashing out
ar The Fantastic assertions of fan
tastic incidents" in certain foreign
press" Informed quarters said this
referred to the German press cam
Daign against the "English-attempted
sabotage on the Danube.
Germany recently charged that
Britain planned to dynamite barges
in the Danube river to block the
flow of supplies over that waterway
TO Germany. British quarters here
Acknowledged that a fleet of British
barges seized on the Danube by Ru-
mania carried explosives but insist
ed they were to be used only for de-
stroying Allied river craft if Ger.
many invaded Rumania.
The adverse turn in German-Ru-
manian relations topped the increas-
ingly-serious situation throughout
southeastern Europe.
New Nazi Threat
In Belgrade. cabinet ministers told
foreign ENJOYS that Germany had
notified Yugoslavia and Rumania that
If German shipping is sabotaged on
the Danube, Germany will be forced
to walk in to protect the barges her
self"
Al Budapest, the Yugoslav, Ru-
nanian, Greek and Turkish minis
ters conferred. 1t was reported they
discussed reports that German troop
were concentrated on the Hungarian
and YugOslav frontiers, planning to
sweep through Hungary to Rumania
and through Yugoslavia to Salonika,
Greece. in a move to occupy SOUTH
eastern Europe and obtain a tight
grip on regions containing vital oil,
wheat. metal and foodstuffs.
While three German gunboats were
reported at Bratislava-for a dash in
70 the Balkans down the Danube
French and British quarters in Hun
gary and Ruamnia expressed con-
Germ over the reported passage of
thousands of German tourists"
through Hungary to Rumania. The
Allied quarters charged that the
tourists in reality are Nazi troops
hurrying to Rumania as the adj
vance guard.
Clodius Is Scorned
II was learned that members of
the Rumanian government have e
fused to receive DR.. Karl Clodius,
mead of a German trade commission
now in Bucharest, after weeks of
pickering over German demands for
Rumanian oil and wheat.
Considerable worry was caused in
lugoslavia and Greece by reports
mat $4,000 more italian "colonists"
nave been sent to Albania. An equal
number arrived in Tirana a fortnight
ago Yugoslavia expressed the belief
mat they are "2olonists with con-
Slderable military training"
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GARTER DECLINES
TO SERVE AGAIN
q Candidates Seeking Nine
Positions In Bladen
County

- r1ARETHTOWN, April 49,
:,,a, ,,arter. native of Whining
o NOW serving his second term
,.,,or5er here, declined to file for
a. ,hI-i Term as q candidates filed
,5ne Jobs open in the county.
H.. Nude no statement regarding
~. refusal TO seek denomination.
2.rel. tiling for the position of
.-a.5er were: Leslie Johnson.
VIA, oak; Louis Parker, Elizabeth
+.vn. J. 0. Kinlaw, Elizabethtown;
I,,a K. Nicholson, of Council.
Those fling for the state senate:
lanes II. Clark, of Elizabethtown,
AMI Nash L. Tatum, eN-sheriff, al
Sd If Elizabethtown.
Seekers after nomination to the
1aNer house are: U. S. Page and
James Albert Bridger, of Elizabeth
t5Hn and A. G. MacDougald, Jr.,
Of Clarkton.
FiIers for register Of deeds: Mrs.
Lillian Johnson, EliZabethtown; B.
Townsend. incumbent. Clarkton;
and John W. Shaw, Dublin.
Filters for county commissioners,
the first three incumbent: w. A.
Warwick. Bladenboro; r. H. Allen,
Kelly; Us. Elkins, of Elkton; Mil
ron L. Fisher, Elizabethtown; Oak
Lex Melvin, White Oak; L. l. Hes
ror. Dublin; Raymond Devaun.
B~la1enboro.
Leon D. Smith, count solicitor,
is unopposed.
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name of the Norwegian govern.
ment, and ordering the defenders
not to resist.
Contradictory Order
Later, according to this story,
contradictory order came from the
regular government of Premier
Johan Nygaardsvold. but it then
was too late. The German ships
were inside the fortress.
The Lens Tidningen said that all
children and old people had been
evacuated from Trondheim, a rail
point of great strategic value which
the Allies may try to take from
the Germans.
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Foreclosures Decline
10 D. c. In January

WASHINGTON, April 13.-tR-
The Federal Home Loan bank board
said today that foreclosures on city
homes by all types of mortgage
leaders decreased 10 per cent be-
tween January and February.
The February total was E,825,
cent below the ane period a year
ago. The January-February total
was q per cent under the two
months in 1889.
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onset that took at least seven lives,
the Pacific coast sweltered under
temperatures topping 100 degrees.
Storm warnings were hoisted
from Eastport, Me-, to Sandy Hook,
N. j., as a gale moved toward New
England in the wake of cold,
snow, rain and sleet.
Brimming rivers spilled over into
the lowlands in some New England
communities, but New Hampshire
Meteorologist A. D. Ross said the
sudden freeze had averted serious
floods.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14

it now is in the realm of fantasy.
I'VE see little immediate likeli-
hood of increasing dollar exchange
to enable Germany to purchase
more goods in the United States,
and we do not see n hope of
developing barter trade with this
country.
"All we can do now, and all I
am here to do, is to nurse things
along until peace comes, which I
hope may be within a few months"
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M'GINLEY DIES

PITTSBURGH, April 13.-P-
Thomas Atterbury Mckinley, million.
aire industrialist on whose nearby
Sewickley Heights estate hundreds
of policemen from throughout the
nation have competed in annual
craftsmanship events, died today.
He was SO.
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PROBE

WASHINGTON. April 13.-4R
- Chairman Gillette (D-Iowa)
said today that his special sen
ate elections committee had re-
ceIved complaints that whole
sale payments of poll taxes"
were being used to influence
selection of delegations to ma
tional presidential nominating
conventions.
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RECORD

BERKELEY, Calf, April 10.
1884 R Cornelius Warmerdam,
of the San Francisco Olympic
club, exceeded the worlds out
door pole vault record today
with a leap of Is feet. The rec.
ogniZed mark is IA feet, II
inches, held jointly by Earle
Madows and Bill Seton, former
University of Southern Califor-
mia athletes.
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Low seen
BY WEATHERMAN
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southeastern counties, but has not
yet been set out in the north and
central sections.
The mercury fell to "a degrees
in Wilmington, II in Charlotte. and
% in Asheville. Snow fell at Boone,
Rocky Mount and W%arrenton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14
VOLCANO

HILO, Hawaii, April 13.-R
Lava was hurled some 500
feet into the air in the great
central firepit of Mauha Loa
today-higher than at any time
since the eruption began. Then
the glowing fountains dropped
as estimated 200 feet.
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DANISH FLEET

WASHINGTON, April 13.--(R
Reports fiat Danish shipping
interests might seek to register
scores of their vessels under
the American flag in order to
save them from Allied seizure
found little favor today in Off
cial quarters.
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WORLD
BULLETINS
Continued From Page One)
MANEUVERS

FORT BENN1NG, Ga, April
INSTRUMENTATION of Unit
ed States army troops for corps
training emphasizing stream
lined mobility parallelled swift
expansion of the European
war front this week.
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NAZI-RED MEXICO
PLOT IS CHARGED
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of overthrowing the government
there and setting up a threat against
the United States" he declared.
They have other purposes, too.
They want a foothold in Latin
America, and Mexico by itself is
richer than any of the countries they
are fooling with over in Europe"
The Texan asserted that he wished
the state department to answer two
questions:
Can the United States, under the
Monroe doctrine, demand of Mexico
a full statement of the whole situa.
ton?
docs the Monroe doctrine pro-
hibit attempts from outside the west.
ern hemisphere to set up puppet COW
ernments within the hemisphere '
MEXICO CITY, April IS Up -
The assertion of Rep. Dies D-Tex,)
that he had information that Russia
and Germany were plotting to bring
on a revolution in Mexico and set
up a puppet government were re-
ceived in official quarters here with a
mixture of belief and denial.
An authorized spokesman for the
department of the interior said, st
is possible there are in Mexico some
foreign Communists assigned here
or ~x-o~oo+o,- &c
added that his department is making
a careful investigation of their &C.
tivities.
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BROWN DIES

Funeral services for Daniel J.
Brown, negro, who died Friday
morning at 4 o'clock, will be held
nus afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at Shi.
loh Baptist church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Cal
lie }. Brown, and one child.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14
(Ry the Associated Press)

The %severest April cold wave in
half a century gripped the east
and south last night, bringing with
it sub-freezing temperatures, gale
winds and spring flood threats.
While the eastern half of the ma
ton shivered from the l~ate-season
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14

Under-inflatio nof tires results
in excessive wear around the edges;
over-inflation increases the wear in
the center of the tread by reducing
the area of road contact.
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PLANES

WASHINGTON, April 49,
R-Great Britain and. France
were given official permission
by the war department today
to place orders for a new model
Douglas attack bomber believed
to be the worlds fastest of the
type.
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W E A H E R
Continued From Page One)

WASHINGTON, April 10. (P
Weather bureau records Of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending S
p. M, in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14

Photographs taken in 1897 on the
'A-fated Andree expedition to the
polar regions were not developed
until 1890.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-14

In 1900 the first national automo.
bile show was held in the United
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-11
MARRIAGE LICENSES
SALES DROP TO As

Continued from Page y
sic Turner.
Arthur Childers and Rosa Do
linger, Joe w. Killen and IONA
Gail Barker, Scott Mcclure and
Hazel Barker, B. R. Poe and Ses-
sic Bare, ANGEL Woodie and Es-
Their Elliott, Clifford Marsh and
Virgie Jones, K. G. Graham and
Ruth Blackburn, Clark Houck
and Ruth Skaggs, Louis G. Will
kins, and Madge Renee Jones,
Wayne Blevins and Virginia Be
wins, Clyde w. Smith and Wilma
Baldwin, J. William Crinkley and
Annie Lee Harrington, Grover
Barker and Georgia Blevins.
Will A. Ham and Ola Osborne
James A. Stanley and Charlotte
M. Sutherland, Verna Grogan and
Hazel Benge, Dale Ham and Del
phia Denny, Lonfred Black and
Eula Sheets, Carl Mullis and Cora
Brooks, Joseph o. Conner and
Pearl Bennett, Paul Hodgson and
Lena Bare, Cord Severt and Flo
renee Severt.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-11
Riyeryiew Boys Defeat VIC;
West Jefferson Also Wins
Two Teams on Top Rounds
for Boys. Jefferson and H.
Springs Lead Girls.

West Jefferson and Riverview
boys teams and jefferson and
Healing Springs girls are stick
ing to their places on the top
rounds of the ,Ashe county high
school basketball conference bat
tie. In a close, exciting game
West Jefferson defeated Jefferson
81 to 20 here Tuesday night and
Riverview overpowered Virginia.
Carolina 40 to 80 the same night
in the Healing Springs gym.
The Jefferson girls continued
their victory march with 5 win:
and no defeats.
Up-to-date standings, together
with complete results of games
and a schedule of games for the
ensuing week are shown on this
page.
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Making Survey.
In Ashe County
Historical Data Regarding the
Churches of County Now
Being Collected.

For the first time in history,
historical. data is being assembled
about churches, and other insti-
tutions in Ashe county, through
the cooperation of the Historical
Record Survey of N. c. and the
federal government.
Roscoe L. Billings, of Piney
Creek, who had just completed a
! survey in Allegheny county, has
started the survey in Ashe. ;
He will contact all pastors,
clerks of churches as well as
Sunday School superintendent in
his efforts to secure all needed
information.
He will also secure information
regarding other institutions OF
historical note. Individuals who
can assist him are asked to do So
in order that this historical data
may be compiled.
X When. the information has been
collected and assembled it will
be placed on file at Raleigh in
order that complete records of all
, sections of N. c. may be had
This historical survey is national
in scope and is now being car
ried on throughout the United
States.
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HANES BAKER BOUND
OVER TO HIGH COURT

Continued from Page y
count with the explanation "sig-
nature unauthorized".
One of the Wilkes warrants al
legged that a check, dated Jan
uary 7, 1889, made to c. E.
Combs and signed by Bare Mill
ling Company, by A. P. Bare in
the amount of $3.50, was cashed
by James Lowe. The check, it al
legged, had been returned from
the Bank of Aste with the no.
tation, signature unauthorized"
The other Wilkes check, bearing
same date and signature, was
drawn from $96.65 and was
cashed by I. E. Pearson.
The defendant is out on bonds.
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Au-Stars WallOp
Fries SSY" Outfit

Looking like the famed quint
of Celtics professional team), on
last Saturday night the West JEFF
ferson All-Star bunch clad in
brilliant and shiny gold shirts
and blue trunks threw their hats
into the ring and fought tooth
and nail with classy crew of
cagers flying the colors of the
Fries, Va, Y. M. c. A. and came
out on the big end of the 41-20
score piled up by both teams.
Even in the initial quarter the
boys from West Town were mas
tiers Of the situation and by the
half they had so efficiently hit
the hoop that the score board
showed them far in the lead with
% points to Fries 6.
The Fries boys, not appearing
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-11
w. JEFFERSON AND
JEFFERSON DIVIDE
By Tommy williams

Locking horns on last Tuesday
night in the West jefferson gym
the teams of West jefferson and
jefferson high continued their
fiery fued for basketball supre-
macy of the Jeffersons with the
girls taking a trimming from
Jefferson's lassies and the boys
barely eeking out a close % to
20 margain over the boys from
across the big hill.
The girls game was somewhat
faster than the score shows since
at times it appeared as if the
game would be turned into riot
before it was over but the. West
Town girls just couldn't overtake
the shooting of the fast stepping
Twin forwards and Dollar.
The honors for Jefferson were
equally divided between Dollar
and Mabel Little, while Brown
captured laurels for West Jeffer-
son.
Boys Game Fast
The boys game starting out as
though it would be a setup for
West Jefferson's Gold and Green
outfit got hot after the first half
and continued hot. until the fl
nal whistle and giving the ap-
pearahce of tie game and at
: the same time keeping the stands
IN a frenzy
Tam Mcmillan, versatile CEN
ter for West Jefferson rung up
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BELK'S STORE TO HOLD
BIG CLEARANCE SALE

S. S. Shoemaker, manager of
Belk's department store has an
nounced that he will hold a jan
uary store-wide clearance sale
starting on Friday morning.
Mr.. Shoemaker pointed out
that a great savings on all winter
and fall merchandise would be
offered at this time in order to
make ready for new spring
goods.
again Belk's will demonstrate
in an impressive manner that
'Belk's is the home of better val
ues'" he said.
Stock on many of the items is
limited and for that reason GUS
toners are urged to come early
in order to supply their needs. A
full page advertisement, listing
many sale specials is carried else
where in the Skyland Post, to-
day.
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COMBS SENT TO JAIL
MON. FOR RUNNING INTO
ALLEGHANY SHERIFF'S CAR

Mertie Combs, of near Jeffer-
son, was fined $40 and cost this
week by Judge H. c. Tucker on
charges growing out of an auto
mobile accident which occurred
Monday when Combs ran into
Sheriff D. T. Bryan's car on a
curve not far from jefferson.
Combs said ice and snow caused
him to crash into the Allegheny
county sheriff's car. Upon fail
ure to pay the fine and cost, he
was sent to Jail. An order to at
tach his car was also issued and
Combs told officers that the We
hicle belonged to Coy Lambert.
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RESULTS OF GAMES
Friday Night, Jan. 5
ROYS' GAMES

VIC, 26; Healing Sp'gs., 20
w. jefferson, 81; Lansing, 10
jefferson, %; Fleetwood, 9
Riverview, Al; Nathan's c., %
GIRLS GAMES
H. Springs, Is; VIC, IA
Lansing, "a, w. Jefferson, 10
jefferson, 26; Fleetwood, II
Riverview, 2; N. Creek o
(This game forfeited)
Tuesday Night, Jan. 8
BOYS GAMES
Riverview, 40; VIC, 80
w. Jefferson, %; Jefferson, q
(Lansing-Nathan's Creek and
Healing Springs-Todd games
were postponed because of Sc
we're weather and schools being
closely
GIRLS GAMES
VIC, 81; Riverview, 10
Jefferson, IS; w. Jefferson, 5
(Other games postponed)
SCHEDULE OF GAMES
Friday Night, Jan. IL
Jefferson at Virginia-Ca
Todd at Fleetwood
at Healing Springs
Lansing at Nathan's Creek
Tuesday Night, Jan. 16
Healing Springs at Riverview
misunderstanding at Lansing
Nathan's Creek at Jefferson
Healing Springs at Riverview
West Jefferson at Fleetwood
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Joe Johnson, Bill andsJoe Gar
vey, Buddy Grayson, Jimmy Al
len, John Weaver and Glenn
Sells. Line-ups were not avail
able.
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two foul shots and three field
baskets in the first half to lead
the scoring for West Jefferson
while Coward, Weaver and
Woodie looked exceptionally
good for jefferson, hitting the
hoop with seemingly impossible
long shots from most anywhere
on the floor.
On last Friday night the West
Jefferson teams trimmed Lansing
a double-header but scores and
lineups were not available.
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up to what ''Y" team should
could not get going throughout
the entire game and the All-Stars
completely swamped them with
nothing to hamper them except
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brief intermission of darkness
in the third period when the
lights went out.
/ C. D. Moore, fast stopper for
Fries led his team, in both offense
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-01-11

and defense, while the honors on
West Jefferson's team were shar-
ed between Bill Carney. Joe
johnson and Buddy Grayson.
Those playing for W.. ]. were:
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-10
Warm Willkie Smile

New York Times)
Mr.. Wkie in the newspaper pictures continues
to look unaffectedy happy that his strategists
may soon have to deal with the problem. They must
not let the Republican candidate give the people the
idea that it wouldn't really make much difference
to him whether he is elected not President Roose-
welt, too has good smile but by this time the pub
lie knows there other qualities behind the Roose-
welt smile. If the third-term bid should fall it is
easily conceivable that Mr. Roosevelt will be in a
rather disappointed mood the day after election.
But about Nh. Willkie one cannot be too sure.
At times he really does look If five minutes after
the bad news in he will have forgotten it all.
IN nation of nearly SO million voters there must
be very large number of kindly men and women
who shrink from the thought of giving pain They
must be tempted to vote against the man who seems
less likely to mind it,
Alfred M. Landon in his day had kindly human
smile. but people in Presidential campaign want
something more affirmative in their leaders Most
of want a hint of the steel behind candidates
good nature. They want the capacity for just indg
nation, and even little hot anger occasionally.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-10

Mutt was the first choice to man.
age the Roosevelt Wallace region
al campaign headquarters in Chi
cago, but he declined. Instead ne
will make a nationwide speaking
tour for the ticket. A Willkie-
Davey headquarters has been opened
in Toledo under the direction of
Dave Krieger, local Republican.
Former Governor Martin Davey,
Democratic nominee for the office
this year, is cold to Roosevelt, once
employed Willkie as his lawyer
when Willkie lived in Akron.
Senator Joe O'Mahoney polled the
highest vote ever received by a
Democrat in the recent Wyoming
primary. With less than half of
the normal vote cast in this cleo
ton. The Democrats figure they have
a good chance to carry the state
il November.
Copyright, 1910. by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, Inc)