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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
SENATE PASSES
BILL PROVIDING
FOR GUARD CALI
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serse' Mr.. Roosevelt and the Var
department had said the Guard
should Re modified for training
but that the bill which the Pres.
dent sent to the capitol called tor
"itcv' aem ilitvyc es ra' ie
Command Situation
But administration leaders were
in command of the situation at all
times, and beat back the oppos.
tion's two principal attempts b
modify the masure. One was The
amendment by Senator Adams ID.
Colo) limiting the Guardsmens
are of operation.
Senator Austin (R-V-t tough.
alongside administration forces in
opposition to this am ~ndment. HI
contended the Presiden. should
have broad authority to act quick.
ly in an emergency situation and
send troops to other lands if nee.
es- -ary to the protection Of the Unit
ed States ~ the maintenance Of
the Monroe Doctrine.
In reply to this, Senator Chanl
Ter (D-Ky) asserted the Monroe
doctrine had been construed 10 Gov.
er so much territory that it was
doubtful it could be enforced. He
could not see why the United States
would have to 60 to war, if some
other nation took over the island
of Trinidad, owned by Great Brit
ain, for instance.
II wan to see us strong enough
Austin replied, $50 that if Ger
many wins she will not dare to take
Trinidad or any other possess0a
in the Western Hemisphere"
So close was the vote on the
Adams amendment that an excited
furry followed, with adminlstraaol
forces seeking to table a motion %
reconsider and advocates Of tne
amendment calling f'r a quorum
call, to give them time to Organic
their forces.
Senator Clark (D-Mo), mastei
parliamentary strategist, produce
a motion to recommit the bill u
the military committee with D,
structions that it write the ADAM
amendment into it and report u'
measure to the senate at once
The strategem failed. A roll eau
vote showed even fewer senao..
for the Adams amendment IN ~
new than in it's original form :, III,
Clark motion was beaten 40 70 Oh
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N. E.. OPTIMISTIC AT
TOBACCO PRICES
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(COutluucu EIO1Q dKC O1AOJ
lower the price levels that growers
will be well-pleased.
"We've been hoping for an aver
age of 16 to 1S cents and it looks
now as if We'll do BETTER" Stafford
said.
M. S. Smith, supervisor of sales on
the Whiteville market, said that
the reports from the Georgia mar
kets were very encouraging for the
Border Belt markets"
Opening day sales down there are
a good barometer of what We can
expect" he said in expressing the
belief that growers of this section
should receive somewhat better
prices than last year.
Buyers Arrive
Buyers for several companies are
already beginning to arrive on the
Whiteville market in preparation
for the opening a week from next
Tuesday. Most of the warehousemen
have already made arrangements for
sales.
Smith said that the tobacco crop
in Columbus county was of very
good quality"
He also expressed the belief that
the national flue-cured crop will be
closer to the 5Oo,00o,000 pounds mark
than an earlier estimate of 650,000,.
900 pounds. The dry weather of
July cut the weed crop considerably
in some sections, he said.
Stafford said that in telephone
calls to several Georgia markets it
appeared that the first day offerings
of leaf was Of better than average
quality.
"While don't expect the prices
there to ho4d up to today's sales,
there shouldn't be much decrease" +"
he said.
If the farmers of this section
could get an average of 20 cents a
pound they would be mighty well
pleased" Stafford stated. "r h e
farmers are mighty pepped-up to-
night over the Georgia prices" he
said.
Fairmont is just about ready for
the opening day and a majority Of
the farmers in that section are get.
ting ready for it. A considerable
amount of tobacco has already been
graded and prepared for market.
Most growers in the Robson sec.
ton are about through curing, some
have already finished, and all they
are waiting for now Is the auction
eer's chant.
Sure that the prices on their prin.
cipal money crop will be good when
the markets open here, the farmers
are preparing for the first days
sales with more haste than usual,
Unless there is some change to dis
courage them, opening day will find
all seven markets in this section
Lumberton, F'airmont,
Clarkton, Tabor City, Chadbourn
and Fair Bluff-iammed to capacity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
MERCURY LOWERED
BY RAINFALL. HERE
Temperature Held Down To SO
Degrees; Occasional Showers
Expected Today

Wednesdays rains kept the ther
mometer down a bit yesterday
wits the highest temperature re-
corded being SO degrees.
Low for the day was 70 degrees,
with the mean two above the 78.
degree normal.
Weather bureau officials S al
last night that today will be partly
cloudy with probable occasion.
al showers. Moderate northeast anG
northerly winds will predominate
with mostly fresh winds forecast
for the beaches. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
TOP o. THE MORNING

Belief in Immortality gives dignity to life
and enables us to endure cheertuzzy those trials
zChich come to us all. 1t saves us from be-
coming too deeply eegrossed in selfish pur.
suits, and gives US deeper respect for each
other. As the thought OF immortality occupies
our minds, aUe gain q clearer conception OF
duty and are inspired to cultivate character
SAMUEL M. LINDSAY
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
Ships Warned OF Storm
East Of Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. 8
(R)-Atlantic shipping was warned
by the weather bureau tonight
that tropical storm moving north
eastward out of the Bahamas was
attended by moderate gales "anc
may increase in intensity"
The rureaus 9:2O o, m. EST
advisory said the storm was cen.
trail at p. m. about 500 miles
east southeast of Jacksonville, and
was moving north-northeastwa
about 10 to II miles perhour."
caution advised ships in path
as this storm may increase in In.
tensity the bureau said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09

marily what its name implies, a
coastal patrol. With the exception
of the recently established weather
observation patrols in the Atlantic
and iceberg patrols in the North
Atlantic, the coast guard seldom
operates far from shore.
The Greenland cruise isn't un-
precedented, but it will be unusual
enough to make headlines in the
annals of U. S. coast guard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09

in early afternoon . hi
The ship made speclal s'or
so the Windsors and Their eAIU1' ;.
could proceed more directly ~ ~
Bahamas where the DUKE ;,i
governor and conmander-ln'ci'''-
British armed forces. n
Thousands lined the shoi0 m.
Excalibur pulled in and cheei2 ',.ti,
from a throng of about lgUy ,.rr
crowded the Royal Yacht cl~D ,3.,r
near the jetty where the "-'-
stepped ashore from teAael'
The duke, tanned and 9oy1s~
gray serge, came ashore firs''
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
258 Britons Killed
During Air AttnF"

Tao hun'
LONDON, Aug. S.-CP)-l"0 nsrs
dred and fifty eight civilians s,r
killed and 321 injured serlouSL N,
ing air raids on Britain dul'I ,ods,
month of July, it was repofleU d
in a written answer to "'
commons question.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
Al Wild Life Farley
Slated August 26-3O

RALEIGH, N. c., Aug. s.-tNH
The annual All Club Wildlife Con-
servatlon conference will be held
at Swannanoa August $3.50, L. R.
Harrin Of the N. c. State College
Extension Service announced to-
day 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09

the ruler of continent and set forth for that
objective. Europe must go without these need
ed food supplies and face a famine which
probably will be the worst since the Middle
Ages.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-Armorplated d
triple armed, the United States coast guard
cutter Northland is going to Greenland!
Getting any inside information on what is
going on n any national defense work these
days is like trying to pull jaw teeth with eye
brow tWeezerS.
Over at the coast guard offices, if you ask
them about it, they just look blank Or if one
of the boys is in good humor, he might tell
you he never heard of the Northland, but if
present plans aren't changed and quickly, the
famous old west coast cutter will soon cleave
down past the Statue of Liberty, dip through
the NarroWs, and rounding Montaulz light set
a course northeast for GreenlandS icy noun
tains.
The story was rumored recently when the
Northland left the west coast, but coast guard
officials denied it. In the Brooklyn navy yard,
even now, the hammers are ringing and weld
ing torches blazing as the deck of the Northland
is arn1or plated and her deck complement is in
creased to three guns.
Just what is the purpose of the Northland's S
cruise to Greenland must for the moment re-
main bit obscure. Piecing known parts of the
puzzle together, it is safe to conjecture that
the Northland is off on scouting observa-
ton cruise-a sort of detective of the Green
land seaWays.
It is something of known secret that the
United States has radio station in Greenland
navy. It is considered likely that the orders
Of the Northland will include contact with oper-
ators there and probably survey of the south
ern coast of Greenland from the standpoint of
western hemisphere defense.
FAMOUS AMONG CUTTERS
The Greenland junket will be just another
leaf in the log of one of the most famous of
the U. S. coast guard cutters.
NOrth1and has
in the Bering Sea patrol. Following the ice
Ioes north in the spring along the coast Of
Alaska, the boat would cut west along the
Aleutians and visit the ports of those sparsely
populated stepping stones to within hailing dis
tance of Russia. .
1t has sometimes been called "the Eskimo
marrying boat" and again ''the law west Of
Seward
The reason is that these islands, with their
tiny Eskimo communities, are isolated through
out the year and have no other contact with
the outside world than the annual cruises of
the coast guard.
The captain of the Northland Cor of what
ever cutter might be making the cruise now
thus became, ex-officio, the only justice of the
peace ever to visit the islands. And it became
his duty to bless with legal matrimony all
those couples who, by tribal custom, had Unit
ed in marriage during the winter It wasn't
unheard of for the captain to marry couples
who had, as witnesses, offspring few months
old.
The Northland also carried doctor and den
tist and the boat tied up for days at these
little Eskimo villages while the natives came
aboard for examinations and treatment
ANYBODY'S BUSINESS
What the Northland will carry to Greenland
is anybody's guess, for its crew and cargo have
been given no publicity, but not even the Ber-
ing Sea patrol, as strange as it is can com.
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WINDSORS ARRIVE
AT BERMUDA PORl
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friendly bow to the conn'OD''
duchess.
The women who thus maze In'
curtsy-or-not-to-curtsy choice :,
Mrs. Hastings Brooke, sis''i ~,
Major-General Denis klrWan w ",
nard, governor of Bermuda al,u n. w.
wife of Admiral Sir Charles hon~ n',,
dy.Purvis, commander OF the l"I Az.
Navy's American and west LUZ
squardon. ,de
There was, of course, no dIta- a,,l
pause and the two women soon ~ Tim
themselves in animated con'eisari Nj.
with the duchess, the former VII
Warfield for whom Ed"@i0
gave up a throne. r-vc,t,
The American export llllsl liz.
bur, bearing the Windsors llol" ,,,,a,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-09
ANYBoDY's BUSINESS

ANYBODY'S BUSINESS
What the Northland will carry to Greenland
is anybody's guess, for its crew and cargo have
been given no publicity, but not even the Ber-
ing Sea patrol, as strange as it is, can COM
pare with this trip The coast guard is pri-
Smyrna times., 1940-03-07
TO INACCURATE
CLUB SYSTEM
School Forms Z New Clubs to
Extend Sphere of Interest
For Every Boy and Girl
r. w. BELL GIVES TALK

Officials of the John Rassett
Moore High School of Smyrna to-
day inaugurated a new club sys-
tenn. The main purpose is to offer
to boys and girls the opportunity of
extending their sphere of interest
and of doing those things for which
the regular classroom does not
provide, was the statement made
by George R. Miller, Jr., superin-
tendent of the school. Mr.. Miller
expressed his intention of provid-
ing one club for every student ex-
cept for those who are prevented
by illness or who have no definite
interest, in which case the students
will use club time to study. THE
value of the club is determined by
the amount of effort exerted by its
members" continued Mr.. Miller.
THE club has a definite function in
any educational plan today. 1t is
necessary to train the pupil not
only in making a living but also in
equiping the individual to use his
leisure time to the best advantage. T"
The number of clubs is at present
limited by the number of sponsors
but as interests grow, the clubs will
branch out and additional oppor-
tunities will be presented. Clubs
for physical activities, music, bust
ness, public speaking, journalism,
hobbies and homemaking are
among those being offered to the
students at this time On Tuesday
afternoon Mr.. Roland w. Bell CO.
operated with the Hobby Club by
giving a talk on his hobby, the col
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Smyrna times., 1940-03-07
'39 CLUB HOLDS
FIRST DANCE
Leap Year FrOlic, First of Ser
les of Dances to Be Given
Proves to Be a Success
PLAN FUTURE EVENTS

The dance held at the Century
Clubhouse by The Odds and Ends
of '39" last week was a great sue
cess. Don Ennis and his Escorts
played for the dancing from nine
til one, with the exception of a
half an hour intermission. The
orchestra was at its best and this
new style was enjoyed by every
body The clubhouse was appro-
priately decorated with the odds
and Ends of '39's" colors, red and
white. Paper streamers were sus-
pended from the ceiling, hanging
just above the dancers heads. The
red glow of the logs, burning in the
open fireplace, gave the atmos-
phere a dreamy effect. The only
other lighting was a blue spotlight
which was focused upon the or
chestra throughout the entire
dance. A unique climax was
reached by the sudden arrival of
many balloons which had surpris-
ingly been released from their dec
orative perch above the dance floor.
A merry scamble followed in which
the luckier of the crowd secured
souveniers of the dance, but large
percentage of these never passed
the door due to pins, cigarettes and
other articles of destruction. This
Leap Year Hop is the first of a
series of dances to be given by
THE Odds and Ends of 49,. The
dates and the orchestras will be an
nounced later. While plans for
these future dances are being dis
cussed, the club will continue hold
ing its weekly meetings at the Cen
tury Clubhouse. Friday nights at
the club are very entertaining; a
ping-pong contest is in progress,
badmfnton games are to be played,
a member of the local school facul-
ty has donated several packs of
cards, and recorded music is pro-
vided for dancing.
Smyrna times., 1940-03-07
PUPILS HOLD
PRESS RALLY
Student Delegates From Five
States Gather For Press
Conference on March 2
3 REPRESENT SMYRNA

Louise Mabrey, Matilda Wisk and
William MacLucas, of the John
Bassett Moore High School were
delegates to the second annual con-
vention of the Middle States Schol-
astic Press Association held at
Beacon College on Saturday, March
2. Governor Richard G. McMullen
was guest of honor. Student dele
gates from the five neighboring
states, New Jersey, Virginia, Penn
sylvania, New York and Maryland
were officially greeted by Governor
McMullen, Mayor Bacon of VIII
mington and Mr.. Hirons, president
of Beacon College. Immediately
after an address by Henry Duncan,
reporter Of the Evening Ledger and
guest speaker at the convention,
the students proceeded to various
sectional meetings which featured
prominent newspapermen from Del
aware. Student commentators were
encouraged to question the speak
ers and give their opinions. At one
o'clock the students, led by Conrad
High School Band, paraded to st.
PauPs Methodist Church where
luncheon was served, followed by
group singing and awarding Of
prizes. Students returned later to
Beacon auditorium, where dance
was held.
Smyrna times., 1940-03-07
SMYRNA TEAM
WINS 10 GAMES
Varsity Basketball Team Has
Successful Year With Ten
Victories Out of Ia Games
MAKE TOTAL 4I6 POINTS

The Smyrna Varsity Basketball
team, with only one more game to
play, has made a seasons record of
which to be proud. Out of Ia
games played, Smyrna team has
been victorious 10 times. Under
the coaching of Mr.George Records
and Mr.. Francis Gebhart, the boys
on the team have made splendid
progress, and show the results of
good training and school spirit. The
j. VS. too made quite a showing
this season, winning ten out of
thirteen games. Smyrna varsity
basketball team lost to Cambridge
once, A. I. DUPONT once and Brown
Vocational Trade School twice. All
the games Smyrna has won have
been hard-fought and well deserved
victories. They have but nine boys
on the squad. These boys are, Ray
Smith, Bob Jacobs, Bob Lower, Mel
son Slaughter, Ace Carrow, Pete
Stats, Bill Bodley, Bit Gooding
and Bill Hutchison. The scores for
the varsity games this year were
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Smyrna times., 1940-03-07
BILL FOR DELAWARE SPAN
Interest Revived as Bill Seeks
Bridge at Wilmington Over River

New hope for the construction of
the long-proposed Delaware-New
Jersey Bridge at Wilmington was
revived by the introduction of a bill
in Congress by Representative B.
Carroll Reece of Tennessee. George
A. Casey, president of the Della
ware-New Jersey Bridge Corpora
ton, said in Philadelphia he was
still actively interested and work
ing for the Delaware River cross
ing at Wilmington Mr.. Casey, who
lives at 1101 Broom Street, Will
mington, declined to comment in
detail on the proposals for the
crossing at present. Representa-
tive Reece said he had introduced
the bill at the request of others and
had no further information. The
original plan of the bridge met
with opposition from Philadelphia
interests and the War Department
on the grounds it might prove an
obstacle to naval and commercial
centers at Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1940-03-07
III GROUPS TO GIVE 8 PLAYS
Kent County Clubs Prepare For
Annual Dramatic Contest

With eight plays scheduled to be
presented in two groups, the Kent
County All Clubs are holding in
tensive practice sessions in prepar-
alton for the 7th annual All Dram
attic Contest to be held in the Cae-
sar Rodney Auditorium Thursday
and Friday evenings, March 14th
and 18th, it was announced by Miss
Helen L. Comstock, Kent County
Club Agent. According to Miss
Comstock, the groups presenting
plavs on Thursday evening will be
CLAYTON Clodettes, Westville, Wild
Cats and Kenton. The clubs CIV
ing their plays on Friday evening
will be Senior Cardinals of Hous-
ton, Clayton Clodhoppers, Smyrna
Wide Awakes, and Union Blue
Jays. These plays are one-act
plays and the time will be not less
than 20 minutes or more than 40
minutes. 1t is planned to have
dancing after the plays; for that
reason the program will begin
promptly at 7.3O.
Smyrna times., 1940-03-07
BOARD STARTS
RELIEF PROBE
Old Age Welfare Board to
Check 1887 Cases i'm 3 COun-
ties for Records of Relief
TO FINISH IN TWO WEEKS

An immediate, rapid reinvestiga-
tion of every direct relief case in
the state about 1887 families
has been ordered by the Old Age
Welfare Commission, to be finished
in two weeks. While the case
workers of the commission revisit
every relief family periodically, this
will be the first time that a COM
plete reinvestigation is to be made
of the entire relief situation stimuli
taneously. The drive will be car
ried on not only in New Castle
County but also throughout Kent
and Sussex where only unemploy-
ables get direct relief. This inten-
sive drive on reinvestigations, will
develop whether or not there are
persons now receiving relief who
are not entitled to it. Heretofore,
demonstrations have been at more
or less regular intervals as time
permitted. The reinvestigations in
the past developed a few cases that
have been dropped. This new rein
vestigation will be even more thor
ough than before and the result will
be made known Immediately to the
counties, whose funds the relief
unit is spending A spokesman for
the welfare commission explained
that prime reason for the study is
to furnish county officials with
complete new data on relief needs.
Latest figures of the relief depart
ment of the welfare commission
show 874 employable cases in New
Castle County; 793 unemployable
cases in the county; SO cases in
Kent County and Ill in Sussex.
The small number of families on re-
lief in the lower counties, it is ex-
planned, does not mean that the
case workers are having an easy
time. For in addition to regular in
vestigations of these families, the
case workers also have to certify
men, women and youths for such
divisions as CCC, NYA, WPA, and
pension assistance Executives of
the relief unit have been instructed,
however, to concentrate on the re-
investigation survey of relief-re-
ceiving families only. This work
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Smyrna times., 1940-03-07
GROWERS GET
SPRAYING DATA
County Fruit Growers Receive
Literature on Many Orch
ard Spray Problems
DESIRE FIELD SERVICE

Within the past few days the
fruit growers in Kent county re-
ceived from the Office of County
Agent, Russell E. Wilson, the first
edition of orchard spray notes for
the 1910 season prepared by the de-
partments of plant pathology, en-
tomology and horticulture of the
Delaware experiment station. The
time is again rapidly approaching
for fruit growers to give consider
alton to spraying materials and
practices, and in this connection
the apple, peach and grape spray
have been revised for dis
tribution to those growers who de-
sire this information on spraying.
One of the suggestions brought out
at the meeting which was held in
the Fruitland Grange hall in Cam
den a few weeks ago was that fruit
growers desire more field service
with their spraying problems and
other questions in regard to fruit
culture. AS in previous years these
orchard spray notes will be distrib-
uted through the county extension
office, and in order that it may be
known which growers desire this
field service and the problems in
they are requested to fill
out blank form which will be in
in each letter that ac-
companies these spray notes, and
return this field service request to
the county agent. These requests
for assistance will be given prompt
by members of the ex-
pertinent station and extension de-
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Smyrna times., 1940-03-07
ROTARIANS HEAR PLEA FOR
A UNITED SMYRNA CLAYTON

Lester Berghon, John Hobson, Ed
ward Everett, Harold Wiley, Elmer
Cats, Clement Griffin, William
Jones, Clifton Short, Julian Dun
ming, Earl Carter, Walter Law
renee, Fred Duff, Frank Harris.
Mr.. Slaughter presented Fred Egg
nor, baritone soloist, who rendered
two selections, Without a Song"
and Little Mother of Mine. A
short address was given by Mr.
Raymond Mabrey, who spoke of
the unity of the Slaughter organ
ization. William E. Matthews, Jr.,
responded to Mr.. Slaughter for the
unique way in which he presented
his employees, and the fine spirit of
fellowship maintained, which is an
exemplification of the things that
Rotary is working for in the i'm
provements of such relationships.
'It is evident" said Mr.. Matthews,
that the spirit of cooperation we
have seen here tonight is prac-
tical application of the golden rule
in vocational service. Both employ
er and employee are striving toward
the goal of organized success for
mutual benefit" Mr.. Slaughter
gave one of the precepts which
govern his management policies as
being that "a man who con-
tributes to the success of a ven
ture is entitled to voice his crit
icisms."