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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-22
THE ALLIES FACE DISASTER


Adolf Hers bzkreg struck its greatest blow of the
today in a parayzing kne-ke drive to the English at
the French port of Abbevile.
Confirmation and consolidation of the Nazi gains would
make the allied position France of gravity but
from London British statement that the long awaited
counerattack had begun with the French army fighting
magnfcently" in door die attempt part of
the allied forces from disaster.
In what the German high command called the greatest
attack operation of all times the Naz mechanical armies
bombing planes and parachute troops officially reported that
after IL days of furious fighting they had:
Raced 60 miles through northern France to Abbevie
only 70 miles the channel from Engandto cut off
and threaten with disaster perhaps million British French
and Belgian soldiers in Flanders.
oBroken the 9th French army and captured its staff and
commander, Gen. Henri Graud, who wounded and
captured in the first weeks of the World
oCaptured Rethe and Laon the fighting front so
miles north of Paris and taken Amiens and Arras-
important communications centers in the north
H-Engaged the British-Began forces retiring through
Flanders in battle east Of Client and southwark Of that
point the Scheldt river.
The full extent of the German gains and Of the allied
be determined only after fuher opera
tons battlefront that is confused and jumbed
result of the Naz strategy of striking mechanical units
far of their forces far behind the
lines
German parachute troops being used extensively
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-22
Germans Seem Near One
|Of Greatest Victories in
Worlds Military History
Republics Ninth Army Blasted from Pdth
Of Mechunized Reich Forces: British
Troops in Belgium MdY Be Trapped
BULLETINS

Reports circulated today by the German radio that
the French government preparing TO TO Cermon
Ferrand because of the threat to Paris.
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Reports circulated today by the German radio That
the French preparing to to Cermont-
Ferrand because of the threat to Paris.
LONDON-A great battle apparently is about to take
place for of the channel ports the Germans
complete encrcng movement in their Abbevie drive
LIE Touque They due to reach LIE Touquet
any hour 20 miles northward from Abbeve indicating
the Germans after reaching the mouth of the Somme had
swept up the channel coast toward Bouogne and Calais
PARISH French military source said tonight fight
ing still raging fuiously the Cambria region despite
the enemy breakhrough to Aiens and Arrns and that
GenerdliSsimo Marine Weygdnd at the battle front
issuing orders designed to correct hdt Premier Paul Reg
maud before the senate had called incredible faults
LONDON-The British expeditionary force today is
fighting to hold its only channels of retreat in north France
the ports of Calais Bouogne-and the ports of Ostend
and Blankenberghe in Belgium
BERLIN-Adof Hitler's blitzkrieg offensive
smashed through the main French army in north
France, the high command said today, and by
nightfall it reported by Nazis that for
midabe" German forces had reached the mouth
of the river Somme the English channel.
PARIs-Germanys vast aerial fleet unleashed all Of its
fury tonight in tremendous drive TO dsorganize the allied
lines in northern France French military
ported that Marshal Hermann Goerngs air force leading
German divisions of tank and armored had
spread red Of smoking ruins through Picardy and
Flanders.
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Senators paid e1ose aitsntlon -
Chairman Elmer Thomas. u the
military appropriations sub-con-
mittse. explained ths Big army
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Poet Huffman Reviews Evening Scene
In Many Southeastern Farm Homes

derstood, for saving wood we've no
regard! We'd rather dream of broad
expanse; of meadows wide, so for
est-lined that nature bows to well
come us to search her beauty IN
confined.
|. At last the roosters, on their
~roests, sing out their cock-a-doodle-
Edoo: a warning that the sun shall
rise so soon in search of me and
you. And if we lie there. drowsy
heads, for second maps, like "sweet,
young things" we'll know the pangs
Of poverty which late and lazy ac-
ton brings
The lucky bird the worm gets, TO
matter what the spoil might be; and
if that does apply. to birds, it also
does to you. and me. Tobacco prices
might go up, and cotton prices might
come down. And Plebians might
rise to sup with those who wear a
crown.
Therefore, we throw the covers
back, roll ,out and kneel beside u
bed, thank God for life in home,
sweet home, unbombed, unnumbered
'mongst the dead; where little tots
can play7in peace beneath the Stars
and Stripes that wave like 'Glory's
sheen against the sky, possessed, up
held by free men brave
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
M'EACHERN'S COWS.
MAKE fine MARKS
Three Recently Complete e
Tests And Average 555
Pounds OF Butterfat

BATTLEBORO, VT, Oct. 6.-Three
registered Holsteins owned by A. A.
McEachern, Wilmington, recently
completed herd-test records of more
than 545 pounds %butterfat, the three
averaging 555 pounds. This produc-
ton is nearly 3 1-2 times the coun-
try's dairy-cow average as reported
by the U. s.. Department of Agri-
culture.
. The high COW of the three. Ormsby
Rosalina, starting her lactation at 5
years 6 months of age, produced A.
$50 pounds of milk. with 56S.9 pounds
of butterfat. Korndyke Queen Fobes
Segis, a six-year-old, produced A.
$40 pounds milk with 1925 pounds
butterfat. NICE Countess Fobes, a
Junior four-year-old, produced A.
O2O pounds milk with 545.7 pounds
of b%utterfat. All three COWS were
MIXED two times daily for 365 days.
Their productions will be recorded
in the Holstein-Friesian Herd I'M
provement register.
Testing was } supervised by The
Holstefn Friesian Association of
America, .Brattleboro, VT, in cooper
alton with the State College of Ayr
culture,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07

break of dax.into a million hollow
logs.
: The wise old owl isascouting round
to see what she can make her prey.
We. know, because she hollered
"Who?", and in return I. hollered
"Mer'
The baby, she's begun to cry as if
her eyes resent the dark. Such per-
feet lungs! We strike a light and
hunt around for paregoric. A little.
dose is what she needs to. silence
her, that we might know.-the. blessed
rest a father gets when sheep no
longer come and go. -
And visions! They are like the
poor, forever with you and on. hand
to make you either. fail or reach at
tainments for the Promised Land. =.
At first we. dream, of broad, green
fields, of miles and miles of perfect
crops, and grapes a-clusteE on the,
vine, and never think of malt. and.
hops. Sometimes we dream of per-
feet dawns. of many hounds a-giying
chase to bucks, across the meadow
grass, with me on hand to end the
race. : -. 4. >.
And then we dream of saving
wood. I.guess it's then we're Sleep.
ing hard. At least. we want it I'M
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Burley Weed Grading
Demonstrations Slated

RALEIGH, Oct. 6-R-Final ar
rangements have been completed
for hurley tobacco grading dem
onstrations in IL western North
Carolina counties, L. r. Weeks,
extension tobacco specialist of N
c. State college, announced today.
The demonstrations will be con-
Quoted from October % through
November IS by federal grading
specialists.
The schedule follows:
October %, Allegheny and Ashe:
October 20, Ashe and Watauga:
October 80, Watauga; November 4,
Avery and Mitchell; November 5,
Mitchell and Yancey; November g,
Yancey; November Z an do. Mad
ison; November II, Buncombe, No
vember IL, Buncombe and Hay
wood; November 10, Haywood; No
vember IA, Jackson and Graham;
November IS, Graham and Clay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
All CLUB RECORD
g.
DEADLINE FIXED
December l Is. Final Date In
Submitting Books For The
State Wide Contest

RALEIGH, Oct. 6.-The fifteen
hundred or more All Clubs. in
North Carolina were notified today
by l.. R. Harrill, state All Club
leader, that December l is the
deadline for submitting records to
be considered in choosing the best
club in the state for 1940.
This honor Harrill pointed out,
carries with it a cash: award of
500. to be used by the club for
club and community improve
ments. Funds for this award are
donated by the American Nitrate
Educational Bureau through i t S
North Carolina representative, H.
L. Meacham of Raleigh.
County farm and home agents,
and assistant agents. have been
called upon to- select the best club
in each county and to send the
records to the All office at State
college before December, l.
Last year the Gibsonville club OF
Guilford county was selected as
the best in the. state. with a men,
bership of "a girls and l8 boys,
the Gibsonville group had as their
major community projects the I'M
provement of their school grounds,
assistance in rebuilding and re,
furnishing their community church
which burned, and canning fruits
and vegetables for the school cafe
terra. 50 T.
Honorable mention. in the 1889
contest went to the Beth-Ware club
of Cleveland county, which won
the state. award in 1888 the Elon
college. club in Alamance' county,
the Copeland club in Surry county,
and the Black Creek club in Wilson
county.
Harrill said he expected out.
standing records to be submitted
since 1910 has, in many respects,
been the best year in history for
All work in the State. The clubs
have all been re-organized for the
1941 club year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
BY JOSEPH S. HUFHAM
r'(Star Correspondent

The evening sun is sinking low;
it's setting brings the close Of day.
And in the gentle breeze that stirs I
catch a scent of new-mown hay.
Hank! Hark! I hear the crickets
call as they among the grasses
creep to see if all their, relatives are
dead, or only gone to sleep. :
The housewives in a thousand
homes, not guilty of a thought to
shirk, have done preserving all day
long in supplement to routine work.
The children, having COME from
school, have no desire for home
cured.,ham; they're insthe: kitchens,
keen az mice, a-tasting of the bread
and jam.
Ten thousand farmers now recline.
as here and there they talk of how,
each, after working all day long, he
had togo and, milk a COW; and how
their children, growing up, have
never known what real work means.
Just let 'em frolic." someone said,
land they're content to live on.
beans!" I,
The rabbits have come out to
play. the whole night long till all
the dogs have chased them until
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
FAIR WILL HAVE
FLOWER EXHIBITS
Prospects Good For Fine De-
%partment; Dry Summer :
May Damage Vegetables -:

RALEIGH, Oct. 6. = Robert
Schmidt one of the directors; Of the
horticulture department for the 1910
State Fair, said today that the pros
poets are very good for a fine eN-
'hibit of flowers at the fair. ION the
other hand" he said, due to. the
extremely dry summer in this Sec
ton, we do not expect any marked
improvement in the vegetable ex-
hibit." .
Schmidt is associate horticulturist
of the State College Experimental
Station and he is familiar with@hor-
tieultural conditions Throughout the
state through his wide travels.
Commenting further on the pros
poets for the exhibits at the fair
which opens october s, Schmidt said:
IT believe the sweet potato exhibits
Will be Better than usual. Tie Irish
potato exhibit. probably will not be
as good as past years due to bad
weather in the mountains. From
what I have seen Of the flower crop
in the immediate vicinity of Raleigh
from which section we draw most
of our. flower, entries-I should say
that we will have an excellent floral
display this year."
Other State college leaders who
are serving as department directors
for the, fair are. H. R. Niswonger,
horticulture; F H. Jeter, county pro-
gress exhibits; John A. Arey and
Earl H. ,Hostetler, livestock; DR.. c.
D. Grinnells and A. C. kinney, dairy
cattle; l.. lease and John E! Eos
ter, beef cattle and Sheep, H.. w.
Taylr, swine. 2
Dalton swaffer, draft horses;
Miss Ruth Current women's depart
ment; L. r. Harrill and Miss Fran
ces MacGregor, All club; CT. Sans,
bees and honey; David S.. Weaver,
farm machinery and tractors; and
Dalton Swaffar, ham and bacon: -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
DEARSTYNE DRAWS
WIDE RECOGNITION
Head Of State College Poul-
try Department Authority :
On Chicken Feeds

RALEIGH, Oct. 6 - Prof. Roy
Dearstyne, head of the State Col
lege Poultry department, is receiv-
ing national recognition as an au-
thority on poultry feeds. Requests
for an article he recently wrote on
feed formulas for poultry have been
received from as far away as
California.
The article was published in
"News From the News" a trade
publication of the A.. E. Staley
Manufacturing company, reliable
dealers in corn and soybean pro-
ducts of Decatur, III. In a letter
to the agricultural editor at N. c.
State college, the manager of the
feed nutritional department of the
company said:
eve have received from a large
feed store in California a com
munication which reads as fol-
lows: I have just received YOU
September issue of News From tn.
News. If you have any surplus cop
les, could you send me two more
If not, could you send me a few
copies of the article on Poultr.
Feeds by DR.. r. S. Dearstyne? It j
one of the: best articles on qualit.
feeds that I have seen for SOM
time" -s-..
Prof. Dearstyne said that he il
striving through such articles a
the one published in the Stale.
trade publication. to impress upol
feed manufacturers the value OF OF
fering high quality. products to thu
poultry farmer.
High quality feeds, marketed
at a reasonable price, are funda
mental to a prosperous and pro
gressive poultry industry, and it il
in the hands of the millers to fiji
a very important place in the
economic welfare of rural Nortf
Carolina" the State college leader
declared. 1.-THE feed miller shoule
not consider the chemical analyst.
required by the law on the feec
bag as the sole criteria of his
feed. It is possible to meet state
standards and still not have a
finished feed which the birds will
eat and thrive upon," he added
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
DELAY IN DIGGING
PEANUTS IS ASKED
Ferguson Says Should Not Be
Harvested Until The Crop
Is Fully Mature

RALEIGH. Oct. 6.-An appeal to
farmers to delay digging peanuts
until the crop is fully mature was
issued today by B. T. Ferguson,
northeastern district farm agent OF
the State College extension service.
He also urged growers to remove
all dirt and trash before 'bagging
their peanuts.
1.-The heavy rains and floods in
August delayed the maturing Of
peanuts more than many farmers
realize, and some fields are being
harvested before the nuts r
ready" Ferguson declared.
The district agent also pointed
out that millers and cooperative
associations r planning this year
to do what they can to improve the
quality of the peanuts by making
more stringent restrictions regard
ing the amount of dirt and trash
they will accept in bags. They are
acting on the suggestion of the Ma
tional Peanut council.
Peanut producers Will expert
ence little difficulty in this re-
spect," Ferguson said, IF the pea
nut pickers are operated slowly,
using all the fans and other re.
cleaning equipment on the pickers,
and working on mature peanuts
only"
The latest peanut situation report
Of the Agricultural Marketing serv-
ice, u. S. department of agricul-
ture, was quoted by Ferguson as
reporting that the new crop Of
Spanish and Runners in the South
east is Of the best quality in years.
The U. S. D. A. further reported
that mills are about cleaned up on
the 1889 crop of peanuts, but the
large cleaners and shelters closed
down only briefly, operating nearly
the whole year in order to fill Gus
toners orders. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
4-H Member Works For
Oats To Feed His Calf.

WADESBORO,. Oct. S. John
Mills, Arson county All club
member of Peachland, Route l,
didn't have the money to buy
oats for his calf but he had in
genuity, says Assistant Farm
Agent Clarence Farley.
On an adjoining farm, a saw.
mill operator had several mules
to feed over the week.ends and
in the mornings. However, he
lived some distance away and
couldn't attend to this task. So
the All club boy made a bar
gain to feed the mules In ex.
change for enough oats to feed
his calf. The arrangement
worked perfectly.
When the sawmill finished its
operations in that spot, the op-
orator gave John enough oats to
finish feeding his calf as a re.
ward for doing a good job of
caring for the mules.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Greens Provide Health
Insurance During Winter
Favorable Weather
Aids Cotton Harvest

LOUISBURG, Oct. 6.-Favor-
able weather during the past
three weeks has enabled Frank
lin county farmers to harvest
approximately 5000 bales of cot
ton unchanged by rain, reports
w. C. Boyce, farm agent of the
State College Extension service.
Judging from the present out
look, Franklin farmers should
produce in excess of 800 pounds
of lint cotton to. the acre, or
around 1000 bales. If carefully
dried after having been picked
clean, this cotton should grade
middling Or better; Agent Eoyce
said. Last year, a large percent.
age graded lower than middling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
FARMERS PREPARE
ENTRIES FOR FAIR
Are Unloading Choicest Live.
stock, Poultry, Produce
At Halls In Raleigh
BY LOUIS H. WILSON, EDITOR
N. g. nenartment of Arricu1ture

N. c. Department of Agriculture
RALEIGH, Oct. 6.-R-Ncrth
Cardinals progressive farmers are
now unloading their choicest live
stock, poultry and truck loads of
agricultural commodities for which
they will collect SIT, 500 in pre-
miums offered by the State fair
which opens at Raleigh Tuesday.
Farmers will find much to en-
joy at the 1910 exposition for we
definitely know at this time that
the array Of agricultural and
educational exhibits to be offered
this year will be on a par with any
in the South,"- Fred E.. Miller,
chief of the test farms, division
of the state department OF agricul-
ture and general director Of the
fairs exhibit department, said to-
day.
Dozens of special events of pri.
mary interest to farm-minded folks
have been scheduled in the agri-
cultural program, including:
A mammoth livestock parade of
champion and grand champion
livestock to be held Friday be-
ginning at 2 o'clock.
A workstock pulling contest to
dtermine the States champion
horse and mule team will be pre-
sented on Thursday and Friday.
An elaborate display OF. farm
machinery and tractors will &C.
cupy 1000 square feet of exhibit
space.
The three large exhibit halls Of
the exposition, the Agricultural,
Industrial and Commercial build
ings, are already filled with dis
plays.
VIRTUALLY every phase and every
agency of agriculture will be re-
presented among the more than
10000 square feet of displays"
Miller said. I'VE can %conserva-
lively report that there will be
some features among displays that
will satisfy the taste of every farm
family in North Carolina"
Fair officials, based on advance
information from farmers, expect
an increase in the total number
of exhibitors again this year. Re-
cords have been broken annually
since the exposition vas taken over
by the state department of agri-
culture three years ago.. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Reds Plan New York
, Rally On November 3

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-R-The
communist: party today rented
Madison Square Garden for its Il
nal election rally to be held the
night of Nov. 3, two days before
the election. Earl Browder and
James w. Ford, the ,party's can
didates for president and vice pres
ident, respectively, will be the
chief speakers. .a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Farmer Convinced Oh
Value Oh Limestone

BEAUFORT Oct. Cit took
Will Hardesty, a Carteret coun-
ty farmer, three weeks to con-
vince Alex Taylor, a neighbor,
that ground agricultural lime
stone is more than beach sand"
Rather reluctantly, reports
Farm Agent j. Y. Lassiter, Tay-
lor spread the AAA lime on half
a square of land where he was
to plant peanuts. That was last
spring. A few days ago, he cut
the tops for hay and noticed he
had four times more foliage on
the lined half. square than ON
the. unlimed area. Equally as
much difference was found in
the nuts. ..
Taylor says now one can't tell
what's in material just by leok-
ing at it, that this limestone that
so resembled beach sand was ex-
actly what his land needed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
WEED FERTILIZER
PROPOSALS MADE
Recommendations Developed
BY Five-Man Committee
Announced By Williams
BY GENE KNIGHT
Assistant Extension Editor N. G.
State College


State College
RALEIGH, Oct. 6.-R-Fertilizer
recommendations for the 1941 flue.
cured tobacco crop as developed
by a five-state committee were an
nounced today by c. B. Williams.
N. C. State college agronomist.
Composed of leading tobacco
specialists of North and South Car.
DINA, Virginia, Georgia. and Flor.
ida and headed by Williams, the
conference meets yearly to discuss
ard revise, when necessary, fer
tilizer recommendations tor the
next f~lue-cured tobacco crop. North
Cardinals representatives in add.
ton to Williams are: L. T. Weeks,
extension tobacco specialist Of
State college; E. Y. Floyd, also an
extension tobacco specialist be.
sides being North Carolina AAA
executive officer; and E.. G. Moss
of the Oxford tobacco experiment
station.
On the heavy or more production
soils, the conference recommended
three per cent total nitrogen, ten
per cent available phosphoric acid,
and six to ten per cent potash at
the rate Of 800 to 1000 pounds to
the acre.
For the lighter or less productive
soils, the recommendation is three
per cent total nitrogen, eight per
cent available phosphoric acid, and
six to ten per cent potash. This
mixture would be applied at the
rate of 800 to 1900 pounds to the
acre.
Where the tobacco has a ten
dency to be rough and of poor
quality, the nitrogen may be re-
duced to 2 per cent. For such con
ditions, two per cent total nitro
gen, ten to IL per cent available
phosphoric acid, and six per cent
potash r suggested, the mixture
be applied at the rate of 800 to
1000 pounds to the ere
Experiments have indicated that
fertilizers applied so as to come in
direct contact with the plant roots
cause loss of plants and retard
rowth.. To overcome this, the con-
ference. recommends that fertiliz-
ers be applied in bands three to
four inches to the side of the row at
the approximate level or slightly
below the root crowns and the
plants be set between these bands.
As an alternative, the fertilizer can
be mixed thoroughly, with the soil
in the furrow before bedding.
Where proper machinery is not
available for side application, it is
suggested that 600 pounds of the
fertilizer be applied at planting
time and 400 pound as a side
dressing approximately 20 days
Complete directions and sugges-
lions for 1941 fertilization Of the
tobacco crop may be secured by
writing to the agronomy depart
ment, State college, Raleigh. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
WANT A TRIP?

RALEIGH, N. c., Oct. 6-R
Want a trip to the Panama
Canal Zone?
The state employment serv-
ice announced today that tech
meal and professional positions
were open in the Canal Zone
at "good wage a n d salary
schedules because Of the de-
QUALIFIED workers" were
urged to, apply At any of the
states 46 employment offices.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
oae-lhird Of Columbus
Land Green This Winter

ne",lhlnllEVILLE, Oct. Cat least
tjv.ta 'u OF Columbus county's Gull,
Ninta' farmland will be green this
crons MOI with envy but with cover.
the loving on the land to improve
feed f ana to furnish food and
livestock and families.
SAYS 'ant Farm Agent c. D. Raper
eultjvst ole than 10000 of the $4,000
trian 'eu acres will be sown to Aus.
clover I'nler peas, vetch, crimson
lev er' Italian rye grass, wheat, bar
"fSe' and oats. q -