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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
W.P.A. Is Defended
Bv Hardware Leader

CHARLESTON, S. c., June IL.
-R-President Max Washburn
of Shelby, N. c., told the hard
ware association of the CarOlinas
yesterday that the current critic
ism of WPA was neither just nor
funny but even if it were so, it
wouldn't be the only shovel lean
ing done.
"The hardware business" he
said, "also has its shovel on
which, at times, it is tempted to
lean. But the shovel of most i'm
portant interest is the one that
business leans on. The year 1910
approaches its third quarter as it
is yet to be demonstrated that all
even are trying to get back on
sections of American business
the highway under their own
power"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
Conference Scheduled
On New Tobacco Plan

RALEIGH, June 12.@R-Con-
ferences were held today in Kins-
ton, Raleigh, Troy, Lumberton and
Halifax to acquaint agricultural
leaders with provisions of the new
three-year tobacco control plan on
which farmers will vote next month
Conferences will be held tomor-
row in WILLIAMSON, Wilson, Tay-
louisville, Winston-Salem, Whiteville
and Durham; and Friday in Green's
boro, Kenansville, Louisburg, New
Bern and Edenton.
Leading the discussions will be
field officers of the state AAA Of
flee, the N. c. State college ex-
tension service and state AAA COM
mitteemen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
BEHIND THE SCENES
in WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON. - England's
drastic law for the control of men
and money in wartime doesn't 60
such an awful lot farther than the
program the U. S. government has
in mind-should this country be
forced into war.
The British law goes whole-hog
and simply turns the entire country
and everything in it over to the dis
posal of the government.
Americas famous industrial mob
ilization plan, as drafted by the
War and Navy Departments, woulc
accomplish just about the same
thing, but it would cushion the
shock a little. Theoretically, i
would stop short of actual confisca
ton Of property and conscriptior
of labor; actually, it would go {
long way in both directions.
This plan is not a law, of course
NOT yet. 1t is, however, just wha'
the army and navy want. Legisla'
ton to put it into effect has beer
drafted, and the general opinion
is that it would go through pretty
inch as is if the nation found itsel1
on the verge of war.
PRESIDENT COULD
DRAFT EXECUTIVES
Assuming the industrial mobili'
cation plan should be adopted.
what would be the effect?
The President of the Unite c
States would, be given wartime
powers almost equal to those JUS
given Mr.. Churchill. If he deemed
it advisable for the successful pros
ecution of the war, he could:
Draft any executive in any
industry and make him run hi!
plant under War Department or
ders-or, if he choose, transfer hin
and put somebody else in his job
Pix prices on anything ane
everything sold. in the United
States.
3-Requisition any manufactured
product or raw material necessar.
to the prosecution of the war.
4-Commandeer any factory, o:
short of that-compel any manu-
facturer to make what the gov
eminent directed him to make.
5-Close all security exchange
for the duration of the war.
6-Draft every workingman int
the army, under a setup which i
generally interpreted to mean tina
any worker could, at any time, b,
ordered from the factory to tn
army at the Presidents discretion
7-Control, in short, all of tn
nations resources, through licens
ing, rationing, requisitioning, ant
regulation of the sale, use, trans
portation, manufacture or distribu
ton of any product.
CAPITAL WOULD BE
IN STRAIT JACKET
Various New Deal critics of thi
scheme have objected that it woul.
hit labor harder than capital; tina
control over labor would be abso
lutte, while provisions limiting war
time profits would be less drastic
However that may be, it is certain
that capital would find itself in
pretty tight strait jacket.
AS a matter of fact, laws alread,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
fore the 1941 General Assembly
convenes.

June issue of the North Caro-
lima Housing Review" reveals that
there is much activity in the hous-
ing line all over North Carolina.
Headlines refer to projects, or pro-
posed projects, in ten cities of
North Carolina. These headlines
show in brief the status of the vari-
GUS projects.
Here they r Charlotte Negro
Project has $7.96 Shelter Rent;
Drive Started to End Slums in
Asheville," New Bern Gets Loan
Contract for 81, 439, O0O," whining
ton Board Reflects Moore" Ger
tificate is Issued Kinston Author
ity," Elizabeth City Board Con-
ducts Housing Hearing" Tenant
Selection Begins in Raleigh"
Housing Meeting Planned in Dur
ham," High Point Asks for USHA
Loan of 81, 73O, 0O0," Rocky Mount
Proposal in Committees Hands"
The IN. C. Housing Review" in
cidentally, is edited by Henry R..
Emory, executive head of the Will
mington Housing Authority W h o
had long experience as a newspa-
per man. Emory started on small
Georgia weeklies, worked in prac-
tically every end of the newspaper
game Composing room, advertis-
ing department, reporter, editor,
and even publisher of a weekly.
He went to his present post direct
from managing : editorship of the
Wilmington Morning Star.
News gathering in Raleigh these
hot days has become one of the
toughest assignments imaginable
not because of the heat, nor of
lack of anything to write about,
nor because the news sources have
suddenly developed any hush
hush" or hostile attitude.
The French had a word for it
back in 1914-18. They used to shrug
off everything from the slightest
inconvenience to a really big dis
aster with a fatalistic "C'est la
guerre," which translated, means
Its the war"
And "C'est la guerre" right here
and now, so far as getting news is
concerned. Go into any state office
and the reporter just can't get
around to asking questions about
He has first of all to the peren-
NAL whats the latest you've
heard on the WARP" and thereaft-
er is practically bound to swap
ideas on strategy and tactios 5, in
addition to predicting with a show
of authority who'll win, when and
how the war will be won.
So far as this reporter has OBJ
served, the sentiment of official
Raleigh is solidly behind the Presi-
dent and the more vigorously he
turns toward aiding the Allies the
more favorable the reaction here.
1t may well be, as so many news
men report, that isolation senti-
ment is still strong west of the Al.
leghanies, but if it were left to the
decision of Raleigh officials the
United States would go post-haste
| to the rescue of France and Eng
land.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
PATRIOT

LEEDS, England, June H.
R-An organ grinder of Italian
descent posted this sign On his
hnrdy-gurdy today:
I'm British and the monkey
is from India"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
WILLIAMSON Lumber
Plant Swept By Fire

WILLIAMSON, June IL In
Fire chief G.. P. Hall said today
he believed a fire which destroyed
Saunders and Cox lumber COM
pany, three dwellings and a filling
station caused a total loss of $40,
900.
The blaze started yesterday
about noon The intense heat and
smoke overcame several firemen
as they prevented the fire from
spreading to a large lumber sup
ply and the river dock. g
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13

on the books give the President
pretty broad powers. Section 100
Of the National Defense Act au-
thorizes him to place compulsory
orders for either finished products
or raw materials, with government
seizure of the plant the penalty for
noncompliance. The Naval Emerg-
ency Fund act grants similar pow
ers, specifically broadened to in
clude aircraft plants and with the
words raw MATERIAL so defined
as to include any commodity out of
which war materials are made. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
Al LEIGH
8 ELS
Star-News Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
uE%RY AVERILL

,rrrGH. June u. - Three
hn Of the School Commits
menu Iii likely be attending their
son "~budget' session when the
las' ;sslou meets here tomorrow
C2 q.n three are are Edwin Pate Of
, lrl Archie c. Gay Of
LaUl a,,,ofon county, and R. Gregg
Aol.,. If Castor. All have been
Chf.l[ 10 the 1871 State Senate
eleC'I" Senator's will be unable tc
anu ,in on the Commission.
c,,nces are that none will re-
until about January l, just be,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
ADVERTISEMENT
wake UP YOUR
LIVER BILE

Without Calomel-And You'll Jump Out Of
Bed in the Morning Karin to Go
The liver should pour out two pints Of
fiquid bile into your bowels daily. Il this
bile Is not flowing freely. your food may
not digest. 1t may just decay in the bowels.
Gas bloats up your stomach. You get constl:
pated. You feel sour, sunk and the world
looks punk.
It takes those good. old Carriers Little
Liver Pills to get these two pints OF bile
up." Amazing in making bile flow freely.
Ask for Carter's Little Liver Pills BY name
ZOE and 25t. Stubbosaly refuse anything slsA
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13

The value of Tunis as a Medit'
erranean port was established in
1898 by the digging of a channel
81 miles long. The city itself has
existed since the Carthaginian
epoch. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13

The name Balkans is Turkish
for mountains"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

WPA ensemble ct the Mattatuck Historical Museum when Q program will be presented at 8 o'clock. At 9 o'clock the audience will hear Q rsdio broadcast from Washington Speakers will be Administrator John 0. Carmody federal works agency Colonel r. 0. Harrington, commis- sioner of the work projects admin- istration and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, with Mrs. Florence S. Kerr, assistant commissioner of the WPA, In charge of the professional and service division, as mistress of ceremonies.
 Ensemble
 As many people in this city know, the Waterbury WPA ensemble Is c group of musicians who provide music for community events, This group plays music of a modern type for young peoples recreational pro- grams and has been used extensiVe- ly by the park department in Wa. terburys recreatlonal centers. They provided the music for a tremen- dous Christmas festival on the town common besides 6 very full schedule of programs for the less fortunate of Waterbury.
 The projects which are in opera.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

Airplane services now connect Ethiopia with Egypt and Italy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

ton in Waterbury are representa- tive of the general work of the V'PA professional and service division.
 A hot lunch project is in opera ton at the slocum school, where well.balanced, nutritious lunches are served to children by WPA workers. Menus consist of fresh vegetables, soups, milk butter, corn bread and graham mufilns and other healthful foods provide the calories and Vitamins necessary to conquer malnutrltlon. Many sup- piles come from the WPA federal surplus commodities, headquarters os which in Waterbury are at 52 Center street. A home economist, on the staff of the WPA, works in cooperation with the Parent- Teacher association, in sulting the diet to the particular needs of the children.
 There are l2 WPA education and recreation projects in Waterbury, all sponsored by the board of educa- ton, located at the Crosby high, Leavenworth high, and Chase schools Court House, Silas Bronson Library, Pearl Street Community House, Driggs school, Wilby high school, Barnard school, Holy Ghost Convent, Buckingham building and Duggan school. Dramatics, fine arts, games and sports are among the activities of these projects, whereby people are enabled to put their spare time to profitable use.
 Major Endeavor
 A major endeavor of the profess
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
p WPA Projects Here
 Open For Inspection
General Public Invited to Visit Scenes of Activities
 Interesting Exhibits Arranged for Present Week

The census has been wound up locally and returns will soon be made available. Cooperation has been most noteworthy, with only the most ignorant members of society displaying any desire to refuse to ansWer' or to furnish inaccurate information. Our ob. servations have proven again that the guy who stands on his dignity, or Is too busy, Is usually tho per- son with little to be dignified about ,r nothing of any great im- portance to take up his time.
 Waterbury'S 22 project units arc taking part in open house which opened Monday on oil WPA pro. fessional and service projects throughout the state and will last till May 2b, A city-wide invitation has been extended to the general public, asking them to visit projects, which will be open today, and wher- ever possible on afternoons and evenings from Tuesday through Fri- day and on Saturday morning.
 For further information concern. ing visiting hours, persons are re- qucSted to call Mrs. Scott, telephone 4-B6b6,
 Information Available
 Employees familiar with the work, purpose and objectives Of the pro- lects in operation in Waterbury will be on hand to answer questions and note suggestions. An account of the work of the professional and service division In Connecticut has just been issued in the form of 6 30-page brochure, which will be dis. tributed to visitors during the week.
 State Administrator Vincent J. Sullivan hopes that many people will visit professional and service projects in the state, and expects that Waterbury projects will have many visitors.
 Though much has already been accomplished, MT. Sullivan cites, a great amount remains to be done, and suggestions as to the future Of the program will be welcomed,
 Marking the beginning of open house week all project supervisors, project workers and their friends, have been invited to attend an eve- ming of music by the Waterbury
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
FORMER STUDENTS
 FETE PRINCIP AL
Leavenworth High School Alumni HOn0rs Harrison
 s. Allen

A model steam engine built by Harrison s. Allen while teaching scisnce at Crosby high school 35 years ago was the inspiration which led to the establishment Of the Leavenworth high school, 40C alumni were told last night at a dinner in honor of MT. Allen at the YMCA.
 Earle II. Blanchard, head of the English department, said that from the model steam engine the Idea Of . technical course in this industrial city was developed. The steam en- zine, encased ir Q box made al Leavenworth, was presented tc Francis c. Began, vice.principal, who will succeed MT. Allen.
 Representative of every class at the school were present, including i4 of the 10 graduates of the class of 1922, the first class.
 MT. Allen was presented with a plaque, e red leather chair, and Q book containing the autographs of those present. He expressed his thanks, and spoke briefly on the school
 Other speakers were: Miss Edith L. Hart, Horace R. Reynolds and Miss Florence M. Battle, members of the original staff of the school; Francis c. Began, Paul Perazelli, foundry instructor, Q member of the clas of 1924.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
BIDS SUBMITTED
 FOR VAULT DOOR

Mayor Vincent A. scully announce cd today that bids have been re- ceived for the installation of @ new vault door ct the town clerks office and for the erection of e new set of steps at the Field street entrance to the City Hall. Funds for the two projects are not currently available, the mayor said, but the quotations will be submitted to the board or works, which has charge of the City Hall.
 A new type door on the vault at the town clerks office is now re- quired by the state. The cost is estimated ct several thousand dol lars.
 The steps at the Field street en- trance to the municipal building are badly worn, and need to be replac- ed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

drove through the countrywide and saw what blitzkrieg means, long miles of green fields, interspersed with tranquil, sun bathed villages and then, around bend in the road, like scoring scar on the face of e beautiful woman, suddenly the shat tered ruins of village, little more than e pile of broken stone and broken bodies, where German Stuka dive bombers, tanks and artillery had smashed an Allied stand.
 Along the roads l saw the bloa ted bodies of dead horses, the aban- doned field guns, the battered tanks that retreating Allies had left In their wake. Children were playing on the guns and tanks.
 saw tho long lines of motorized infantry and artillery moving up to the front, endlessly, and the Red Cross ambulances coming back with the wounded.
 Decisive Battle Coming
 Then, ct the headquarters of the German sixth army outside Brus- sels, I heard Col. Gen. Walter Won Reichenau commander in chief on this front, say that the decisive battle of the war was yet to come and that the Germans would win it,
 Returning to Aachen on the fron- tier to file this dispatch, I was my self under an Allied airplane bonn bardment which sent anti-aircraft guns into blazing action as the bombs crashed.
 At this headquarters outside Brus- sels, Reichenau told me and a group of other foreign correspondents that the fighting so far had been only preliminary to the decisive battle.
 we have won the first tricks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

sional and service division has been the planning of useful projects for women, Sewing projects employ the greatest number of women In the state, and the Waterbury sew ing project in the Hamilton avenue school is an interesting one to visit, The women make all kinds of cloth. ing ranging from babies layettes to fathers overalls and macklnaws which are distributed to families on relief through the welfare depart ment. On sewing projects through out the state more than c million and @ halI garments have been pro. duced based upon welfare needs.
 The housekeeping aides project also affords employment to women. At the request of such organization as the Visiting Nurse association, the department of charities or other welfare agencies, the housekeeping aide is sent from headquarters of this project In the City Hall to help needy and deserving families, in case of illness or other emergencies. She does practical nursing, prepares meals, and performs whatever household tasks are needed for the proper care Of the family.
 During the coming week Water bury citizens are urged to visit as many projects in the city as possible to see for themselves how the pro- gram of the professional and service division Is operating in Waterbury
 Airplane services now connect
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
Marriage Intentions

The following marriage inten- tlons have been filed at the office of Town Clerk Mary c, Kllmartln:
 Henry Zastaury, s Emerald street, and Mildred Descoteaux, n East Clay street.
 Peter DlGiacomO, 6s9 North Main street, and Margaret Bre- dice, 52S Congress avenue.
 Lawrence LePage, Eastern ave- nue, Oakville, and Faith Muckle, Stanley avenue, Oakville.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
aMEANEsT MAN" REAPPEARs

Marysville, Cal. (UP)-This city will run its "meanest man" in com petition with that of any other city in the country. He went through the storehouse of the Sal- vation Army and either with a razor or Q sharp blade slashed to strips more than 100 garments destined for the needy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
No Mans s Land Scenes
 In Southern Belgium
United Press War Correspondent Frederick C. Oechs.
 ner Gives Pen Picture of What Is Transpiring
BY FREDERICK c. 0ECHsNER United Press Staff Correspondentl

With The German Army On The Western Front May D. (UP) - stood for half hour in No Mans Land in southern Belgium yesterday between the German and Allied artillery watching the flaming bursts from the German shells as they exploded in the retreatng Allied
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-23
Hrnnfran11 @atly @tHpatth1
Methodists
Name Leaders

Officials to $rr"c for the coming
year were elected 1T ih' I"lli' III
quarterly conference al me H%'
Methodist church held ut : O'CLOCK
SUNDAY artrrnuuE at the cllllrch. II
WIS the occasion of the lEl I''lfl'l
" visit for the year by Key. IL. /.
Glass. district superintendent "l "'
Raleigh district, VIII" presided.
All ul the 81 stewards VIII" served
last wear we've reelected, together
with all officers OF the Summary
school. H. s. Ruy%tcr W;G again nam
cd MS chairman of the board oil stew
IrdS uud j. ". Sanders II H"lI'f'I'
superintendent ui llr %undIN "th"nI'
Numerous department heads III Inc
organization ul the chIIrrh proper
were ALSO named. together WIN Ill
Ni>lunll leaders IN the Sunday school
Rrpurt:, were submitted 1T Inc
conference 10y various chIrrh OIL
clIlS. together with one by Inc lEl"-
Tor. listing additions L. the mTIlmp'l
ship Tor the past three months, ana
reporting on the church membership
III general.
The annual conference ol The
church will be held III November.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-23
Oxford Man
KilledInWreck

James Russell Hughes. %, Of Ok
ford was killed Saturday morning
when the truck he was driving over
turned down an cmbankment near
Mckcnncy, Va. between Petersburg
and South Hill. Va, as he was re-
tuning to Oxford with 4 load Of
groceries. He was q driver for the
Morgan Murray Company of Oxford
and had made Il number of trips to
Petersburg for the firm.
The cause of the wreck was not
learned, but information was that Il
passing motoriSt noticed the wreck
Cd truck. His investigation resulted
in finding Hughes dead in the driV-
cr'S scat; in order TO cXtricatc him
from the truck, an aCCtylcne torch
had t. DC used.
Funeral services was conducted
'hIs afternoon at 3 o'clock at Hes
tcr'S Baptist Church by the Rev. W
ID. Poe. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving arc his wife. Mrs. Fran
c", Eiubgood Hughes; one infant
daughter; his father, A. d. Hughes;
six brothers, Walter, TaItnn, Clifford,
AI"mHp, Milton, and Basil Hughc%;
nnd four sisters, Mrs. J. Gus Stokes
I'd GrccnviIC, Mrs. Clifton Blackwell
aud Mrs. Ernest Snccd of Oxford and
Mrs. Edward OakcS of Raleigh.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-23
To
Speak To
Rotarians

James A. Gibson, secretary to
Prime Minister Mackenzie King III
Canada. is to be the speaker 1T the
weekly dinner meeting of the Hen
GCv&Om Rotary club tomorrow even
ing, ii was announced today by L.
b. Rose, Jr, i'm chargr Of the pro-
gram. hlr. Gibson is visiting friend
in FarmvillC, who had been asked by
Mr.. Rose to address the club, and
the friend suggested the suDStItu-
ton of his guest.
Mr.. Rose did not know today
what the subject of the address
would be, but understood that any
thing Mr.. Gibson said would DC
wholly unofGicially and probably
"off the record. The Canadian OIL
ficial is on Il holiday visit, the mcm-
bcrS of the Rotary club who learned
today Of the Dominion leaders COM
ing were looking forward with in
tCrCSt to his address.
The Rotary dinner will be held
at the Vance hotel and the hour is
7 o'clock, as usual.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-23
2 Methodist
Churches May
Be Merged

Steps looking toward merger of the
First Methodist church and Christ
Methodist church were formally and
officially taken by the congregations
Sunday morning. The matter mus
been under considerations 10y the
Christ church congregation ana OIL
cial board for some months. and has
also been dlScHSS"d by the p"'ru "'
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-23
Hoey ToSpeak
At Louiisburg

Governor Clyd" r. llocy will de
liver the principal address tomorrow
at the dedication of the LoulSbIWg
Memorial Armury, it was announced
today at LoUiSburc. In addition L"
Governor HoCy, other speakers arc
expected to include Congressman
Harold d. Cooley. Federal WPA Ad-
miniStrator Colonel +. G. Harring-
ton. and other notablcS.
Festivities will begin with big
parade al o'clock. With bands play
ing, soldiers marching, army equip
mcnt rolling by, besides all the dec
GRATED floats, cars. etc, a parade real
~ worth seeing is expected.
Immediately after the parade the
dedication services will be held in
the new Armory. AT night the big
dedication dance is scheduled, for
which elaborate arrangements arc
being made for the biggest dance
ever hclG in LouiSburg. Jimmie Can
non and his orchestra will play for
the dance