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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
DAVIDSON COLLEGE GETS
Sl5O.O 900 FOR NEW LIBRARY

Davidson.-President Walter l..
Lingle announced Saturday the
anonymous gift to Davidson col
lege of $4,000 for a new libra
ry.
The library will serve as
memorial to a teacher and his
wife, whose names were withheld
from DR.. Lingle's announcement.
This is the fourth and largest
building to be authorized since
Davidson outlined it's building
program in 1887 in connection
with it's centennial celebration.
At this time the committee in
charge listed seven urgently
needed buildings. A $4,000 en-
largement of the Davidson stad-
ium, a $4,000 infirmary, a new
$4,000 dormitory and funds for
a $3.50, 1000 library have been pro-
vided.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
FLOOD WATERS DAMAGE
MANY SECTIONS OF u. S.

Flood waters rolled over the
states of New York, Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia and Calf
ornia Sunday but in most instan-
ces either were receding early
this week.
Thousands of persons aban-
doned their homes on advice of
Red Cross and other officials.
Property damage was high, par
ticularly to" crops in northern
California, and transportation ia
cilities were blocked in many
parts of the flood areas.
In northern California approx
mately 100000 acres of low-lying
farmland were flooded.
Pittsburg's three flooding riv-
ers spilled into low sections OF
the city, where the water reached
stage of 1872 feet at the point
where the Allegheny and Monon-
gahela rivers join to form the
Ohio. The waters were expected
to recede after reaching a crest
of slightly more than 20 feet, four
above flood stage.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
BILL is OFFERED TO
REPEAL PENALTIES

Washington. - Official opening
of the 1910 census failed yester-
day to end the battle of Senator
Tobey (R), N. H., against alleged
invasion of personal privacy.
Tobey introduced in the Senate
a bill to repeal the possible CO.
day Jail penalty for persons re-
fusing to answer the questions.
He had objected that inquiries
about wage and salary income up
to $4,000 per person were impro-
per, and that the answers might
be misused for political purposes.
He took this step when census
day arrived without Senate &C.
ton on his resolution, already ap-
proved by the Senate commerce
committee, asking withdrawal of
the income questions.
In the population census alone,
there are "a questions, but Off
Gals figured that the average
number to be asked each citizen
would be 1877. However, this av-
erage means the asking of to-
tai of at least 2,O68, 900, 900 ques-
tons, not counting housing and
agriculture queries.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
DR.. MCDONALD INJURED
IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH

Raleigh.-Dr. Ralph w. Nc
Donald, associate director of the
extension division at the Univer-
>Sity of North Carolina, suffered
painful but not serious injuries
Saturday when his Car skidded on
wet pavement and left the high
way near Morrisville, in Wake
county.
From a bed in Rex hospital
here, DR.. Mcdonald blamed a
foolish driver who tried to get
by in wet weather on slick tires"
for the accident.
The foolish driver" he said
was himself.
The university official, who was
"a gubernatorial candidate in 1886,
suffered cuts about the face and
head, and bled profusely before
receiving medical attention. He
is expected to be confined to the
hospital for three or four days.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
Turks INDICATE MAY
AID ALLIES BLOCKADE

Bucharest.-Turkey was repre-
sented in usually well-informed
Balkan diplomatic quarters this
week as having agreed to permit
passage of British and French
warships through the Dardanelles
to choke off Germany's supply
line from Russia in the Black
sea.
The newspaper LIE Moment, re-
garded as close to the French en-
bassy here, reported moreover,
that Turkey had agreed to place
her naval bases at Trebizond,
Samsun and Sinope at the allies
disposal for use as contraband
control bases.
(Official circles in London pro-
fessed no knowledge of the pro-
posed agreement with Turkey. It
was said, however, that if it is
true, it will be a strong boost to
the allied diplomatic offensive in
the Balkans and an important aid
to tightening the allied blockade
of Germany
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
1910 Expected
To Be Excellent
Tourist Year
Over 100 Inquiries A Day Re-
ceived by State Dept. 3
Million Last Year.

RALEIGH, March 26-Inquiries
are pouring into the office of the
Governors Hospitality Commit
tee of the Department of Con-
servation and Development at
the rate of about 100 day ask
ing for information about North
Carolina, according to J. c. Bas-
kerville, executive secretary Of
the committee. Most of these let
tiers are from persons in other
states who have seen North Caro-
lima advertisements or read stor-
les about the state and who are
interested in coming here on va
cations this, spring. or summer.
AS a result of this unusual in
terest in North Carolina, it is be-
lieved that the 1910 tourist sea-
son will be even better than last
year when almost 100000 peo-
pie visited North Carolina and
spent approximately 100000
900, Baskerville pointed out.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
Brief OF National And World News During

the Vosges sector of the western
front have mounted to thunder
Gus climax that was described by
French experts as "the most vlo-
lent" operations of the war.
The inner war cabinet formed
by Premier Paul Reynauld was
believed to have considered the
western front possibilities when
it conferred for three hours at
Elysee Palace under President
Albert Lebrun. Those attending
included War Minister Edouard
Daladier, Navy Minister Cesar
Camphinchi; Air Minister Laur-
ent Eynac; General Maurice
Gamelin; Navy Commander Admi-
raj Francois Darlan and Air Com
mander General Joseph Guile
min.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
SIGNS OF REVIVAL IN
BUSINESS ARE NOTED

New York.-Scattered signs of
spring revival of buying in key
markets raised hopes in business
circles at the end of March for
revival of the years decline in
factory output.
Preparing to open books on sec
ond-quarter operations, industrial
leaders sifted these trends as pos
sible hints of a general turn
around in business later in the
year:
Cd The heaviest wave of buy
ing in cotton textiles since the
autumn war boom petered out.
(2) Mounting export demand
for steel, putting a prop under
one of the strategic sectors of
heavy industry.
60 The sharpest upturn in
stocks since October following
declaration of a 81 dividend on
the common stock of United
States Steel corporation.
a. Reports inventories in some
lines were starting to decline af-
ter the tremendous buying to in
crease inventory in the early
weeks of the war.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04

Just a few days before another
planting season was supposed to
get underway. final shipment was
made here of the millions OF glad
ioli bulbs and bullets that were
raised in Ashe county last year.
These fine bulbs and bulblets
were shipped to the New York
and Chicago offices of the
Vaughan Seed Company where
they will be sold in various Sec
tons of the United States and
Canada.
Since the first of the year, a
crew of men have been busy
cleaning and grading the bulbs
at the storage house in West JET
ferson.
There are six classes of gladioli
bulbs and each class is deter
mined largely by the size of the
bulb. First class bulbs vary in
size from one and nine-sixteenths
inches to two and one-fourth
inches in diameter; second class
ones from one and five-sixteenths
to one and nine-sixteenths; third
class from one and one-sixteenth
to one and five-sixteenths on
down to sixth class, which vary
from one-half to twelve-six-
teenths of an inch. Anything less
than one-half an inch in diameter
is classified as a bulblet.
According to Supervisor Bruce
Dents records, grand total of
approximately 1,753,OOO bulbs
and over 15O,OOO,O0O bulblets
were produced on the 20 acres
planted here in the county last
year.
Nearly a million of small-size
bulbs, none of which were larger
than the third class, Were plan
ted and about 81 bushels of bulb
lets, or about SO million.
His report shows that the yield
included 10000 first class bulbs,
$4,000 second class, 100000 third
class, 415,0O0 fourth class, 419,r
900 fifth class and $4,000 sixth
class.
This yield is regarded as being
fairly good. "A cold, dry spell
last August hurt production
some," he said. The quality of the
bulbs is described as being excep-
tionally good.
Fifty-three varieties of bulbs
were grown in Ashe last year.
Included in this number were
many expensive varieties, some
of which sell for $500 per dozen.
Among them were Euides, Zuni,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
FRENCH ARMY SAYS
FIGHTING is HEAVY

Paris.-Heavy cannonadif1g re-
verberated this week in the
wooded valleys of the Saar River
sector on the western front &C
companied by sharp fighting in
the air.
The French high command said
artillery fire was particularly
heavy" west of the Saar River.
The longer-than-usual night
military communique told a story
of a resumption of bombardment
by big guns after Sunday lay
off.
At the same time the communi-
que declared that German and
Allied forces fought ''severaT' air
battles, the results of which
were not yet known. All French
planes returned safely, however,
it was said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
BIG FLOOD SWEEPS
OVER SEVEN STATES

Rivers of the East, the Middle
West and the Pacific Coast rolled
over their banks the first of the
week, in seven states, threatened
10000 inhabitants of Pennsyl-
vania with evacuation, took a
score of lives and damaged farm
lands and factories at a cost of
millions of dollars.
Explosion of four 100,000-gal-
lon gasoline tanks gave Kingston,
Pa, a sudden fright as flames
floated on the flood waters over
a quarter-mile area before they
burned out. Several farm build
ings were set afire.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04

Reverend Yrjo Joki, pastor of the
Finnish Lutheran church of
Brooklyn, N. Y, officiated, was
performed before a flower-be-
decked fireplace in the home of
R. Walton Moore, counselor of the
Department of State.
Immediately after the wedding,
the minister and Madam Procope
departed for wedding trip in
the South.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04

ture of around 70 degrees. In the
summer, the gladioli fields are a
riot of color.
For some unknown reason,
however, no gladioli will be
planted in Ashe county this year
by the Vaughn Seed company.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
FRENCH MILITARY MEN
ARE MAKING SURVEYS

Paris. - Military experts sur
~veyed the scene of one of the
most severe engagements of the
war this week for a clue to whe-
Their big-scale operations are de-
veloping west of the Vosges
mountains.
In the last few days, artillery,
patrol and aerial operations in
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
FINNISH MINISTER WEBS
ENGLISH-BORN GIRL SAT.

Fairfax, Va.-Hjalmar Procope,
the Finnish minister, was married
Saturday in a quiet home cere-
mony to Miss Margaret Shaw,
daughter of Mrs. James Edward
Shaw of Burn Hall Sutton-on-
the Forest, Yorkshire, England.
The ceremony, in which the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04

Three hundred and thirty-on
pedestrians were killed in North
Carolina last year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04
can ever make everybody happy
and prosperous. That is up to
each of us as an individual.

Twenty-eight children under
four years of age were run over
and killed in this state last year.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-04

NEAR TAMPA, Fla-Cnton M. Washburn Of St Petersburg
recently broadcast invitation all the United
States make his romantic island in the Gulf of
tWoWeeks honeymoon honeymoon
being paid by Mr.. WaShburn organizations
which have taken project 1000 couples
and from these the first lucky couples selected
Mr. and Mrs j. E. Buref arrived with the first Of
matched which
they will occupy weeks.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Germun Hunters Boo
$4,000, 900 q Year

Germany's food shortage has been
alleviated by game and wild fowl
hunters.
1t is estimated in Berlin that last
years total bag provided Germans
with $11 ,600, 900 worth of game, such
as stag, deer, rabbit and fowl. The
returns for furs and skins added
another 1920 600.
After discounting the damage
done by game to crops in Germany
experts estimate the game balance
including the hides and skins, at
81, ,000, 600 q year. not tosmention
the importance of game as a factor
in. overcoming the meat shortage
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Mrs. Spi|man 10 Be Bride
OF Laurens N. Hamilton

Mrs. Eva Stewart Spilman, daugh-
ter of Percy Hamilton Steward and
the late Mrs. Stewart Of Plainf1eld,
N. j., was to be married today at
her home at The Plains, Va, to
Laurens M. Hamilton of Palm Beach,
Fla. a grandson of the late j. Pier
pont Morgan, in the presence Of
members the immediate families.
Mrs. Spilman, the former Eva
Cochran Stewart, is granddaughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. William
Francis Cochran.
Mr.. Hamilton is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Pierson Hamilton.
He is a great-great-grandson of
Alexander Hamilton.
After their wedding trip, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hamilton will spend the sum-
mer in Southampton. They will live
in Palm Beach after passing the
fall at Byrnely Farms, near The
Plains.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Heat and Drownines
Cost 247 Lives as
Nation SweIters
Weather Bureau Holds
No Promise Of Relief and
Crop Domoee Is Feared

BY the Associated Press.
A wilted half of the Nation cried
"uncle" again today. but the blazing
sun gave no sign Of relenting.
From the Eastern seaboard to
the Great Plains 1t was the same
daily story it has been for q week
and in some sections longer-rising
temperature, possibly scattered
thundershowers, but no real relief
in prospect. At least 247 deaths in
the Nation were attributed to heat
and drownings.
The sun was on the Job early a.
usual and gave indications Of i'm
proving on yesterdays job Of shoot
ing the mercury up to as high as lis
in Pierre, s. Dak., and above the
100 mark In other places.
/ The national death toll due to the
wave mounted to u deaths from the
heat and Its from drowning.
Mercury Heads Higher.
The mercury shot from 81 to 90
in 20 minutes at Pipestone, Minn.,
this morning. Other early-morning
readings included IS and headed for
the mid-nineties in Detroit; IS in
Albany, N. Y, compared with II
at the same hour yesterday, when a
minimum Of 80 was reached; a range
from 70 to 81 in Nebraska, where the
heat wave was in its eighth day;
73 in New York City. cloudy and
humid; 80 in Terra Haute, Ind; 81
in Richmond, Ind; 88 in Indianapo-
lis; the low 7Os and 80s in Penn
sylvania. but sticky" atmosphere
increased discomfort; 95 in Chicago
where the record eight-day heat
wave of 1884 appeared likely to be
broken.
Thundershowers came to the Mid
die Atlantic States and some other
regions yesterday to give temporary
respite, but abnormally hot weather
persisted generally from the Rockies
to the Eastern seaboard.
Forecasters said the Ohio Valley
and lower Lake regions may be
cooler Friday, but that no wide.
spread break in the heat wave wa
indicated.
| Corn Damage Feared.
Nebraska, in its second week oi
100-degree weather, feared extensive
damage to corn unless rains come
quickly. Crops in Indiana were
badly burned. The drought was be.
ginning to cause some damage tc
the dry farming area of Northeast
ern New Mexico.
In the deep South the heat proved
beneficial to many crops. Rains and
floods caused crop damage in Louisi-
ana, however.
Salt Lake City. Utah, trafiic police
men proved their complaints about
hot feet were justified. They placed
thermometer on oozy asphalt pave
ment and then announced the read
ing: 128.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
" Pepco Trucks Via Radio
Handled l 500 Trouble Calls

of the lines disabled were in Mont
gomery County around Gathers
burg, Rockville, Sandy Spring and
Norbeck. A line on River road also
was out Of service.
AS fast as the calls poured into
the Office, the trucks were sent
scurrying to make repairs. Line
crews worked all night.
Although only q emergency
trucks have receiving sets at pres
ent, some 300 more will be likewise
equipped in the near future, OFF,
cialS said.
j. H. Ferry, vice president, ques-
toned as to whether the new short
wave system was set up to cope
with possible sabotage of the vital
power system, said the firm was not
prompted to install it by fear of this
possibility, although it would prove
valuable in such an emergency.
Evening star., 1940-07-24

A new short wave broadcasting
system, linking the headquarters of
the Potomac Electric Power Co. with
q emergency trouble-shooter trucks,
proved its worth yesterday afternoon
when it was placed into operation
hardly two hours before a wide
spread rain and wind storm struck
this area.
With a number of telephone lines
out of commission, the company
would not have been able to reach
the crews if the radio system had
not been available. AS it was, the
q trucks equipped with receiving
sets were able to be dispatched i'm
mediately to places where power
lines were down. 3D..
The power company was swamped
with approximately 1,500 calls be-
tween $50 pm. and midnight. Most
Evening star., 1940-07-24

War Department and the Council
Of National Defense.
Another important move Is being
made by the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. which had formerly rented the
new Lafayette Building at Fifteenth
and I streets NV. This move makes
the old Commerce Building, 1925 H
street NV, available to the. scat
tered units of the Old-Age Insur-
ance Division of the Social Secur-
ity Board. The units are now To-
Gated in the Potomac Park Apart
ments, temporary building No. 2 and
the Arlington Hotel.
Temporary building No. 2, located
at Twentieth street and New York
avenue NV, Is now partially occu-
pied by the War Department and
The space being vacated will be taken
over by the National Defense Coun-
Gil .
Evening star., 1940-07-24
BUILDINGS
Continued From First Page.)

Department. This building was
formerly used as a roller skating
rink. Its $4,000 square feet of floor
space, there being only one story,
is now being converted into as
sembly room and offices.
The Superior Motors Building,
1904 Fourteenth street NV, recent
ly remodeled, is now being occupied
by units of Civil Aeronautics direct
ing civilian training courses. In all
Il 200 square feet of new space has
been made available.
Another private building taken
over in its entirety is at 1910 H
street NV. It has been leased for
the use of the Office of Government
Reports. The agency will continue
to occupy space in the Commercial
Bank Building.
Building Is Being Remodeled.
About $4,000 square feet of Offices
in the Atlantic Building, 928 F
street NV, will be leased for units
of the Civil Service Commission now
expanding under the defense pro-
gram. The building is being re-
modelled by the owners. Units of the
Forest Service vacated it two
months ago.
The Risek Building, 1897 L street
NV, also Is being remodeled with
a view to making 10000 square feet
of offices available to the Commodity
Credit Corp, now located at 1925 H
street.
The Federal Communications
Commission will take over the fifth
floor and smaller space units of the
International Building, 1919 r street
NV. This change was made pos
sible by the consolidation of offices
of the Securities and Exchange
Commission at 1874 K street NV.
The Social Security Board will
vacate the Potomac Park Apart
ments, Twenty-first and G streets
NV, in about two weeks and the
building will be made available for
the rapidly growing needs Of the
Evening star., 1940-07-24

DANCING.
Evening star., 1940-07-24

streets, causing traffic tie-ups in
many places.
Easements of downtown Office
buildings, as well as homes, were
flooded. Trees were down in many
places and broken branches Uttered
many streets.
Business establishments along the
Georgetown water front reported
serious damage from flooding.
Chemicals in the Briggs Clarifier
Co., manufacturers of filtering
equipment, were ruined, while two
other establishments in the 5000
block of K street NV. the War;
ring Barrel plant and the District
Building Supply Co., reported dam
age.
The District Building and Police
Department switchboards were
swamped with hundreds of calls
from citizens in distress during the
storm. The Sewer Division was busy
with emergency calls.
The electric power supply failed
at the Montgomery County (MdD
General Hospital from shortly after
5 pm. to nearly 10 pm., hospital
attendants reported. The hospital
staff was forced to use oil lamps.
but no operations were scheduled
and no serious consequences re-
suited.
The Chevy Chase Fire Depart
ment answered call to the home
of w. K. Crosby at Z Leland court
during the height of the storm where
lightning set fire to the roof.
Lightning also did minor damage
to the Virginia Public Service Co.
generating plant in Alexandria re-
sulting in temporary disruption of
service.
When lights in the Montrose Sec
ton went off the Roadside Players
were forced to cancel presentation
Of THE Frog" mystery thriller.
Many of the trees uprooted and
twisted in the storm were on estates
bordering the Rockville pike, near
Garrett Park, and Montrose.
At the White Flint Country Club,
directly across the Rockville pike
from Mrs. Bowie's estate, steel poles
bearing the flag markers on the golf
course were twisted like matches.
During the storm more than a score
of caddies and golfers took refuge in
the caddy house near the club
They were trapped when two huge
trees fell across the front and rear
doors. 80.
Lawrence Hogan, a caddy, said
the group, frightened when the
trees fell, climbed through the
windows of the caddy house and
raced through the heavy rain to
the clubhouse.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Berlin
CONTINUED From First Page.)

gestioas for easing old tensions in
the Balkans which she is prepared
to recommend with more or less
urgency.
Informed sources reiterated Ger
many wants peace in the southeast
and that she may be regarded as
having vital interest in any events
tending to disturb order in that
region.
Salzburg Meeting Friday.
Premier Ion Gigurtu and Foreign
Minister Mihail Manoilescu of Ru-
mania were scheduled to meet Won
Ribbentrop at Salzburg Friday and
it was understood they would be
followed by the Bulgarian Premier
and Foreign Minister.
(Reports from Bucharest said
a Hungarian delegation also
would visit Germany during the
week end: In Sofia it was un-
derstood the Bulgarian repre-
sentatives would ask Germany .
to support demands for return ,
of Southern Dobruja from Ru-
mania as well as an outlet to the
Aegean Sea through Greece)
The German press reported Hun.
gary had launched measures to givs
autonomy to Carpatho- Russia Dor.
dering the Russian-occupied regior
of Poland. but insisted vigorously
no developments in the southeast
could be interpreted as impairine
Russian German relations.
Swedish papers were censured fol
commenting upon the possibility o1
friction between Berlin and Moscow
the Boersen Zeitung calling such
comment "untimely."
It was announced q NaI commits.
sion had arrived in Moscow to ar.
range for settlement in Germany
of some 10000 Germans now hvinf
in areas ceded to Russia by Ru.
mania.
Germans living in Lithuania
which has petitioned Moscow fol
inclusion in the Soviet Union, alst
will be returned to Germany.