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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-09
Capital Gossip
By HENRY ANERILL
By HENRY AYERILL

Raleigh, Nov. Gin view OF lhe
bitter battle between the par over
the 1889 House SpeakerShip there
has apparently been little love loSt
between Craven countyS LIBBY Waro
and Durham's Victor S. Bryant.
Hence there was more than Il IT.
tie OF the surprise element when II
was announced that Libby had rec
commended Vic for appointment TO
the budget commission, recon-
mendati0n which Governor Clyde h.
Hoey promptly converted into APP
pointment.
Ward mqucStionably will gain IN
stature as a result OF his action. one
Of the few tenable arguments your
reporter has ever heard against the
rising young statesman from New
Bern has been that he is a bit over
d:ctive. Ii has been frequently sad
that He pays ofi-his enemies and
his friends: both get what's coming
to them from Libby
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-09
K,,,,roos Hand ndfied 81 To- Loss Here Frlday L

The U. S. flag at the head. playing
Cod Bless America. and Just De-
hind came a'Iargc banner bearing the
legend, Keep 1t Over There.
The entire program was we'll exc
cuted and quite impressive.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-09

Russia's secret police is known as
G. p u, pronounced "Gaypayoo =
hit only by foreigners; the Russians
don,t dare breathe the word
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-09

As to Blyant's qualifications Tor
the budget post there isn't any ar
gumcnt. As chairman of the finance
committee OF the 1887 House he I'M
pressed all with his ability and ms
grasp Of the states finances.
Not chairman. but a member OF
the finance group again in 1857
newspaper men made no secret of the
fact that whenever they Wanetd to
know the status of the revenue Dill
how il added up TO the balance be-
tween appropriations and estimated
receipts-they'd 90 TO Bryant rather
than the chairman of either House
OF Senate.
Important House posts are rarely
bestowed because Of abillty-plck-
ing the right candidate for Speaker
and doing him yeoman service Is a
much surer way to preferment. II
this were not true Bryant would be
a heavy favoritc for finance CHAIR
man Of the l94l House.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-09

Carl Goerch. editor Of the weekly
The State. notes an article by your
reporter on possible retallatlOn
against Democrats, paftcuIally
walthy ones, who bolted to Wiilkle.
He contends that the party VIII not
dare take action against such oeSeit-
ers as Thurmond Chatham ana jim
McNair, both members Of the boalo
of Conservation and DeNelopn1eIlt'
becalse. he contends, that would De
to lose future campaign conlflOu-
tons.
AS a matter of fact, recent pr,
mary campaigns within the party ano
the just-over general election seem
TO indicate that its easier to WIN
without than with the money OF
votes of the big industrialists.
Certainly it is matter OF common
talk that Govcrnor-elect }. M.
Broughton owes them nothing De-
cause they picked another favorlte
in the primary, and certainly neither
the national nor state ticket seemed
70 suffer from the detection OF
Chatham, McNaor and other OF inc
same ilk.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-09

Henderson Persents
Versatile Attack to
Roll Over Visitors;
BULLDOGS Are Superior
in Every Department
of Play: Jenkins Shines
For Losers.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-11-09

North Carolina opponenst OF high
way fund diversion are pointing with
pride to the election Oh Murray y.
Van Wagner as governor OF Mlchl-
gan and are citing him as an exam
Die North Carolina politicians might
do very we'll to emulate.
Van Waggoncr went into Office de-
spite Willkic victory IN ms state.
and despite the easy denomination OF
Republican Senator Vandenberg. ms
though he is a Democrat.
The govcrnor-elcct headed the
campaign which resulted in Adoption
of an amendment to the Mlchlsan
constitution forever banning ana dl-
version of highway funds. the anti
diversionists not only won in the
state but carried every county
He was chairman OF the Mlchigan
highway commission at the time OF
his election to the governorShlp.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25
Wright Lists Transportation's
Blessings And Responsibilities

LEIGH. Jan. 24.-R-Modern
hI@rtation has brought great
tfaI .,i9I blessings" but with it have
nla''- also grave responsibilities
coni' even disaster DR.. Roy v
a gnu of New York, railway engi'
"iand editor, said here tonight.
pes' To match the ocean liner
.bo merchant ship we have the
anu rnctjye submarine, the mine lay
'ss' +he b~attleship and the cruiser"
e'' said The luxurious airliners
IT. "a the great passenger zeppelins
anu arobably outnumbered today by
s.r,bers and fighting planes.
WI "Tbe tractors which are used to
= evceIlent advantage on the
su.A IN industry and road building
counterparts in terrible fight.
.orks that may crush the very
M. u. o,,t of a nation, as they did in
n.Iond not so many months ago.
NJ Wright, a past president. OF
49, american Society of Mechanical
rsnineers, delivered the first of
I-rso addresses as the featured
-.sLer in n. C. State colleges OBJ
tsonce of Engineers week. He
ill speak during the Engineers
,.,tirute program tomorrow, and
.noin saturday morning.
low roads and freezing tempera-
.,,ras kept most surveyors in North
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25

carolina at home, and the annual
session of the Society of Surveyors
called off its scheduled meetinr
lts board of directors will meet
soon TO fix a meeting date.
Tomorrow's institute speakers in
ADDITION to DR.. Wright, will be J.
n. Teal of Richmond, Va, transpor-
tatlton engineer for the Chesapeake
n Ohio railway; Professor Harry
fucker of State college; Oswald
Ryan of Washington, acting chair
man of the Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority; Leslie c. Altman of De-
trolt, Mich, vice-president of the
Fruehauf Trailer Co.; and Brig
Gen. Thomas M. Robins Of Wash
lngton, assistant chief engineer for
the U. S. army.
Tracing the progress of trans
portation, DR.. Wright said that
the intimacy forced upon us by
modern transportation and commu-
nication facilities demands a few
better and wiser understanding of
human nature and how to live
with it."
We have failed in some respects
to recognize this and to cultivate
tolerance and charity, which are
vital factors for successful living
under Goth century conditions" he
continued.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25
FINN SHIP SUNK
BY RED PLANES
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tant developments were only half
revealed by laconic Finnish COM
muniques.
Losses Heavy
Today the army communique
said: "The enemy attacked in
the greatest strength at Kollaan-
joki and Aittojoki. All attacks were
repulsed. The enemy's losses in this
fighting were very heavy"
Yesterday the communique said
that in the Fighting at Kollaan-
joki the number of enemy dead has
mounted during the past two days
to upwards of 1000"
Mondays communique said the
Russians had lost $40 dead in fight
ing about Aittojoki and Kollaan.
joki.
That was the official version,
but the unofficial version of what
is happening was like this:
Early in the Finnish invasion, the
Soviet generals sent large forces
northwestward along the shores of
Lake Ladoga with the idea of
threatening the Karelian isthmus
Mannerheim line from the rear.
Two columns rushed forward in
characteristic "blitzkrieg" style, but
at Loimola and Syskyjarvi they
were smashed.
Again a big force was sent
northwestward along the lake shore
this time more cautiously.
But the advance stopped at
Kitela.
Kitela, Loimola and Syskyjarvi
all are in a line about 20 miles
from the Russian border. Kitela
is the southernmost, only six or
seven miles from the Lake Shore,
Syskyjarvi about - miles north of
the lake, and Loimola about rs
miles north of the lake.
Several attempts were made to
send troops across the ice of Lake
Ladoga to the relief of the force
at Kitela, but every attempt was
frustrated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25

the rocky ledge, according to the
dispatch from Baltimore.
7. D. Love, president Of the
North Carolina Line, said last
night. that the cargo of the Lillian
Ann, under charter to the inland
canal boat service, was safe.
Mr.. Love said that he was in
formed by the Baltimore office
that representatives there had talk.
ed to the boats captain, R. w.
Gatewood, also the owner of the
boat, by shore-to-ship telephone
and that at that time everything
seemed to be all right.
He said that the conversation
took place some time before 4
o'clock. Efforts were already under
way to float the freighter, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25
WHEELER POINTS
TO IMPROVEMENTS
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completed in the Lower Cape Fear
section.
Everything seems to be in tip.
Inn shape and I think Col. Gillette
sborId be highly commended for his
work and what he has accomplished
in the district and the many ways
he has furthered the progress of the
saction as a whole" Col. Wheeler
said.
In speaking of the rivers and har-
bors bill which is scheduled to come
I'D for consideration by congress
some time in February, he said that
he did not know how matters stood
50 far as the bill was concerned.
There is a lot of gossip, you
know. but I don't know any more
than anyone else about it," he said.
Col. Wheeler is enthusiastic about
Wilmington. Il think that It is one
Of the finest sections in the coun-
try" he said.
Accompanied by Col. Gillette, Will
mington district army engineer, and
about Is local business men, Col.
Wheeler made the inspection tour
Yesterday afternoon on the Kitty
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25
BRUNSWICK CHILD
KILLED WHEN HIT
BY SCHOOL BUS
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and the other two had already run
across the highway.
Just as the small child was going
across the road, Robbins started the
bus and knocked her down. The
bus went about 100 yards down the
highway before it was halted, he
said.
Killed Instantly
Carter said that apparently the
child was killed instantly.
Robbins stated to officers that he
had just left the Leland school 8
short time before the accident anG
had turned south on the old River
road, which runs parallel with U. S
highway II. He is a student in the
Leland high school and the Jones
child was in the primary depart
ment.
Coroner John G.. Caison, of Bruins
wick county, said last night that an
inquest will be held in the death at
at George Ganey's store at WOODBURY.
possibly tonight at 7:30 o'clock.
A jury composed of E, H. Ganey,
Charlie Skipper, Tate McKeithan, E
M. Peterson, W. D. Anderson and F.
O. Simmons, was impaneled last
night at the hospital to view the
body.
The Jones child is survived by her
parents; three sisters, Edelwis, Janice
Fay and Barbara Jane Jones; two
brothers, Evander Ray and Charles
Allan Jones. Her father is an en-
ploye of the McIver Lumber com.
pany, of Wilmington.
Funeral arrangements had no
been completed last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25

Hawk, federal government survey
and inspection boat.
He will leave this morning by
automobile for an inspection of the
locks and dams in the upper Cape
Fear and the oil terminals at Fay.
etteville. From Fayetteville, he will
go to Raleigh where he is scheduled
to make an address before the meet
ing of the Institute of Engineers at
North Carolina State college this af.
ternoon at 4 o'clock.
Col. Wheeler will be accompanied
by Col. Gillette and T. ]. Hewitt, of
the engineers office here.
Col. Gillette will remain in Ra-
leigh for the engineers meeting to-
day, returning to the city tomorrow.
Col. Wheeler, who served as dis
trict army engineer here from Octo.
Der, 1880 to September, 1888, was
the guest of Col. and Mrs. Gillette
while in the city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25

Treaty of Locarno in 1925 to as late
as last August 27, a, few days be.
fore Germany invaded Poland,
Chamberlain said Britain had I'M
dertaken ito go to the immediate
assistance of Belgium in the event
of unprovoked aggression by Ger.
many"
Under these pledges the British
government retains the right t. de-
eide what constitutes aggression or
threatened attack.
While the prime minister dealt
in general terms with this and
other issues of foreign policy, three
German bombers thoroughly secuted
the Shetland Islands for two hours
n dropped eleven bombs, al; of
which fell harmlessly into the sea
or on land,
Some of the bombs were aimed at
a traWler and a steamer. The raid
ers disappeared in a high cloud
When British fighters went after
them.
1t was the thirteenth attack on
the Shetlands, off the north coast
of Scotland, since the start Of the
war.
Chamberlain avoided a direct re.
ply when asked whether Britain
would break off relations with Rus.
sla. Such a move, he said, world
require most careful consideration
in all its aspects"
He declined to reply to a further
Inquiry from Major General Alfred
William Fortescue Knox as to
whether a break with Moscow
would not be logically and morally
right" and POLITICALLY sound"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25

rector of Christ's church, Elizabeth
City.
Though three ballots were taken,
only n lay delegate, George B. Ell
lott, was elected. The ballottlng will
continue this morning.
The convention was invited to meet
next year in Christ's church, Eliza
beth City, and accepted the invita-
ton.
At the afternoon session of the
Woman's Auxiliary the delegates
heard the Rev. Gilbert P. Symons,
Lift. D., speak on the Forward
Movement now being carried on in
the church.
The program for today follows:
7:30 a. m. Celebration of the Holy
Communion. United Thank Offering
Service.
10 a. m. Business Sessions of
the Convention and Woman's
Auxiliary. At the auxiliary session
addresses will be made by Deaco-
ness Edith Booth of st. Marks
Mission, Dante, Va. Rev. Robert
C. Fletcher of Birmingham, Ala
bama, and Miss Alice Hartley,
Provincial President of the Young
Peoples Service League, Charles
ton, S. c., and at the session of
the Convention by Rev. Gilbert P.
Symons, and rer resentatives of the
Thompson Orphanage; st. Mary's
School; Work at University of
North Carolina; Work at East
Carolina Teachers college and
Good Shepherd Hospital.
IL m. MONDAY prayers.
I n m TJ1ncb
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25
FARLEY DISCUSSES
U. S. in BUSINESS
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and back, and back again many
times -. I hope I am not too
bold in saying that I have become
acquainted, in part at least, with
the intimate needs" of the American
people.
Farley said adequately financed
basic research was the biggest
longtime creative force for adjust
ing agriculture and industry to
n another and for the advance
ment of both"
The United States, he added, had
ito a large extent been neglectful"
of the field of research and in this
respect European relationships
have far exceeded u efforts"
He cited North Carolina as a
state where agriculture and indus
try struck "an excellent balance
but added that in the nation at
large there had been a tendency
to lose sight of the fundamentals
of their interrelation."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25
HOLLAND REJECTS
CHURCHILL THESIS
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we have not a single responsibility"
declared Professor B. De Savornin
Lehman, member of the Christian
historical party of Premier Derek
Jan De Geer.
Britain and France, not the neu.
trails, "have killed collective Sc
curity," said Lehman. He suggest
ed. also, that the Netherlands stay
aloof from Soviet Russia and the
League of Nations alike.
Members of the Catholic party
asked why Churchill had addressed
himself to small European neutrals
instead of to the United States,
Italy and Japan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25
CRITICS OF UNITY
REBUKED In HOUSE
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people in this country but, consider
ing the unhappy plight in which she
returned, to pour ridicule as was
done in the commentary was unfair
and ungenerous."
The Marques of Dufferin and
Ava, for the people, agreed that the
Freeman-Mitford film was IAN ex-
ample of sadistic brutality" but said
he did not feel that such a lapse
by one film company called for gov
ernmental action.
Lord Denman withdrew a motion
he had offered for careful censor
ship of news films in wartime"
For the labor peers, Lord Stra-
bolgi said the ministry of informa-
ton was keeping the press so short
Of news that unfortunate journal.
ists'' grasped at any story they
could write.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25
HIGHWAYS

CHARLOTTE, Jan. "a. Up -
Weather-plagued North Carolina
strove tonight to clear snow-clogged
streets and highways before a pre-
dicted cold snap turned slush to
stubborn ice.
Snowfall abated and the sun
shone over a wide area while
thousands Of men struggled to lift
the unusual burden, but weather
men said a swiftly approaching
cold front would shove the mer-
curry toward zero in some commun-
tiles by morning.
The freeze was slated to be most
severe in the mountainous area.
Plows, road scrapes and hun
dreds of workmen with shovels
labored throughout the night and
day in many areas to clear streets
and snow-clogged highways.
Rural schools in many sections
were closed because of hazardous
road conditions, but city schools
for the most part operated . as
usual.
Temperatures generally were
somewhat higher today than yes
terday and the weather clear and
sunny. Partly cloudy and slightly
colder weather was generally fore
cast for tonight. Tomorrow will be
fair with continued cold, the gov
eminent prediction said.
Traffic rapidly was resuming its
normal flow in most affected areas.
The North Carolina highway com
mission said miles of roads which
had been cleared of snow were
coated with ice and others might
become SO during the night.
Drifts up to u feet in depth
closed both U. S. No. 1 and U. S.
3O1-New York-Miami arteries-in
Virginia.
Caswell county averaged a 30
inch fall and just one road was
open, N. C. IA from Y~anceyville
into Virginia. w. Vance Baise,
chief highway engineer, said in
Raleigh, that one scraper which
ventured into the wind-driven swirl
of snow last night had not been
heard from since.
Asheville, already with eight
inches of snow, had more today,
and highlands in the Cashier noun
tains reported an average Of 16
inches, with heavy drifts. No effort
was being made to pillow through a
24-inch fall lat Newfound gap on
the Tennessee border, and many
roads through the Great Smoky
Mountains parkway remained
closed.
While snow smothered the west,
a "~nor'easter" smote the outer
banks of Dare county, lashing
waves across the seward approach
to Manteo. waves gnawed away
part of the fill for the new inlet
bridge at Manteo.
Engineer Baise estimated that
the weather would cost the state
81, soc, 0GO to $4,000 900 in road dam
age.
M. A. Mcdonald, Eastern Air
Lines manager at the Charlotte
alrport, SAID planes tnelf
Atlanta-New York service today.
Several bus schedules in this area
which were suspended last night
were resumed today.
While numerous minor traffic
accidents attributable to the wealth
er were reported, authorities gen.
orally expressed qualification that
there was a notable absence of
major travel tragedies.
Some of the Observation-Disclosures
areas included High Point with 10
inches; Henderson - inches; MI.
Mitchell, more than IS inches;
Greensboro, 9 to 14.9 inches; Char
lotte, rs inches, and Raleigh, 9 to
14.9 inches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25
FREEZING WEATHER
TO CONTINUE HERE
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morning, did not arrive until 1920
o'clock.
Postal officials said the trains
we're held up along the way because
of the snow, heavy rain, and freez-
ing temperatures, and resulted in
the late delivery of mail to the
boxes and carriers. 1t did not in
terfere with the rural deliveries,
which were made on schedule.
Weather bureau officials sale
northwest winds reached a maxi
mum of 80 miles per hour about 5
o'clock yesterday morning and be-
gan to diminish in intensity short
iy before noon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25
GOOD KICKERS ON THE WAY:

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Up -
Michigan State college punters ir
the future should be good-at least
they should be able to get their
boots way up in the air.
The roof Of the new fieldhouse is
sufficiently high to permit indoor
punting under outdoor conditions
the best punters on last years
squad haven't been able to hit the
ceiling,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25
BRITAIN IS READY
TO HELP BELGIUM

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ready at any time to fulfill Its
pledges to Belgium.
Reviewing treaties and declara-
lions from the signing of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25
GROUNDED SHIPS
CREW IS REMOVED

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er was said to be undergoing a
heavy pounding by ice.
A life boat made two trips to
take off the crew and a tow line
was attached to pull the ship off
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25

The National library at Stock.
holm treats all new books to dee
stroy microbes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25

tant developments were only half
revealed by laconic Finnish COM
muniuues.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-25

Smartly styled coats,
well tailored from ex-
cellent fabrics -. spe-
cialIy reduced for clear
ance to only
Evening star., 1940-11-28
TO THE READERS or THE STAR.

EOery resident Of Washinsfon who truly
loves his city must wish for the sueesss Of the
annual campaign for funds for the main
tenance Of the sishty-seoen cooperating
agencies Of the Community Chest. 1t foltouDs.
then, that there must Be general regret that
subscriptions haos fallen short BY approxi-
n,atsiy two hundred and ssUsnty thousand doll
lars. The time dsasnated for the drive has
been extended % that the deficit ssay Be
yaised. 80
Dsnturs to make personal appeal to the
end that the minimum goal Of tsDe million dol.
fars--a rsiatiOely insisnifcant sum for the
great need to Be ssrved-shaH not 70 un-
all eitissns Of the District Of Coiun,bia, united
De are in single nsishberhood, the com.