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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
In Washington
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CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON-The new army
which will come into being as a
result of passage Of the Burke.
Wadsworth bill will take shape In
a way entirely different from the
formation of the World War draft
army.
There won't be any great train
ing cantonments, or any new units
composed entirely of rockies. In.
stead, the new men will be fed
into existing formations-some
with the regular army, some with
the national guard. Point is every
rookie will have an old-timer al
his side all the way.
Assume, for instance, that the
present strength of an infantry
company in the regular army is
around 10 men. Approximately IS
new men would be assigned to this
company. The percentage of vet
Grams in the company would be
somewhat lower than those figures
would indicate, however, since on
an average about so of the ITO al
ready in the outfit would be COM
paratively new men who had en-
listed in recent months.
The whole course of sprouts
which the rookie put through
rests on the general staf's as.
sumption that (a) it takes at least
IL months to make a soldier, and
90 that most soldiers nowadays
are specialists Of one kind or an.
other.
So the new soldier spends the
first two months of his army ca
reer getting his basic training
learning how to roll his blankets
and shine mis- shoes and handle
his rifle and do all Of the other
mind Of the top sergeant.
After two months the soldier
has the rough edges polished off a
bit, and his company then goes
into special and unit training. The
whole idea Of this training-and
there'll be eight months of it's
to prepare the soldier for the
rather specialized job he will final
ly fill.
The figures on that, by the way.
may be of interest: army men fig
ure specialists now comprise 81
per cent of the infantry strength,
% per cent Of the cavalry, 48 per
cent Of the field artillery, 80 per
cent of the coast artillery, so per
cent of the engineers, 70 per cent
of the air corps and So per cent of
the signal corps. 8
Ten months after the rockies
have entered the service, the
company-which now, remember,
has a strength Of about 1876, OF
whom rather more than half were
originally enlisted mems ready
to become a team in the highly
complex work Of a m~odernized
army.
It thereupon goes out for field
exercises. Smaller units exercise
first, putting into practice the spe-
cial stunts the preceding 10 months
have taught them; then come
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18

maneuvers by divisions, by corps,
and finally by entire armies.
Two months of this, and the
training is up. The soldier has
done his years service, and ne
goes back to civil life-remaining
on the reserve list and liable to
call in case of war, when he will
be a fully qualified soldier able
to step in and 60 on a moment
notice.
Best estimate right now is that
when the draft becomes effective
there'll be around 300, DOC men in
the regular army and 230, 900 in
the :..tional guard. About 400, 600
drafted men will be filtered into
these two organizations this fall,
with perhaps 400, 900 more sum-
morfed for service in the spring.
Next fall of course, the national
guard will finish It's years tour of
duty and 60 home; $780, 900 new
dfaftees will be called, and the
regulars will be given the job Of
training the lot. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
KNOX BELIEVES
NAzlS WILL LOSE
u,vv Secretary Gives Eng
'1 land Better Than Even
Chance To Win

n1EGO, Calf, Sept. 17.-R
.tarv of the Navy Frank Knox
england a better than even
g'es to defeat Germany feels
c' ,aod he says quite cheerful about
y secretary, who arrived here
yovv pIane yesterday from Homo
where he inspected naval ia
lm n,.;os and spent five days at, sea
c mn the fleet, told newsmen he
WIZ waved the chance for a success
V". sion of Britain was growing.
ra,ker every day
"' ,%o invade Great Britain" he said,
o..o,anv must destroy British air
uar and it has by no means done
Wv. Germany's 8 to 1 air advan-
.ma has dwindled because. as the
s ,fs nation, it has lost more
planes s,.u -.
,Nn1ane and pilot. Many English
'no+s when their ship is disabled,
land on English soil and return
N fight again.
90 believe England now has bet
+ban a $3.50 chance to win out,
I'd feel quite cheerful about It,"
nv rol Knox said about 100 units
+bo fleet will return to the Pa
.ific coast from Hawaii, crossing in
.h,eo contingents, the first of which
,.f+ the islands yesterday carrying
,am;,a1 James o. Richardson, fleet
aommander-in-chief.
Each contingent of some 80 YES
-. will remain at the mainland
~ weeks for overhaul. The Sec
md group will leave Hawaii after
.. first returns, and the third viii
..nort for the Pacific coast upon
.ha arrival of the second contin'
opnt
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18

and sanely and soberly re-adopt the
outlook that peace, not war, is the
goal" he asserted:
Looking back, a short six months
ago, we were then a united nation
in our determination not to be
drawn into the conflict.
THE growth since late spring of =
spirit Of fatality, of pre-destination
on Dur part as a people to enter this
war, is the very national factor
most likely to plunge us into the
holocaust"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
Uergyrnen Gather For
Church Council Meet

BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 17.-R-
The annual gathering Of the North
Carolina Council Of Churches
brought clergymen and laymen OF
IL denominations here today.
The morning was given over to
committees and the board Of Chris
tian activities, headed by DR.. H.
Shelton Smith Of Durham. Bishop
Edwin A. Penick Of Raleigh, first
vice president, vas in charge Of the
noon meeting.
The Rev. W. A.. Stanbury Of Ashe-
vile, president Of the council, was
programmed to preside ut the gen.
eral business session this afternoon
to be held after 4 luncheon talk by
r. L. Pope. Thomasvills banker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
StAr-News Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
BY HENRY AvERILL

RALEIGH, Sept. 17.-When I'm.
Gle Sam gets round to registering
for the draft only q. comparatively
small number of men in the 81 tc
26 age group will be exempt from
registration. though a much great
er number will not be liable TO,
service after they have registered
This is revealed by a reading Of
the full text of the ''Selective Train.
Ing and Service Act Of $780," title
by which the so-called conscr1p
ton bill is to be officially cited.
The bill is very lengthy, cover
ing about IA ordinary newspape,
columns in printed form.
OF its 16 sections, oply one refer.
to exemptions and deferment Of
service, but that one section GOV,
ers nearly three columns; almost
a whole one being devoted to lay.
ing down the rules under which
conscientious directors may be ex
cused from service.
The only valid reasons for non
registration, however, are set on
in (a) Of Section S, which describe.
as mot required to be registered
under Section q"
Excused from registration are;
commissioned officers, warrant of
ficers, pay clerks and enlisted mer
of the regular Army, the Navy
the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard
the Coast and Geodetic survey, the
Public Health service, the federal
ly recognized National Guard, thu
regular Army Reserve, and thu
Naval Reserve the Officers Re
serve Corps, Annapolis midship
men, West Point cadets, cadets O.
the Senior division, Officers Re
serve Corps, or Naval Officers
Training corps (all in the arme'
services).
Other exemptions from registra
ton are granted diplomatic rep
resentatives, technical attaches O
Of foreign embassies and Legations
consuls general, consuls, vice cor
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18

Here's the bag for every woman who envies a man Of
Rambler" and it has all the special tuck-away you ever
with Talon fasteners. It's trim, tailored and smart. If you
kerchief you need a Rambler.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-18
KELLY DESCRIBES
DANGEROUS TREND
Public Opinion, Say. L..
gion Chief, Would Send
u. S. Into War

BOSTON, Sept. 17:-R-National
Commander Raymond J.. Kelly Of the
American Legion said today a shift
of public opinion toward the view
point that the United States was
headed for war was the very nat
ional factor most likely to plunge
us into the holocaust"
Here for the 1egion's national con
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-01
&. c. C.. Units Lack Leaders
As Army Recalls Officers
Director MeEntee Says Technical Employees
Of Corps May Be Put in Charge of Camps

ments, Mr.. McEntee said. Most
however. received their jobs through
political patronage, it was said.
Others who will receive consider
alton for the posts are educational
advisers at the camps, enrollees
who have attained the rank OF
''leader," and Reserve officers on the
inactive list because of physical
disability.
The last official count, made Sep
TENDER /. showed there were 1920
Reserve officers on duty with the
c. c. C. Their annual pay ranged
from $4,000 to $4,000 for camp
commanders and from $4,000 to
$4,000 for subalterns.
At that time there were 1890
field superintendent and technical
employees of the C. c. C. Their sal
aries rarely were higher than the
amount paid to subalterns.
New Subalterns Named.
C. c. C.. officials declared that a
few project foremen have already
been appointed to the post of sub
alterns at the camps. Several other
appointments have been made from
former enrollees. The former age
limit for subalterns has been re-
duced from % to 81. All new ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-01
BY ROBERT BRUSKIN.

Politically appointed technical
employees of the Civilian Conserva-
ton Corps soon may replace Reserve
officers of the armed forces as head
Of the corps 1900 camps.
Because of their valuable expert
ence, the officers have been in
great demand at Army reception
centers where the first seiectees are
soon to be housed, and many of
the reservists have been ordered to
active duty for year.
To replace them at the C. c. c.
camps, which Reserve officers have
been in charge of since they were
started in 1888, Director James K.
McEntee notified the War Depart
ment within the last 10 days that
civilians will be used if other
officers cannot be obtained.
Technical Men Get Preference.
Mr. McEntee gave the War De-
partment permission to appoint
camp officers subject to his ap-
proval. Precedence will be given to
the corps technical service per-
sonnet, many of them forestry and
agriculture experts loaned by the
Interior and Agriculture Depart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-01
WASHINGTON G, FRIDAY T.

pointees are sent to schools for q
few days or weeks.
Nearly 10000 Reserve officers OF
the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
have served in the c. c. G. since ii
was formed. All are now subject to
a year of compulsory military serv-
ice. They trained more than $780,
600 youths, most of whom are now
eligible for service as selectees. OF
the 100000 c. c. c. enrollees now
in camps, about 10000 registered for
the draft.
Those who are too young to serve
in the military forces may be serv-
ing the Army as an enrollee, for
the various G. c. C. camps are
mostly organized as engineering
units, capable of being used imme-
diately for non-combatant duty.
Many camps already have been as
signed to clear land for Army use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-01

visory Board were told last night
at meeting in headquarters, 433
Third street NV.
These figures include services rem
dered at headquarters and at the
Girls Club and Hospice, 1925 Six
tenth street NV. Maj. Walter o.
Ulrey, chairman of the board, said.
Fifty-two girls and women have
been aided at the club during the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-01

Housing Authority, Charles p. Pal
mer, housing co-ordinator of the
National Defense Commission; As
sistant Secretary of War Robert P
Patterson and Rear Admiral Ben
Morreel, chief of the Bureau OF
Yards and Docks.
The projects include one at Mont
gomery, Ala, for the Army, and an
other at Pensacola, Fla, for the
Navy. Both were built from U. 8
H. A. funds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-01
Two Defense Housing
Units Open in South

Coincident with the opening of
the first two housing projects opened
today for the families of Army and
Navy enlisted personnel, Govern
ment officials will join in a discus
sion of defense housing at $50 pm.
in national broadcast.
The program will be heard here
over Station VOL at $50 pm.
Speakers include Administrator Ma
than Straus of the United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-01
Marriage Licenses
Decline Lost Month

Applications for marriage IL
censes at District Court dropped of
approximately so per cent during the
last half of October, in comparison
with the sos couples who applied
during the first 16 days, Mrs. Maud
Rynex, license bureau clerk, an
nounced today. During the final
two weeks of last month only 35s
couples filed notice to wed. The
monthly total was slightly less than
September's 1,025 applications.
Brazil is revising parts of it's fed
eral constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-01
D. c. Group Serves
105,682 Meals to Needy

The Volunteers of America have
served 105,682 meals and provided
1896 night lodgings to needy per-
sons during the first nine months
of this year, members of the Adj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-01

Gasoline taxes in Norway have
just been jumped 20 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-01

year, and l6 are now housed there,
he said.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15
Stomach Ryperacidity
Held Largely MYTHICAL

BOSTON.-Acid stomach is large
ly myth and calls for rearrange-
ment of living habits rather than
the use of alkaline preparations, &C.
cording to Prof. Chester M. Jones
of Harvard Medical school.
'Hyperacidity," he said in a lee
ture, usually is only a supposed
chemical disorder of the stomach
and taking medicine is not the way
to attack the fundamental cause,
which is usually one of improper
dietary or living habits"
Jones said that gas in the stomach
is rarely due to fermentation and
usually is due to swallowed air."
Persons suffering from digestive
troubles, he said, often do not have
an organic disease but suffer be-
cause Of the abuse of alcohol or to-
bacco.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15
NATIONAL GUARD NEWS
IN DELAWARE STATE

The Delaware National Guard has
recruited to SO per cent of the new
enlisted strength of 1,468 men set by
the National Guard Bureau following
the proclamation of a limited emer-
gency by President Roosevelt last
September.
The present enlisted strength of the
Delaware National Guard is 1859
with col new men in the ranks.
The Delaware National Guard au-
thorized increase was SO per cent, the
largest in the country. The average
increase for all units of the National
Guard throughout the country was
only 81 per cent.
Present enlisted personnel of the
198th Coast Artillery, Delaware Ma
tional Guard, is 1908 men or 80 short
of the goal; the strength Of the 261st
Coast Artillery, Harbor Defense is
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15
so PER CENT
GAIN CHEVROLET
SALESANNOUNCED

A 65 per cent gain in new car and
truck sales during the last nine days
of February, as compared with the
corresponding period in February,
1889, enabled Chevrolet dealers to
finish the month with the highest
February total of all time, 1929 alone
excepted, it was announced at the
company's headquarters at Detroit,
last week. New car sales for the
month totalled 1892.
During the last nine days of Feb
ruary, 28,323 cars and trucks were
sold, as compared with 1877 in the
same period last year. Volume for
the final period of the short month
just ended was substantially more
than half that for the whole month of
February, 1889, when 50,78S units
were sold.
Significant, as an index of Spring
business, is the fact that even in the
face of this sharp upturn in new unit
sales, Chevrolet dealers reduced their
field stocks of used cars during the
last nine days of February. A rise
in used car stocks normally accom-
panies an increase in new car sales.
Reversing this trend, however, Chew
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15

$50, complete enrolment and of the
state detachment, IL, with 10 more
required to bring the detachment up
to quota.
Strength of the various units are
now:
The 198th Coast Artillery: Head
quarters Battery, 116; Headquarters
Battery, First Battalion, 81; Battery
A, 143; B, 88; c, 90; d, 103; Head
qquarters Battery, Second Battalion.
Dover, 35; Battery E, Newark, 1O5;
F, Milford, 119; G, Dover, 120; II,
New Castle, 81, total, 1898.
The 261st Coast Artillery, Head
quarters Battery, Dover, u; Battery
A, Laurel, SO; B, Georgetown, SO;
Medical Detachment, II, total, 259.
In case of a national emergency
the 198th Coast Artillery would have
a strength of 1900; the 261st Coast
Artillery, 876; the entire Delaware
National Guard, including the State
Detachment, total of 1893.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15

100 in 1887; ia in 1898 and SO (pro-
visional, subject to correction) in
1889.
The total maternal deaths in the
State last year were almost evenly di-
vided between Baltimore City and the
counties. The 40 deaths charged to
the counties were reported from II
of the % counties. Six of the coun-
ties, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Char
les, Queen Anne's, and st. Mary's,
lost no mothers from conditions in
cident to childbirth, during the year.
Calvert and Caroline Counties have
had no maternal deaths for the last
three years and st. Mary's is on the
honor list in this respect for the last
two years.
Much is being accomplished toward
conserving the lives and health of
mothers and toward giving the babies
better start in life, DR.. Riley said,
through the clinics for expectant
mothers that are held in nearly all
of the counties under the auspices of
the County Departments of Health
and the Bureau Of Child Hygiene of
the State Department of Health. Sim
liar clinics for expectant mothers are
held in Baltimore City under the di-
rection of the City Health Depart
ment.
In 1889 over 2,4OO expectant moth
ers in the counties were registered at
the county clinics and had the benefit
of individual advice and follow-up
care.
These prenatal clinics, as they are
called, are held monthly or oftener.
Complete information with regard to
them, DR.. Riley said, may be obtained
from the County Health Officers.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15
LIONS ORGANIZE CLUB
IN PRESTON, MARYLAND

A Lions Club, sponsored by Hur-
lock Lions Club, was organized at
Preston on February 28th by Cur
tain Gillette of Chicago, a represen-
tative of Lions International.
Officers are: President, Paul Van
Dyke; vice-presidents, Harry M. Hol-
lis; Max Chambers and Heber Lane;
Tail Twister, Raymond Poole; Tam
er, Judson Bateman; Chaplain, the
Rev. Raymond Mailman; directors,
Theodore Fletcher, James Douglas
and DR.. Harold B. Plummer.
Meetings will be held the second
and fourth Thursday nights Of every
month.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15

Outstanding among the new
fashion innovations is the mill
tary influence. This is inter-
preted in dresses, coats and suits
by means of brass buttons,
epaulet-like shoulders, saddle bag
pockets. AS for suits, Springs
first love is the longer torso suit.
They are being worn now in
smart New York. If you're con-
sentative select a longer torso
suit. If you are daring pick the
finger-tip suit. Read the adver-
Using in this paper.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15
MORE MOTHERS
HAVE SURVIVED
CHILDBIRTH

The past five years have been par
ticularly favorable ones for mothers
and babies in Maryland.
This is shown by figures assem-
bled by the State Department of
Health and announced by DR.. r. 81.
Riley, Director of the Department.
Beginning in 1885, DR.. Riley said,
more mothers have survived the per-
lis of childbirth, each year in sue
cession, in proportion to the total
number of births. What is known as
the maternal death rate, that is, the
total deaths of mothers to each thous-
and babies born alive, is used as a
statistical yard stick to measure this
saving of lives.
These yard sticks show that in 1886
out of each thousand mothers to
whom babies were born in 1885, there
were five maternal deaths. The next
year, and in 1887 and 1888, there
were four maternal deaths to each
thousand live births. According to
provisional figures, the number drop
ped still further in 1889 and it is hop
ed that the final record will show that
there were only little more than 8
maternal deaths during the year, to
each thousand babies born alive.
The total maternal deaths year by
year for the last five years, in Mary
land, were: LAG in 1885; 121 in 1886;
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15

rolet dealers lowered their stocks
narly 1000 units in spite of the new
car gains. Sales of used cars total
led 6O,05O in the last nine days, bring
ing the months aggregate to 146,6O5,
the highest February used car figure
in the company's history with the ex-
ception of 1886.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-15

Entitled
Christian Science: The
Science of True SelfhOOd
by
Thomas E. Hurley, C.S.B.
of Louisville, Kentucky
1smbeF of the Board Of Lectureship OF the
Wpther Church. The First Church of Christ,
Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts,
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-12-13
Smrtelny skok do hlubiny.

VHradci Kralove v Karlove
tr1de Sc odehrala vzrusuj1c1
sebevrazda. SestatTicetileta
Anna Dvorakova, manzelka OBJ
chodn1ka S potfebami pro den
tisty, Sc vrhla v nervovem roz-
rusen1 z okna schodiste We
ctvrtem poschodi do dvora, kde
zGstala lezet mrtva. Dvorako-
va byla matkou dvou det1, no
Ska a dfvky We start do jede-
nacti let. Jej1 manzel byl v te
dobe nekde "a obchodem. Jak
Sc zjistilo. Dvorakova 81 zou-
fala z dusevnf choroby. Poku-
sila Sc jiz jednou o sebevrazdu
sv1tiplynem, tehdy byl vsak je-
Ij1 1mysl v cas- zpozorovan.