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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-17

versity OF Washington 10 play tho
Texas A and NJ squad in the Rose
Bowl on New Years day And
while we are At u. W. might as
well give all Of you another crack
AZ that neck OF ours. The winner
of that New Years day game will
be the Texas AEglss.
The Cadet. from College
station. Texas. are equipped
with the best playing material
In the United states. They are
well fortified In every position.
In fact. they have double
strength for all posts. With their
ace "Blg John" kimbrough we'll
backed up by Webster. a 1872 pound
sophomore. who can help relieve
the fIllhack strain. n necessary.
they could put two teams on the
field OF almost equal potency.
CORNELL SECOND HEST TEAM
Tho nearest approach 10 the
Texas Aggies IN alI-around ability.
as far a. the nations football
teams are concerned. il the Big
Red Horde from Cornell The
Ithacana lose only one regular from
their 1899 championship team.
while the Aggies have 10 replace
two first string players left
tackle and n left end.
Eichler. Corneirs 1880 cap
tain who did not play last
year because Of injuries sns-
fain-d before the season had
opened, give. ihs Blg He'd
team = very abis baskfield
man % replace Baker. wbo has
gone IN. way Of all good
graduates. Z
Since both teams come 10 the
1870 campaign with their 1883
squads virtually intact, their 1899
statistical data should be- a good
means OF comparison IN Offensive
strength. cornell'H figures Indicate
that they have a slight advantage
ia yardaEs gained through ground
plays. Ohio state being Cornsifs
only 1889 opponent 10 out.gAin
them through the llns.
No team ths AEEis. played
Last year bsttsred them In
yards made by Carrying the
ball in forward passing. de-
Tense against passes and In Dr.
fense against a ground attack.
The Texas squad showed 10
much better advantage thsa
Cornell.
No ma bor team In the country
had q better defensive record than
Texas a and NJ Because Of their
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-17

who'll play in the Ross nowl ,"
seems 10 be the question on mos,
fans minds We pick the INT
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-17
But Predicts Husky Eleven Will Be
Upset There by Texas A. & M. Cadets
Grdiron Seer Selected Right Teens for Annual Come
Last Yeor; States Washington viii Beet Minnesota

NEW YoRk-namc shoulder last
September when she gad predict the hat would the Rose
southern California would be the Pacific be
the invites team:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-17

The Cadets from College
station, Texas. are equipped
with the best playing material
in the United states. They are
well fortified In every posltlon.
Evening star., 1940-04-01

dates running. In addition to Mr..
Weaver, there are Hugh A. Butler,
former national committeeman, q
wealthy Omaha grain operator; for
mer Representative A. w. Jefferies,
former Gov. McMullen, and John H.
Miller. The race appears to be be-
tween Mr.. Butler and Mr.. Weaver,
with the chances favoring Mr.. Butler,
although Mr.. Weaver has been max
ing gains. He will make more If the
New Dealers should decide to 60
for him heavily.
It is generally agreed-among Re-
publicans and Democrats-that If
Senator Burke can be renominated
he will be reelected. The Repub-
licans insist that If Gov. Cochran
is the Democratic nominee, they will
defeat him. OF course, the Gov.
Cochran people admit no such
thing.
Senator Burke has been engaged
in an intensive campaign, speaking
six or eight times a day during
the last couple of weeks, and he
will keep it up until the end OF
the race. Gov. Cochran also has
taken to the stump, but with less
speech-making than his opponent.
Other Contests.
The senatorial contest has over
shadowed to some extent the other
races. The Republicans have six
candidates for the gubernatorial
nomination and the Democrats four
Republicans, believing that this may
be their year. are out in swarms.
In the Democratic primary, former
Gov. Keith Neville and Terry Car
penter, who won the Democratic
senatorial nomination in 1896 and
was turned down by President
Roosevelt in favor of Senator Nor
ris, are the leading contenders.
President Roosevelt is the only
entrant among the Democrats in
the presidential preference primary
He was entered here, as in other
States, without giving his formal
assent. If he becomes a candidate.
undoubtedly the States delegation
will support him, even though the
result of the primary is not legally
binding. Some of the delegate can
didates have their own preferences
If the President does not run. One
of them has declared for Secretary
of State Hull. The primary vote
for President Roosevelt, even
though he is unopposed, will be
watched with interest as a straw.
There is one real election on pri-
mary day-an election to fill a va
canacy in the House caused by the
death of the late Representative
George H. Heinke. Republican, of
the lst congressional district. This
district has been Democratic for
Evening star., 1940-04-01

uniforms and marching cadence.
Three Of the companies will come
from Washington-Lee High School
In Arlington and three from the
George Washington High School at
Alexandria.
Other feminine marchers will in
clude auxiliaries Of the American
Legion and the Veterans of Forign
Wars and four units of Jobs Daugf1-
ters from Washington.
Evening star., 1940-04-01
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON G, MONDAY

. number Of years until Mr.. Heinke
defeated his Democratic opponent
two years ago by q narrow margin.
The vote stood, 45,527 to 54,l78.
What happens there next Tuesday
will be considered a test of New
Deal and anti-New Deal sentiment.
The Republican nominee for the
short term Is J. H. Sweet of Ne
braska City, and the Democratic
Charles F. Dafoe of Tecumseh. for
Evening star., 1940-04-01
Vireinio Girl Cadets
To March Army Doy

Six companies Of girl cadets from
nearby Virginia will march in the
Army Day parade here Saturday
the committee in charge announced
yesterday. The girls impressed spec
tators last year with their snappy
Evening star., 1940-04-01

South Africa Is buying many high
speed trucks to transport troops.
Britain will appoint artists to
record the war at home and abroad.
Evening star., 1940-04-01

merly Gov. Cochran's spokesman In
the Legislature. Mr.. Sweet was
Mr.. Heinke1 secretary. The fight
is close and both sides are working
hard.
Evening star., 1940-04-01

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26

is used excessively and unwisely it can de-
|moralize industry and upset American life
far more radically than is necessary.
The only sensible way to approach the task
is to exert the priority power only when nee
essary and to try to avoid dislocation of other
industrial activities as much as possible. In
the majority of cases, and this is true today,
the situation can be met by merely asking
the cooperation of the manufacturer.
It is gratifying that this authority has been
placed, at least for the time being, in men
who can be counted on, by and large, to keep
this in mind. The priorities administrator is
Donald M. Nelson, a Sears Roebuck execu-
tive who is now coordinating defense procure
ment; William S.. Knuesen, Edward r. Stet-
tinius, Jr., and Leon Henderson are members
of the priorities board.
But the fundamental problem remains one
of production. The greater the productive
capacity of industry, the more speedily de-
tense needs will be met, the less rearmament
will upset other industrial production and
force us to do without other goods.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
First Come, First Served

The Vichy government has little choice In
the proposal put to it by Hitler for Axis use
of French territory for naval and air bases
for surrender Of what is left of the French
fleet, or for complete surrender-if that Is
ultimately required of tin exchange for
easier terms of peace. Having felt the power
of the Nazi war machine in the sudden and
whitening blitzkrieg which followed the re.
duction of Holland and Belgium, the puppets
at Vichy are in a mood to agree to anything
proposed by the conquerors. So Marshal Pc
tain will probably move his rubber-stamp re-
glme to Paris and take orders henceforth di.
rect from Berlin without more ado. The slaves
must dance when Hitler fiddles.
Present concern is not so much with the
realities of Frances position as with their
consequences. What new strategy Britain will
be able to draft as an offset, what effect the
transactions now being completed in Hitler
armored car will have on the Mediterranean
campaign, are puzzles of the future. But chief
ly American interest centers in what must be
done to protect the Western Hemisphere in
the new situation created by Hitler's latest
move.
We are led to think from current dispatches
from Washington that the Act of Havana will
be invt ks and, if it is deemed wise by the
concert Of American republics, the posses
sions Of France in this hemisphere will be oc.
cupied to prevent them from falling into AXIS
hands and being used as a springboacd Tor
attack. The United States, we are told. is
ready to take the leadership if the other
American powers cooperating in the Havana
covenants agree that occupation should be
undertaken.
other course could be followed without serious
danger tc Western Hemisphere solidarity and
security. 1t is obvious that delay would be
costly. With the inter-republic committee fully
organized With the appointment of the 18th
member required under the Act of Havana,
The Iced is for a quick decision. The world
in these latter years has had too many ex-
amples of the consequences of delay when
Hitler is afield. Here it is a case of first
come first served, or, as we may suppose,
first saved.
1t will be better, far better for the France
we believe will be rehabilitated after the war,
and better for our own protection, to act now
while there is yet time, than to wait until the
spreading power of the Hitler organization OF
nations has made a definite move in the di,
~rection of this hemisphere.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Epitaphs

The cemetery is not usually associated with
humor, yet few in the country, particularly
those in some of the older rural sections, fail
to yield a laugh. ,
Prof. Alonzo c. Hall of Woman's College
faculty has made a collection of strange cpl
taphs and read a few at a meeting of Raleigh's
Pilot club when it entertained the members
employers recently. AS quoted by the News
and Observer it is impossible to suppress a
chuckle.
AS for example: Stranger approach this
spot with gravity, Dentist Brown is filling his
last cavity
And this one: Beneath this stone our baby
lies. 1t neither cries nor hollers. 1t lived but
one and forty days, and cost us forty dollars.
On a darkey's headstone it is declared: He
fought a good fight, but his razor was dull
Another tablet says: Here lies the father OF
%. He would have had more but he didn't have
time"
And by contrast: Here lie the bones of
Mary Jones. For her death holds no terrors.
Born a virgin, died a virgin. No runs, no hits,
nc errors"
In most rural sections, where syllables are
cut to the bone, Daniels is usually pronounced
"Danls." That makes the rhyme perfect in the
following: Beneath this stone, a lump of clay,
lies Uncle Peter Daniels, who too early in the
month of May took off his winter ~fannels.
Perhaps the most pointed comment on
American epitaphs. is the line penciled on a
graveyard gate: Here lie the dead and here
the living lie"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Britain Hikes Rail Rates

From England comes word that the authori-
ties are about ready to make effective another
increase of 6 per cent in rail rates, making an
aggregate increase of sixteen and two-thirds
per cent in little more than a year since the
war started.
Comparison with British rails is particularly
pertinent here as Great Britain is one Of the
few countries in which, like the United States,
government ownership of the carriers does moi
prevail to a greater or less extent. The in
crease in rates under war conditions is easy
to understand in light of larger operating and
maintenance expenses even though the govern.
ment is expected at some later time to in.
demnify the roads for war damage.
The increase is of interest here in the light
Of the present trend of rates as described re.
Gently by the I. c. c. chairman, who pointed
out that the railroads appear to be whiting
down rates to meet competition rather than
relying on higher levels for their sole financial
salvation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
The Priorities Order

The presidential executive order establish
ing a new board with sweeping powers to re-
quire production and delivery OF national de-
tense materials ahead of goods previously or
dered by private industry was bound to come
in time. AS a defense program Of great mag
nitude expands it is certain to demand a
larger and larger share of :he nations pro-
ductive capacity. The government which is
responsible for creating the defense machinery
must have the authority to step in from time
to time and say with orders on the manu-
facturers' books must be finished and deliv-
cred first.
But if the authority is essential to the COM
pletion of the defense program with the '-eat-
est possible speed and efficiency 1t makes
enormous difference how it is handled. Il it
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Man About
Manhattan
BY GEORGE C X

NEW YORK, Oct. 25-Britain
with a war on her hands, still is
making more progress than the
United States at humanizing the
Kings English.
If you happen to have been an
October moving day victim, you
may have had occasion to sign
one of those leases running to TO-.
600 words of legal jargon which
for all you knew might have COM
mitted you to buy a left-handed
kangaroo-and wished tina. official
transactions could be put in com.
prehensible down-to-earth Ian.
guage.
Well, England's doing it. Prime
Minister Churchill told the Co,
Service the other day to cut on,
Observation-Disclosures such as
CONSIDERATION should be given to
the possibility of carrying into eff
feet. 49,"
He thereby put officia, sanction
on the long unofficial campaign
of A. p. Herbert, humorist-parlia.
ment member, who for years has
been asking his countrymen sar.
d~onically what would have hap.
pened if Lord Nelson, instead OF
saying, England expects every
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Better Use For Planes

Sweden has protested earnestly because the
President, acting under the powers recently
granted him by congress, has refused to per-
NIT the export of 10 military planes built in
this country for the Swedish armed forces.
No American will blame the Swedish govern
ment for bringing all the pressure possible to
prevail On the administration to release these
bombers and fighters. Sweden is in a most
precarious position, with the Russians on the
east and the Germans on the South and also
on the west in occupied Norway. She could
not win a war against either of these great
powers, but she may be able to discourage
them. That is why she needs these ships.
However, the President acted under powers
that are inherent, as Secretary Hull pointed
out, in any government. We. have the right to
makf use Of any military equipment within
IN n
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26

this country at any time. There Is no oou0'
that we have need of the planes that have
been commandered.
The swedes may take comfort in the thought
+h.t the United States will make good use OF
thern-perhaps better use than any to which
thew could put them. These planes will make
it possible to release others to Britain. mus
in effect, they will be put into service I'M
mediately. They may well prove more OF a
to Germany, in British hands, than
thew would be if they had been allowed to
reach Sweden.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
Editorial Comment
THE LOST COLONY FOUND
Asheyille Citizen

North Carolinians particularly must rejoice
that, according to the leading authorities on
the subject, our lost Roanoke Island colony
has been found. History had contributed to
the national story no more fascinating mys-
terry than the fate of those English men and
women who departed into the wilds with no
trace save the word 'Croatan'' carved on a
tree. Of late Paul Green's pageant has made
the romantic tale live again to thousands
upon thousands of Americans.
From time to time these citizens of the
United States who have grown Roanoke Is
land conscious" have read in the papers about
discoveries in various localities in North and
South Carolina and in Georgia of stones bear
ing carved letters by Eleanor Dare, daughter
of the governor of the colony and mother of
Virginia Dare, first English white child born
in North America. Forty-six of these stones
altogether have been collected at Brenau Col
lege in Gainesville, Georgia, where they are
known as the "Dare Stones.'' Now no less an
authority than DR.. E. S. Morrison, head of the
department and President of the American
Antiquarian Society, together with a group of
famous educators and scientists, has visited
Gainesville and pronounced the stones anthem
tic.
Together they give a fair history of the
Lost Colony, from it's first flight to the friendly
Croatan Indians, through a long migration ac-
companied by death and massacre, to a final
settlement among the friendly Cherokees of
North Georgia. Eleanor Dare's husband was
killed among the first, and her daughter Vir.
ginia at the same time. The dauntless Eleanor
assumed command of the little band of Eng.
lishmen and carried on to a second marriage
with a chief of the Cherokees. With her at the
end of the journey were at least six English
men, and it is assumed that most of them
married into the Indian tribe.
Eleanor herself bore the chieftain a halt
breed daughter who survived her. Here ends
the history of the Lost Colony, with the first
English settlers in North America melting
into the native blood. It is a stirring tale. No
mystery story ever had a more exciting plot
or a more thrilling ending. The Raleigh colony
Englishmen did not die out after all, but &C.
cording to best evidence and authority live on
today in their mixed : blood descendants.
jamestown please take note. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-It would
be hard to imagine a decision more
hostile of the rights Of individual
Americans than one which was re-
Gently announced by the supreme
court of California uphclding the
right of a labor union to picket an
employer, to compel him to COM
pei his employees to join the union.
The vote was four to three in an
action filed by 80 statesmen $of an
automobile company.
The statesmen represented thai
if the picketing were allowed te
continue the employer would be
forced to fire them. The majority
opinion held that the salesmen hac
no right to adopt 4 bargaining
agent of their own choice but must
submit to the picketing union OF
sacrifice their jobs. This court is
packed with theological comrades
of Gov. Olson.
The court did not discuss the
possibility that the union, being a
private organization and subject to
no regulation by any public author.
ity, might be governed by racke.
teers, dictatorial leaders or for.
elgn enemies of the American ma.
ton. No weight was give to the
right of the individual to refrain
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
MARINER
r. B. Page, Publisher,
The Star.NewS.

r. B. Page, Publisher,
The Star-News.
Dear Rye:
Wendell Willkie tells me some.
thing should be done about the Will.
mington water supply. I think he
is right for I have never before
been anywhere where there WIS so
much water and so much of it OF
the wrong kind. It is the first time
in my life 1 have been compelled
to drink whiskey against my will,
and against the convictions of the
pastor of the church I infest. If
this drought continues, delirium tre-
mems will be as common in Will
mington in November as prickly heat
was in July.
The Securities Exchange &C mis-.
sion is engaged in squeezing the
water out of a lot of watered stocks.
What becomes of this water?
Shouldn't Jimmy Wade go at Gee
and see if any of it can be made
available to Wilmington? Maybe we
could get. some from a good dis
tilling company stock to taper off
on.
I am tired of busting off my
tongue with a whisk broom before
meals. I am tired Of wiping my
eyes with an onion so as to get
the water to wash my face. I am
tired of printing my kisser with bay
rum so I al spit. I am tired.
I am willing to sign a petition,
a mortgage, an application to join
the army or anything which may do
any good in this what Mr.. Roose.
welt would call an emergency.
YOUR DEHYDRATED FRIEND
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-26
A TWELVE MONTHS JOB
Raleigh News and Observer

The recent discussion about the adjournment
of Congress suggests the inquiry of what
should be the length of time Congress should
remain in session. Republicans lined up SOL
idly against adjournment for the campaign
and then those who were candidates for re.
election fastened home to mend their politi.
cal fences. Some Democrats, a small minority,
Joined with them. The result is Congress re.
fused formally to adjourn but has Sawed
wood" by taking frequent r%ecesses, attending
to little or no public business. The excuse
OF this procedure was that they could not
trust the President to call them back in an
important crisis, fearing, as some said, he
currence of Congress. They did not cite a
like distrust of Congress by the executive as
was once expressed by Grover Cleveland who
mourned, Il have Congress on my hands,"
Ihere is one sure way and proper way to
settle all such discussions. Congress should
never adjourn during the term for which its
members are elected. The executive usually
leaves Washington for a brief period in the
Summer, but the President is on duty all the
time, no matter where he may be. The Su.
preme Court takes a recess for the Summer.
And yet Congress by some queer sort Of
reasoning clings to the ancient idea that Con.
gressmen should stay in Washington only a
portion OF their time and be able in a sense
to carry on their regular occupations. That
was the practice in the early days of the re.
public. There wasn't much to do then. Now
the duties are so great that to properly dis.
charge them Congress should remain in ses.
sion, with a Summer recess. That policy
would end all discussion.
The first long session of Congress was when
Andrew Johnson was President. The Recon.
structionists, in control of Congress, fearing
that johnson would mak recess appointments
not to their liking, refused to adjourn in order
to check Johnson, but did practically nothing
for three months. During the World War.
Congress remained continuously in session
from December Z, 1917, until November q.
1918.
Congress ought never to adjourn. Its mem.
bers are paid on a yearly basis and should
do a 12-month job, giving themselves only a
recess during the hot season. That's the only
right way to settle the discussion.